![]() And not even necessarily just as a friend and partner in crime. While Rick demanded “100 years” of Rick and Morty adventures when the series began, Birdperson is the one he actually wanted to fill that role. Morty is the one who won’t go away, simply because Rick won’t allow him to. Unlike Birdperson, Morty doesn’t have the power and agency to truly be done with Rick if needed. In some ways, Morty is a Birdperson replacement to Rick, one who, even when he protests, still ultimately goes along with his grandfather’s plans. Morty is the one who will go on adventures with Rick - and can be forced to do so - at all times, while Birdperson pushed back on that after they fought the Galactic Federation in the Battle of Blood Ridge. And while Morty is off to the sidelines this episode - save for the cold open, he truly is spotless - presumably enjoying cruise life, the Rick/Birdperson strolls down memory lane also fill in a bit of the blanks when it comes to the Rick/Morty relationship. Present day Rick also describes Morty as their “hypothetical grandson” right before the Beth bombshell. As present day Rick attempts to call things “more complicated than that,” Memory Rick elaborates as to why it’s so creepy: “You live with a version of our dead daughter.”Įarlier in the episode, Memory Rick and Birdperson find themselves on a revenge mission against other Ricks who say that “killing us won’t bring her back.” In that moment, the natural assumption is that they’re talking about Beth’s mother, but the next context of Beth actually being dead changes all of that. “You’re one of those creeps who moves in with abandoned adult Beths,” Memory Rick notes. That’s because, as Memory Rick tells present day Rick, Beth is dead. While there’s a lot to unpack when it comes to Birdperson’s subconscious, in general, the big bombshell in this episode is that being a clone should actually be the least of Beth’s worries. Young, Memory Rick is ultimately not impressed with present day Rick. And in the process, he ends up teaming up with a younger version of himself. While the Smiths are off on a mild-mannered cruise adventure, Rick Sanchez instead takes an adventure of the mind. This episode even has a “Risky Business”-type premise set-up, with Beth’s dialogue having her play the role of the parent who’s going out of town at the beginning of a movie. ![]() “To me.An episode that teases a “Pickle Rick” redux, “Rick and Morty” is actually a bookend to the first season finale, “Ricksy Business,” the episode that introduced Birdperson (and Squanchy and Gearhead) and also kicked off the Birdperson/Tammy relationship. Birdperson wanted to know why he should do that if nothing matters. Especially when you’re running from unimaginable pain. Because in a universe with infinite realities, nothing matters. He wanted the two of them to spend their lives together going on fun adventures. And that something was also revealed to us during his Charlie Kaufman-esque adventure in Birdperson’s mind.Īfter the Battle of Blood Ridge, Rick asked Birdperson to travel the multiverse with him. Rick found something in Morty he was always looking for. Instead of being a union bound by blood (or dimension), it’s one bound by love. But just because there’s nothing inherently special about Rick and Morty’s relationship doesn’t mean it’s not special. There’s no inherent bond between Rick and any member of his family. ![]() ![]() “You live with a version of our dead daughter, it better be.” “You’re one of those creeps who moves in with Abandoned Adult Beths.” “Hypothetical grandson we go on adventures with.” A fact revealed when old Rick told Birdperson’s memory of 35-year-old Rick that Morty loves the Shrek movies. When he was younger, Rick didn’t even know Morty existed. This particular pairing might be even more random than that. Where Mortys got assigned to random Ricks all the time. He’s no different than the many grandsons the Citadel of Ricks used to train. Just one of an infinite number of Mortys available to Ricks everywhere. ![]()
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