'Rick and Morty' Season 5 is done trying to be anything but itself

There are few shows that carry quite as much meta baggage as Rick and Morty. But if the Season 5 premiere (titled "Mort Dinner Rick Andre") is any indication of what's to come, the beloved Adult Swim comedy is treating 2021 like the clean slate it so desperately needed to not buckle under the weight of its own cultural significance.

Ever since its transformation from the weird little fucked-up cult favorite underdog into a full-blown mainstream phenomenon so popular that hardcore fans nearly caused riots at various McDonald's in 2017, the subculture bred around Rick and Morty has threatened to overshadow the show itself.  Read more...