Alison Brie was good as Planetina, but nothing about this episode felt surprising or new. Just a run-of-the-mill R&M episode, I guess... I can't think of a single element that I find memorable. Hmm, maybe the fight scene.
Gotta take off a couple stars for the annoying (and frankly, terrible) Rick/Summer plot.
But excluding that, the planetina plot was great. Started out as a parody of Captain Planet (but weren't there 5 in the show? Never watched it so idk) and how easily corruption can affect anyone, then descended into eco-terrorism lol.
Unfortunately, the Rick/Summer plot really drags it down. I liked how she was included more at first, but now I kinda want it to stop.
Fred Stoller wtf are you doing here? I'm not ashamed to say I cried at the end of this one. Morty deserved so much and got it ripped away and he was so close. Right after episode one of this season where Jessica was fleeting yet again. Kinda wished Rick would invent something to show Planetina morals and not to kill people and maybe the relationship would've stayed :( I wanted it as much as Morty did.
why was this so sad for no reason wth
Not as good as the last two episodes, but still solid. Really loved most of the Morty and Planetina stuff, but everything about it felt really rushed. I think the episode could have benefited from ditching the Rick and Summer plotline entirely and dedicating the entire 22 minutes to the Morty plotline.
[7.5/10] This episode does one of the things I love in Rick and Morty. It deconstructs a silly pop culture idea, takes it to the most absurd places possible, but then circles it back around to something real and even a touch piercing.
So as a kid who grew up loving Captain Planet and the Planeteers, watching the show do an extended spoof of that property was a real treat. What I like about it, though, is that it took things a step beyond. It’s easy to say, “What would happen when the Planeteers grow up?” or “Does Captain Planet have a life or interests or personal connections beyond conservation?”
And it’s fun to see those things. The ridiculousness of Morty dating an ecology-based superhero is a lot of fun. So is seeing the Planeteers grow up into jaded corporate sell-outs willing to trade “Planetina” to a foreign oligarch. Watching Morty go all John Wick to destroy them and free her is out there, in the best R&M way, and also weirdly sweet.
From there, though, the episode goes to even wilder places, like Planetina understandably being fed up with the lack of ecological progress since the nineties when her show debuted. The fact that she’ll go to more and more extremes when not hemmed in by the Planet-teens is a strangely compelling deconstruction of how Captain Planet might feel after fighting the good fight for so long.
At the same time, it’s a good emotional story. It’s winking a little bit, with off-handed comments about the age difference and gags about how Planetina still works conservation into conversation. But there’s something real in how Morty is enamored with Planetina (and vice versa), whereas Beth, who knows how young love can mess you up, is inherently skeptical of the whole thing.
The fact that it doesn't end with Planetina dying or being destroyed by Rick or some convenient out is marvelous. Instead, it hits something true when you care about someone but can’t go down the path they’re walking. Morty caring about someone but having to lose them, while he gets comfort from his mom is more touching than I might have expected from an otherwise loony storyline.
The B-story is good too. Rick/Summer adventures are always fun, and the idea of them going on a “love stinks” hedonism fest for a trio of doomed planets is a good setup. The jokes are just so-so, since it mostly relies on shock value (and censored mouths, for some reason?) But I like Rick getting infatuated with an alien despite his “rules” for the trip, and Summer proving how “Rick” she is by unilaterally disrupting the situation in a bout of cynicism. It’s a weird way for them to bond, but a good one.
Overall, a quality episode that deploys a Community alum to great effect and delivers a characteristically strange but affecting story.
The final montage with the Kishi Bashi song give me goosebumps everytime - so powerful
sad song’s name is I Am the Antichrist to You by Kishi Bashi:/
if you ever watched Captain planet as a kid this episode was great for you
Well that was kinda weird
Didn't like this episode as it was sad and ugly for me. But nice that Summer became deeper. She was the most adequate person on this episode in my opinion ♂
what the fuck was that shit
a personal favourite! right in the feels...
They should just kill summer off at this point
I think this was one of the best ones
Now THIS is the kind of episode I like to see.
thank God someone finally said you shouldn't save the world by murdering innocent people.
It reminds me of Captain Planet. I loved it as a kid. Now I love this episode more. :D
This was really good, sad, beautul, funny and Rick and Morty <3
Best episode of the season, so far. Sometimes, the writers try to show off how clever they are but other times, they keep it simple with beautiful stories like this one. The B plot was hilarious.
Morty has been the highlight of this season so far, his part of this episode was great. Summer makes me uncomfortable and all that was kinda weird but it was cool to see her and Rick connecting I guess.
Awww, this was a really sad one for them all.
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Feels like the show's weakest episode (I checked and this is the first one I ever rated down to 6).