I've been seeing a lot of interpretations of the latest episode and I've found them all really interesting so I decided... why not throw my hat into the ring? I think I have one that's quite different to all that i've been seeing, so.. here are my thoughts :)
The point of the episode, to me, is that Morty is the type of person who upon losing his empathy, turns to sympathy. That's just who he is. The episode isn't showing that Morty is turning into Rick Prime or Evil Morty or anything like that. It's showing that he has the capacity to, but chooses not to consciously.
Like, when he was talking down the serial killer, he sympathized. He didn't have the ability to feel for him, like, physically, but he still did it through logic and his own experiences. Because that's the typa guy he is! He's empathetic, and when he can't be empathetic, he finds a way by being sympathetic. I think a lot of people take the episode as kinda like "ouuuu morty's getting colderrrrr" and while I do think that's part of the point, i also think the episode is trying to refute that by showing that morty is still morty and that he's still retained his morals and compassion even after everything. HUZZAH
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