![]() That the answer is “It doesn’t matter because they’re all about to get neutralized by an interdimensional molecule zapper” certainly helps. “Mortyplicity” is very careful to only play the “Wait, which one’s which?” card in calculated situations. They may have nearly identical personalities, but episode writer Albro Lundy sets up an attacker/defender dynamic in each of these smaller battles that gives purpose to each new wrinkle. When sets of families are firing lasers at each other across the Smith house (or a version of one, anyway), it’s easy to identify one as the Living Room set and the other as the Kitchen set. ![]() ![]() For as much chaos as there is in this Mandelbrot set of fractal clone warfare, it’s all outlined in a way that’s surprisingly clear to follow despite the overall story going into overdrive. This doesn’t necessarily mean “tear through enough plot and branching timelines in a way that will have Reddit timeline constructors going berserk for weeks,” but here that’s more of a natural byproduct than a driving goal. Like last week’s season premiere, “Mortyplicity” is proof that the show is at its most enjoyable when it’s paced just right. Before long, fake Smiths start mutating to the point where they all realize they’re the very thing they’re trying to hunt. ‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ Stretches a Minor Mystery Over a Godzilla-Sized SpectacleĪs these encounters start to complicate themselves, with Decoys making their own Decoys, that chain starts to branch out in the wildest of ways, with links of every size and shape traveling in every direction. This attack sets off a wave of nested showdowns between Decoy Families (those that Rick has placed in strategic locations) and the families who assume that they’re the ones at the top of the chain, responsible for eliminating all the fake versions of them below. As does happen sometimes, the intruders wipe out the breakfasting quintet before they can even get out of the room. “Mortyplicity” starts with (what seems like) a standard Smith dining room volley of ambitious plans, family insults, and unexpected visitors. It’s the best the show has been in a while. All of it adds up to an exquisite execution of a deceptively simple idea. In this week’s “Mortyplicity,” all that havoc is weirdly both confined to a single idea and sprawling so wide that Rick has to take a quick breather to draw up a diagram and explain. So it’s equal parts surprising and exciting when the show manages to craft itself an episode-spanning problem that’s self-contained. When trouble’s brewing, a leap to an alternate reality is almost certainly around the corner. “The multiverse” is a concept linked with “Rick and Morty” more closely than maybe any other show on TV.
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