Thinking about what Rick told him, Morty approaches Rick and requests a potion that can make Jessica like him. After Rick leaves, a depressed Morty goes upstairs to prepare for the dance and a nervous Jerry goes to check on Beth. In response, Rick tells Morty that what people interpret as, 'love' is just a chemical that causes animals to breed and once that has happened, any true passion fades away. Morty becomes upset and asks Rick not to talk about his parents in that fashion. Unconvinced, Rick tells Jerry that he can believe what he wants but it's pretty obvious that Beth is looking for an excuse to leave him.

An insulted Jerry remarks that there isn't a problem with his marriage. Rick proceeds to warn Morty not to go to Jerry for romantic advice because, 'his marriage is hanging on by a thread'.

Rick overhears Jerry's story and reminds him that said fondness resulted in Jerry getting Beth pregnant at 17. Jerry compares Morty's fondness for Jessica to his own fondness for Beth when he was a teenager. With the annual Flu Season Dance coming up, Morty talks to Jerry about his issue. Morty is very interested in Jessica, but lacks the opportunity to ever talk to her as he's either too shy or his attempts are shut down by Brad whenever he tries. A potion designed to make Morty attractive to one girl goes viral and infects all of Earth, so Rick has to clean up the mess by creating another mess.

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