The essential episodes of Rick and Morty
Watch these 25 in order and you've got Rick and Morty — each pick states its reason.
- 01
Rick takes Morty to another dimension to get some seeds for him but Morty's parents are considering to put Rick in a retirement home for keeping Morty away from school to help him in his lab.
- 02
Morty's small, white dog Snuffles gets on the nerves of the family, so Rick quickly builds a knowledge enhancing helmet for the dog. In the meantime, Rick and Morty decide to incept the dreams of Morty's math teacher, Mr. Goldenfold in order to convince him to give Morty A's in math. While the duo are sent on an epic dream world journey, Snuffles slowly gains sentience, which leads to a slew of even more problems.
- 03
Aliens send Rick, Morty and Jerry into an alternate reality, and Rick tries to get them out as oblivious Jerry pitches a marketing slogan for apples.
- 04
Morty has grown weary of Rick's shenanigans, so he leads a supposedly safer adventure. Jerry conjures weird creatures to help him with his golf game.
- 05
Rick provides Morty with a love potion to get Jessica. The serum backfires & Rick's attempt to fix things creates Cronenberg inspired monsters. Rick is okay with it but Morty feels partly responsible for creating a living nightmare.
- 06
When Rick hooks up the family's tv receiver with reality-tv shows from alternate dimensions, and allows them to see themselves in different versions of their lives, they begin to wonder what they have, and more importantly - what could have been.
- 07
Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind
Rick's just trying to enjoy a nice breakfast, but he's kidnapped by a group of alternate Ricks and taken to stand trial for crimes against Ricks.
- 08
Rick unfreezes time, but since he, Morty and Summer have been living for so long on frozen time, a parallel dimension develops.
- 09
Morty tries to save a life.
- 10
Rick becomes emotional; Beth and Jerry are hard on each other.
- 11
Meeting new friends; Morty goes ballistic.
- 12
Rick forgets to check his oil, and must repair his car.
- 13
When Jerry accidentally gets transported to the planet hosting Birdperson and Tammy's wedding, the whole family attends the ill-fated ceremony.
- 14
Rick, still in galactic prison, puts an intricate escape plan into action. Back on Earth, which is now under federation control, Morty and Summer have an argument about their grandpa.
- 15
Rick turns himself into a pickle while the rest of the family goes to therapy. Now Rick has to figure out how to stop being a pickle.
- 16
Rick and Morty encounter a visiting Rick and Morty from the Citadel of Ricks before heading off on an amazing adventure to Atlantis.
- 17
Rick and Morty get caught up in a full-on snake war after a space snake bites Morty. Jerry tries to prove he can hang Christmas lights without dying.
- 18
Morty challenges Rick to build him the real-life equivalent of a "save game" function to live without consequence. Also, there's a giant vat of acid.
- 19
Star Mort Rickturn of the Jerri
Two Beths, a corporate-sponsored planet incinerator and some faces from the past force Rick and family to "do a Star Wars" to save Earth.
- 20
It's a busy night at the Smith house as Rick's nemesis pays a visit and Morty invites a girl over. Then some stuff happens with a portal in the garage.
- 21
Rick and Morty remember some of their old adventures together, which leads them to a stand-off with an old enemy.
- 22
When Rick and Morty enter into a mysterious new realm called the Fear Hole, the two must learn to overcome their greatest fears and know what it's like to live with themselves.
- 23
Rick left the kids in a matrix. Not chill, broh.
- 24
Brohhhhh. Broh. Sometimes we try weird stuff to let go of the past, broh.
- 25
You try being Rick all the time, broh.
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