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alright so here's my brief notes from the episode

the action and gore was both hilarious and awesome to see unfold. very cool way to take a very dry subject as the B Plot, but use the A Plot to keep us entertained through the entire episode. I feel like it was done really well too. it never felt as if we cut away from the action scenes too soon, nor did it feel like we lingered on the therapy scenes too long at any given point. masterful use of time per scene here.

the therapy stuff was all great. I agree that Beth's PERSONALITY has become more unlikable than ever. however, I appreciate her CHARACTERIZATION more than ever before in this episode. last week I was complaining that she acts just as bad as Jerry but is never given any shit. well, this is the episode where she was clearly cast as the person in the wrong and it was very vindicating. the show runners and the meta of the universe has clearly acknowledged that Beth's PERSONALITY has problems and they are taking steps to address them and hold her accountable. this is good CHARACTERIZATION. (in my opinion of course; this largely has to do with how Summer and Morty act during the scene. they are often used as the viewpoint or mouthpiece of the viewer and so for them to see that Beth's behavior was being focused on here as a point of therapy and also to very quickly catch on that the session improved both Beth and Rick's demeanor was very rewarding)

Jaguar was just fucking awesome. so hilarious how Rick and Morty is amazing at introducing and establishing simple and quirky characters and making them so great with such little use of time. I think it helps that they often go to cliche tropes but lampshade them or subvert them in different ways, and that was certainly on display here. I really hope we get to see him return at some point in the future, but I won't be holding my breath over it. he still works as a one time gag either way. the end credits scene was a good enough send off.

the final therapy scene where Rick joins them is definitely the highlight of the episode for me. as a scientist myself and someone who has very low regard for soft sciences (therapy and social science especially) it was very intriguing to see Rick's thoughts unfold here as well as the therapists responses to his criticisms. I thought both of their monologues were good and came from an informed and "true" feeling position which made it feel as if the characters were representations of real people and viewpoints rather than just straw men. in particular I loved the therapists monologue -- not because she shared the same viewpoint as me, quite the opposite -- she actually challenged me to think about my own views of the world and consider my own outlook on life. if a 20 minute cartoon about a pickle genociding rats can make me seriously contemplate about emotional and personal issues like that it's something honestly pretty amazing. this will go down as one of my all time favorite episodes for sure.
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