Rick and Morty fans are excited over Space Beth’s return in Season 5’s newest episode! The much anticipated fifth season of the Adult Swim animated series is now well underway, and one of the biggest questions fans had following the premiere episode is where Beth’s Clone, dubbed as “Space Beth” by the show and fans, was following the end of the fourth season. That finale teased there would be a huge shake up to the central family dynamic, but had not been addressed until the second episode. In fact, it’s addressed in a pretty hilarious way.
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Episode 2 of the fifth season, “Mortyplicity,” reveals that after Space Beth’s arrival Rick had created a number of decoy families to keep other would be killers off his back. The rug is soon pulled out, however, when it’s also revealed that this Rick was also a decoy who had been created by a decoy. This cascaded into a slew of Smith decoy families killing one another until they were all destroyed.
At the end of the episode, we get to see the “real” Smith family as Rick nonchalantly explains that they had actually been off planet on a “big long road trip adventure through space” where they actually ran into Space Beth. Space Beth then hilariously goes meta and says “let’s not overdo it,” and this implies that while this is a confirmation that she’s still around, she probably won’t be seen much in future episodes.
This return was definitely enough to get fans excited for how Rick and Morty‘s central canon is now being cemented into place, but what do you think? How did you feel about Space Beth’s return in Rick and Morty‘s newest episode? Do you want to see her play a bigger role in the future? Read on to see what fans are saying about her return, and let us know all of your thoughts about it in the comments! You can even reach out to me directly about all things animated and other cool stuff @Valdezology on Twitter!
YEAH SHE’S BACK!
Yeah Space Beth came back!!! #rickAndMorty
โ Killer Queen (@BezddDakota) June 28, 2021
They Were Chilling All Along!
The new #RickandMorty episode was fun so many decoys i didn’t even know who was the real one and at the end they were chilling with space beth ๐คฃ pic.twitter.com/OYhN1ESKym
โ HoRo (@xxxhoroxorohxxx) June 28, 2021
Yeah, That Cleared Things Up???
okay, THERE WE GO, Space Beth and the ACTUAL family were in space the whole time. that cleared things up- WTF #rickAndMorty
โ ๐๐๐๐ – ใใคใฏยท ็ใญใ (@DBZWii09) June 28, 2021
Totally Random!
SPACE BETH IS BACK lol random #RickandMorty
โ iLeave It All Tommy (@thenickfanclub) June 28, 2021
But Most Importantly…
Okay, so many things but most importantly, SPACE BETH! #rickAndMorty
โ โค๐ณ๏ธโ๐Magicdolphin30๐ณ๏ธโ๐โค (@Magicdolphin301) June 28, 2021
So Space Beth Was in Space!
OMG THE REAL Ones were in Outer Space with Space Beth #rickAndMorty pic.twitter.com/2svd2k7Rc8
โ Matthew Lopez (@Matthew669691) June 28, 2021
Were They the Real Smith Family?
Watched new Rick and Morty ep, it was fun, and I 100% believe the family at the very end was the real one, since they actually were with space beth, my guess is there was 1 fake family that made more and it all kinda went in a sorta expanding triangle down
โ Giodude1580 (COMMS OPEN!) (@giodude1580) June 28, 2021
Space Beth Really is the Key!
the real rick wasnโt shown until the very end of the episode, Space Beth is the ๐ #RickandMorty
โ Christian Hokama (@bigchokama) June 28, 2021
Makes a Lot of Sense…
OK, Rick said all the decoys go on โ terrestrialโ and โself containedโ adventures. Meaning they canโt be in space meeting Space Beth if they are decoys. RickAndMorty
โ ๐ฅWilliam๐ฆHigginsโฃ๏ธ (@ShadowWilliam6) June 28, 2021
Has to Be the Answer!
So The answer was whoever was hanging with Space Beth. #RickAndMorty
โ Victor Monjaras (@Journeyman15) June 28, 2021