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Like most animated sitcoms, Rick and Morty episodes tend to have a main plot and a subplot driving each episode. The weird thing about "Big Trouble in Little Sanchez" is that it didn't really seem to have a main plot. Both halves of the episode were funny, certainly, but neither had quite the depth or mileage to emerge as the frontrunner. That kept an otherwise entertaining episode from truly rivaling the greats.
The wheels were set in motion this week when Rick became exasperated by yet another round of Beth and Jerry's marital bickering. His solution was to dump the two (literally) on a far away planet where they could receive therapy from the renowned Glaxo Slimslom (voiced by Community's Jim Rash). Beth and Jerry can sometimes be the weak link in the show, but it helps that the other characters are so quick to acknowledge their failings and how ridiculous it is that the two are still married. Glaxo didn't mince words as Beth and Jerry's "mythologs" broke free and began slaughtering everyone in their path. It was hilarious to see how Beth and Jerry view each other deep down. To Jerry, Beth is a more terrifying and sadistic version of the Xenomorph Queen from Aliens, while to Beth, Jerry is the apotheosis of spineless slugs.
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Like most animated sitcoms, Rick and Morty episodes tend to have a main plot and a subplot driving each episode. The weird thing about "Big Trouble in Little Sanchez" is that it didn't really seem to have a main plot. Both halves of the episode were funny, certainly, but neither had quite the depth or mileage to emerge as the frontrunner. That kept an otherwise entertaining episode from truly rivaling the greats.
The wheels were set in motion this week when Rick became exasperated by yet another round of Beth and Jerry's marital bickering. His solution was to dump the two (literally) on a far away planet where they could receive therapy from the renowned Glaxo Slimslom (voiced by Community's Jim Rash). Beth and Jerry can sometimes be the weak link in the show, but it helps that the other characters are so quick to acknowledge their failings and how ridiculous it is that the two are still married. Glaxo didn't mince words as Beth and Jerry's "mythologs" broke free and began slaughtering everyone in their path. It was hilarious to see how Beth and Jerry view each other deep down. To Jerry, Beth is a more terrifying and sadistic version of the Xenomorph Queen from Aliens, while to Beth, Jerry is the apotheosis of spineless slugs.
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