Rick & Morty Season 6 Premiere

In honor of episode 2 airing tonight, episode 1 is maybe one of my favorite episodes. I had to watch it twice immediately and knew I wanted to blog about it immediately.

If you know me, you know this is my favorite show, so this is probably my longest review thus far. I have many thoughts and just all around have such an appreciation for this world.

For fans, expect spoilers moving ahead. Seriously. For real, I say everything.

This episode is titled “Solaricks,” which I had to look up the meaning of. They usually name all of their episodes after clever renovations (or Rickovations) of film titles or pop culture references; this one being Solaricks. On the Rick and Morty Wiki page, someone wrote this finding, “The episode's title is a reference to the film Solaris, the plot of which involves a scientist trapped on a space station haunted by a recreation of his long-dead wife: the episode's plot element of an AI of Diane Sanchez "haunting" Rick is a reference to the film.”

So there’s that, in case you wondered or pay attention to episode titles.

In this episode, all portal tech is down, but Rick accidentally resets everyone to their original realities.

Here’s how I’ll break this review down - What I liked, What I didn’t like, What blew my Morty’s Mind Blowers, What my favorite moment was, How I think it holds up against the other iconic episodes, and lastly, any Predictions I have.

Please enjoy, feel free to skip around to only the parts you want to read, and EXPECT SPOILERS!!! I am going to write this as if you have watched S6E1, so be warned.

And awaAaAay we go: (tell me if u know what scene that’s from without googling)

What I Liked:

Ok, I want to just say everything, but that’s not really a review. I truly loved this episode. If you didn’t, please tell me why, because you’re clinically stoopid.

Right off the bat, I like that the title sequence has new scenes, they all look fun. The Morty-as-butter in particular stood out to me. I like that the first scene and last scene are the same as other seasons, implying there are still reasons that they're there, which we will find out about later in the show. Plenty of fan theories on those scenes are on the internet. Maybe I’ll do a post about that, too. More thoughts on the title sequence in things I don’t like.

So after the title, in general, I loved the new insight on Rick’s past. We get to know where everyone’s real universe is, and the fact that Rick’s family’s killer is Morty’s real grandpa. Hello????? Also how funny that Jerry got mixed up at the Jerryboree. Like. As soon as you see them pick him up from the Jerryboree in a previous season, you can immediately tell they’re not bringing home the right one. Because they mixed up the “order numbers” lmao. A little weird that when he returns to his universe they refer to Jerry’s original family as Season 2 vibes, so I have to wonder why no one, namely Jerry realized that everything was so far advanced when he came home from the Jerryboree - assuming that his new universe was several seasons ahead of his old one?? Like for instance was he divorced from Beth suddenly upon return and wasn’t in his original universe? Does that make sense? Wouldn’t he question it?

Ok also, when Morty was all on his own in his Cronenberg universe and just crying, I was like oh my god lol this is so bad, he has no materials or help, he’s just trapped. Morty!!! But then it was quickly fine lmao. Ok alsoooo COOL JERRY??? Hell yeah. Loved him. Survived apocalypse. Tolerable. Rick would have been cracking up because he’s not awful. Interesting, too, that when we return to him the first time in a previous season, (Morty showing Summer his original family that Rick made him leave behind) the whole family is like cave people (backwoods back savages, if you will), but now he has read self-reflective books from Barnes and Noble, is poised and not so stupid. He says he had no one else to blame because Beth and Summer didn’t survive an Ice Age… Add that shit to the Mind Blowers section, lol so brutal.

Summer opening the beacon for Rick and Morty and Jerry to return with the two Beth’s was great. Space Beth makes a great case for being a shitty mom and also leaving in the first place. She says “it’s not like I didn’t care, that’s what the clone was for”. So she took care of her family by leaving another one of her there. Any Space Beth haters can fuck off cause she’s right. She also showed up and saved Rick and Morty after season 5 finale blast. That was a funny scene, her having to type her witty remarks, because they couldn't hear her.

Homestyle Beth, Space Beth, Wolverine Summer

Rick’s universe with his tragic AI of Diane’s voice... I. will get back to that on Morty’s Mind Blowers.

The after credits. Will also be addressed on Morty’s Mind Blowers.

Rick and Morty finding Killer Rick’s/Morty’s original Rick’s little hidden space lair was pretty cool too. I liked when Rick was like he’s your grandpa! Not me! And Morty’s like I don’t know him!! You’re my grandpa!! Sad. Tru. They don’t belong but they were destined to be together. Rick and Morty 100 YEARS!!!

Omg also stupid Jerry from season two fucking their whole fucking planet up lmao. And they have to go find another one and it’s similar but they say Parmesan like parmeesian. And everyone’s like FUCK YOU R U KIDDING ME. classic overreaction to something small after actual chaos has ensued.

What I Didn’t Like:

First, I’ll address the title sequence again. It was so short. I’m disappointed in that, because others are so much longer, and it’s fun to see what we may see in the rest of the episodes, and guess which shots will just be from adventures we never join them on. Maybe in other episodes, it will be longer and they just had to cut it for time on this first episode?

Other than that, I’m really having to rack my mind around what disappointed me. I don’t even know if that’s the right word.

I guess I don’t like that no side characters were addressed. Like Mr. Poopybutthole or Birdperson. Were they in their right universes? Are they always exactly the same and friends with Rick no matter the reality? Do they know the difference between the Ricks? How do they always run into each other if he is constantly changing realities?

I was also a little confused when the neighbor comes to his door and reveals the letters he’s been leaving himself, lol like was it really himself? Does he have dementia because his body is aging but he can’t die? A little funny that he had completely figured out what Rick had done, cracked the code, but then didn’t know why he had the letters revealing all that info, and Rick was just like yeah no nothing happened. And he just believed him. So I’m not totally clear what was going on with that character specifically.

This is the neighbor I'm referring to.

Sort of didn’t like the end credits. I’ll talk about it in the Mind Blowers section.

Also, if they started the episode straight from the season 5 finale, where did all of the Ricks and Morty's that they saved on the ship with them go? There were definitely people that escaped with them right? lol why are they not there? Also, portal tech was down, but... why was all communication? Rick couldn't radio Space Beth or Summer to send something. He's always building random shit, so I'm finding it odd he couldn't do anything and they accepted death.

What My Favorite Moment Was:

Somehow it’s Mr. Frundles. LMAO. He just obliterated the universe so fast, and it’s also the dumb season 2 Jerry’s fault. Classic. And also it was so adorable and so funny that Rick just kept this world-ending creature in his room just cause he thought it was cute. Like, he has a funny little soft side still even though he has issues, and I love when we get to see it.

Okay but the absolute best, single line of this character to me is when the whole world is finally taken over by Mr. Frundles, and it’s just this deep ass voice, with one face covering the whole Earth, going “I’m Mr. Frundles! :)” And they’re all just watching in silence from the spacecraft. So funny to me. Also, he was voiced by Mr. Poopybutthole’s actor so I liked that. But then it’s just Justin Roiland, who also does Rick & Morty and fuckin everybody else lmaoooo.

Jerry's first mistake

Earth Mr. Frundles

What Blew MY Morty’s Mind Blowers:

I thought Diane’s AI was real for a second and she was still alive and only Beth was killed because she says “Did you find our daughter’s killer?” Insanity. I was like, did only Beth die?? That whole fucking sequence is crazy. The torture he put himself through, no wonder he’s completely bonkers. And Rick made that world like freeze in time or like stop aging so he would always have to live with himself??? Like. Baby boy, it’s not really your fault!!

Everyone in the neighborhood seems so old, like on the brink of death but still walking around, so…. How long ago did Rick’s family die? And is he so miserable because he’s been around for fucking centuries hunting this killer??

The Killer Rick’s lair was fun because of the trapped Rick in the tube, and all the “is it really me? It could be! It could be a clone! You don't know!” and then disappears. What blew my mind at first look was that this Trapped Rick plays along with the facetious video recording of Killer Rick. He shakes his little naked butt and flips off our Rick and Morty before shooting down an escape tube. I could tell by the playing along it was probably the real Killer Rick we’re searching for based on that, because what reason would a captive Rick have for playing along and being a dick? But there’s no way to be sure. Til the ending anyway. See next point right below this;

Killer Rick Mind Blower part 2. End credit scene. The Rick in the tube. Really was. The real Killer Rick that our Rick -- Rick C-137 -- has been searching for the entire show. Our Rick. Came face to face. With his family’s killer. A long-anticipated moment, and we don‘t even know it happened until after the credits roll. Fucking psychotic, I love this show.

Killer Rick Mind Blower part 3. He fucking kills Cool Original Jerry!! Apocalypse Jerry!!! Cronenberg Jerry!!! What a waste. And also wow. Now all of Morty’s original family is dead, too. He is now just like Rick. An orphan. Technically speaking anyway, they obviously found their new several-reality-based family with Space Beth and Summer and Household Beth and their wrong dimension Jerry. But still. I’m sad because Cronenberg Jerry was cool. But I get the joke of killing him off right away because a cool Jerry just isn't destined to exist. LOL.

How I Think It Holds Up Against the Other Iconic Episodes:

So some people have been saying online it’s not the same level as the big episodes. Here are some examples of the icons;

• Pickle Rick (if you don’t know this episode why are you even reading this lol),

• Ricklantis Mix-up (where we meet Evil Morty),

• Rick Potion #9 (where Morty’s universe becomes Cronenbergs and him and Rick have to find a new one and bury their bodies in the backyard. A1 trauma for Morty),

• The end of Wedding Squanchers (where Tammy is an intergalactic agent and the whole family needs a new Earth and bleakly ends with Rick turning himself in),

• or Rick Shank Redemption (where Rick, in the season premiere after ^ that finale, then has to battle with only his mind against the galactic prison and we are introduced to McDonald’s Szechwan sauce and ALSO where Beth and Jerry get a divorce).

• One of my personal favorite moments is also in S3E10 where Rick and Morty battle the President and Rick has this fucking incredible quote that I will put here:

“Rick: I'm Doctor Who in this mother Fucker! I could be a clone. I could be a hologram. We could be clones controlled by robots controlled with special headsets that the real Rick and Morty are wearing while they're fucking your mother!

Secret Agent: I'm going to kill you!

Rick: Then come to 312 Olive Street!

Secret Agent: Is that her address?

Rick: You don't know because you're a bad son!”

^This is also the episode where “Rick and Morty 100 years!” comes from, which is called back to in this S6E1 to keep Rick from killing himself and going after the possible Killer Rick. Here's the full scene, I recommend watching it for full effect because it's fucking insane lmfao. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EYcVh_zsn8

ANYWAY, does the season 6 premiere hold up to all of these incredible moments and episodes? And I gotta say, fuck yeah it does, dude. These episodes are all pretty crazy and pretty fun and offer some seriously important information about the characters we know and love.

So if that’s the standard for good R&M episodes, this episode evolves the show so deeply.

We know who Rick is, and we get a first-hand experience of the torture he went through in his own universe. We know why he showed up on Beth’s doorstep randomly: Morty’s real Rick is a piece of shit and left after discovering portal tech and killing our Rick’s family. And we also know the burden of being called a shitty dad and leaving Beth behind and her mother and being called trash, because it’s actually Killer Rick who did all that, and our Rick is posing as him, hoping he’ll return. And our Rick C-137 just has to take all that shit every day.

We know now that Jerry isn’t real Jerry, and we learn that Morty’s whole real Cronenberg family dies.

Rick comes face to face with his family’s killer and doesn’t even know it and can’t do anything about it. That’s a pretty fucking iconic moment.

Also, we get more Space Beth. And Summer gets to kick ass, and our Jerry realizes he valued the divorce.

There’s just so much development in this one episode, you’d have to be crazy to think this isn’t up there with the greats.

Any Predictions I Have:

So, I think we’ll obviously get a face-off between Killer Rick and our Rick C-137 at some point, now that we know he’s alive and well, and aware of Rick’s vendetta. And we assume it’s going to have to be so badass and heartwrenching because that’s the whole point of this show. Our Rick is the Rickest Rick, so he just has to win. I don’t know if it’ll even be this season though, because what other ultimate show-timeline issue is there other than finding this killer?

Maybe our Rick will actually finally die, hopefully alongside Killer Rick if he does. But he’s been chasing death and release since the moment his family died. Maybe that’s his happy ending.

It may be a close-call kind of death because it would certainly disappoint fans, and also the rest of the family. Especially Morty. But it’s honestly a huge grief moment that I can see happening. If for no reason other than just a fake-out and he’s really alive?

Who knows lol. This show’s crazy.

Seems like there’ll be more Space Beth, because she’s friends with Homestyle Beth now. And Summer wants her around more. Jerry might be less stupid, too.

In the trailers, it honestly seemed like there was going to be more Summer than Morty, and we see Jerry in Morty's canonic outfit, so there may just be less of Morty in general. Maybe he gets sent away for safety or something.

Hope to see Rick’s friends called in to help him out. I can’t imagine that after all of his drinking he hasn’t shared his past with some of them.

I also wonder about the promo the Rick and Morty social media teams did? With the whole worms and finding real-life sculptures in order to promote the season 6 premiere?

Will that be real or involved at all? The sculptures showed a lot of cool characters, like the President and some Vindicators fighting off these world-ending worms, so we’ll see! Also, since they started with the season 5 finale and Evil Morty - will we ever see him again? Or understand the central finite curve more? Do we get to travel to any of those? I hope so.

Well. Those are my thoughts. If you stayed this long, you’re a true fan of either me or Rick and Morty. Both are A-okay!

Tonight is the airing of episode 2 and I am more than pumped.

I hope it’s good for everyone’s sake, but honestly. It’s Rick and Morty. It’s gonna be fucking great.