English Dub Review: Lastman “Stay Tuned to Pax News”

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Overview (Spoilers Below)

Anyone familiar with the “Interdimensional Cable” episodes of Rick and Morty will enjoy this week’s episode. Essentially we get a spoof of a typical FOX News broadcast, complete with silly journalists and wacky commercials. The stories being followed consists of the ongoing hostage situation from last week and someone in the fat man’s crew is selling a competing product behind his back.

Fortunately, Richard and crew get out safely (we don’t actually get to see how) and the fat man’s traitor shows his true colors as we fade to black.

Our Take

This was one of the best episodes of the season. It didn’t have THAT much in terms of the normal nasty Lastman that we normally get, instead, it was a 180 turn into something that became both entirely original and featuring a shocking twist ending that should leave fans of the series talking for days. I had NO inclination on who the traitor was in the group, and was even more shocked by the collective group that committed the final act.

The variety of the shorts whilst watching the news was funny and the broadcasters offered us a unique vantage point of what was going down all the while getting the single-serving satisfaction that came with Richard getting out of trouble.

The producers of this show are having a good time with this one, and we should be, as well.

Score
9/10