We start off with the aftermath of the previous season's finale. After Rigby graduates from High School, he along with Moredcai, Benson, Pops, Skips, Muscle Man, and High-Five Ghost, met up at the park to perform one final task of the park's so-called "Dome Test" set by Maellard. Unbeknownst to them, the final test is to set them off into space. Eileen was also unintentionally taken along for the ride. After a few misadventures and meeting other park rangers in space, the gang learns that they were chosen as part of the "Spark Initiative", Spark being an acronym for "Space Park". Essentially a step-up from their current job with the goal of expanding the park to other parts of the universe.
Everyone is happy with the project except Benson, who prefers to head back to Earth as the initiative means literally leaving everyone behind. But after convincing, Benson changes his mind and helps lead the gang to the initiative. The next series of episodes are your common self-contained stories of Mordecai and Rigby making a mess of things, all the while meeting new characters.
By Episode 15, Mordecai, Rigby and the gang are officially promoted to Space Rangers, with Mordecai and Rigby given their own personal ships. The two ships were exactly the same ones as seen in the Regular Show movie, thus establishing a connection. However, the ceremony was interrupted by the arrival of an entity known as "Anti-Pops", wreaking havoc in search of Pops. The gang did made their escape, but not without a number of their fellow Space Rangers taking the fall.
As the gang continue to flee from Anti-Pops, more revelations are given as to who Pops really is. It turns out Pops was not really Maellard's biological son and that he is actually a celestial being, destined to battle Anti-Pops for control of the universe. This also isn't Pop's first rodeo, as the two brothers have fought before. Each battle ended in a stalemate that results with the destruction and reconstruction of the universe.
Pops initially refused to take part in the Celestial Battle, seeing that it would mean the end of the universe, thus losing his friends. But thanks to the encouragement of Mordecai and Rigby, Pops accepts his destiny, though he remains reluctant on having to battle his brother and letting the universe end in the process.
In the episode "Kill 'Em with Kindness", Pops tries a different approach to end the conflict by reasoning with Anti-Pops, despite the objections of Mordecai and Rigby. Turns out the latter was right, as Anti-Pops refuses to listen to reason and begins erasing portions of the Universe. What is noticeable in this particular episode is the way Anti-Pops does his erasure. If you've watched The Amazing World of Gumball and learned the revelation at the end of Season 4, the same revelation, though subtle, is seen in this episode. The following episode "Meet The Seer", makes this revelation even more obvious to the viewer, while masked as a parody of The Matrix movies, as well as the media distribution from physical to digital.
Another thing to note with "Meet The Seer" is that the episode also serves as a bit of a social commentary from Regular Show creator J.G. Quintel and the staff regarding the series itself. During the meeting with the Seer, the latter will show various clips of Regular Show's 8 season lifespan. At one point the Seer addresses the problem with Mordecai's relationship with Margaret, a direct reference of how fans of Regular Show complained that Mordecai's love life was the focal point of Regular Show for a number of seasons. Another is the Seer wishing that Eileen had a much bigger role, an indication that had Regular Show been given another season, it would provide more episodes with Eileen as the central character, given her popularity among fans.
And that's where we've gone so far. The final episodes will air in the US January 16th at 6pm EST, starting with the episode "Cheer Up Pops" and ending with the two-part finale. I will of course provide my review of the finale as soon as I get my hands on them, so hope you check back here in my channel when that happens.
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