Evil Morty needed Rick to help rebuild the citadel and then he scans his entire brain to show Morty the person he is.Ī flashback sequence kicks off where we learn a lot about Rick Sanchez’s mysterious past. They venture to the rebuilt citadel where Evil Morty is president and is running a semi-democratic government. In the finale, they both reunite after Rick was away doing samurai anime type adventures and Morty was at home just missing his grandpa. In episode nine, titled “Forgetting Sarick Mortshall,” Rick and Morty both learn that they need some time apart and they are capable of being independent from each other.
In the two-part finale, Rick and Morty both go through an arc that comes back full circle by the end. The post credit’s scene of the episode gave us a teaser of Bird Person’s daughter locked away in a prison where she violently murders another inmate.
Rick didn’t want Bird Person having a life outside their friendship, but Bird Person found out why Rick didn’t tell him and decided he needed to go be a parent instead. In the episode, Rick learns that Bird Person’s ex-wife, Tammy, had his child and Rick refrains from telling this to Bird Person. In Bird Person’s mind, we learned a lot about the back story between the two as they fought the federation throughout their years. In episode eight, titled “Rickternal Friendhsine of the Spotless Mort,” Rick attempted to bring his old friend turned cyborg Bird Person back to life by going into his subconscious to bring him out. Another character that we learned about this season and who also changed a bunch was, of course, Rick Sanchez. This season had episodes that were more just comedy and didn’t have that deeper meaning that makes “Rick and Morty” fans love the show, but it did have a ton of character development. Then in episode three, Morty fell in love with a superhero, but then had to turn away from her because he didn’t like who she became. In episode one, he finally had the confidence to hang out with Jessica and invite her over, but not to audience’s surprise Rick’s selfishness and need for Morty got in the way of that. Throughout the show, Morty’s anxiousness and lack of self-confidence has always left him alone and stuck with Rick, but this season we got to explore Morty having more faith in himself as a romantic. Episode three brought in Alison Brie to voice the character Planetina, which provided obvious social commentary on climate change, but also gave a lot of character development to Morty as a romantic. The season started off strong with “Mort Dinner Rick Andre,” “Mortyplicity,” and “A Rickconvenient Mort,” episodes one, two and three of the season. That being said, the season doesn’t fall short on drama, character development, random moments of very serious and intense emotion and of course, fart jokes. There are some weaker episodes, like “Rickdependence Spray,” which is the lowest rated episode in the show to date on IMDB. Season five is probably the weakest since season one, but that doesn’t mean it is a bad season by any means at all. The episodes served as a two-parter, with episode nine and ten both being 21 minutes and having the plots closely tie in with each other.Īs season five of the acclaimed adult animation show comes to an end, let's reflect on the season in its entirety.
This past Sunday, September 5th, Adult Swim released episodes nine and ten of “Rick and Morty” season five, bringing it to a close. Arts & Entertainment, CommRadio by Sam Roberts