Rick and Morty · Season 5 · Adult Swim
Rick and Morty Season 5
Rick and Morty Season 5 is a WORTH-IT, BollyMeter 7.5/10. 10 episodes on Adult Swim from 20 June 2021.
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What BollyAI Thinks
Season 5 scored 86% on Rotten Tomatoes, the show's lowest mark to that point. A quality split defines the season: episodes advancing the Evil Morty mythology - 'Forgetting Sarick Mortshall' and 'Rickmurai Jack' - rank among the series' best, while the mid-season standalones received mixed responses for feeling like content without consequence. The finale's Evil Morty payoff is one of the show's most genuinely moving sequences. A season of genuine peaks and genuine valleys.
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- E10Rickmurai Jack9.6
The Evil Morty thread that began in Season 1 reaches a devastating payoff in a finale that recontextualises the entire Rick-Morty relationship.
The moment: The flashback montage, delivered without dialogue over a song, is the show at its most unexpectedly devastating.
Season Over Season
Season 5 delivers the show's most significant mythology payoff yet is its most uneven season - rewarding patience with the finale's emotional climax.