TL;DR – A classic episode structured in such a way that it knows it will get complaints from an entire religious organisation.

Disclosure – I paid for the Netflix subscription that viewed this episode.

Post-Credit Scene – There is a post-credit scene.

Rick and Morty Review –

As we continue through this very disjointed and somewhat experimental season, culminating in last week’s Rise of the Numbericons: The Movie, which was a Rick and Morty episode without Rick. Well, it’s almost as if they knew the response to that episode and prepared accordingly because this week’s episode, named after Thor: Ragnarok, is almost like a classic episode writ large, including a b-plot for a change.

So to set the scene, after killing Jerry (Chris Parnell) multiple times to confirm, Rick (Ian Cardoni) finds out that there are “heavens” of some sort. But Rick, being Rick, wants to tap into that unlimited energy, and it can be just any kind of heaven. So, he and Morty (Harry Belden) go to Norway, where he gets Bigfoot () to kill him so he can go to Ragnarok. It’s a solid plan. I just sure hope nothing goes wrong. We will be looking at the episode as a whole from here, so there will be some [SPOILERS] ahead. 

Well, let’s rip the band-aid off quickly and talk about how this episode is designed to piss people off. At the start, by objectively proving that heavens/afterlife exists, they have already pissed off the sort of edgelord dudebro that has a habit of glomming onto the show’s fanbase. We’ve all met someone like this at some point. But then conversely, they turn the Pope () into a mass murderer who gets captured by a Poké Ball at the end of the episode. And you know that there is already some Mom’s Group for Liberty or whatnot writing up a please explain to Adult Swim. Hell, they might even get one from the Catholic Church. It would be amusing if it didn’t also feel a little forced.

On the flip side, we get an episode that actually has a couple of interesting moments, including Air Force Wong being proved right that Rick was going to die to Bigfoot. I liked how they turned Ragnarok into a tower defence video game, including the resource collection phase. I also liked the slow progression of turning Bigfoot human and the almost time loop ending with a blink, and you’ll miss it reference to Communy’s famous pillow episode. While these were all interesting, Valhalla ended up being super generic, which was a pity. Also, when making The Pope your main bad guy, it just felt like you didn’t take that to any real depth.

In the end, do we recommend Rick and Morty: Mort: Ragnarick? Well, it was another perfectly fine episode. However, you could clearly see it was trying to hit a bit harder than it ended up becoming.   

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Credits – All images were created by the cast, crew, and production companies of Rick and Morty
Directed by – Kyounghee Lim
Written by – Jeremy Gilfor & Scott Marder
Created by – Justin Roiland & Dan Harmon
Production/Distribution Companies – Justin Roiland’s Solo Vanity Card Productions, Harmonious Claptrap, Williams Street, Adult Swim & Netflix
Starring – Chris Parnell, Spencer Grammer, Sarah Chalke, Ian Cardoni & Harry Belden with Maria Bamford and Troy Baker, Echo Kellum, Maurice LaMarche, Nick Reczynski, Rob Schrab, Kari Wahlgren & Gary Anthony Williams