However, it still highlights that Summer and Beth are the show’s least-developed characters.
In actuality, the two don’t interact all that much as Beth is one step behind Summer through much of the episode. Their story is pretty one-note Summer just keeps using a dating app called LoveFinderrz to chase soulmate after soulmate, with Beth in hot pursuit. Morty and Jerry’s plot is more about gags and doesn’t get too deep, but it’s still funny to watch Morty begrudgingly deal with his loser father. It works out mostly extremely well in “The Old Man and the Seat.” The Rick storyline is one long poop joke that amazingly culminates with a brilliant, melancholy character moment. So, at this point it’s still novel to divide and pair off the Smith family, stick them in sci-fi adventures, and see what happens.
Sure, it’s not the first time they’ve done this, but up to this point most Rick and Morty episodes have relied on the show’s solid, default character pairings: the one in the series’ title Beth and Jerry and, uh, Summer is kind of on her own, I guess. In “The Old Man and the Seat,” we get a Summer and Beth plot a Morty and Jerry plot and a Rick all by his lonesome plot. All you have to do to shake things up from time to time is pair characters off in different configurations from the norm and, if you’ve got a strong cast, funny stuff should ensue. To keep its storytelling fresh, one of the best tools a sitcom has is character pairings. This Rick and Morty review contains spoilers.
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