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1. Shard Calculation

Query:

Response:

Calculated Shard: 110 (from laksa046)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa110.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a37176599/rick-and-morty-season-5-character-development/\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a37176599/rick-and-morty-season-5-character-development/\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/ustv\/a37176599\/rick-and-morty-season-5-character-development\/","crawl_time":1774591963,"first_indexed_time":1627661148,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,digitalspy!www,\/tv\/ustv\/a37176599\/rick-and-morty-season-5-character-development\/ s443","src_root_hash":"14293390321184698510","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Rick and Morty season 5 is missing a crucial element","meta_descriptions":["Rick and Morty season 5 seems far more focused on the action than usual, and this is starting to come at the expense of some much-needed characterisation."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Rick and Morty\nseason 5 spoilers follow.\nRick and Morty\nseason five\nbegan with so much promise. Opening with the genuinely excellent '\nMort Dinner Rick Andre\n' – in which Morty's attempts to have a normal date are thwarted by his own actions in an alternate dimension – it seemed as though the show was set for a thunderous return to form.\nThis was swiftly followed by another belter, '\nMortyplicity\n', which saw the world overrun by countless robotic decoys of the Sanchez family, leaving both the characters and audience\nunsure if the original Rick and Morty had actually survived\n.\nThen there was 'Planetina', a\nCaptain Planet parody\nin which Morty finally finds love in the shape of an\nAlison Brie-voiced superhero\n, only to break things off when she turned out to be a bit murder-y. Like all of us after our first break-up, he then sobbed into his mother's arms.\nChannel 4\nBut now, six episodes in, those early signs of promise have almost all but faded. From the fourth episode onwards, we've had arguably three of the least-inspiring stand-alone instalments the series has produced since\nthat \"Slut Dragon\" debacle\n.\nUndoubtedly, conjuring up a giant incest baby has been\nthe lowest point of the season so far\n. Even\nRick and Morty\nwriter Nick Rutherford described it as \"disgusting and tasteless\". We've also had a pretty pedestrian episode about pleasure demons, as well as a Thanksgiving plot that\ncuriously positioned the President of the United States as Rick'\ns intellectual equal\n.\nRick and Morty\nhas always consisted of these kind of stand-alone adventures, and at least on the action front, episodes four to six have delivered. But beyond that, there's been little reason to get excited about the sci-fi madness exploding in front our faces. It's all just felt a bit… thin.\nWhat seems to be missing from these episodes is a certain amount of emotional depth – something fundamentally human to provide substance and further the development of the characters.\nFor contrast, '\nPickle Rick\n' from season three is unquestionably the show's most famous action-based episode, yet it's not just filled with meaningless carnage and aggressive sexual imagery. Rick turns himself into a literal pickle because he wants to get out of a therapy session with his family. Eventually, though, he's able to address his feelings and ends up bonding with Beth.\nRick's strained relationship with his daughter has been one of the strongest aspects of the show since its inception. In the pilot episode, Beth and her pathetic husband Jerry clashed over Rick's negative influence on Morty. And in\nthe season four finale\n, Rick seemingly wrecked things beyond repair when he cloned his daughter and forgot which one was the original. The genius scientist then had a startling realisation: \"Holy shit. I'm a terrible father.\"\nChannel 4\nFollowing that finale, we wondered if season five would continue to\nbuild on that kind of character development\nwith something profoundly human underpinning all of the sci-fi chaos. But even the aforementioned \"promising\" episodes from this run pale in comparison to the emotional depths reached in previous instalments.\nWhen Morty broke up with Planetina and went crying to his mum, it should have been one of those sobering moments this show is sometimes capable of producing. But given the general lack of characterisation, it just felt unearned and out of place.\nA similar issue occurs in '\nAmortycan Grickfitti\n'. When Jerry realises that his general lameness and cringe-worthy behaviour is being used by Rick to satisfy a horny group of pleasure demons, he confronts his father-in-law and Beth. But again, there isn't much of an emotional resolution and we don't particularly tread new ground with Jerry's character, either.\nNone of this is to say that we watch\nRick and Morty\nfor the emotional pay-offs. We come for the absurd humour and escapism. But as we've mentioned before, unless all of this is grounded in something mildly relatable, it's pretty hard to maintain an interest.\nIn season five, have we really learnt anything new about Rick, Morty, Beth, Jerry or Summer? Have any of them said or done anything that will be worth referencing in a few seasons' time? Is the show even about Rick and Morty anymore? It can't just be us who thought Morty was essentially a background character in 'Thanksploitation Spectacular', reduced to just a series of one-liners and \"ah jeezes\".\nPerhaps the clue for the drop off in quality lies within the writing credits. Aside from Jeff Loveness – who just so happened to write\nthat\nSlut Dragon episode – many of this season's writers have only worked on one or two instalments each. And notably, creators Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon haven't written an episode since season three.\nChannel 4\nIt just goes to show, for all the enjoyment we can muster from a Plumbus or mechanically augmented pickle, it's not the random humour and action that's made this show so successful.\nRick and Morty\nis ultimately at its best when it's using sci-fi tropes to say something meaningful about its dysfunctional family.\nAs Jerry says in the first inter-dimensional cable episode: \"Every family on this block has to wonder if they're together by choice. Our family just has inter-dimensional goggles to show us for a fact that we're not.\"\nRick and Morty\nairs on Adult Swim in the US, and on E4 and All 4 in the UK.\nCartoon Network Rick and Morty season 4 DVD\nCredit: Adult Swim\nSpirit Entertainment Rick and Morty Season 1-3 [Blu-Ray]\nCredit: Spirit Entertainment\nFunko Rick Funko Pop! Vinyl\nCredit: Funko\nFunko Morty Funko Pop! Vinyl\nCredit: Funko\nFunko Pickle Rick with Laser Figure Funko Pop! Vinyl\nCredit: Funko\nFunko Mr Meeseeks Funko Pop! Vinyl\nNow 10% Off\nCredit: Funko\nCartoon Network Rick and Morty men's hooded sweatshirt\nCredit: Adult Swim\nCartoon Network Rick and Morty women's sweatshirt\nCredit: Adult Swim\nNumskull Rainbow Morty Christmas Jumper\nCredit: Rick and Morty\nWinning Moves Rick and Morty Monopoly Board Game\nCredit: Hasbro\nCryptozoic Entertainment Rick and Morty Total Rickall Cooperative Card Game\nCredit: Cryptozoic\nWinning Moves Rick and Morty Cluedo Board Game\nNow 11% Off\nCredit: Winning Moves\nTop Trumps Rick and Morty Top Trumps Card Game\nCredit: Top Trumps\nBlockbusters are back – and the latest edition of Digital Spy Magazine has got everything you need to know about the summer's biggest box office arrivals. 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)\n\n***Rick and Morty* season 5 spoilers follow.**\n\n[*Rick and Morty*](https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/rick-and-morty\/) [season five](https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/ustv\/a30104312\/rick-and-morty-season-5-release-date-episodes-cast-trailer\/) began with so much promise. Opening with the genuinely excellent '[Mort Dinner Rick Andre](https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/ustv\/a36698221\/rick-and-morty-season-5-episode-1-review\/)' – in which Morty's attempts to have a normal date are thwarted by his own actions in an alternate dimension – it seemed as though the show was set for a thunderous return to form.\n\nThis was swiftly followed by another belter, '[Mortyplicity](https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/ustv\/a36900733\/rick-and-morty-season-5-episode-2-dead-theory\/)', which saw the world overrun by countless robotic decoys of the Sanchez family, leaving both the characters and audience [unsure if the original Rick and Morty had actually survived](https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/ustv\/a36900733\/rick-and-morty-season-5-episode-2-dead-theory\/).\n\n## What to Read Next\nThen there was 'Planetina', a [Captain Planet parody](https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/ustv\/a36926127\/rick-and-morty-season-5-episode-3-ending\/) in which Morty finally finds love in the shape of an [Alison Brie-voiced superhero](https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/ustv\/a36670052\/rick-and-morty-season-5-guest-stars-timothy-olyphant\/), only to break things off when she turned out to be a bit murder-y. Like all of us after our first break-up, he then sobbed into his mother's arms.\n\n![rick and morty season 5](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,<svg id="egMZhP8Sb3s1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" viewBox="0 0 1080 1080" shape-rendering="geometricPrecision" text-rendering="geometricPrecision"><ellipse rx="108" ry="108" transform="matrix(1.486722 0 0 1.555902 540 371.962584)" fill="none" stroke="#000" stroke-width="10"/><line x1="-176.777691" y1="-123.744383" x2="176.777691" y2="123.744384" transform="matrix(.769487 0 0 0.818257 540 371.962584)" fill="none" stroke="#000" stroke-width="20"/><text dx="0" dy="0" font-family="&quot;egMZhP8Sb3s1:::Roboto&quot;" font-size="90" font-weight="700" transform="matrix(1.093525 0 0 1.313687 256.824613 713.890799)" stroke-width="0"><tspan y="0" font-weight="700" stroke-width="0"><![CDATA[
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)\n\nChannel 4\n\nBut now, six episodes in, those early signs of promise have almost all but faded. From the fourth episode onwards, we've had arguably three of the least-inspiring stand-alone instalments the series has produced since [that \"Slut Dragon\" debacle](https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/ustv\/a30180801\/rick-and-morty-talking-cat-trolled-fans\/).\n\nUndoubtedly, conjuring up a giant incest baby has been [the lowest point of the season so far](https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/ustv\/a36980553\/rick-and-morty-season-5-episode-4-review\/). Even *Rick and Morty* writer Nick Rutherford described it as \"disgusting and tasteless\". We've also had a pretty pedestrian episode about pleasure demons, as well as a Thanksgiving plot that [curiously positioned the President of the United States as Rick'](https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/ustv\/a37113282\/rick-and-morty-season-5-episode-6-president\/)[s intellectual equal](https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/ustv\/a37113282\/rick-and-morty-season-5-episode-6-president\/).\n\n*Rick and Morty* has always consisted of these kind of stand-alone adventures, and at least on the action front, episodes four to six have delivered. But beyond that, there's been little reason to get excited about the sci-fi madness exploding in front our faces. It's all just felt a bit… thin.\n\n###### Related Story\n- [![](https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/hmg-prod\/images\/rick-and-morty-season-5-episode-5-2-1626689338.jpg?crop=1.00xw:0.895xh;0,0&resize=300:*)Rick and Morty's beef with Marvel explained](https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/ustv\/a37063308\/rick-and-morty-season-5-episode-5-marvel\/)\n\nWhat seems to be missing from these episodes is a certain amount of emotional depth – something fundamentally human to provide substance and further the development of the characters.\n\nFor contrast, '[Pickle Rick](https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/ustv\/a838213\/rick-and-morty-season-3-pickle-rick-breaking-bad\/)' from season three is unquestionably the show's most famous action-based episode, yet it's not just filled with meaningless carnage and aggressive sexual imagery. Rick turns himself into a literal pickle because he wants to get out of a therapy session with his family. Eventually, though, he's able to address his feelings and ends up bonding with Beth.\n\nRick's strained relationship with his daughter has been one of the strongest aspects of the show since its inception. In the pilot episode, Beth and her pathetic husband Jerry clashed over Rick's negative influence on Morty. And in [the season four finale](https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/ustv\/a32727130\/rick-and-morty-finale-twist-season-5\/), Rick seemingly wrecked things beyond repair when he cloned his daughter and forgot which one was the original. The genius scientist then had a startling realisation: \"Holy shit. I'm a terrible father.\"\n\n![rick and morty season 5, episode 5](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,<svg id="egMZhP8Sb3s1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" viewBox="0 0 1080 1080" shape-rendering="geometricPrecision" text-rendering="geometricPrecision"><ellipse rx="108" ry="108" transform="matrix(1.486722 0 0 1.555902 540 371.962584)" fill="none" stroke="#000" stroke-width="10"/><line x1="-176.777691" y1="-123.744383" x2="176.777691" y2="123.744384" transform="matrix(.769487 0 0 0.818257 540 371.962584)" fill="none" stroke="#000" stroke-width="20"/><text dx="0" dy="0" font-family="&quot;egMZhP8Sb3s1:::Roboto&quot;" font-size="90" font-weight="700" transform="matrix(1.093525 0 0 1.313687 256.824613 713.890799)" stroke-width="0"><tspan y="0" font-weight="700" stroke-width="0"><![CDATA[
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)\n\nChannel 4\n\nFollowing that finale, we wondered if season five would continue to [build on that kind of character development](https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/ustv\/a32727130\/rick-and-morty-finale-twist-season-5\/) with something profoundly human underpinning all of the sci-fi chaos. But even the aforementioned \"promising\" episodes from this run pale in comparison to the emotional depths reached in previous instalments.\n\nWhen Morty broke up with Planetina and went crying to his mum, it should have been one of those sobering moments this show is sometimes capable of producing. But given the general lack of characterisation, it just felt unearned and out of place.\n\nA similar issue occurs in '[Amortycan Grickfitti](https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/ustv\/a37063308\/rick-and-morty-season-5-episode-5-marvel\/)'. When Jerry realises that his general lameness and cringe-worthy behaviour is being used by Rick to satisfy a horny group of pleasure demons, he confronts his father-in-law and Beth. But again, there isn't much of an emotional resolution and we don't particularly tread new ground with Jerry's character, either.\n\n###### Related Story\n- [![](https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/hmg-prod\/images\/rick-and-morty-season-5-episode-6-1627384293.jpg?crop=1.00xw:0.703xh;0,0.0685xh&resize=300:*)Rick and Morty s5 is making this big mistake](https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/ustv\/a37113282\/rick-and-morty-season-5-episode-6-president\/)\n\nNone of this is to say that we watch *Rick and Morty* for the emotional pay-offs. We come for the absurd humour and escapism. But as we've mentioned before, unless all of this is grounded in something mildly relatable, it's pretty hard to maintain an interest.\n\nIn season five, have we really learnt anything new about Rick, Morty, Beth, Jerry or Summer? Have any of them said or done anything that will be worth referencing in a few seasons' time? Is the show even about Rick and Morty anymore? It can't just be us who thought Morty was essentially a background character in 'Thanksploitation Spectacular', reduced to just a series of one-liners and \"ah jeezes\".\n\nPerhaps the clue for the drop off in quality lies within the writing credits. Aside from Jeff Loveness – who just so happened to write *that* Slut Dragon episode – many of this season's writers have only worked on one or two instalments each. And notably, creators Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon haven't written an episode since season three.\n\n![rick and morty season 5](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,<svg id="egMZhP8Sb3s1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" viewBox="0 0 1080 1080" shape-rendering="geometricPrecision" text-rendering="geometricPrecision"><ellipse rx="108" ry="108" transform="matrix(1.486722 0 0 1.555902 540 371.962584)" fill="none" stroke="#000" stroke-width="10"/><line x1="-176.777691" y1="-123.744383" x2="176.777691" y2="123.744384" transform="matrix(.769487 0 0 0.818257 540 371.962584)" fill="none" stroke="#000" stroke-width="20"/><text dx="0" dy="0" font-family="&quot;egMZhP8Sb3s1:::Roboto&quot;" font-size="90" font-weight="700" transform="matrix(1.093525 0 0 1.313687 256.824613 713.890799)" stroke-width="0"><tspan y="0" font-weight="700" stroke-width="0"><![CDATA[
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Opening with the genuinely excellent '[Mort Dinner Rick Andre](https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/ustv\/a36698221\/rick-and-morty-season-5-episode-1-review\/)' – in which Morty's attempts to have a normal date are thwarted by his own actions in an alternate dimension – it seemed as though the show was set for a thunderous return to form.\n\nThis was swiftly followed by another belter, '[Mortyplicity](https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/ustv\/a36900733\/rick-and-morty-season-5-episode-2-dead-theory\/)', which saw the world overrun by countless robotic decoys of the Sanchez family, leaving both the characters and audience [unsure if the original Rick and Morty had actually survived](https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/ustv\/a36900733\/rick-and-morty-season-5-episode-2-dead-theory\/).\n\nThen there was 'Planetina', a [Captain Planet parody](https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/ustv\/a36926127\/rick-and-morty-season-5-episode-3-ending\/) in which Morty finally finds love in the shape of an [Alison Brie-voiced superhero](https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/ustv\/a36670052\/rick-and-morty-season-5-guest-stars-timothy-olyphant\/), only to break things off when she turned out to be a bit murder-y. 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)\n\nChannel 4\n\nFollowing that finale, we wondered if season five would continue to [build on that kind of character development](https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/ustv\/a32727130\/rick-and-morty-finale-twist-season-5\/) with something profoundly human underpinning all of the sci-fi chaos. But even the aforementioned \"promising\" episodes from this run pale in comparison to the emotional depths reached in previous instalments.\n\nWhen Morty broke up with Planetina and went crying to his mum, it should have been one of those sobering moments this show is sometimes capable of producing. But given the general lack of characterisation, it just felt unearned and out of place.\n\nA similar issue occurs in '[Amortycan Grickfitti](https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/ustv\/a37063308\/rick-and-morty-season-5-episode-5-marvel\/)'. When Jerry realises that his general lameness and cringe-worthy behaviour is being used by Rick to satisfy a horny group of pleasure demons, he confronts his father-in-law and Beth. But again, there isn't much of an emotional resolution and we don't particularly tread new ground with Jerry's character, either.\n\nNone of this is to say that we watch *Rick and Morty* for the emotional pay-offs. We come for the absurd humour and escapism. But as we've mentioned before, unless all of this is grounded in something mildly relatable, it's pretty hard to maintain an interest.\n\nIn season five, have we really learnt anything new about Rick, Morty, Beth, Jerry or Summer? Have any of them said or done anything that will be worth referencing in a few seasons' time? Is the show even about Rick and Morty anymore? It can't just be us who thought Morty was essentially a background character in 'Thanksploitation Spectacular', reduced to just a series of one-liners and \"ah jeezes\".\n\nPerhaps the clue for the drop off in quality lies within the writing credits. Aside from Jeff Loveness – who just so happened to write *that* Slut Dragon episode – many of this season's writers have only worked on one or two instalments each. And notably, creators Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon haven't written an episode since season three.\n\n![rick and morty season 5](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,<svg id="egMZhP8Sb3s1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" viewBox="0 0 1080 1080" shape-rendering="geometricPrecision" text-rendering="geometricPrecision"><ellipse rx="108" ry="108" transform="matrix(1.486722 0 0 1.555902 540 371.962584)" fill="none" stroke="#000" stroke-width="10"/><line x1="-176.777691" y1="-123.744383" x2="176.777691" y2="123.744384" transform="matrix(.769487 0 0 0.818257 540 371.962584)" fill="none" stroke="#000" stroke-width="20"/><text dx="0" dy="0" font-family="&quot;egMZhP8Sb3s1:::Roboto&quot;" font-size="90" font-weight="700" transform="matrix(1.093525 0 0 1.313687 256.824613 713.890799)" stroke-width="0"><tspan y="0" font-weight="700" stroke-width="0"><![CDATA[
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Boilerpipe Text	Rick and Morty season 5 spoilers follow. Rick and Morty season five began with so much promise. Opening with the genuinely excellent ' Mort Dinner Rick Andre ' – in which Morty's attempts to have a normal date are thwarted by his own actions in an alternate dimension – it seemed as though the show was set for a thunderous return to form. This was swiftly followed by another belter, ' Mortyplicity ', which saw the world overrun by countless robotic decoys of the Sanchez family, leaving both the characters and audience unsure if the original Rick and Morty had actually survived . Then there was 'Planetina', a Captain Planet parody in which Morty finally finds love in the shape of an Alison Brie-voiced superhero , only to break things off when she turned out to be a bit murder-y. Like all of us after our first break-up, he then sobbed into his mother's arms. Channel 4 But now, six episodes in, those early signs of promise have almost all but faded. From the fourth episode onwards, we've had arguably three of the least-inspiring stand-alone instalments the series has produced since that "Slut Dragon" debacle . Undoubtedly, conjuring up a giant incest baby has been the lowest point of the season so far . Even Rick and Morty writer Nick Rutherford described it as "disgusting and tasteless". We've also had a pretty pedestrian episode about pleasure demons, as well as a Thanksgiving plot that curiously positioned the President of the United States as Rick' s intellectual equal . Rick and Morty has always consisted of these kind of stand-alone adventures, and at least on the action front, episodes four to six have delivered. But beyond that, there's been little reason to get excited about the sci-fi madness exploding in front our faces. It's all just felt a bit… thin. What seems to be missing from these episodes is a certain amount of emotional depth – something fundamentally human to provide substance and further the development of the characters. For contrast, ' Pickle Rick ' from season three is unquestionably the show's most famous action-based episode, yet it's not just filled with meaningless carnage and aggressive sexual imagery. Rick turns himself into a literal pickle because he wants to get out of a therapy session with his family. Eventually, though, he's able to address his feelings and ends up bonding with Beth. Rick's strained relationship with his daughter has been one of the strongest aspects of the show since its inception. In the pilot episode, Beth and her pathetic husband Jerry clashed over Rick's negative influence on Morty. And in the season four finale , Rick seemingly wrecked things beyond repair when he cloned his daughter and forgot which one was the original. The genius scientist then had a startling realisation: "Holy shit. I'm a terrible father." Channel 4 Following that finale, we wondered if season five would continue to build on that kind of character development with something profoundly human underpinning all of the sci-fi chaos. But even the aforementioned "promising" episodes from this run pale in comparison to the emotional depths reached in previous instalments. When Morty broke up with Planetina and went crying to his mum, it should have been one of those sobering moments this show is sometimes capable of producing. But given the general lack of characterisation, it just felt unearned and out of place. A similar issue occurs in ' Amortycan Grickfitti '. When Jerry realises that his general lameness and cringe-worthy behaviour is being used by Rick to satisfy a horny group of pleasure demons, he confronts his father-in-law and Beth. But again, there isn't much of an emotional resolution and we don't particularly tread new ground with Jerry's character, either. None of this is to say that we watch Rick and Morty for the emotional pay-offs. We come for the absurd humour and escapism. But as we've mentioned before, unless all of this is grounded in something mildly relatable, it's pretty hard to maintain an interest. In season five, have we really learnt anything new about Rick, Morty, Beth, Jerry or Summer? Have any of them said or done anything that will be worth referencing in a few seasons' time? Is the show even about Rick and Morty anymore? It can't just be us who thought Morty was essentially a background character in 'Thanksploitation Spectacular', reduced to just a series of one-liners and "ah jeezes". Perhaps the clue for the drop off in quality lies within the writing credits. Aside from Jeff Loveness – who just so happened to write that Slut Dragon episode – many of this season's writers have only worked on one or two instalments each. And notably, creators Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon haven't written an episode since season three. Channel 4 It just goes to show, for all the enjoyment we can muster from a Plumbus or mechanically augmented pickle, it's not the random humour and action that's made this show so successful. Rick and Morty is ultimately at its best when it's using sci-fi tropes to say something meaningful about its dysfunctional family. As Jerry says in the first inter-dimensional cable episode: "Every family on this block has to wonder if they're together by choice. Our family just has inter-dimensional goggles to show us for a fact that we're not." Rick and Morty airs on Adult Swim in the US, and on E4 and All 4 in the UK. 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) Rick and Morty season 5 spoilers follow.** [Rick and Morty](https://www.digitalspy.com/rick-and-morty/) [season five](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a30104312/rick-and-morty-season-5-release-date-episodes-cast-trailer/) began with so much promise. Opening with the genuinely excellent '[Mort Dinner Rick Andre](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a36698221/rick-and-morty-season-5-episode-1-review/)' – in which Morty's attempts to have a normal date are thwarted by his own actions in an alternate dimension – it seemed as though the show was set for a thunderous return to form. This was swiftly followed by another belter, '[Mortyplicity](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a36900733/rick-and-morty-season-5-episode-2-dead-theory/)', which saw the world overrun by countless robotic decoys of the Sanchez family, leaving both the characters and audience [unsure if the original Rick and Morty had actually survived](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a36900733/rick-and-morty-season-5-episode-2-dead-theory/). ## What to Read Next Then there was 'Planetina', a [Captain Planet parody](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a36926127/rick-and-morty-season-5-episode-3-ending/) in which Morty finally finds love in the shape of an [Alison Brie-voiced superhero](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a36670052/rick-and-morty-season-5-guest-stars-timothy-olyphant/), only to break things off when she turned out to be a bit murder-y. Like all of us after our first break-up, he then sobbed into his mother's arms. ![rick and morty season 5](data:image/svg+xml;base64,<svg id="egMZhP8Sb3s1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" viewBox="0 0 1080 1080" shape-rendering="geometricPrecision" text-rendering="geometricPrecision"><ellipse rx="108" ry="108" transform="matrix(1.486722 0 0 1.555902 540 371.962584)" fill="none" stroke="#000" stroke-width="10"/><line x1="-176.777691" y1="-123.744383" x2="176.777691" y2="123.744384" transform="matrix(.769487 0 0 0.818257 540 371.962584)" fill="none" stroke="#000" stroke-width="20"/><text dx="0" dy="0" font-family="&quot;egMZhP8Sb3s1:::Roboto&quot;" font-size="90" font-weight="700" transform="matrix(1.093525 0 0 1.313687 256.824613 713.890799)" stroke-width="0"><tspan y="0" font-weight="700" stroke-width="0"><![CDATA[
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Readable Markdown	**Rick and Morty season 5 spoilers follow.** [Rick and Morty](https://www.digitalspy.com/rick-and-morty/) [season five](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a30104312/rick-and-morty-season-5-release-date-episodes-cast-trailer/) began with so much promise. Opening with the genuinely excellent '[Mort Dinner Rick Andre](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a36698221/rick-and-morty-season-5-episode-1-review/)' – in which Morty's attempts to have a normal date are thwarted by his own actions in an alternate dimension – it seemed as though the show was set for a thunderous return to form. This was swiftly followed by another belter, '[Mortyplicity](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a36900733/rick-and-morty-season-5-episode-2-dead-theory/)', which saw the world overrun by countless robotic decoys of the Sanchez family, leaving both the characters and audience [unsure if the original Rick and Morty had actually survived](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a36900733/rick-and-morty-season-5-episode-2-dead-theory/). Then there was 'Planetina', a [Captain Planet parody](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a36926127/rick-and-morty-season-5-episode-3-ending/) in which Morty finally finds love in the shape of an [Alison Brie-voiced superhero](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a36670052/rick-and-morty-season-5-guest-stars-timothy-olyphant/), only to break things off when she turned out to be a bit murder-y. Like all of us after our first break-up, he then sobbed into his mother's arms. ![rick and morty season 5](data:image/svg+xml;base64,<svg id="egMZhP8Sb3s1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" viewBox="0 0 1080 1080" shape-rendering="geometricPrecision" text-rendering="geometricPrecision"><ellipse rx="108" ry="108" transform="matrix(1.486722 0 0 1.555902 540 371.962584)" fill="none" stroke="#000" stroke-width="10"/><line x1="-176.777691" y1="-123.744383" x2="176.777691" y2="123.744384" transform="matrix(.769487 0 0 0.818257 540 371.962584)" fill="none" stroke="#000" stroke-width="20"/><text dx="0" dy="0" font-family="&quot;egMZhP8Sb3s1:::Roboto&quot;" font-size="90" font-weight="700" transform="matrix(1.093525 0 0 1.313687 256.824613 713.890799)" stroke-width="0"><tspan y="0" font-weight="700" stroke-width="0"><![CDATA[
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) Channel 4 But now, six episodes in, those early signs of promise have almost all but faded. From the fourth episode onwards, we've had arguably three of the least-inspiring stand-alone instalments the series has produced since [that "Slut Dragon" debacle](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a30180801/rick-and-morty-talking-cat-trolled-fans/). Undoubtedly, conjuring up a giant incest baby has been [the lowest point of the season so far](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a36980553/rick-and-morty-season-5-episode-4-review/). Even Rick and Morty writer Nick Rutherford described it as "disgusting and tasteless". We've also had a pretty pedestrian episode about pleasure demons, as well as a Thanksgiving plot that [curiously positioned the President of the United States as Rick'](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a37113282/rick-and-morty-season-5-episode-6-president/)[s intellectual equal](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a37113282/rick-and-morty-season-5-episode-6-president/). Rick and Morty has always consisted of these kind of stand-alone adventures, and at least on the action front, episodes four to six have delivered. But beyond that, there's been little reason to get excited about the sci-fi madness exploding in front our faces. It's all just felt a bit… thin. What seems to be missing from these episodes is a certain amount of emotional depth – something fundamentally human to provide substance and further the development of the characters. For contrast, '[Pickle Rick](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a838213/rick-and-morty-season-3-pickle-rick-breaking-bad/)' from season three is unquestionably the show's most famous action-based episode, yet it's not just filled with meaningless carnage and aggressive sexual imagery. Rick turns himself into a literal pickle because he wants to get out of a therapy session with his family. Eventually, though, he's able to address his feelings and ends up bonding with Beth. Rick's strained relationship with his daughter has been one of the strongest aspects of the show since its inception. In the pilot episode, Beth and her pathetic husband Jerry clashed over Rick's negative influence on Morty. And in [the season four finale](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a32727130/rick-and-morty-finale-twist-season-5/), Rick seemingly wrecked things beyond repair when he cloned his daughter and forgot which one was the original. The genius scientist then had a startling realisation: "Holy shit. I'm a terrible father." ![rick and morty season 5, episode 5](data:image/svg+xml;base64,<svg id="egMZhP8Sb3s1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" viewBox="0 0 1080 1080" shape-rendering="geometricPrecision" text-rendering="geometricPrecision"><ellipse rx="108" ry="108" transform="matrix(1.486722 0 0 1.555902 540 371.962584)" fill="none" stroke="#000" stroke-width="10"/><line x1="-176.777691" y1="-123.744383" x2="176.777691" y2="123.744384" transform="matrix(.769487 0 0 0.818257 540 371.962584)" fill="none" stroke="#000" stroke-width="20"/><text dx="0" dy="0" font-family="&quot;egMZhP8Sb3s1:::Roboto&quot;" font-size="90" font-weight="700" transform="matrix(1.093525 0 0 1.313687 256.824613 713.890799)" stroke-width="0"><tspan y="0" font-weight="700" stroke-width="0"><![CDATA[
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) Channel 4 Following that finale, we wondered if season five would continue to [build on that kind of character development](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a32727130/rick-and-morty-finale-twist-season-5/) with something profoundly human underpinning all of the sci-fi chaos. But even the aforementioned "promising" episodes from this run pale in comparison to the emotional depths reached in previous instalments. When Morty broke up with Planetina and went crying to his mum, it should have been one of those sobering moments this show is sometimes capable of producing. But given the general lack of characterisation, it just felt unearned and out of place. A similar issue occurs in '[Amortycan Grickfitti](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a37063308/rick-and-morty-season-5-episode-5-marvel/)'. When Jerry realises that his general lameness and cringe-worthy behaviour is being used by Rick to satisfy a horny group of pleasure demons, he confronts his father-in-law and Beth. But again, there isn't much of an emotional resolution and we don't particularly tread new ground with Jerry's character, either. None of this is to say that we watch Rick and Morty for the emotional pay-offs. We come for the absurd humour and escapism. But as we've mentioned before, unless all of this is grounded in something mildly relatable, it's pretty hard to maintain an interest. In season five, have we really learnt anything new about Rick, Morty, Beth, Jerry or Summer? Have any of them said or done anything that will be worth referencing in a few seasons' time? Is the show even about Rick and Morty anymore? It can't just be us who thought Morty was essentially a background character in 'Thanksploitation Spectacular', reduced to just a series of one-liners and "ah jeezes". Perhaps the clue for the drop off in quality lies within the writing credits. Aside from Jeff Loveness – who just so happened to write that Slut Dragon episode – many of this season's writers have only worked on one or two instalments each. And notably, creators Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon haven't written an episode since season three. ![rick and morty season 5](data:image/svg+xml;base64,<svg id="egMZhP8Sb3s1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" viewBox="0 0 1080 1080" shape-rendering="geometricPrecision" text-rendering="geometricPrecision"><ellipse rx="108" ry="108" transform="matrix(1.486722 0 0 1.555902 540 371.962584)" fill="none" stroke="#000" stroke-width="10"/><line x1="-176.777691" y1="-123.744383" x2="176.777691" y2="123.744384" transform="matrix(.769487 0 0 0.818257 540 371.962584)" fill="none" stroke="#000" stroke-width="20"/><text dx="0" dy="0" font-family="&quot;egMZhP8Sb3s1:::Roboto&quot;" font-size="90" font-weight="700" transform="matrix(1.093525 0 0 1.313687 256.824613 713.890799)" stroke-width="0"><tspan y="0" font-weight="700" stroke-width="0"><![CDATA[
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