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Let’s dissect Evil Morty’s bombshells in the Season 5 finale of Rick and Morty and break down what the Central Finite Curve really is to Rick.
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Rick and Morty Season 5, Episode 10, “Rickmurai Jack,” which aired Sunday on Adult Swim.
In the Season 5 finale of Rick and Morty, Evil Morty drops bombshells as he reveals his plan. He wants to escape something called the Central Finite Curve and needs to raid Rick’s mind one last time for intel for a portal machine to do so. It’s also part of his scheme to show Morty he really isn’t evil and that Rick’s the real villain of the story. With that in mind, let’s break down what the Curve is and why Evil Morty wants out.
As Evil Morty hosts the duo for dinner and extracts the info from Rick’s mind, he reveals how the idea of a Morty with free will is what Rick considers “evil.” In fact, they’ve all been bred as his servants. And it all has to do with the Curve, which is actually an inter-dimensional barrier in which Rick’s trapped all the universes where he’s the smartest man together.
So really, while Rick’s talked about “infinite universes” in Rick and Morty, it’s just a segment of the multiverse he’s banded together where various Ricks are all-seeing and all-knowing puppet masters. To keep this facade up, he needs Mortys, ergo the breeding scheme, which is why Evil Morty — who’s truly enlightened — wants out of this cosmic prison where C-137 Rick’s the warden. In Season 1’s “Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind,” one of the Ricks on the twisted Council of Ricks told C-137 Rick that “of all of the Ricks in the Central Finite Curve, [he’s] the malcontent… the rogue.” The statement also implies that while Ricks may have been enemies, they all agreed with the conspiracy.
After all, C-137 Rick helped build the Citadel and brought the Council of Ricks together before rebelling, which explains why Evil Morty views him as the secret to true freedom — physically and mentally. In the final moments of Season 5, Evil Morty breaks that border and travels to where he can access other universes previously unreachable. His yellow portal gun confirms these dimensions weren’t accessible due to the Curve, as Rick’s green portals always limited travel to where he was the strongest and most capable. Admittedly, walling off access to any universes where Rick isn’t the smartest is pretty low, but it fits his narcissism. Evil Morty even describes it as being a giant crib around a giant baby who loves playing God. However, it must be noted that Rick losing his family could be why he needs a realm he can control.
Rick and Morty has dropped clues that while this section is separate from the rest of the multiverse, the Curve has tampered with Rick’s realm. The fact Evil Morty has outsmarted Rick hints that just knowing the truth elevates one’s consciousness. In contrast, there are cases where audiences have met some not-so-smart Ricks, such as Doofus Rick, which means these exceptions could have been closer to the multiverse on the other side.
It also connects to “Tales from the Citadel,” where Simple Rick’s origin is “60 iterations” off the Curve. He was content with seeing kid Beth happy, with his tears of joy used to create wafers that placated people, which suggests a Rick that isn’t locked into the Curve and confined by selfish desires and ego is indeed happier.
And this is what Evil Morty craves — removal from the toxicity, abuse and vicious cycle of the Curve. It’s all about emotional stability and the paradise he could never garner inside. Ultimately, fans will have to wait until Season 6 to hear Rick explain more, but seeing as no one can trust him, we’ll keep a close eye on what Evil Morty does on the outside to understand the full picture of this sinister galactic segregation Rick engineered in space and time to keep himself above the Curve.
To witness one of Rick’s most nefarious schemes, catch up with Rick and Morty. All Season 5 episodes are now streaming on Adult Swim’s website.
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