In terms of writing and concept, there are echoes of the multiple-timelines Community episode “Remedial Chaos Theory,” widely regarded as one of the best Harmon’s other sitcom ever produced. When you’re stuck on a static image of people talking for an extended period, it’s noticeable and a little boring. This might not seem like a big deal, but a lot of television comedy, especially animated comedy, only lands because of how, well, animated it is. Probably the divvied-up image was already disorienting enough, so the angle rarely changes so you’re able to follow the action. Also, the already-complicated visual of the splitscreen gimmick means there aren’t many cuts. I mean, as I said, there are parts, unless you really focus, where you can’t even make out what characters are saying, which means the only joke you really get is “you can’t make out what the characters are saying” (and this joke gets repeated several times). The problem with “A Rickle in Time” is it’s so concept-heavy it doesn’t have much room for comedy. It speaks to Rick and Morty’s always confident, ambitious tone that it starts a season off with a premise that seems designed to overwhelm auditorily and visually (in terms of plot, I don’t think it’s too hard to follow). This is a bizarre, ballsy thing to put on television, especially for a season premiere.
All this is amplified when the screen splits again later, into fours, then splits again, and again, and again.Īnd again, I admire it all. Sometimes, the characters in the various timelines don’t say the same things-one Morty says something sheepish while the other makes a confrontational remark-which means (deliberately) you just hear a jumble of incoherent dialogue. This also means you hear each character in each timeline talking at the same time, creating a reverb effect. A significant portion of this episode is told with the screen split in half, showing us two timelines at once, with minor differences in the characters’ actions in each. Wright also voices Tony's father, and Sherri Shepherd (known for her roles in sitcoms like Less Than Perfect and How I Met Your Mother) voices Tony's wife.It makes for some weird audiovisual stuff, too. In Rick's storyline, his unsolicited toilet friend Tony is voiced by Jeffrey Wright, who plays Bernard in Westworld and is also set to play Commissioner Gordon in the upcoming Batman movie. Kathleen Turner, known for her roles in movie's like Romancing the Stone and The Man With Two Brains, voices the Manogatron Leader's wife. Taika Waititi, the director of Thor: Ragnarok (who also played the blue rock-based alien Korg in that movie) is the voice of cheerful intern Glootie, while Waititi's fellow Kiwi actor Sam Neill (who starred in Waititi's film Hunt For the Wilderpeople) is the voice of Glootie's boss, the leader of the Monogatrons.
Related: Every Returning Character Confirmed For Rick & Morty Season 4 (So Far) In the past, the show's celebrity guest voices have included film director Werner Herzog, Christian Slater, Nathan Fillion, John Oliver, and Susan Sarandon, and we can expect more special guests still to come in Rick and Morty season 4. Chris Parnell voices hapless dad Jerry Smith, Sarah Chalke voices Beth Smith, and Spencer Grammer voices Morty's sister, Summer.
The episode's special guest stars include Taika Waititi, Kathleen Turner, Sam Neill, and Jeffrey Wright.īoth title characters in Rick and Morty are voiced by the show's co-creator, Justin Roiland, with Dan Harmon also voicing various characters in the series. Rick and Morty season 4, episode 2 continues to show's tradition of casting well-known actors in guest roles. "The Old Man and the Seat" sends Rick on a vendetta against someone who dared to use his secret pooping spot, while Morty and Jerry try to take down a dating app developed by Rick's alien intern.
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