Rick and Morty Season 7 Episode 4 Review: Why is it the best so far?
To be honest, while watching this episode, I was not sure of the theme. It seemed to be quite dark and was not so tasteful. But I can assure you it's one of the best in the universe of Rick and Morty.
Episode Overview
Directed by: Lucas Grey
Written by: Heather Anne Campbell
Air Date: 11/5/2023
Guest Stars - Kotomi, James Adomian, Albro Lundy
Synopsis
The Smith family is enjoying delicious spaghetti for family dinner, but Morty uncovers the truth about the dish, leading to a horrifying discovery and the collapse of society.
Spoilers Ahead for Rick and Morty S7E4: That's Amorte
In this episode, Rick's family is completely obsessed with the Thursday night spaghetti tradition. Meanwhile, Morty soon finds out Rick harvests the spaghetti they are eating from the guts of suicidal human-like aliens from a different planet. Morty likes the taste of it but has an ethical dilemma due to the weirdness as Rick shows the source of the spaghetti to Morty.
Morty's guilt led him to confess to a group of funeral attendees what they had done to the guts of the dead person. Morty also spills the beans with the family, but all the family members are unhappy with Morty's disclosure as they love the spaghetti. The president of the alien planet plans to sell the gutsy pasta across the universe and invites Morty to become the brand ambassador of the product. A horrific new world order is created in which suicide is encouraged, making it a dystopian planet overnight.
After seeing the aftermath, Morty regrets his decision and asks Rick to change everything and provide an alternative to the spaghetti problem. They decide to plant a sped-up life span and indoctrination program in which clones are limited to exposure to the world, and they are convinced that becoming spaghetti is their destiny. But the plan fell measurably as the clones fell in love with each other and decided to kill themselves as they didn't want to become the spaghetti to someone else. They cancel the plan and decide to produce headless, boneless torsos, which are used to produce the spaghetti by making them kill themselves. But this also misfires as two different groups show up, one as the Torso's rights activists and another group who want real spaghetti, not the manufacturing one, collide with each other and blow themselves off.
Morty still wants Rick to synthesize the spaghetti, and Rick agrees and asks, "Is there anyone left who might wanna kill themselves?". They visit an old man who has only two months to live but has not agreed to commit suicide for their experiment. Rick convinces him and takes him to a euthanasia chamber to experiment. Rick then broadcasts himself to the planet's people and tells them the spaghetti supply problem will be solved. He mentions that the person here will do the deed, and I'll synthesize it. He tells the old man to think about his life, and this machine will show them all the memories from his past. As all the world sees the beautiful memory of the dead old man, they are disgusted and are sick of the spaghetti now. Rick's plan was simple: he couldn't change everyone's taste buds, but he could make it distasteful. Later, the family is at the dining table, and instead of spaghetti, Rick is serving them Salisbury steak. They are loving it and don't want to know where the steak is coming from.
End Credits:- Similar to Rick's broadcast scene, a planet filled with sentient vacuum cleaners is shown where a sentient plant being is shown in place of the old man's place. It is revealed that the vacuum bags everyone uses are from the guts of the plant being. They are all disgusted and farting along instead of vomiting.
Why is it the best so far?
Many viewers are upset due to the exit of Justin Roiland as a voice artist. Ian Cardoni now dubs Rick Sanchez's voice, and Harry Belden does Morty's. They are doing a decent job while impersonating the main character's voices. This episode doesn't shy to comment on the meat industry, capitalism, and unsatiable consumer hunger. Also, this episode focuses on Morty's promise to Rick as he promises to "never look under the curtain at a Rick thing to figure out what's bad about it ever again ". Previously, in Rick and Morty's season, Morty always somehow creates deadly situations trying to do the right thing, as a result of which countless lives are lost. This time, he finally listened to his grandpa. But the main takeaway in the episode is the take on the ethics and social taboos of compassionate suicide and assisted suicide. The delivery of the memory montage scene was flawless.
Well, my take on suicide is that it is not the solution. Just think about the important moments you have spent in your life, and automatically, the thought of committing it will vanish.
And also, don't watch the episode with a bowl of spaghetti.
Pop Culture Reference:-
The episode's title references the Dean Martin song That's Amore, " which means "loves" in Italian. It captures the essence of love and nostalgia. It fits the episode theme as Spaghetti is used as a metaphor.
My favorite scene of the episode is the montage scene at the end. What touches us regarding it is the beautiful song used, which is Live Forever (feat. Kotomi & Ryan Elder).
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