9 must-watch Rick and Morty episodes to prepare for the new season

Rick and Morty fans, it’s almost time. Five new episodes of the animated show Adult Swim are coming Starting May 3rd, a tribute to an alien movie, a Star Wars homage and more craziness will be shown with crazy scientist Rick Sanchez and his grandson Morty Smith. It was a long time ago and the fans stayed at home because of it Corona virus I can hardly wait for the new shows.

But while you wait, you may want to refresh your memories Living in the rickverse. You can see the first three seasons on Hulu or other streaming sources (we explain here), although you will need Hulu + Live TV if you missed the first five episodes of season four.

Rick and Morty is not like lost or breaking bad. When you’re ready to roll with events that seem completely random, you can plunge into almost any episode and just start enjoying the craziness. (And if you’re not ready to roll by chance, this may not be your show.) Here are nine episodes that you should revisit before the new shows begin. They are listed in order of publication, not preferred.

Lawn mower dog

In Lawnmower Dog, the second episode of the first season, two fascinating actions somehow manage to work together. In one case, Rick makes a device to increase the intelligence of the Smith family dog ​​Snuffles and inevitably creates a Planet of the Apes scenario in which dogs turn humans into pets. In the other, inspired by the film Inception from 2010, Rick and Morty travel in dreams and make friends with Scary Terry, a “legally safe tee” from Nightmare to Freddy Krueger on Elm Street. Both actions are very pleasant, especially the dog world. And to think that this was only the second episode of the series.

Meeseeks and destroy

Forget the traditional spirit in a bottle that fulfills desires. In episode 5 of season one, Meeseeks and Destroy, Rick introduces us to a box of Meeseeks that shows up a little blue creature, Mr. Meeseeks, whose sole aim is to fulfill your wish and then disappear. Meeseeks may have reached his match when asked to improve Jerry’s golf game. As the family struggles with the dream drama, Rick Morty has an adventure chosen and they end up in a medieval fantasy world whose sweetly named leader has a terrible dark side.

Sixty minutes

In Rixty Minutes (Season 1, Episode 9), the show introduces the idea of ​​the interdimensional cable and is one of the funniest concepts in the entire series. Rick smashes and rebuilds the family’s cable box and then it becomes masterfully weird. The crime shows where humans have developed from corn. Violent antique shows. Commercials with “Ants in My Eyes” Johnson who, as you guessed it, makes ants crawl around in his eyes. A world where Jerry is a huge movie star – wait, what?

A nice little story has arisen around the unforgettable show snippets, in which Summer manages her birth as an accident and Morty manages to provide a nice perspective. The concept of interdimensional cable returns in season two, episode 8, but this episode has started.

Close Rick counter of the Rick type

You don’t have to watch the show for long to realize that an unlimited number of Rick and Mortys live in different realities. Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind, the tenth episode of season one, blends many of these realities into one another, and Morty and the audience learn about The Citadel, a multi-dimensional secret society of Ricks and Mortys. The episode is valuable to watch to get a feel for how big the Rick Morty universe really is. Abstract: You wouldn’t want to live there, and especially if you had to, you wouldn’t want to be Morty.

Total rickall

Total Rickall, the fourth episode of season 2, is essentially a clip show. But we’ve never seen these clips before – the whole premise of the episode is that Smith-Sanchez’s house is suddenly full of strange characters, from Tinkles, the magical ballerina lamb, to a Frankenstein monster who claims to be fighting with Rick available in Vietnam. The family has memories of them and is convinced that they are real, but is slowly discovering that extraterrestrial parasites infiltrate their lives and make false memories.

Pickle Rick

Try to explain Pickle Rick’s (Season 3, Episode 3) plot to someone who has never seen the show before. “Well, it starts with Rick turning into a cucumber to escape family therapy, going through a terrible rat war, and somehow feeling like Rick is taking care of his family.” You could lose them somewhere around the “Channel Rat War”, but somehow it all comes together, like a nice half-piss that accompanies a Ruben’s sandwich. This is the episode that inspired Pickle Rick Pringles and even with cucumber flavor Krispy Kreme Donuts. Note: this is possibly one of the most beautiful episodes of all time, and that says something.

The Ricklantis confusion

In The Ricklantis Mixup (Season 3, Episode 7), Rick and Morty venture into the underwater world of Atlantis, but viewers receive no information about the trip until their departure and return to the middle of the credits. Instead, the show plunges back into the world of The Citadel, a land of endless Ricks and Mortys, where the Mortys – with one notable exception – are largely suppressed by Ricks. Police brutality, political corruption and discrimination are cleverly dealt with in this fan-favorite episode, almost exclusively voiced by Justin Roiland.

Morty’s brass player

Poor Morty. It turned out that he had many bad times with his grandfather – so bad that Rick had to erase them from his memory and keep them in a special room. Morty’s Mind Blowers, the eighth episode of season 3, is like the interdimensional cable episodes in that it is a series of random, creative clips that we can never see again. This isn’t everyone’s favorite episode, but it’s still free and fun, especially when Morty notices that some of Rick’s distant memories are hidden because he screwed up something.

Edge of Tomorty: Rick The Rickpeat

Season 4 premiere is the best of season 4 shows to date. When Morty sees a vision of his comfortable, peaceful death as an older man, he loves it so much that he is determined to achieve it. Meanwhile, Rick’s consciousness ends up in a number of different clones, most of which are all terrifying and involve many wasps and Nazis.

To no surprise, Morty misinterpreted his happy death completely, and things were put back in the crazy, panicked world of Rick and Morty from before. This season four premiere took place after an excruciating break of more than two years, but for many fans it was worth the wait. Bring the new shows.