A heartbreaking flashback revealed the mad genius went along with the cloning process, but shuffled the two bodies so he was unsure whether he was sending his real daughter or the carbon copy into outer space.
Season four’s reveal was considered one of the bleakest moments of the show so far, but a perceptive theory may have unravelled the finale’s most pivotal sequence.
One viewer took to Reddit to propose Rick does, in fact, know which version of Beth became a galactic freedom fighter, and which stayed at home with Morty (Roiland), Summer (Spencer Grammer) and Jerry (Chris Parnell).
The Reddit user speculated: “Rick’s memory was recorded showing him turning around when Beth and her clone were being shifted around and randomized so he doesn’t know who is who.
