WiC Watches: Rick and Morty season 4

Season 4, Episode 10: “Star Mort: Rickturn of the Jerri”

Rick and Morty delivers a very satisfying season four finale that answered some questions many had been wondering, like what’s going on with the Beth clone situation, and wherein the multiverse is Phoenix Person? The game-changing revelations, along with a slew of brilliantly structured character arcs, solidifies “Star Mort: Rickturn of the Jerri” as the Adult Swim series’ best closer, hands down. And while we now have to wait for the next season, the finale at least left fans feeling happy.

The Galactic Federation is back and better than ever after Rick destroyed the previous regime. The new management has made some improvements, including garnering sponsorship from Wrangler Jeans. Still, this time around, another member of the Sanchez lineage proves to be a thorn in the oppressive empire’s plans. It appears the clone Rick made of Beth was shot into space and has since become the leader of The Defiance, a rebel group that has a lot of Star Wars-esque adventures.

Back on Earth, Rick attempts to get out of another meeting with Dr. Wong by using the invisible belt, which triggers some intense sibling rivalry between Summer and Morty. The two fight over it while Beth, Jerry, and Jerry’s creepy therapy puppet Mr. Nibbles go have a therapy session.

Rick locks himself in his garage to find the Beth clone waiting for him. But then it’s revealed that Rick isn’t really sure which one of his daughters is real and which one is the clone. After the two have a drink, the new Galactic Federation begins to attack Earth. Tammy, now in charge of securing Beth, makes her return. Not knowing which one is real, she takes both of them prisoner. Rick and Jerry are almost killed, but Summer and Morty, who have teamed up since fighting over the cloaking device, swoop in to save the day. Rick then executes Tammy. Now they must pull a Star Wars and stop the Galactic Federation from destroying Earth and getting their two Beths back at the same time.

Aboard the NX-5 Planet Remover, sponsored by Wrangler Jeans, the two Beths escape and begin to work together. Rick ends up having to fight a revenge-driven Phoenix Person while a pants-less Morty and Summer stop the Earth-destroying laser tearing through the planet. But in the end, what ends up saving everyone is Jerry’s corpse puppeteering, giving him the best arc of the episode.

Afterward, Rick pulls out his red mind-blower tube to reveal which Beth is real. No one, including his two daughters, cares about the conundrum any longer, and when Rick watches the footage, he realizes he purposely made it so he wouldn’t know which is which, proving to himself that he is a bad father. But thankfully, he is still a good friend as he plans to save what’s left of Bird Person.

From the fantastic little moments like the Poké Ball fight in the garage to the epic showdown between Phoenix Person and Rick, there were a lot of highlights here, including the return of Susan Sarandon as Dr. Wong, who I hope keeps making return appearances. And the character arcs were as satisfying as they were hilarious.

Its never easy when the last episode of your favorite show comes and goes, and it especially hurts when it’s a show as good as Rick and Morty. Given the history of long gaps between seasons, we could be waiting awhile for more episodes. Happily, the closure we got with ““Star Mort: Rickturn of the Jerri” should make that wait much more bearable. And while it seems Adult Swim has passed on the ambitious endeavor, fingers crossed Jerry’s Invisible Garbage Truck franchise gets picked up by HBO Max.

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