It also feels like a genuinely high-stakes situation when Rick’s ship is stolen and he’s shot in the liver. Morty does a good job of lampshading the obvious way that he and Rick could get stuck on the planet and pulled into the purge so that, when it happens after all, in a more roundabout manner, it’s more of a surprise. The focused nature of the plot means it gets to ramp up the tension gradually. I’d venture to say the vast majority of the lines in “Look Who’s Purging Now” involve discussions of “purging” or “getting purged” (“If you tell your mom about this, I’ll purge you”) and I appreciate Rick and Morty showing such an absurdist reverence to a not-so-well-regarded, recent horror movie everybody was already starting to forget about ( The Purge: Anarchy, though, now there’s a modern classic). One of the funniest aspects here is how, much like with the Cronenbergs in season 1, the episode doesn’t just acknowledge that it bears a resemblance to an already-existing piece of pop culture, it abuses the connection. ![]() This means the core The Purge plot really gets to breathe. There’s a subplot about Jerry and Summer, but it’s there primarily to provide a plot device to conclude the A-plot, very little time is devoted to it, and it ultimately doesn’t amount to much beyond driving home just how pathetic Jerry’s become. There’s really only one plot here about Rick and Morty getting trapped on a planet during its annual festival of murder and general lawlessness. In season 2, we’ve gotten quite a few episodes with totally unrelated A and B-plots (“A Rickle in Time,” “Big Trouble in Little Sanchez,”) and we’ve also had batshit, throw-everything-against-the-wall-and-see-what-sticks episodes (“Get Schwifty” and, well, last week’s interdimensional cable episode, obviously). What I appreciate most about this episode is that it has a narrow focus.
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