Rick and Morty continues to follow the adventures of the members of the Smith household. When Jerry asks Beth to choose between him and Rick, the strength of their marriage is tested. Jerry is confronted with the loss of his family, while Beth begins to discover her independence again. Morty and Summer deal with their parents' separation by seeking more control over their lives. Rick's nihilistic way of life continues to prevent him from bonding with his family, as he remains unable to change his self-destructive behaviour.
Episodes
Episode summaries may include *spoilers*.
S03E01 The Rickshank Rickdemption
The Galactic Federation have got Rick trapped in their system in an attempt to get the secret behind his technology from deep inside his mind, but for the smartest person on the planet their system doesn't hold much of a challenge. As Rick turns the tables on the Federation Summer and Morty attempt to rescue him completely unaware of the chaos he's creating. The three of them finally make it home to find the aliens fleeing Earth, it's not the only thing that's changing. Jerry gives Beth an ultimatum, him or Rick... bye bye, Jerry.
S03E02 Rickmancing the Stone
To avoid Jerry's pitiful exit from the family house, Rick, Summer and Morty head off to a post-apocalyptic Earth filled with scavengers. Rick discovers that the gang carry with them a giant rock made of valuable Isotope 322. While Rick plans to steal the stone Summer goes off with a group of the Death Stalkers and falls in love with their leader and Morty is injected with the DNA from a giant arm with a thirst for vengeance.
S03E03 Pickle Rick
Rick turns himself into a pickle to challenge himself... or to get out of therapy minutes before the family are due to head out for their appointment. Discovering an elaborate system set up above him holding a syringe Beth decides to take it with her and leave Rick on the countertop. In a cat related incident Rick ends up rolling into the drain and starts a pickle-fuelled rampage in an effort to get back home and turn himself back into a human. Now turbo charged with a rat and insect hybrid body he ends up in a highly secure facility where he becomes the target of their security force and a captured assassin.
S03E04 Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender
The Vindicators' beacon calls Rick and Morty in to help them fight their archnemesis, Worldender. Rick has even less respect for this band of so called superheroes than he does for Jerry and only agrees to go because Morty trades in his chance to pick one in every ten adventures. When they arrive at Worldender's lair the rest of the team discover that Rick got blackout drunk the night before and set up and elaborate set of games [nothing at all like Saw] in an effort to belittle the Vindicators.
S03E05 The Whirly Dirly Conspiracy
Morty convinces Rick to take Jerry on an adventure to boost his self-esteem. They agree that neither wants to do it so Rick takes him out to a resort that has an immortality field around it. While there Jerry is coerced into getting Rick outside the immortality field so that an alien can kill him in retribution for what he did to his kingdom. Back on Earth Summer is devastated after being dumped for a bigger breasted girl, searching Rick's garage for a solution to her problems she discovers a device that will significantly enhance her natural assets.
S03E06 Rest and Ricklaxation
Rick and Morty come off the back of a 6-day adventure that leaves them psychologically broken, they go to an alien spa and try out a machine that cleans out their toxicity. That isn't just toxins in their system, it's all the bad things they think they have in them. All those bad traits are spit out into an oozing wasteland and forgotten. The cleansed Rick and Morty go out into the world with a new positive outlook, but Rick knows something is wrong and is determined to make it right even though Morty is loving his newfound confidence.
S03E07 The Ricklantis Mixup
Rick and Morty are about to head off to Atlantis when Rick and Morty appear looking for donations to the rebuilding of the Citadel of Ricks. Instead of heading off to Atlantis we take a look at the changing face of the Citadel as an election is taking place for a new president.
S03E08 Morty's Mind Blowers
After a horrible adventure Morty wants to forget a terrible memory, Rick takes him to a room that's filled with memories he's removed from Morty after similar experiences in the past. It isn't just Morty's bad memories there, Rick has also been erasing memories that make him look bad. The two fight and accidentally erase their memories, as they try to work out what's happening they're interrupted by Summer who stops a potential catastrophe.
S03E09 The ABC's of Beth
When the news reports of the execution of a local man convicted of eating his son Tommy, who was Beth's best friend. She reminisces that as a child she coped by thinking he got lost in her imaginary world, Froopyland. Rick, sensing Beth is making disparaging comments about his creation reminds her that he created Froopyland especially for her. Beth begs him to take her there to see if Tommy is still alive so they can clear his father of his murder. When they get there they discover that he's been surviving on a steady diet of bestiality and cannibalism. Meanwhile, back on Earth Summer and Morty meet Jerry's new girlfriend Kiara, a 3-breasted alien hunter.
S03E10 The Rickchurian Mortydate
The President calls Rick and Morty to get rid of a monster roaming the tunnels under the White House, annoyed that he calls them for trivial activities and never shows any gratitude they portal back home. Discovering what they've done the President starts a fight with Rick and they have a parting of the ways, which of course ends up making things worse. At home Beth worries that she might be a clone after remembering that Rick offered to allow her to go off and live her life without destroying their family. In an effort to discover if she's "real" or not she goes to Jerry for his insights. As everything comes to a head the family reunite happier than ever and Rick ends his feud by tricking the President one more time.
DVD Extras
- Animatics for every episode
- 13 commentaries with the creators, cast, crew and more
- Inside the Recording Booth
- Origins of Rick And Morty
- Inside the Episodes
The recording booth clips are a fun little addition for some insights into what goes on behind the scenes.
Review
At the end of season 2 Rick and the Smiths have hidden on a tiny version of Earth outside of the Federation's jurisdiction, Earth has been taken over and Rick has surrendered himself to save his family. We open season 3 with Rick in the Federation's custody being interrogated and we instantly get reminded that Rick doesn't do anything without having some sort of ulterior motive.
How can you not love the series that brought us Pickle Rick? I don't for a second know how anyone could think that Rick could create a rat/insect body when he is just a pickle, but he's the smartest man on the planet so I'm willing to believe it was entirely possible.
For me, a series that takes its characters on a journey without getting bogged down in a single storyline is always my favourite. Rick and Morty certainly manages to do this with its constantly jumping scenarios. The one story that does pop up throughout this season is Beth and Jerry's divorce. Rick, despite always being a bit of a dick to everyone, has always had it out for Jerry so this news doesn't phase him at all but the rest of the family are suffering in their own ways. Throughout the series we see Summer and Morty compensating with Rick's adventures and reconciling some of their ongoing personal issues through their experiences. While none of it is realistic, it's entirely relatable.
Before watching this season I decided to rewatch seasons 1 and 2, because it's the sensible thing to do. It felt like we got much better family interaction and inclusions in season 3, I doubt if you work it out that there's much difference between them but that it's more to do with the quality of what we got. With the family going through upheaval we got a lot of stories that actually go to prove that Rick really does care deep down even if he would never openly admit it.
Morty does develop somewhat in this season, he isn't just the bumbling sidekick any more. He's learned a lot over their adventures, and while he's still not on Rick standards, there are moments where we see that he's growing. His dealings with Rick during Vindicators 3 take a step towards actually standing up for himself more and showing him that he understands more about the inner workings of Rick mind than he realises. In The Whirly Dirly Conspiracy, his part of the episode is almost like that of a Rick and Morty adventure when Morty gets to choose, he stands back and watches while Beth makes a hash of things and then swoops in at the last minute to do things that need to be done... admittedly that last bit probably isn't a good character trait to develop but he's realised that (in their messed up sort of world) sometimes someone needs to learn a lesson.
The season as a whole was very good and I liked the way that we came full circle and almost reset the universe for season four. Though I still enjoy Rick and Morty in general, this was definitely a high point for what's currently out there. Development of characters, more fun scenarios and just a little bit of fear that somewhere in a sewer a pickle is making a body out of rat parts.
A big thank you to Smashbomb for this wonderful prize, make sure you go over and check out their giveaways page for the latest offers.
How can you not love the series that brought us Pickle Rick? I don't for a second know how anyone could think that Rick could create a rat/insect body when he is just a pickle, but he's the smartest man on the planet so I'm willing to believe it was entirely possible.
For me, a series that takes its characters on a journey without getting bogged down in a single storyline is always my favourite. Rick and Morty certainly manages to do this with its constantly jumping scenarios. The one story that does pop up throughout this season is Beth and Jerry's divorce. Rick, despite always being a bit of a dick to everyone, has always had it out for Jerry so this news doesn't phase him at all but the rest of the family are suffering in their own ways. Throughout the series we see Summer and Morty compensating with Rick's adventures and reconciling some of their ongoing personal issues through their experiences. While none of it is realistic, it's entirely relatable.
Before watching this season I decided to rewatch seasons 1 and 2, because it's the sensible thing to do. It felt like we got much better family interaction and inclusions in season 3, I doubt if you work it out that there's much difference between them but that it's more to do with the quality of what we got. With the family going through upheaval we got a lot of stories that actually go to prove that Rick really does care deep down even if he would never openly admit it.
Morty does develop somewhat in this season, he isn't just the bumbling sidekick any more. He's learned a lot over their adventures, and while he's still not on Rick standards, there are moments where we see that he's growing. His dealings with Rick during Vindicators 3 take a step towards actually standing up for himself more and showing him that he understands more about the inner workings of Rick mind than he realises. In The Whirly Dirly Conspiracy, his part of the episode is almost like that of a Rick and Morty adventure when Morty gets to choose, he stands back and watches while Beth makes a hash of things and then swoops in at the last minute to do things that need to be done... admittedly that last bit probably isn't a good character trait to develop but he's realised that (in their messed up sort of world) sometimes someone needs to learn a lesson.
The season as a whole was very good and I liked the way that we came full circle and almost reset the universe for season four. Though I still enjoy Rick and Morty in general, this was definitely a high point for what's currently out there. Development of characters, more fun scenarios and just a little bit of fear that somewhere in a sewer a pickle is making a body out of rat parts.
A big thank you to Smashbomb for this wonderful prize, make sure you go over and check out their giveaways page for the latest offers.
Movie thing you wish you could take home
A portal gun... the ability to remove memories... I'd say a grandpa Rick but honestly I don't think I could afford the alcohol bill.
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