From the mind-bending “Total Rickall” to the instantly iconic “Pickle Rick,”some of the best episodes ofRick and Mortyhold up to endless rewatches. Every episode ofRick and Mortyis so densely packed with jokes and mind-boggling sci-fi concepts that the entire show is more rewatchable than most other TV comedies. But some episodes are more rewatchable than others. Season 4’s “Claw and Hoarder: Special Ricktim’s Morty” doesn’t really land its social commentary, andthe one-note season 7 episode “Rise of the Numbericons: The Movie”barely holds up to one viewing.
But there are plenty ofgreatRick and Mortyepisodesthat can be enjoyed over and over again. Summer’sDie HardB-plot in “Rick: A Mort Well Lived” is such a pitch-perfect parody of the movie that it makes the entire episode a winner. The anthology format of “Morty’s Mind Blowers” gives it a timeless quality as it’s not tied down by the conventions of a typical story structure. From “Rixty Minutes” to “The Ricklantis Mixup,”theseRick and Mortyepisodes never get old.
10Meeseeks And Destroy
Season 1, Episode 5
One of the earliest classics fromRick and Mortyseason 1is “Meeseeks and Destroy.” The A-plot of Morty taking the lead on an adventurestarted to dig into the toxicity of his relationship with Rick, and the B-plot with Mr. Meeseeks established the show’s ability to use a sci-fi concept to facilitate a great sitcom storyline.
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The juxtaposition of Beth and Summer improving their lives while Jerry and 100 Meeseeks fail to take a single stroke off his golf game is always hilarious, and the payoff lands beautifully (although the scene with King Jellybean is pretty hard to watch).
9Rick: A Mort Well Lived
Season 6, Episode 2
Season 6’s “Rick: A Mort Well Lived” hasa fascinating A-plot that lampoons religion and existentialismas Rick tries to galvanize millions of NPCs to make up Morty’s consciousness. But what makes it one of the show’s most rewatchable episodes is its B-plot, in which Summer “does a Die Hard” with the terrorists who have besieged Blips and Chitz.
It’s such a spot-on spoof of the movie that, even after dozens of viewings, it never fails to get a laugh. Summer is the perfect McClane, and Peter Dinklage’s Hans Gruber stand-in is a hilarious deadpan foil. “Walkie-talkie Die Hard, motherf***er!”
8Morty’s Mind Blowers
Season 3, Episode 8
In a traditional episode, the necessity to get through the well-worn beats of a three-act story structure can often hurt its rewatchability. But that’s not the case with anthology episodes like season 3’s “Morty’s Mind Blowers.”
As Rick shows Morty a bunch of memories he asked him to erase, “Morty’s Mind Blowers” presents a series of vignettes that tell a bunch of different stories nice and succinctly.
As Rick shows Morty a bunch of memories he asked him to erase,“Morty’s Mind Blowers” presents a series of vignettes that tell a bunch of different storiesnice and succinctly. Some of them are absurdist comic strips, like when they accidentally send an alien to his species’ hell; others are deeply disturbing horror stories, like the Mr. Lunas ordeal.
7The Vat Of Acid Episode
Season 4, Episode 8
Season 4’s “The Vat of Acid Episode” starts off with a simple enough premise: Rick uses a fake vat of acid to get out of trouble and Morty criticizes it for being an uncharacteristically low-tech solution to one of their problems. But it gets much more complicated when Rick gives Morty his own respawn button.
The episode tells a beautiful love story that gets tragically erased, then reveals that the respawn button has actually been causing all kinds of mayhem across the multiverse.It’s deserving of its Emmy, and it’s deserving of endless rewatches.
6Night Family
Season 6, Episode 4
The season 6 episode “Night Family” is both achilling horror story and a thoughtful meditation on class division. When Rick gets the family’s nighttime selves to perform all their menial chores, the so-called “Night Family” fight back against the ruling class and usurp power.
It’s a perfectly crafted story with clearly defined stakes that keep escalating. From the war over the dishes to the climactic car chase to the unsettling final twist, “Night Family” is full of great moments that only get better the more times you watch it.
5Mortyplicity
Season 5, Episode 2
Season 5’s “Mortyplicity” is one ofRick and Morty’s most underrated episodes, and it requires a couple of viewings just to wrap your head around it. The episode reveals that Rick has various decoy families set up around the world, so when one of his enemies comes to kill them, these decoys get killed instead.
But the decoys start to figure out they’re decoys and decide to kill the other decoys to save themselves from getting killed.There’s a shocking plot twist around every corner in this episode, which keeps you on your toes — even on the umpteenth rewatch.
4The Ricklantis Mixup
Season 3, Episode 7
The season 3 episode “The Ricklantis Mixup” only features our Rick and Morty in its framing narrative, but unlike other TV episodes that break away from the main cast — like thatMandalorianepisode set on Coruscant — “The Ricklantis Mixup” is worth revisiting. It takes audiences to the Citadel and explores the class divide between the Ricks and Mortys.
It’s almost likeThe Wirein its in-depth portrayal of systemic issueslike police corruption, ineffective government, underfunded schools, the illicit drug trade, and the exploitation of the working class. “The Ricklantis Mixup” is a great standalone social commentary.
3Total Rickall
Season 2, Episode 4
In season 2’s “Total Rickall,”the Smith family home is invaded by alien parasitesthat implant memories in their hosts to convince them they’re long-time friends. It’s a hilarious spoof ofBuffy the Vampire Slayer’s introduction of Dawn Summers, with a random new side character introduced every couple of seconds.
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Clip shows are usually the least rewatchable episodes of a sitcom, because they’re just a mashup of moments from other episodes, but this is a fun spin on the clip show, because none of the clips featured ever actually appeared in a previous episode.
2Rixty Minutes
Season 1, Episode 8
Rick and Morty’s first anthology episode, season 1’s “Rixty Minutes,”introduced the show’s ability to mix improvisation into its animation. Rick hooks the TV up to a cable box that broadcasts networks from all over the multiverse, so they can watch everything from a crime drama starring talking corn to a version ofCloud Atlasfrom a universe where Jerry is a Tom Hanks-level movie star.
Interdimensional cable quickly became a fan-favoriteRick and Mortyconcept— so beloved that the episode got a sequel in season 2 — and it remains one of the show’s most wonderfully bonkers installments.
1Pickle Rick
Season 3, Episode 3
Rick and Mortyscored its first Emmy Award forthe season 3 episode “Pickle Rick.”“Pickle Rick” had become iconic before it even aired, because a brief clip of Rick telling Morty he’d turned himself into a pickle in the season 3 trailer quickly became a meme. But when the episode itself actually arrived on the airwaves, it managed to live up to the hype.
“Pickle Rick” is the most rewatchableRick and Mortyepisode because it embodies the show at its best: a pitch-perfect blend of absurdity and profundity.
After turning himself into a pickle to avoid therapy, Rick is swept into a sewerand has to use his brined brains to give himself working arms and legs and get back to the house. When Rick finds his way into the toilet bowl of a local crime syndicate, “Pickle Rick” unexpectedly morphs into aJohn Wick-style action thriller.
Pickle Rick’s adventures across town, from his blood-soaked battle with an army of rats to his Iron Man suit-up sequence, are deliriously entertaining. The whole episode culminates in a powerful confessional monologue by Rick about why he was avoiding therapy in the first place. “Pickle Rick” is the most rewatchableRick and Mortyepisode because it embodies the show at its best: a pitch-perfect blend of absurdity and profundity.
