TL;DR – This is another perfectly safe episode that does not go as far as it could have.

Disclosure – I paid for the Netflix subscription that viewed this episode.

Post-Credit Scene – There is a post-credit scene.

Warning – Contains moments that may cause distress.

Rick and Morty Review –

Last week’s How Poopy Got His Poop Back ushered in a new era for Rick and Morty and gave us a pretty okay episode. It’s not bad, but it’s not standing out, either. The question I had was this choice they made for just the first episode, or is this foretelling where the rest of the season is going? And I think we are at the latter.


So to set the scene, Jerry (Chris Parnell) is frustrated because one of the neighbours said they didn’t have his rake way too quickly, meaning they have his rake. Rick (Ian Cardoni) replies with one of his usual dismissive remarks. But this time, Jerry does not let it lie. He chastises Rick for not using his brain as much as he could. Incensed, Rick demands they swap brains to see who is the worst off, but not in a Freaky Friday way. Well, Rick cannot handle being in Jerry’s body for three seconds and ‘removes himself from the equation’, and Jerry has no way to control his new gadgets and crashes into the ceiling. This is not a good day for Rick’s computer (Kari Wahlgren). We will be looking at the episode as a whole from here, so there will be some [SPOILERS] ahead. 

Putting aside the fact that this episode goes from zero to suicide with zero warning and then undercuts it immediately. We get an interesting idea on paper, if not entirely in execution. One thing Rick and Morty likes to do on the regular is to take a standard storytelling device and then put it through the show’s filter. For this episode, it is taking the swapped bodies concept used in Freaky Friday and then twisting things up. So, instead of changing bodies, half of Rick and half of Jerry gets put in both bodies.

This is a good idea, but it does not do a good job of selling it. We get one montage of happiness but no honest exploration of this new reality. More than that, we go back to start by the end, and much like Deep Space Nine’s Profit and Lace, nothing was learned. Add to this a mob story that feels detached from everything else, including the rest of the family that sort of bumble to the end. There was potential in the idea of Rick and Jerry finding a touch of common ground for a change, but I am not sure we ever got to where the story could have gone.

In the end, do we recommend Rick and Morty: The Jerrick Trap? Well, sort of, but not really. It is a perfectly okay episode, but it felt strangely safe, given the world they had created. Also, how quickly they brushed past those opening moments left a bad taste in my mouth.

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Credits – All images were created by the cast, crew, and production companies of Rick and Morty
Directed by – Kyounghee Lim
Written by – Albro Lundy & James Siciliano
Created by – Justin Roiland & Dan Harmon
Production/Distribution Companies – Justin Roiland’s Solo Vanity Card Productions, Harmonious Claptrap, Williams Street, Adult Swim & Netflix
Starring – Chris Parnell, Spencer Grammer, Sarah Chalke, Ian Cardoni & Harry Belden with Tom Kenny, Nolan North, Nick Reczynski, Ryan Ridley, Nick Rutherford, Rob Schrab & Kari Wahlgren