Tries to be a good father by taking his family out on a trip and bond with them more

He literally admits he had an ulterior motive.

What were his ulterior motives?

Isn't the whole point that everyone in the Smith family is a terrible person?

the whole family are cunts. it's not a positive show.

the motive being wanting attention from his own family.

This. Rick literally said last episode word for word "I can do ANYTHING". Is curing cancer not worth doing?

I thought the point of the last season was to tone down Rick and return more to an actual family dealing with Rick?

Watch the car scene before the credits.

Just fucking say it, dude.

Nah lad. You better tell me so the rest of the thread knows too.

>the season finale is going to be a therapy episode
Another one?

We’re all aware the Smiths are a bunch of hostile shitheads, but whenever Jerry makes any attempt to actually bond with his family he gets irrationally shit on.

They weren't so bad in season 1, just like how Rick wasn't an edgy god but a sloppy fuckup. Most shows changed direction a little after they start but with this show the change has been massive and disastrous.

He literally tells summer she was right at the end

Nah bros we have to hate Jerry, Rick said so.

>Dad you brought us out here trying to be cool and impress us with worthless camping skills you probably learned from your dad as a kid. Fuck you.
So that's what his ulterior motive was? Take his family camping to impress them?

>tries to be a good father

Jerry has literally never tried that. His family recognizes this pattern of behavior from him and no longer falls for it.

Jerry is an average father seeking approval from his family. Jerry has tried bonding with his kids on multiple occasions and theyve done nothing but either
>Shit on him for trying like Summer
or
>Casually brush him off like Morty

>Jerry is an average father seeking approval from his family.

No, he isn't. Jerry wants obedience and reverence from his family. He doesn't want to do anything to earn it, he just wants it. He disguises this as caring about his family. But when push comes to shove, his true colors show. His family has noticed this about him and treats him accordingly.

Also, Jerry was never average. The show went out of its way, as early as season 1, to establish that Jerry is below average and insecure about it. It's why they had the gag about Rick dancing around his ego in season 1.

>Jerry wants obedience and reverence without earning it
Jerry wants the basic respect a husband and father should have. He never stated or indicated he wants to lord over people like Rick does.
>He disguises this as caring about his family
Except Jerry actually cares about them and its been shown he does. Granted he expects it in return. but they're his fucking family. Who wouldn't expect their own wife and kids to love them.
>Jerry is below average
Jerry is below average as a person. He's weak, pretty dull, talentless, and has no aspiration aside from delivering water I guess. The fact thats hes all this doesnt make him an awful person. It just makes him a boring one.

>Jesus Christ, what's their fucking damage?
They’re written by a fat depressed drunk alcoholic and a slightly less fat drunk depressed alcoholic who’s GF became a huge whore/pornstar.

Jerry should ditch his family and run off with summer’s friend

I think it's an interesting take on the "bumbling father" archetype. He's a fool but he knows this and refuses to better himself in meaningful ways, and his family rightfully calls him out on his bullshit.

What the fuck is up with the Jerry defense force in the past year or so? If you project onto Jerry you're a piece of shit.

Daddy issues on the part of the writers. Same problem that the Horus Heresy series has.

Every adult in the show is a horrendously awful person and you shouldn't be feeling sympathy for them

Rick was just trying to make Jerry feel like shit here, and look better in comparison. Also, curing cancer is exactly the sort of thing Rick wouldn't give a shit about unless he had a personal motivating factor or something to gain. He probably has a cure or knows how to make one, and is saving it for a bargaining chip.

Quit being such a fucking Jerry, Jerry...we know it's you.

>He's a fool but he knows this and refuses to better himself in meaningful ways, and his family rightfully calls him out on his bullshit.

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Everyone on the show is a shit person.
The show just doesn't lean into it hard enough.

Name a single TV show or media of any kind since the 1960s that doesn't portray the father this way. Like an impotent, incompetent, spineless worm in contrast to his godlike wife. Go on I'll wait.

Now think about why you can't. Is that a coincidence?

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