Hello internet.

Welcome to Film Theory, the show that wishes there was a night map

Pat to split the workload.

No more Fnaf.

So Rick and Morty's about to return from its mid-season break, but before it does, I figured

it was a good time to take a look at the season's first six episodes to check out where

things might be headed next. After ending

season five by blowing a huge hole into the universe, Rick and Morty opened to season six

with an all-new, all-different mandate. In our previous Rick and Morty theory, we looked specifically

at the first episode of the season to conclude that it was all about ways of handling grief. Rick

refuses to let go of his past trauma,

enough so that he's torturing himself and everyone around him with it.

You always do everything you set your mind to. Except keep your family alive, but that was hardly

your fault. Meanwhile, the Jerry from Season 1's Kronenberg universe completely lets go of his

past trauma to a self-destructive degree, refusing to accept anyone into his life and severing all ties with anyone from his past.

Your mom and sister died, Morty.

And I moved on from caring, and that is the best deal you will ever get.

The true solution, however, is found somewhere in the middle.

Grief isn't solved by never moving on, but it's also not solved by

completely moving on. It's a process of slow healing, acknowledging that that trauma is always

going to be a part of you and just learning to live with that. We concluded that this episode was

setting up a season-long theme of healing for Rick, working on himself, and boy, howdy did we get

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