# Rick and Morty -- the new animated show from Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, cartoons-animation\ **Created:** [January 21, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380 "2014-01-21T17:43:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 68
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1342 "2026-06-29T17:15:32Z")
I disagree with Rick’s head’s glowing opinion of _Tenet_. I mean, the protagonist is never given a name and called only “The Protagonist”. That’s just _lazy_. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1343 "2026-06-29T19:47:01Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > I disagree with Rick’s head’s glowing opinion of _Tenet_. I LOLed at that reference. _So_ R&M. (Dammit, I meant to find a way to watch that movie again so I could participate in the thread here—which is probably dormant by now.) Anyway, I’ve loved both the last two R&M eps. I like the way the writers’ room clearly looks at past episodes for threads to follow into new plots. ‘What would have happened to Snuffles/Snowball on that planet Rick sent the dogs to?’ ‘What would happen if a person were slow in going fully through a portal?’ Always thinking, those writers… ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1344 "2026-06-30T02:44:24Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > I LOLed at that reference. Summer at one point says something like “So the body _does_ keep the score”, which one assumes is a reference to [this](https://www.booksamillion.com/p/Body-Keeps-Score/Bessel-Van-Der-Kolk/9780143127741). Also, it was good to see Summer get a larger role after she was mostly absent in the prior episodes this season. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1345 "2026-06-30T19:57:46Z")
Agreed to both. Of course when the series started, Summer was similarly sidelined (until Rick gradually started to see her as ‘a good hang.’) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1346 "2026-07-06T03:48:03Z")
I feel like I’m being punished for my loyalty. ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1347 "2026-07-07T17:04:02Z")
That bad? Like Rise of the Numbericons: The Movie bad? I am 2-3 episodes behind. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1348 "2026-07-07T17:26:30Z")
No. I really enjoyed the episode. The line is a quote from the episode, and I thought it was great. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1349 "2026-07-07T21:45:21Z")
Sometimes I suspect they made _Rise of the Numbericons: The Movie_ just so people would stop debating about the Worst Episode. Anyway, I’m with @Ike_Witt —I loved this last episode. All of Season 9, really! ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1350 "2026-07-08T00:05:29Z")
A lot of the season has been great, but there have been so many of those long fight sequences, which I think are pretty dull. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1351 "2026-07-27T19:51:20Z")
WELL, the new season is over. I thought most of the episodes were bangers, and it’s safe to say I’ll be tuning in next season. I do notice that we had a few episodes based on previous _Rick and Morty_ backstories or subverting aspects of the show–I hope that’s not an indication the writers are running out of ideas. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1352 "2026-07-29T20:38:54Z")
Just finished episode 10. Thought it was a really good one. Thought as a whole it was a really strong season. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1353 "2026-07-30T02:29:50Z")
It was a season where I thought I might rewatch some episodes, so it beats 6, 7 and 8 for that. Evolution and last one was pretty decent. Long since got bored with god rick so all that stuff for me is now spacefiller. Broken portal gun one was decent too. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380/1354 "2026-08-31T02:06:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > > > …I think we should celebrate Ricksgiving every Aug. 30 (the day the episode aired) from now on. “Happy Ricksgiving, beeeeyitch!” > > > > Get out the champagne, Earthers! > > And here we are again - woohoo! One more time! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-the-new-animated-show-from-dan-harmon-and-justin-roiland/679380.md?page=67)