Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.
"Rixty Minutes" is easily one of the best installments of Rick and Morty Season 1. It was basically an excuse for Justin Roiland to get drunk and riff in a recording booth, conjuring up all sorts of oddball TV concepts in the process. But sequels are rarely as satisfying as the original, and there was definitely a case of diminishing returns with Season 2's "Interdimensional Cable II: Tempting Fate." And the formula really played itself out in the recent comic book sequel in Rick and Morty #28. For a show that prides itself on its ability to constantly subvert expectations, there's just not much to be gained by going back to that well again and again.
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"Rixty Minutes" is easily one of the best installments of Rick and Morty Season 1. It was basically an excuse for Justin Roiland to get drunk and riff in a recording booth, conjuring up all sorts of oddball TV concepts in the process. But sequels are rarely as satisfying as the original, and there was definitely a case of diminishing returns with Season 2's "Interdimensional Cable II: Tempting Fate." And the formula really played itself out in the recent comic book sequel in Rick and Morty #28. For a show that prides itself on its ability to constantly subvert expectations, there's just not much to be gained by going back to that well again and again.
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