![]() If the writers can maintain this level of quality, then Rick and Morty fans are in for a treat next month.Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for Rick and Morty, Season 6, Episode 7.Įvery season of Rick and Morty must have a meta episode where the characters poke holes at the show's narrative structure. The episode ends with Rick repairing the portal gun so that his and Morty’s interdimensional adventures can resume when the show returns in November. As it turns out, these meteors – including the one that hit Earth – are sentient rock beings who are sick of the hippie dinosaurs. Before too long, the human race is sick of the dinosaurs and Rick discovers that every planet they’ve visited has been hit with an apocalyptic meteor. The midseason finale, “ Juricksic Mort,” argues that utopia is even worse than annihilation when an enlightened species of dinosaur arrives on Earth to bring about world peace and sustainability. What started as a simple humiliation at Jerry’s expense ended up becoming a mathematical study of fate reducing the destiny down to a mixture of probability, definable outcomes, and the randomness of space-time. As it turns out, they’ve captured an alien that can alter fate. When Rick’s Minority Report gadget determines that the fortune will indeed come true, he and Jerry infiltrate the fortune cookie factory to investigate. Everyone else gets the usual vague sentiments, but Jerry’s cookie tells him he’s destined to have sex with his own mother. The episode begins with Jerry receiving an oddly specific fortune in his fortune cookie. “Final DeSmithation” is a perfect example of Rick and Morty’s writers taking a very basic premise and extrapolating it into an action-packed sci-fi extravaganza. And that’s just the B-plot the A-plot spans decades as Rick goes into the Roy video game, tries to galvanize five billion NPCs to reintegrate back into Morty’s consciousness, and gets mistaken for a religious zealot. But in its own Die Hard episode, “ Rick: A Mort Well Lived,” Rick and Morty doesn’t just homage the plot and quote the dialogue it takes the Die Hard references to another level with a band of alien terrorists who claim that every sapien species in the universe has developed its own version of the Die Hard myth and a McClane who hasn’t seen Die Hard, which makes her the ultimate McClane. Frundles’ rapid consumption of Earth it also deepens Rick’s character development by exploring his guilt over Diane’s death and his intense rivalry with Rick Prime.įrom South Park to It’s Always Sunny to Brooklyn Nine-Nine to The Cleveland Show, it seems every TV comedy has done an episode spoofing Die Hard. Not only does the premiere have some exciting sci-fi action and great standalone gags like Mr. Rick went back to the universe where his wife Diane and his original Beth were killed by “Rick Prime,” Morty went back to the universe full of Cronenbergs, and Jerry went to the universe of the Jerry he got switched with at Jerryboree back in season 2. The premiere episode, “Solaricks,” got the season off to a thrilling start as Rick tried to reset the portal gun’s settings and accidentally reset every multiversal traveler, which sent half the family to other realities. But the writers seem to have learned some valuable lessons from their more polarizing years because, six episodes into the latest season, there hasn’t been a single weak installment. For every “The Vat of Acid Episode” (the one where Rick gives Morty a “save point” remote), there was a “Claw and Hoarder: Special Ricktim’s Morty” (the one where Rick gives Morty a dragon). ![]() RELATED: Rick And Morty: Season 6's First Episode Shows How Much The Show Has EvolvedĪround its fourth season, the show’s winning streak came to an end as it became just as hit-and-miss as the average TV comedy. ![]() Classics like “Total Rickall,” “Rick Potion #9,” and “Meeseeks and Destroy” nailed the blend of crude comedy, thought-provoking sci-fi, and existential dread that made Rick and Morty such a zeitgeist-capturing delight. Back in the first couple of seasons, every single episode was a knockout. Its twisty, complex storytelling deftly combined relatable everyday situations with mind-bending sci-fi concepts, all tied together with a healthy dose of dark humor and sharp self-awareness. Way back in 2013, Rick and Morty burst onto the scene as one of the most unique and inventive animated shows on the air.
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