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My man! This was such a hilarious episode, and everything involving the father was incredible. The glitching and simulations was such a creative concept!
Watched this episode like 50 times and I’m still picking up on Easter eggs
Rick: "Careful, guys, you're gonna burn out the CPU with this one!"
Morty: "Okay, you know what, Rick? You're acting weird too."
Rick: "Whatever, quote en quote, 'Morty'."Prince Nebulon: "Oh my God, Rick! How dumb are you? You're inside a simulation of a simulation inside another giant simulation!"
Jerry: "Whoa! What the hell? What happened back there?"
Rick: "You little son of a bitch! Are you a simulation?!"
7/10
This one has its funny moments - "My man!" - but it feels like a retread of the Inception spoof. Instead of a dream inside of a dream inside of a dream, Rick and Co. are three levels deep in a similation. There aren't any bad episodes in Season One necessarily, but this one doesn't stand out.
Yikes, I really wasn't feeling this one. I know its pretty iconic and the Jerry stuff is really funny, but something about this one always feels off to me. I don't know, maybe the pacing is wonky or maybe the plot is just a little too bare bones for me, but I'm not a fan of this episode at all.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2017-08-27T15:35:07Z
[9.5/10] “My man!” So much to love in this one. The main story is so much fun, with all the humor the show wrings from the weak details of the simulated world (I love the pop tart driving a toaster bit). The aliens’ inability to deal with nudity, the expectedly great performance from David Cross, and using complicated crowd instructions to overwhelm the computer’s processors are all great elements. Heck, even the “simulation within a simulation” business, and the glee with which Rick and the aliens one-up each other, makes for an inventive and enjoyable adventure.
But my favorite part is Jerry’s story. The fact that Jerry not only doesn’t realize in the low-CPU end of the simulation, but has his most meaningful and fulfilling life experience in it, walks the line between tragedy and comedy so perfectly they should invent a new theater mask for it. The broken processing gags are familiar to anyone who’s played a glitching video game, and Jerry’s obliviousness to everything, and his emotional journey projected onto these blank slates, is just brilliant.
Overall, it’s noteworthy how confident and command R&M was out of the gate here, with a fun sci-fi adventure with an unassumingly dark bit at its core.