The seventh season of Rick and Morty season finale has been released. It was an episode that showed Rick and Morty at its best.
Rick and Morty are disappointed when they attend a Carnival of Nightmares. At the Carnival they meet a man who offers to take the pair to the scariest place in the universe: a bathroom at Denny’s. At Denny’s there is the Fear Hole and when the pair enter the hole they end up in a reality where Rick’s wife gets resurrected. Rick finds himself happy in this world and Morty needs to find a way to break his grandfather away from this illusion.
To an outsider, Rick and Morty can be seen as a strange and crude show that has garnered a horrid fan base. Yet the show became popular for a reason. It can be brilliantly written due to its character development and a willingness to look at complex sci-fi concepts. The show has been willing to have emotional depth like Morty’s existential crisis when he buried himself, and Rick attempting suicide after being rejected by Unity, while “M. Night Shaymm-Aliens!” and “Total Rickall” had reality-bending stories. “Fear No Mort” combined both ideas for a great finale.
In the past Rick and Morty has explored the complicated relationship between the grandfather and grandson. In “Close Rick-counters of the Rick Kind” Rick revealed that Ricks only kept Mortys because a Morty’s brainwaves acted as a shield to Rick, but in the same episode, Rick became emotional when he saw a memory of Morty as a baby. Whilst in the Season One finale showed Morty saying he wanted a normal life, but Birdperson made him realise Morty still wants to go on his adventures. The Season Two opener showed Rick was willing to sacrifice himself to save Morty.
Due to Rick and Morty entering the Fear Hole it led to a lot of reality-bending issues. They didn’t know if the world around them was false and there were a few fake outs. This fake reality led to an issue for the pair since Rick seemed to be happy to be back with his wife and Morty needed to break his grandfather from his trance. This leads to the episode’s main themes, the relationship between Rick and Morty, and a psychological exploration of the characters.
Rick and Morty went into the Fear Hole thinking they would battle monsters in the darkness, but actually, they faced the fears they won’t admit to. The man even stated what Rick’s fear was to Morty and he brought back some of the philosophical themes that made the series so special. Morty was willing to risk his life for Rick and this forced Rick into a difficult choice. He needed to decide who was more important in his life. Morty also needed to realise what he was terrified of. The episode had an effective twist that changed the perspective of the whole and therefore poignant for both characters. Morty went through the wringer during the episode and Rick had a potential force of temptation.
“Fear No Mort” was not a lore episode nor did it have a cliffhanger, like the finales for Season One, Two, or Five. Yet this episode does show a possible direction the series can go. Rick longing looks at the Fear Hole knowing he might have a chance to reunite with Diane. Rick could look for any way to find Diane, especially since he had killed Rick Prime and Evil Morty had gone off beyond the Central Finite Curve, and Rick is someone who needs a mission. Or Rick would continue to have a sense of longing and sadness since he could never be with Diane.
“Fear No Mort” was a great episode due to it being a more psychological and character-driven story and twisting Rick and Morty’s sense of reality.
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