Instead, it’s a world where consequences are trivial in the face of a universe with endless permutations. Upon originally viewing the “Rick and Morty” pilot I had found it light-weight, with Rick’s cavalier use of violence and non-stop callousness more akin to the no-consequences, no-continuity worlds of “ Superjail” or “Aqua Teen Hunger Force.” But “Rick and Morty” is not a consequence free zone. Which is one of the things that caught me most by surprise while rewatching the “Rick and Morty” pilot: it is already dialed in to the nature of the characters and the anarchistic message right from the beginning. Immediately after the credits we get some less subtle indications of Rick’s outlook, with his dismissal of God and traditional schooling, which he describes as a place where “they give you a carton of milk and a piece of paper that says you can go take a dump or something.” "Rick and Morty" Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot I’ll be giving “Rick and Morty” Season 1 a rewatch, taking an in-depth look at what made the first season of Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon’s Adult Swim show so great.Īs always, you can watch every episode of “Rick and Morty” to go along with my reviews right here. And now, with the release of “Rick and Morty” Season 1 on DVD and Blu-ray, we can slam the whole series.
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And while it may feel like a drunken jest on Rick’s part, or a one-off cold open joke, evidence mounts as the series continues that Rick’s neutrino bomb threat is a fair representation of Rick and a morality warped by the consequences of an infinite universe. “ Rick and Morty” establish the core of Rick’s morality right at the Adult Swim series opening.