In all seriousness (or at least as serious as one can be when discussing a war between burrowing horse people and mutated human sperm) this felt like it was written between friends when really, REALLY drunk. It has a certain charm to it in that way but I can't say they were justified in making it a full thirty minute episode. I wouldn't say I'm easily phased as I've seen it all at this point but Morty and Summer's incest space baby genuinely made me feel uncomfortable. I'm really not sure what to say about this episode. Like I said, there's a certain nihilistic charm to the whole thing but it's also just not that funny and pretty dumb. I'm feeling a 5/10 as I am painfully indifferent on it but I can also imagine myself putting it on in the background just to have something mindless on, so that's gotta count for something, right? That's all I got. See ya.
305 Reviews
Where's the vision?
jenkinscammy12 July 2021
The Smith family has no purpose and no direction this season. Clearly, Dan doesn't either. Why not pick up on some of those abandoned plot threads from previous seasons?
Anyway, Episode 3. Morty is officially Flanderized. RIck, who should be the most interesting man in existence has become one-dimensional. The Smith family in general has become immune to real-world concerns.
There was a time when this family felt real - they had awkward dynamics with one another, they struggled, they felt emotional pain and they grew. Now they all feel like Rick's sidekicks. Beth and Jerry, once normal, caring parents, have resigned themselves to constantly putting themselves and their children in harm's way.
This season is a trainwreck so far, and this episode drags it down even further.
Anyway, Episode 3. Morty is officially Flanderized. RIck, who should be the most interesting man in existence has become one-dimensional. The Smith family in general has become immune to real-world concerns.
There was a time when this family felt real - they had awkward dynamics with one another, they struggled, they felt emotional pain and they grew. Now they all feel like Rick's sidekicks. Beth and Jerry, once normal, caring parents, have resigned themselves to constantly putting themselves and their children in harm's way.
This season is a trainwreck so far, and this episode drags it down even further.
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ronniewhitedx12 July 2021
Y'all take this show too seriously
sackofwhine13 July 2021
How about you have some fun for once? I think people are too hung up on the concept of Rick and Morty being a show for "intellectuals" when it's really not. Jesus, you people sound like that meme. Rick and Morty is a comedy show and it's supposed to he hilarious, weird, creative and satirical. Not every episode has to be a groundbreaking masterpiece. In this case "Rickdependence Day" does a great job at making you laugh and in some way even develops Mortys inner child to a more shameful degree. I had fun with this episode and people rating this 1/10 are just the most annoying and immature people on this god forsaken planet, chill out.
Extremely cluttered and random
winchestertrista12 July 2021
This episode literally felt like the dialogue HAD to be maybe 2 to 3 lines minimum, then scene switch. WAY too much going on, it made for an unattachable plot. Absolutely random storyline with random jokes, making absolutely no sense. This episode is easily the worst I've seen, worse than the Dragon episode for sure. Rare miss.
Empty humor
afpg5513 July 2021
It was filled with low hanging jokes that felt empty and completely out of character. I didn't even think it was gross, it was just poorly written compared to every other Rick and Morty episode.
Why would Rick need bombs from the military to destroy the Grand Canyon? I hate this powerless Rick, I'd rather see his toxin version... at least he knew he is God and invented the toxic equivalent of electricity.
Why would Rick need bombs from the military to destroy the Grand Canyon? I hate this powerless Rick, I'd rather see his toxin version... at least he knew he is God and invented the toxic equivalent of electricity.
One of the worst...
Rootbear112 July 2021
I love this show, but this episode is complete garbage. What did the writers do? Let a bunch of middle schoolers write it so that they could get a few extra days of vacation? I have to believe that the voice actors were rolling their eyes at having to say some of these lines. Such a let down, especially with episode 3 being up there with probably one of the 10 best of the series.
The only cringeworthy RM episode. Terrible.
Near-L12 July 2021
Great start, the first 5 min or so were funny but it went downhill really fast, like free falling down. Wtf happened? By far the worst episode of Rick and Morty.
Hope it's just a bump on what was a great season in the first 3 episodes and get back on track the following weeks.
Edit: Of course that just because the episode overall was bad doesn't mean some jokes didn't land. The Iron man joke was hilarious and the samurai mortal kombat guy death was too... it's not as bad as i thought at first but still pretty bad.
Hope it's just a bump on what was a great season in the first 3 episodes and get back on track the following weeks.
Edit: Of course that just because the episode overall was bad doesn't mean some jokes didn't land. The Iron man joke was hilarious and the samurai mortal kombat guy death was too... it's not as bad as i thought at first but still pretty bad.
First R&M episode I legitimately didn't like
darthmarx13 August 2021
The reason why it was so bad for me is because it seems like something a couple of 13 year old R&M fans would write. Horse sex and monster sperm and incest and what not. It's not particularly creative, it's just trying hard to be obscene. It's like the writers forgot we watch R&M because it's clever, not just because it's gross.
Oh well, I suppose it's a feat to go over four seasons before making a bad episodes.
Oh well, I suppose it's a feat to go over four seasons before making a bad episodes.
Worst episode since the Dragon one
alexvaparvanov12 July 2021
From the unfunny sperm idea to the bad horse puns, this episode is a huuuge dissapointment. We didnt even get to see any original sci-fi weapons or concepts, it was just stupid potty humor. Hope the next episode makes up for whatever this is.
Am I evil?
fozwaldboateng14 July 2021
wtf did I just watch lol
dawithermc12 July 2021
Tf happened?
TheHugeGlock12 July 2021
Not that bad
AleksandrBelenko19 July 2021
Oh my God... After I finished episode 5 I came here and saw that I forgot to rate it. And what do I see? 5.7!? Probably the lowest rated episode of the show.
I agree the episode is a total mess. But in a good way. There are no WTF moments, but one huge WTF episode.
It was a lot of fun watching it especially after previous, dramatic one. And yeah, some might find it gross, but Rick and Morty has several gross episodes, so what? I didn't find it gross anyway.
Do I think it is as good as other episodes? Not really. It is a WTF episode, where outlandish things happen constantly, I didn't liked that.
There are funnier episodes. And you don't have to make the episode based entirely on sex. But it was still good.
I agree the episode is a total mess. But in a good way. There are no WTF moments, but one huge WTF episode.
It was a lot of fun watching it especially after previous, dramatic one. And yeah, some might find it gross, but Rick and Morty has several gross episodes, so what? I didn't find it gross anyway.
Do I think it is as good as other episodes? Not really. It is a WTF episode, where outlandish things happen constantly, I didn't liked that.
There are funnier episodes. And you don't have to make the episode based entirely on sex. But it was still good.
I genuinely admire Rick and Morty, but this is the worst episode you could possibly make
BitFangs12 July 2021
Warning: Spoilers
I don't know where to even begin with this episode. It has a lot of angles for the whole plot with the CHUDs, the President and all, but they all seem to fall out of place with the story as everything is predictable from the start.
How can Rick be so powerless? All of a sudden their guns stop working? Each action is really inconsequential here. Things don't connect. A single Rick and Morty episode has 100's of things going on and that's what you love about it, all the fuss, all the uncertainty and mess. This one is so slow and straightforward I actually skipped minute to minute just to be able to watch the "good" parts, but there seems to be none of it.
One of the things I love the most about Rick and Morty is the dialogue. I have watched all episodes multiple times right from the Season 1 just to hear that particular sentence one more time. But in this episode the lines are so cheesy you wonder if this episode was released by mistake.
How can Rick be so powerless? All of a sudden their guns stop working? Each action is really inconsequential here. Things don't connect. A single Rick and Morty episode has 100's of things going on and that's what you love about it, all the fuss, all the uncertainty and mess. This one is so slow and straightforward I actually skipped minute to minute just to be able to watch the "good" parts, but there seems to be none of it.
One of the things I love the most about Rick and Morty is the dialogue. I have watched all episodes multiple times right from the Season 1 just to hear that particular sentence one more time. But in this episode the lines are so cheesy you wonder if this episode was released by mistake.
I don't care about what people say, I was ironically enjoying this episode
John2DS18 September 2021
To be honest, as much as a mess this episode was, I was really enjoying it. Every single thing from this episode is just so weird and surreal that is just so funny to watch.
Basically, the reason I was enjoying this episode is the same reason people hate it.
Basically, the reason I was enjoying this episode is the same reason people hate it.
A rare miss for Rick & Morty
john-lynn-beck12 July 2021
I love Rick & Morty dearly, but this one is a rare miss for Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon. The writing and dialog just felt phoned-in, lacking most of the characteristic, clever wit the show is famous for. It almost felt like a different writer penned this one. The crafstmanshup just wasn't quite there.
Spunky Brewster
southdavid14 July 2021
I've found myself at odds with the fanbase before, though usually it's not liking episodes as much as the majority. Here it's the opposite though, with an episode that found to be probably the best of the fifth season so far, (certainly the best balanced) but one which generally wasn't enjoyed.
Rick (Justin Roiland) experiments on a vat of Horse semen, looking for a way to finally end our war with the underground horse people. Unbeknownst to him, Morty (Justin Roiland) has been making "use" of the extraction device and his human DNA causes the unforeseen consequence of creating giant sperm creatures. With human now at war on two fronts, the President (Keith David) turns to Rick for a solution.
I mean, the biggest criticism I had of the episode was that it wasn't super original. Again, the Earth is devastated as a result of one of Rick's experiments going awry which is something we've seen plenty of times before. Again, Rick's love life proves a factor in resolving the story. I criticised episodes earlier this season for being cleverly plotted but lacking laughs (Mortyplicity) or a straight comedy without the plot (A Rickconvenient Mort), the was, for me the episode that struck the balance between the two best. Laugh out loud lines "What are you, a scorpion in a Navajo fable" and a plot that whilst often coming out of nowhere in terms of the overall established storylines of the show, made sense within itself.
I can understand not liking an episode, that's fine, but the idea that this episode tonally is wildly different to episode that came before need to go and watch the season one episode "Raising Gazorpazorp"
Rick (Justin Roiland) experiments on a vat of Horse semen, looking for a way to finally end our war with the underground horse people. Unbeknownst to him, Morty (Justin Roiland) has been making "use" of the extraction device and his human DNA causes the unforeseen consequence of creating giant sperm creatures. With human now at war on two fronts, the President (Keith David) turns to Rick for a solution.
I mean, the biggest criticism I had of the episode was that it wasn't super original. Again, the Earth is devastated as a result of one of Rick's experiments going awry which is something we've seen plenty of times before. Again, Rick's love life proves a factor in resolving the story. I criticised episodes earlier this season for being cleverly plotted but lacking laughs (Mortyplicity) or a straight comedy without the plot (A Rickconvenient Mort), the was, for me the episode that struck the balance between the two best. Laugh out loud lines "What are you, a scorpion in a Navajo fable" and a plot that whilst often coming out of nowhere in terms of the overall established storylines of the show, made sense within itself.
I can understand not liking an episode, that's fine, but the idea that this episode tonally is wildly different to episode that came before need to go and watch the season one episode "Raising Gazorpazorp"
Worst episode of the show yet
mqrrgpese12 July 2021
Why all the hate?
splosh325 July 2021
Seriously, this feels like a classic Rick and Morty episode, drenched in satire, randomness and one liners. I don't understand all the low ratings. This site is a joke, I really hope all these dumb reviews don't actually hurt the show.
What the fudge
atharvature12 July 2021
Really really bad
evanfiderer12 July 2021
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