[5.9/10] Well, credit where it’s due -- this at least felt closer to the kind of thing the real *Rick and Morty* would do. Even then, it’s pretty confusing and not very compelling.
I kind of like the idea of two Ricks fighting each other over who made the right choices in life and who didn’t, while their interdimensional contact bursts them through multiple realities. Again, that feels very on-brand for *Rick and Morty*. My problem is that the lore is pretty opaque here, since I’m not sure which Rick is which and how it aligns with the backstory of the main show, so I’m left scratching my head over what exactly the scenario is. That goes double for all the apparent time travel stuff. Still, the visuals are interesting and there’s at least something there thematically, even if the dialogue is no great shakes and there’s little in the way of laughs.
That's a continuing problem from the prior episode. I guess there’s a few things approaching jokes here, but none of them are particularly funny, and the whole show seems more dramatic than irreverent.
The fight between Space Beth and Tammy is visually compelling, if nothing else, with some oners that grab your attention. The show teasing Tammy being affected by the fact that she has a daughter is an engaging story thread, but who knows how/whether they’ll follow it up.
Speaking of which, after all the rigamarole of the last episode, the only payoff we get to it is one solitary scene of Morty crying over his VR helmet. That's pretty unsatisfying, and considering that this episode ends just as abruptly, it’s hard to trust this show to deliver a good story, either within the confines of a single episode over the course of the season.
Overall, this is certainly a better outing than the first episode of the series, but that's not a high bar, and it’s not necessarily enough of an improvement to make me want to stick around.