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<blockquote data-quote="BortimusPrime" data-source="post: 461882" data-attributes="member: 2248">I thought about that episode and it seemed to be there just to wrap up the loose ends of Summer and Morty being bothered by the divorce, which partially explains why it was a boring episode in general.&nbsp; I mean they couldn't have had the divorce with Summer and Morty totally unaffected by it, but having them affected and then getting over it in a nice little resolution over one episode suggests that they're going for a long term status of Jerry as a character similar to Bill Dauterive on King of the Hill: a divorced lonely loser that will just cry over a picture of his ex so that the female audience can laugh at him.&nbsp; There's a certain cruelty to the humor this season that wasn't really present in past seasons.If I were writing the overarching plot for the divorce I would still have Jerry being pathetic, but I would have Beth, Summer, and Morty insisting that they aren't affected by it while gradually spiraling down over several episodes until Beth finally realizes that Rick is a toxic presence and kicks him out and takes Jerry back.&nbsp; Then you get episode after that were Rick insists he isn't affected by his daughter rejecting him and gradually spirals down until they have to reset everything because they want to keep making new seasons.&nbsp; This may still actually be what they're going for, but so far it hasn't been promising.It feels silly analyzing a cartoon to this extent though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BortimusPrime, post: 461882, member: 2248"] I thought about that episode and it seemed to be there just to wrap up the loose ends of Summer and Morty being bothered by the divorce, which partially explains why it was a boring episode in general. I mean they couldn't have had the divorce with Summer and Morty totally unaffected by it, but having them affected and then getting over it in a nice little resolution over one episode suggests that they're going for a long term status of Jerry as a character similar to Bill Dauterive on King of the Hill: a divorced lonely loser that will just cry over a picture of his ex so that the female audience can laugh at him. There's a certain cruelty to the humor this season that wasn't really present in past seasons. If I were writing the overarching plot for the divorce I would still have Jerry being pathetic, but I would have Beth, Summer, and Morty insisting that they aren't affected by it while gradually spiraling down over several episodes until Beth finally realizes that Rick is a toxic presence and kicks him out and takes Jerry back. Then you get episode after that were Rick insists he isn't affected by his daughter rejecting him and gradually spirals down until they have to reset everything because they want to keep making new seasons. This may still actually be what they're going for, but so far it hasn't been promising. It feels silly analyzing a cartoon to this extent though. [/QUOTE]

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