Yes, as the series has long intimated (first in season 3’s premiere and then again in season 5 episode 8), the beginning of Rick’s multiverse-jumping saga begins with “sad about dead wife.”
We finally find out why in this episode because it’s all so…human. Rick Sanchez is clearly ashamed of his origin story. Rick and Morty fans finally get just about every bit of canon they’ve been clamoring for from “Rickmurai Jack.” And in case you missed any of it, we will explain it all. Rick: “Yeah, now everyone can shut up about it.” Rick “You wanna jump the shark? You wanna know my stupid crybaby backstory, then knock yourself out.”.Morty: “We’ve been through a lot and he doesn’t like…”.Sure enough, this finale explains…just about everything in the Rick and Morty canon! You can tell it’s all canon too because Rick loudly proclaims it over and over again with lines like: But now the one time a Harmon writers’ room wants to have some non-serialized fun, fans crave structure more than ever.Īnd fans finally get that structure in the Rick and Morty season 5 finale “Rickmurai Jack.” Several writers promised before the season that this batch of Rick and Morty episodes would be more canon-focused than years’ past.
Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon has spent much of his career advocating for the elemental power of storytelling, even crafting a “story circle” that is now a feature of many writers’ rooms (and probably the Marvel Cinematic Universe). Despite being presented with the promise of infinite creation, many Rick and Morty fans just want to follow the story of the world’s smartest, yet most damaged man, and his happy-go-lucky grandson. Viewers, however, have never felt that way.
Like Rick Sanchez himself, the writers of the show understand that infinite universes (and a hefty 70-episode order from Adult Swim) means that a concept as earthbound as “story” will soon become pointless. The show has demonstrated time and time again that it prefers crafting episodic, self-contained stories to fully realize the potential of playing in a massive sci-fi sandbox. Rick and Morty is fighting a losing battle with its own canon. This article contains spoilers for Rick and Morty season 5 episode 10.
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