Rick and Morty
Season 7
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Starring
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes7
Release
Original networkAdult Swim
Original releaseOctober 15, 2023 (2023-10-15) –
present
Season chronology

The seventh season of the American adult animated television series Rick and Morty premiered on October 15, 2023, and will consist of ten episodes.

The season was ordered before the fourth season of the show finished airing, in May 2020. It is the first season not to feature Justin Roiland providing any voice work, following his dismissal from the franchise in January 2023, though he is still credited as co-creator and executive producer. Ian Cardoni and Harry Belden were hired to replace him as the voices of Rick and Morty respectively.

Cast and characters

Main

  • Chris Parnell as:
  • Spencer Grammer as Summer Smith, Morty's older sister and Rick's granddaughter.
  • Sarah Chalke as Beth Smith, Morty's and Summer's mother and Rick's daughter.
  • Ian Cardoni as Rick Sanchez, one of the show's two lead characters and Morty's grandfather, often shown as drunk while seeking to track down Rick Prime, a version of himself from a parallel universe who killed his first wife and daughter.
  • Harry Belden as Morty Smith, one of the show's two lead characters and Rick's grandson, often shown as nervous, unsure of himself and doubtful about Rick's extravagant adventures.

Recurring

Guest

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		Title [2]Directed byWritten byOriginal air date [3]Prod.
code [4]		U.S. viewers
(millions)
621"How Poopy Got His Poop Back"Lucas GrayNick RutherfordOctober 15, 2023 (2023-10-15)RAM-7010.42[5]
After his divorce from Amy, Mr. Poopybutthole stays over at the Smith household, but the Smith family grows tired of his uncontrolled alcoholism and orders Rick to rectify the problem. Rick gathers his friends Gearhead, Squanchy, Birdperson as well as neighbour Gene in order to stage an intervention. Rick and his friends quickly end up partying with Mr. Poopybutthole instead, and are eventually joined by Hugh Jackman. However, Mr. Poopybutthole still cannot stop thinking about Amy and his son, so he convinces Rick and his friends to go and try to mend their relationship. They are shocked to find out Amy is in a relationship with Gul'karna, a Predator private investigator Mr. Poopybutthole hired to spy on her. Mr. Poopybutthole attempts to kidnap his son while Rick and his friends beat up Gul'karna. Mr. Poopybutthole realizes he's setting a terrible example for his son and returns him to Amy and Gul'Karna. Afterwards, Mr. Poopybutthole decides to sober up and move on from Amy while Rick and his friends go their separate ways.
Post-credits scene : Police attempt to stop Gene's runaway rideable lawnmower, which has been wreaking havoc ever since it was left to run on its own after Rick recruited Gene. The Sheriff is run over and killed while shooting at the lawnmower, only for it to run out of gasoline and shut down moments later.
632"The Jerrick Trap"Kyounghee LimAlbro Lundy & James SicilianoOctober 22, 2023 (2023-10-22)RAM-7020.47[6]
After Rick and Jerry argue over whether Rick was born intelligent, Rick swaps their minds to prove his point. Rick in Jerry's body commits suicide in horror while Jerry in Rick's body accidentally kills himself with Rick's cybernetic enhancements. Rick's medical robot heals them, but the process ends up with both Rick and Jerry possessing half of each others' brains, blending their personalities. Meanwhile, Morty is captured by alien gangsters who realize their mistake and apologize to Rick. The half-Rick and half-Jerry go to pick Morty up, but their bickering causes the gangsters to sense weakness and attack the trio. They are able to fight their way back home, but the half-Rick and half-Jerry realize they are happier the way they are now and run away to go on adventures together, naming themselves Burger and Fries. When the gangsters kidnap Morty, Beth, and Summer, Burger and Fries realize they are still responsible for their families. They combine their bodies into the composite being Jerricky and rescues them. Afterwards, the Smith family force Jerricky to separate back into the normal Rick and Jerry, and they go back to bickering with each other.
Post-credits scene : It is revealed that Memory Rick from "Rickternal Friendshine of the Spotless Mort" is trapped in Jerry's mind and trying to escape. His efforts are hindered because of Jerry's belief that all technology is powered by gears and springs, preventing Memory Rick from fabricating the device he needs.
643"Air Force Wong"Jacob HairAlex RubensOctober 29, 2023 (2023-10-29)RAM-7030.36[7]
President Andre Curtis summons Rick, requesting that he infiltrate Virginia under suspicion that the entire population has joined a cult. However, the President also mandates Rick work with a special team which includes his therapist Dr. Helen Wong, leading Rick to suspect President Curtis wants to date her. When President Curtis and Rick enter Virginia, they discover that the entire state has been taken over by Unity. Rick attempts to expel Unity due to them violating their promise to stay away from Earth, but Unity explains that they heard Rick is searching for Rick Prime again and is worried about him. President Curtis then activates a barrier dome that closes off Virginia, cutting off its population from Unity. Rick, President Curtis, and Unity get into an argument before Unity agrees to leave, but warns them that until they are cured, Virginia is still susceptible to falling under the control of another hive mind. Rick takes his leave and Dr. Wong breaks up with President Curtis, citing that he needs to overcome his obsession for everybody's approval. President Curtis finally cracks under the pressure and hijacks the Virginia hive mind for himself, disabling the barrier and spreading the infection across the world to fulfill his desire for 100% approval ratings. With no other choice, Rick enlists Dr. Wong's aid to convince Unity to stop President Curtis. Unity agrees to help and removes all of the infected humans from the hive mind, and life on Earth returns to normal. Later, Rick goes to the White House where he and President Curtis have beers together, where the latter considers getting therapy.
Post-credits scene : Talk show host Mr. Stabby appears on the alien talk show "Gary Live" where Gary questions him about killing over 58,000 people with his sword arms during his shows. Mr. Stabby replies that his audiences attend his shows voluntarily knowing the risks and points out his methods work since everybody is talking about his show.
654"That's Amorte"Lucas GrayHeather Anne CampbellNovember 5, 2023 (2023-11-05)RAM-7040.44[8]
Rick serves the family spaghetti, which Morty accidentally discovers is sourced from a planet where people who commit suicide become spaghetti, with other causes of death not producing it. Feeling guilty, Morty reveals the truth at a funeral. After this, the planet's President legalizes suicide, and spaghetti becomes the planet's primary export, with most people channeled into suicide to be sold as spaghetti to meet the demand. Rick's attempts to fix things by sourcing the spaghetti from clones end disastrously, so he has one last terminally ill person commit suicide on a live broadcast and offers his spaghetti to Morty. During the broadcast, he shows everyone the man's entire life causing everyone to vomit at the horrors they are committing, turning everyone off spaghetti. Later, Rick serves the family Salisbury steak, warning that its source is also horrifying. The family laughs this off, content to remain ignorant of its origin.
Post-credits scene : On a planet of sentient vacuum cleaners, a similar planet-wide broadcast reveals that vacuum bags come from deceased plant creatures, causing all the vacuums to vomit dust.
665"Unmortricken"Jacob HairAlbro Lundy & James SicilianoNovember 12, 2023 (2023-11-12)RAM-7050.46[9]
The episode opens by showing Evil Morty's backstory: having grown tired of demeaning adventures with his Rick, Evil Morty implanted devices to control him, leading into his actions throughout the series.[lower-alpha 1] His peaceful retirement outside the Central Finite Curve is interrupted by Rick and Morty's search for Rick Prime. Evil Morty confronts Rick and Morty, and all three are captured by Rick Prime, along with other Ricks whose wives were killed by him. After surviving a gladiator match with the other Ricks, they find Rick Prime and learn he built the "Omega Device", a machine which can erase anyone from every universe, which he used to erase Rick's wife and demonstrates by erasing Slow Mobius. Evil Morty incapacitates Rick Prime, steals and deactivates the Omega Device before allowing Rick to beat Rick Prime to death. As Rick and Morty return home, Rick feels like he's lost his purpose after finally killing Rick Prime.
Post-credits scene : Slow Mobius' wife goes searching for him throughout the multiverse to no avail, the same way Rick searched for Rick Prime. She eventually meets an alien who lost his wife, and they marry. Content with her new life, she lets go of her search.
676"Rickfending Your Mort"Jacob HairCody ZiglarNovember 19, 2023 (2023-11-19)RAM-7060.40[10]
With Rick in no mood to go on any adventures, Morty tries to encourage him by cashing in his Morty Adventure Cards. Suspecting that Morty may have lied about the number of adventures they have gone on, Rick enlists the aid of an omniscient alien rock called the Observer to audit the Adventure Cards. As the Observer shows them various past adventures, Rick and Morty eventually get fed up with him treating their lives like a clip show and tell him to leave. However, the Observer returns and begins harassing the entire Smith family by showing clips of their most embarrassing moments. Morty loses his temper and strikes the Observer, inadvertently killing him and inciting the anger of the other Observers to put them on trial on whether they are good or evil. The Observers then make legal arguments based on Rick and Morty's past exploits before sentencing them to death. In response, Rick hacks their observation technology and shows that the Observers regularly abuse their powers for selfish gains, causing the Observers to attack each other. Rick and Morty escape in the confusion, and Rick decides to take Morty on a new adventure.
Post-credits scene : Morty opens his locker and is shocked to find a warning left behind by Churry, a sentient churro he had Rick bring to life, befriended, and subsequently abandoned on an uninhabited planet, with Churry swearing to take revenge on him.
687"Wet Kuat Amortican Summer"Kyounghee LimAlex Song-XiaNovember 26, 2023 (2023-11-26)RAM-7070.49[11]
Summer obtains an "attribute slider" from Rick that allows her to change her physical attributes which she plans to use to impress her friends at a party. However, Morty gets jealous and tries to steal the attribute slider, causing them to both fall into the pool. The water short circuits the attribute slider which fuses Summer and Morty's bodies together and Morty becomes a "Kuato". Summer is ridiculed by her friends and Rick refuses to reverse the effects unless she does chores for him. Instead, Summer attends a nightclub exclusively for Kuatos holders like her, organized by a man named Kenneth. However, Kenneth is actually running a Kuato trafficking ring and steals Morty. Summer and Rick both reunite and Summer uses her Kuato psychic connection to locate Morty on Kenneth's yacht. After a brief battle, Rick throws Kenneth overboard to drown and gifts the latter's robot walker to Morty. Later, Morty uses his robot walker to win his school's frolf tournament, allowing Summer to earn her classmates' respect again.
Post-credits scene : In a parody of Squid Game, the rich buyer who purchased Morty is still waiting for Kenneth to deliver him, and jokes about how he plans to rename Morty "69" because he paid 69 million florbos for him as he and his friends also make many more jokes about the number.
698"Rise of the Numbericons: The Movie"TBATBADecember 3, 2023 (2023-12-03)TBATBD
709"Mort: Ragnarick"TBATBADecember 10, 2023 (2023-12-10)TBATBD
7110"Fear No Mort"TBATBADecember 17, 2023 (2023-12-17)TBATBD

Production

Co-creator, co-executive producer and voice actor Justin Roiland was fired by Adult Swim after allegations over domestic abuse.

Development

The season is a part of a long-term deal between show creators Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon and Adult Swim, confirming 70 new episodes would be released over an unspecified amount of seasons. Thirty of those episodes were aired as part of season four, season five and season six, leaving forty episodes remaining.[12]

Casting

After charges of felony domestic abuse, which were subsequently dropped due to a lack of evidence,[13][14] Justin Roiland was removed from the show following the seventh season.[15] Adult Swim hired two new voice "sound alike" talent for the show's titular characters,[16] announced as unknown actors Ian Cardoni and Harry Belden on the season premiere. Cardoni was cast first due to his Rick impression, which Marder mentioned was difficult to cast as "everyone sounded like Macho Man Randy Savage or like a cousin of his. No one sounded exactly like Rick". Belden was cast much later "after exhausting every possible resource".[17][18]

Release

The seventh season premiered on October 15, 2023.[16] The episode titles for season 7 were released through social media on August 31, 2023.[2]

Reception

On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, season 7 has a 73% score based on 11 reviews, with an average rating of 6.30/10. Critics consensus reads: "Recasting its titular pair with fairly seamless results, the famously unpredictable Rick and Morty settles into a holding pattern that nevertheless still yields plenty of amusing invention."[19] On Metacritic, the season has a score of 73 out of 100, based on reviews from 6 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[20]

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Rick and Morty: Hugh Jackman Remains in His Silly Voice Acting Bag". Den of Geek. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Valentine, Evan. "Rick And Morty Season 7 Reveals Its Episode Titles". ComicBook. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Shows A-Z - rick & morty on adult swim". The Futon Critic. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  4. ↑ From the United States Copyright Office catalog: "Public Catalog - Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) - Basic Search [search: "Rick and Morty"]". United States Copyright Office.
  5. ↑ Rebecca Bunch (October 18, 2023). "Sunday Cable Ratings 10/15/23: Rick & Morty Ties Low in Premiere, Daryl Dixon Ties High in Finale, When Calls the Heart Rises". TV Ratings Guide. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  6. ↑ Rebecca Bunch (October 25, 2023). "Sunday Cable Ratings 10/22/23: Fear the Walking Dead Rises in Midseason Premiere, Outrageous Pumpkins Steady for Finale, Under the Christmas Sky Modest on Hallmark". TV Ratings Guide. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  7. ↑ Rebecca Bunch (November 1, 2023). "Sunday Cable Ratings 10/29/23: The Gilded Age Returns Steady with Season One Average, Billions Stable for Series Finale, Joyeaux Noel Solid for Hallmark". TV Ratings Guide. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
  8. ↑ Rebecca Bunch (November 9, 2023). "Sunday Cable Ratings 11/5/23: The Santa Summit Solid, NFL Easily Leads, Rick & Morty Rises, The Gilded Age Drops". TV Ratings Guide. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  9. ↑ Rebecca Bunch (November 15, 2023). "Sunday Cable Ratings 11/12/23: The Curse Low in Premiere, Rick and Morty Hits Season High, A Heidelberg Holiday Strong". TV Ratings Guide. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  10. ↑ Rebecca Bunch (November 22, 2023). "Sunday Cable Ratings 11/19/23: Fear The Walking Dead Drops for Series Finale, Holiday Hotline Strong, The Gilded Age and Rick & Morty Slip". TV Ratings Guide. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  11. ↑ "TV Ratings for Sunday 26th November 2023 - Network Prelims, Finals and Select Cable Numbers Posted". Spoiler TV. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  12. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (May 10, 2018). "'Rick And Morty' Gets Massive 70-Episode Renewal By Adult Swim; Creators Dan Harmon & Justin Roiland Ink New Deal". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on May 10, 2018. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  13. ↑ "Rick and Morty's Justin Roiland cleared of domestic violence charges". The Guardian. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Domestic violence charges dropped against Rick and Morty creator Justin Roiland". CBC. CBC News. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
  15. ↑ "Adult Swim has ended its association with Justin Roiland". Twitter. Rick and Morty. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  16. 1 2 Hibberd, James. "'Rick and Morty' Season 7 Premiere Date Revealed Following Justin Roiland Scandal". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  17. ↑ Thompson, Jaden (October 15, 2023). "'Rick and Morty': Replacements for Justin Roiland Revealed in Season 7 Premiere". Variety. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
  18. ↑ Goldberg, Lesley (October 15, 2023). "How 'Rick and Morty' Cast Its New Voice Stars". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
  19. ↑ "Rick and Morty: Season 7". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  20. ↑ "Rick & Morty - Season 7". Metacritic. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
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