![]() “Solar Opposites” goes to the “cameo from celebrity voiced by someone other than the celebrity” well enough times that it registers when the show does build around something more universally accessible. When the show reaches back to the ‘80s or ‘90s for parody fodder, there’s something about that process that never yields something as sharp as this team is capable of doing. “Jesse and Yumyulack try to explain BDE” is something that might work in a pitch session or even on paper, but in practice it just falls flat. ![]() By the end of Season 2, the show is so locked into its winking, reference-saturated approach that anything straying from that ends up a respite. This is a creative team that certainly sprinkles some gems here and there (that one of the local hangouts is called the “Gretchen-Darth Mall” is still blissfully good), but so many of these episodes feel like eating a meal made entirely of cake. It’s Mack’s curveball energy and Roiland’s versatility (he also voices another character who returns after an opening season one-off) that help keep “Solar Opposites” from sagging in the alien corner. Where her other three compatriots become increasingly defined by misanthropic grumpy rabbit holes, Jesse is the counterbalance keeping the show’s overall spirits up. ![]() The main exception is Jesse (Mary Mack), who emerges as the main Season 2 bright spot. When trouble inevitably comes to the group (almost surely through one of their own decisions/mistakes), equilibrium gets restored by everyone reacting pretty much the same way. As inventive as “Solar Opposites” is in spurts, Season 2 shows how much the main four characters are relatively indistinguishable from each other. Disaffected teen Yumyulack (Sean Giambrone) is quickly becoming a terror to everyone at his otherwise-unassuming junior high school. Human culture enthusiast Terry (Thomas Middleditch) is the absent-minded slacker. ![]() Korvo (voiced by series co-creator Justin Roiland) is the detail-oriented team leader. Wes Anderson's Best Shots: 30 Perfect Images That Define His Career 'Saturday Night Live' Review: The Best and Worst of Simu Liu's Hosting DebutĮmmy Predictions: Best Limited Series - Was It 'The Queen's Gambit' All Along? 'Succession' Review: Episode 6 Paints a Scary Future, While Sins of the Past Prey on Two Patsies After 2 years of waiting episode 2 of season 4 is here and it's not looking to hot it tries to balance 3 ongoing plots at once and they all have very differing runtimes the Rick plot at like 8 minutes and the Jerry and Morty one at 6 and the summer one (arguably the worst) at 4 or do After 2 years of waiting episode 2 of season 4 is here and it's not looking to hot it tries to balance 3 ongoing plots at once and they all have very differing runtimes the Rick plot at like 8 minutes and the Jerry and Morty one at 6 and the summer one (arguably the worst) at 4 or do minutes it's very obvious they have to stretch for time with how oddly paced they all are you could have taken the summer one out and it would have been fine I feel like since the new writers have gone aboard they have kind of ruined the show I mean they have written the worst episodes of season 3 I feel like Dan Harmon's giving them complete creative control which creates unfunny scenerios o feel like. ![]()
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