Just watched the latest RnM and I am gonna scream. "Did you think you could let an alien parasite feed on your brain without consequences" is such a maddening line because oh my god, NO, Rick, he didn't think that. He knew there would be consequences. This kid lives in hell! The thing that's most like you about him is that there's a part of him inside that's always screaming to get out!
The constant assumption of Morty's incompetence this season, and how it's drastically incorrect, is really shaping up to a heart-rending last episode, I fear. If the theory that Morty's gonna run away is correct. Hell, even if it isn't. The writers are doing a great job stirring up the interpersonal issues to a boiling point. Everyone underestimates this kid. Even though one version of him broke the CFC, ended the Citadel, and became functionally immortal. Even though he's the main weakness of one of the supposed smartest guy alive - down to being his fucking password. It's ludicrous at this point to assume he doesn't understand consequences. He's seen worlds end from less.
Rick thinks he knows Morty to a science, can manage and suppress the needs of his grandson so that he continues to get what he wants out of the deal - but all he actually sees are the consequences. All effect, no cause. He's missing what's going on in this kid's head, by a long shot, and it's gonna fucking suck when the other shoe drops.
Season 9 review: OW. OWIE.
