Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate (Rick and Morty)

Plot
Jerry is admitted into an alien hospital after falling ill from eating contaminated ice cream, resulting in him facing a moral dilemma involving the sacrifice of one of his precious appendages to help save the life of a civil rights leader. Rick, Morty, and Summer hang out in the hospital’s waiting room to watch more interdimensional cable

Why It Sucks

 * 1) The plot and the subplots, while very cool in their concepts, end up duking each other out for screen time, resulting in uneven pacing between both plots. Both of these plots would have worked better if they were separate episodes.
 * 2) Jerry is at his absolute worst as after he impulsively agrees to donate his penis to help an alien named Shrimpley Pibbles undergo life-saving heart surgery, Jerry changes his mind. Instead of suggesting to the doctors' other options such as a fundraiser to fund a synthetic heart, Jerry decides to invade Pibbles’ privacy and announce to the public that Pibbles is a heroin addict, even though Pibbles’s species need heroin to live as they breathe on it.  Jerry then blames the doctors and diplomats and changes his mind again by holding an operating room hostage to force the doctors to accept the donation while Pibbles is in the middle of surgery
 * 3) *Aside from getting gunned down by security and then having his wounds treated, Jerry gets no punishment for his crimes in this episode.
 * 4) Shrimpley Pibbles despite being a huge focus of the plot, does not get much screen time as he is only seen undergoing surgery. He never speaks and he does not get an opportunity to voice his opinion on whether Jerry should donate or not. Shrimpley is treated like an advertised extra in the episode
 * 5) *The episode never reveals whether Pibbles’ heart surgery was a success or not as Jerry’s selfishness jeopardized Pibbles surgery yet that plotline ends with Jerry getting gunned down and then resuscitated with the focus shifting entirely on Jerry
 * 6) Rick is unlikable in the episode as he puts Jerry’s life at risk by putting ice cream contaminated with mutant bacteria in the freezer and illegally pirating interdimensional cable in the hospital waiting room. Rick does not get any repercussions for endangering Jerry aside from being banned from using the freezer.
 * 7) There are too many penis jokes in this episode.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The alien hospital is very cool to look at and is an interesting and fun concept.
 * 2) Summer and Morty are both likable as are the alien characters.
 * 3) The interdimensional cable skits are all good even if they were rushed.

Reception
The episode got a 7.7/10 on IMDb, and has overall received mixed reception from audiences

Trivia
TBA

Videos
https://youtu.be/2ITZ_JdDLZU