rick and morty season 5 episode 4 full episode

Overall, “Rickdependence Spray” is a delightfully strange romp. But because it knows this about itself it isn’t aggravatingly try-hard like the show can be it’s actually quite reliably, consistently funny. It’s the show’s dumbest ideas and basest themes taken to extremes. Which makes the fact that it also doubles as a Christmas special that much funnier and more ironic.Without intentionally leaning into the bit, “Rickdependence Spray” really feels like an episode that just wanted to throw everything it possibly could at the wall, only to end up a major mess.ĭoes this Rick and Morty episode go a little bit too far? Probably, but at least the show is tugging us in the right direction.Ĭredit it for at least following through on the weirdness of its premise, but compared with the particularly strong three-week run it’s following, it doesn’t leave nearly as much of a mark. In many ways, this is actually one of the darkest Rick and Morty episodes we’ve ever seen. Morty couldn’t live with the damage he caused, and in the process only exacerbated that damage a thousandfold. This episode seems to be more fundamentally about Star Trek’s Prime Directive and the question of what happens when someone with noble intentions interferes in the natural course of a civilization.

In the end, the Terminator spoof is more surface level stuff.

Given the giant question mark that is Evil Morty, it’s hard not to wonder if the series is building toward a specific endgame here. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen Morty deal with some really dark twists of fate in Season 4. And it even cost him a free trip to Boob World, on top of everything else. There’s something genuinely depressing about Morty just trying to do the right thing and sparking a chain of events leading to a civilization being wiped out of time altogether. The fact that every piece of human civilization seems to have a snake equivalent, from “snake math” and “Snake M.I.T.” to snake versions of Abraham Lincoln and Hitler, makes the whole concept that much more entertaining.Īmid all the wacky snake humor, it helps having some of that grim, nihilistic Rick and Morty flavor keeping the episode anchored. That might have gotten old, but the steady stream of snake humor still clicks. I actually found myself wondering if the episode would commit to that bit so fully that it would leave the human cast behind for the rest of the episode. You really have to give the writers and animators credit for committing to the snake time travel concept, especially during the sequence where Morty sends Slimy rocketing to his new homeworld and we get nothing but hissing dialogue for several scenes in a row. I believe Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon have even gone on record as saying they don’t enjoy time travel as a storytelling conceit, so this episode works as a sort of takedown of this well-worn sci-fi trope. Where else could a simple flat tire in space spark a chain reaction of events that leads to Morty trying to replace a snake messiah and sparking a war that threatens to consume past, present and future alike? Time travel is inherently nonsensical, and this episode makes the most of that fact by striving to be as ridiculous as possible. But that’s not a problem here, as “Rattlestar Ricklactica” tackles Terminator’s convoluted time travel tropes with a healthy dose of self-awareness and over-the-top zaniness.

In general, the series rarely seems to benefit from spoofing any one particular franchise for too long. “Rattlestar Ricklactica” is an excellent Christmas special, a hilarious terminator parody and a great way to cap off the first half of Season 4, all rolled into one snake-flavored whole. But as ever, quality trumps quantity, and Season 4 generally hasn’t disappointed in that regard. After waiting so long for new episodes of Rick and Morty, it may seem like a cruel joke for the series to return for five measly episodes before going on indefinite hiatus again.

Rick and morty season 5 episode 4 full episode