Rick and Morty Season 9 hits Adult Swim on May 24 and HBO Max on June 15, and nine seasons in, the show is still holding up better than most animated series at this stage.
Season 9 skips any big overarching villain after the Rick-Prime arc wrapped in Season 7. The only real connective thread between episodes is a minor subplot about the Smith family getting a backyard pool. Thin, yes. But the standalone episodes carry the weight.
Episode 2, “Ricks Days, Seven Nights,” is an early highlight, sending Rick’s solo vacation sideways in the best way. Episode 6, “Erickerhead,” and Episode 7, “Mortgully: The Last Rickforest,” also rank among the series’ best, pushing both Rick and Morty into genuinely compelling territory.
Voiced by Ian Cardoni and Harry Belden, Rick and Morty still find fresh ways to explore the same core dynamic without running out of steam.
Season 9 is not perfect, but it is absolutely not The Simpsons circa Season 9 either.
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