![]() He finds solace in being “a pretty good friend” with the big reveal that Birdperson is still alive and Rick has plans to revive him fully. ““Holy shit, I’m a terrible father,” Rick admits to himself as the ethereal and wistful chillwave song plays. We see all this in a memory that Rick erased. But at the last minute, he shuffled the Beths, so neither Rick nor us will ever know the truth. “Star Mort” introduces “Space Beth” to follow up on Rick’s offer to his daughter the previous season: He cloned Beth so she could go off on adventures and also remain with the family, leaving him to pick which did what. ![]() Rather than drown his sorrows, act out violently, or even attempt suicide, he contemplates the nature of his toxic behavior for a strong emotional beat - with an original song called “Don’t Look Back” by Kotomi and series composer Ryan Elder that absolutely slaps. “Star Mort Rickturn of the Jerri” (Season 4, Episode 10)įor the most part, the season-four finale is an action-packed adventure inspired by Star Wars that unfolds at a blistering pace, but the contemplative final minutes expose Rick at one of his lowest points ever. Even if the Tina-teers meant well in their youth, moral decline was inevitable. Divorced from the bubblegum pop veneer of Captain Planet, Rick and Morty contemplates how these dynamics would actually play out in the real world. She gets more and more violent to “protect the planet,” killing countless people in the process and alienating Morty. Planetina learns what Captain Planet never did: It’s not just ecoterrorists that are destroying the planet. ![]() After he kills them all in self-defense (and to protect Planetina from being sold), things go from bad to worse. Morty falls in love with Planetina, a Captain Planet parody being exploited by her adult Tina-teers. Some of the tired jokes are a bit too silly and repetitive in this one, but both core storylines really weigh on you. “A Rickconvenient Mort” (Season 5, Episode 3) Here’s a look back at the 15 most soul-crushing episodes in Rick and Morty history. Whether it’s yet another one of Rick’s spiritual crises or just devastating plot developments, Rick and Morty at its best is equal parts comedic gold and soul-crushing brilliance. So often, the show forces us to reconcile dark comedy with the quirks of sci-fi horror in weird ways. It has earned a place in the cultural spotlight for being one of the funniest shows on television, but also because at its very best, the emotional depth is enough to destroy you. Similar to in Doctor Who, the core concept allows the shifting writers’ room the opportunity to experiment in a universe of infinite possibility, all led by co-creator Dan Harmon’s comedic expertise. Some of its most successful writers went on to pen stories in the Marvel Cinematic Universe like Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Loki, and She-Hulk. It also played a huge role in bringing the multiverse into the Zeitgeist. Since its debut in 2013, Rick and Morty has paved the way for other hilarious and heartfelt adult animated series like BoJack Horseman and Big Mouth. ![]() In a vast, chaotic multiverse, everything is inherently meaningless when mad scientist Rick Sanchez can always portal himself into an alternate reality and stay there forever. With season seven having just kicked off on October 15, it’s only a matter of time before the series delivers another tearjerker. Adult Swim’s groundbreaking animated series Rick and Morty definitely leverages that fond association for its wacky sci-fi adventures, and while it’s mostly played for laughs, the show occasionally wields gravitas like a big soul-crushing hammer. The sight of a wild-haired old man in a lab coat triggers some Back to the Future nostalgia for most of us. Our companion list of the funniest episodes of Rick and Morty can be found here.
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