Rick and Morty

The following recap contains spoilers for Rick and Morty S9E2 “Ricks Days, Seven Nights” (written by Jess Lacher and directed by Brian Kaufman) I went into Rick and Morty S9E2 “Ricks Days, Seven Nights” anticipating more of last week’s classic insanity we’ve generally come to expect from the show. Having watched it, I was surprised […] More

The following recap contains spoilers for Rick and Morty S9E1, “There’s Something About Morty” (written by Albro Lundy IV and directed by Douglas Einar Olsen) Rick and Morty, mostly great but occasionally questionable, is still kind of a warm blanket for me. The multiversal shenanigans, unhinged creativity and, of course, the dynamic between our titular […] More

The following recap contains spoilers for Rick and Morty S8E10 “Hot Rick” (written by Albro Lundy & James Siciliano and directed by Brian Kaufman). “Hot Rick” opens on Rick and a new alien woman named BugAnne in bed. She invites him to a family event—some kind of ceremonial tournament—and he’s reticent to accept. BugAnne knows why: he […] More

The following recap contains spoilers for Rick and Morty S8E9, “Morty Daddy” (written by Beth Stelling and directed by Eugene Huang) As the Smiths sit around the breakfast table, Morty’s phone vibrates. It’s the hospital, where his son, Morty Jr. (from “Raising Gazorpazorp,” in which he was conceived from Morty inseminating a sexbot), is. The […] More

The following recap contains spoilers for Rick and Morty S8E7 “Ricker Than Fiction” (written by Rob Schrab and directed by Douglas Einar Olsen). This week, James Gunn’s Superman drops in theaters. And in this week’s Rick and Morty, James Gunn himself (voicing himself) is the villain. It’s another semi-meta episode, which includes Dan Harmon’s story circle. Is […] More

The following recap contains spoilers for Rick and Morty S8E6, “The CuRicksous Case of Bethjamin Button” (written by Heather Anne Campbell & Jess Lacher and directed by Eugene Huang).  Beth and Space Beth hate their lives. Set to the theme song of Cheers, the Beths wake up, go about their jobs (Beth doing horse veterinarian stuff, and […] More

The following recap contains spoilers for Rick and Morty S8E5, “Cryo Mort a Rickver” (written by Nick Rutherford and directed by Fill Marc Sagadraca). As they do, Rick and Morty are traveling through space and listening to morbid podcasts when the ship’s scanner picks up a Cryoship signal with the power still online. The duo […] More

The following recap contains spoilers for Rick and Morty S8E4 “The Last Temptation of Jerry” (written by Heather Anne Campbell and directed by Douglas Einar Olsen) Body horror, sodomy, and blasphemy, oh my! Strap yourself for a truly classic Rick and Morty episode with “The Last Temptation of Jerry!” This is a f*cking funny one.  The […] More

The following recap contains spoilers for Rick and Morty S8E3, “The Rick, The Mort & The Ugly (written by Michael Kellner, Albro Lundy and James Ciciliano and directed by Jacob Hair). Rick and Morty are collecting Citadel wreckage after the Citadel was destroyed in S5E10 “Rickmurai Jack.” Morty is deeply bored, playing with his fidget […] More

The following recap contains spoilers for Rick and Morty S8E2, “Valkyrick” (written by Scott Marder and directed by Jacob Hair) Rick and Morty S8E2 (“Valkyrick”) opens with an organization called the Galactic Defiance planning to assassinate the Gromflomite Queen. The assassin—Space Beth—-is a no-show, having taken it into her own hands to take out the […] More

The following recap contains spoilers for Rick and Morty S8E1 “The Summer of All Fears” (written by Jess Lacher and directed by Fill Marc Sagadraca) Rick and Morty S8E1, “The Summer of All Fears,” opens on a crowd standing at the gates in front of a skyscraper from which an adult Summer, described by a […] More