This was a half decent episode, but it was far from this seasons best episode. R&M were forced to add additional writers to help write the show, because of popular demand, and some of the episodes don't quite feel like classic R&M, where some do. I have kept track of the writers, who have helped write the show, and it seems that R&M has become a great job to put on the resume, as many of the writers have got some very high paying gigs writing for some high profile shows. The best R&M episodes, are being written by writers that have been with the show since before the writing started for season 4. Another problem is that, it seems like Justin Rolland focuses less on helping create episodes, and is now just the voice actor for Rick, Morty & a couple other odd ball characters. He is considered to be the Co-creator, and was involved in animation, writing, voicing, etc... Now Rolland has another show that is more his own, than it is Harmon's (show is called: "Solar Opposites" & it is on Hulu). IMO, the humor found in Solar Opposites, is a large part of the humor that could be found in early R&M, a humor that the show doesn't have today. R&M use to feel very abstract, and Sci Fi'ish, and it still does in some episodes, but in other episodes like this one, it feels, well... not quite the same as it use to, I guess. I find it completely obvious that Justin Rolland has not been contributing to R&M like he once did. Supposedly him and Harmon were under much stress during the making of season 3, and there was some differences of opinions that lasted through the creation of season 4. To me it feels like they never really settled their differences, and Rolland continues to do the voice acting, as he is contracted to, but focuses all of his other time on Solar Opposites. This is just a theory, but it would actually make a lot of sense. That means Harmon is in charge, but he can't write & animate the show by him self, and every-time he gets good help, it seems like another show comes in and buys his writers out from underneath him. Again, I don't know if Dan Harmon feels this way, again I am just guessing, but again it would make sense, pickle rick won all sorts of awards, and went down as one of R&M's all time greatest. The woman who wrote Pickle Rick got offered a large multi million dollar contract to write for another show, shortly after she received an Award for writing pickle rick. (note: she is an Asian female writer, and she invented the Asian therapist lady, lol)
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