Rick and Morty

The following recap contains spoilers for Rick and Morty S7E7, “Wet Kuat Amortican Summer” (written by Alex Song-Xia and directed by Kyounghee Lim).  Rick and Morty S7E7, “Wet Kuat Amortican Summer,” is the first episode of the show to feature Summer’s name (thus rounding out the roster of main characters for name usage in episode […] More

The following recap contains spoilers for Rick and Morty S7E6, “Rickfending Your Mort” (written by Cody Ziglar and directed by Jacob Hair).  After last week’s insanely eventful episode, Rick and Morty S7E6, “Rickfending Your Mort,” brings significantly lower stakes, but all of the ridiculous chaos. We were about due for another clip-style episode, and while I […] More

The following recap contains spoilers for Rick and Morty S7E5, “Unmortricken” (written by Albro Lundy and James Siciliano and directed by Jacob Hair). Rick and Morty S7E5, “Unmortricken,” was not provided to press in advance of it airing, nor was the cold open released a couple of days early, both of which have happened every episode so […] More

The following recap contains spoilers for Rick and Morty S7E4 “That’s Amorte” (written by Heather Anne Campbell and directed by Lucas Grey).  Editor’s Note: This piece was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, the series being covered here wouldn’t exist. As a raised Catholic, I try not to […] More

The following recap contains spoilers for Rick and Morty S7E3 “Air Force Wong.” Editor’s Note: This piece was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, the series being covered here wouldn’t exist. Rick and Morty S7E3 “Air Force Wong” opens with Rick in therapy with Dr. Wong. Considering the […] More

The following recap contains spoilers for Rick and Morty S7E2, “The Jerrick Trap” (written by Albro Lundy & James Siciliano and directed by Kyounghee Lim).  Editor’s Note: This piece was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, the series being covered here wouldn’t exist. Two things I got […] More

The following recap contains spoilers for Rick and Morty S7E1, “How Poopy Got His Poop Back” (written by Nick Rutherford and directed by Lucas Gray). Editor’s Note: This piece was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, the series being covered here wouldn’t exist. The cold open of Rick […] More

The following contains spoilers for Rick and Morty S6E10 “Rictional Mortpoon’s Rickmas Mortcation” Rick and Morty S6E10 “Rictional Mortpoon’s Rickmas Mortcation” closes out the season with a hilarious Christmas-themed finale. Rick surprises the family with a series of gifts from across the multiverse: Jerry gets an extradimensional edition of Miracle on 34th Street, two hours […] More

The following contains spoilers for Rick and Morty S6E9 “A Rick in King Mortur’s Mort.” Rick and Morty S6E9 wastes no time on dishing out a withering put-down on a popular hipster trend: the pop-up restaurant. Rick and Morty are visiting an asteroid on which one of these pop-ups has appeared, but Rick is having none of […] More

The following contains spoilers for Rick and Morty S6E8 “Analyze Piss.” Rick and Morty S6E8 (“Analyze Piss”) opens with a content warning, advising viewers that the episode contains content and conversation involving suicide, and concludes with crisis resources. Indeed, the episode deals with suicide in a way that it hasn’t done before, and is different in tone […] More

The following contains spoilers for Rick and Morty S6E7 “Full Meta Jackrick” Rick and Morty is little if not meta. The show often dives headfirst into meta gags, withering takedowns of story structure, and fourth-wall breaking. “Full Meta Jackrick” says “Hold my beer.” This is going to be a divisive episode, “Never Ricking Morty” style. But those […] More