Yes, I know there is already a thread for it, I’ve been posting in it.
But that’s a current episode watching and talk thread and I’m starting out from the beginning and then also ranking them every 2-3 episodes I watch. Kinda jarring to have a guy constantly talking about past episodes in your topic when you’re all trying to read about and find posts about the CURRENT EPISODE.
So I made this one on the suggestion of someone in that thread.
I’ll be watching two more episodes today and intergrating them into the ranking list.
Ohh, like a text react channel, i dig it.
Great way of thinking of it!
Okay, new episode added into the previous ranking. I was going to wait to do this until I watched two (or even three) more episodes, but this most recent one watched was SO good, I cannot wait.
BEST EPISODE, IMO
—Close RickCounters of the Rick Kind: Well, @iiandyiiii was right, this was a REALLY GREAT episode. First really great one (after finding the first one I thought of as “great” just before this one, too (see rick and morty watch along thread for thoughts on that one)).
THIS ONE HAD GREAT EVERYTHING, great storytelling, writing, humor, intelligence…no rambling improv or forced humor and memes. Twist ending, mind fucks, a moment that actually made me laugh out loud (another first for this show). Great characterzation too. Just all round a fantastic episode.
Funny, that the PILOT is now, with the addition of so many episodes on this growing list, is one of the weakest ones this season, IMO.
I will always be adding new things to this list, though…I’ve done this before (with other shows I’ve watched for the first time) for others, made ranking lists that keep going along like this…and over time, a few more things will be added, for example, heading modifiers of “great/good/so so/poor/etc” after about 20-30 episodes are on the list and also, I will separate seasons so that each one has their own ranking list and having one MASTER ranking list with all/every seasons episodes on it. It’ll probably start to get to be a fairly long post by the time the show is fully watched, but I’ve had good feedback from doing it this way before with other shows, so…ya’ll will see what I mean.
Until then, I’ll watch another show later today. Last one of season one, actually.
Something Ricked This Way Comes
M Night Shaym-Aliens
Rixty Minutes
Rick Potion #9
Anatomy Park
Raising Gazorpazorp
Lawnmower Dog
Pilot’
Meeseeks and Destroy
WEAKEST EPISODE, IMO
And that’s the end of season one.
EVERY SEASON ONE EPISODE RANKED, BEST TO WORST, IMO*
*although I didn’t think any episode was bad, merely a bit weaker than others
BEST EPISODE, IMO
Close RickCounters of the Rick Kind
Something Ricked This Way Comes
M Night Shaym-Aliens
Rixty Minutes
Rick Potion #9
—Ricksy Business: Not bad at all…slightly than better episode, which would put it in the park of “pretty good”. I liked it a lot, had a lot of laughs, had a lot of wit…
one thing I’m not so hot about is the constant “I love you, I hate you” Morty’s parents seem to go through at least once every episode. It’s like, okay, I GET that a bad marriage can be polarizing and lead to moments like that, but it is literally almost every episode THEY HATE EACH OTHER, just to make up at the end. “I can’t stand you and want a divorce” to “oh honey, love you, smootch smootch kiss kiss”. Can it YA KNOW, LAST for at least one or two episodes? EIther that or just split up and get divorced already.
But it had very little marking on the episode as a whole, the episode was a fun one. Of course, Rick had to end it with some shouting at the viewer “yeah, my new catchphrase… that’s season one”…but to be fair, it all did come after he said “roll the credits” so I considered the episode done with right then and there (I did catch the stinger at the end, though, as I always do).
Also, this show seems to love putting characters in danger of rape, that’s another character who almost was. It wasn’t as jarring or sudden as the time before, plus I knew “it was a possible thing” now, so maybe it desensitized me a bit to it.
Overall, solid episode that was not super great, but it wasn’t bad at all.
Looking very much to starting season 2.
Any episodes in season two do ya’ll predict or hope I rank high? Any, for any of you, that is akin to “GASP, IDLE…YOU DIDN’T LIKE [EPISODE]??? WE CANNOT BE FRIENDS ANYMORE”? I bet @iiandyiiii has a few like that, haha.
Anatomy Park
Raising Gazorpazorp
Lawnmower Dog
Pilot’
Meeseeks and Destroy
WEAKEST EPISODE, IMO
EVERY EPISODE RANKED, BEST TO WORST, IMO*
*although I didn’t think any episode was bad, merely a bit weaker than others
BEST EPISODE OF ALL TIME, IMO
—A Rickle in Time: WOW, …this one takes the cake. THIS one will be very hard to beat. Another great episode. And to think this is the second part of a two parter. The first part was ranked much lower on this list (although still a very good episode, I think)…BUT THIS ONE was like… wow. I laughed more in this one than any one so far. Such clever writing. Smart writing too, with the many timelines thing. See, now THESE are stories that I go nuts about, the kind I love the most. Ones dealing with time travel, time loops, timelines, other worlds, I’ll always enjoy episode that feature messin with TIME and SPACE and the MANY WORLDS THEORY. This show is picking up speed. Two new number ones in only about three episodes, not bad.
But I have a feeling numbers one and two here are now gonna hold these spots for awhile, because these will be very difficult to dethrone.
Great episode.
Close RickCounters of the Rick Kind
Something Ricked This Way Comes
M Night Shaym-Aliens
Rixty Minutes
Rick Potion #9
Ricksy Business
Anatomy Park
Raising Gazorpazorp
Lawnmower Dog
Pilot’
Meeseeks and Destroy
WEAKEST EPISODE OF ALL TIME, IMO
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Summary
Ranked from IMO Best to Worst
Season 1 episodes
Close RickCounters of the Rick Kind <---------Best season one episode
Something Ricked This Way Comes
M Night Shaym-Aliens
Rixty Minutes
Rick Potion #9
Ricksy Business
Anatomy Park
Raising Gazorpazorp
Lawnmower Dog
Pilot’
Meeseeks and Destroy <------Weakest season one episode
Oh I think you are going to love some of the episodes coming up.