Abstract
- Morty positive aspects independence from Rick in season 7’s finale, and this shift within the present’s dynamic makes an extended anticipate season 8 tougher.
- Season 7’s solo Morty episode acquired blended critiques, establishing challenges for season 8’s concentrate on Morty.
- Rick and Morty’s season 8 delay will increase strain to make Morty’s solo storylines extra interesting after a disappointing episode in season 7.
The season 7 finale of Rick and Morty unintentionally made the prolonged anticipate season 8 far tougher. Rick and Morty’s season 5 finale was a show-shaking occasion that fully rewrote the canon of the collection, however viewers didn’t want to attend too lengthy earlier than the subsequent season continued this plot. In distinction, Rick and Morty’s season 7 finale arrived in December 2023 and the collection is unlikely to return to screens earlier than 2025. This can be a longer wait than typical between seasons and the context of season 7’s finale will make the present’s absence tougher for viewers.
Whereas Rick and Morty season 8 will possible comply with the present’s typical method, the season 7 finale modified one very important component of its setup. Most seasons of Rick and Morty bounce between standalone episodes which can be usually lighter in tone and rare canon-focused outings that progress the bigger, serialized story of the present. The present altered this method considerably when Rick and Morty killed off Rick Prime, Rick’s longtime nemesis, halfway by way of season 7. The season then went on to offer Morty extra unbiased storylines, along with his first full solo episode going down after this main occasion.
Rick and Morty Season 8’s New Morty Gained’t Arrive Till 2025
Morty Gained Independence From Rick In Season 7’s Finale
The longest wait between seasons of Rick and Morty comes proper after Morty’s most vital epiphany ever, with the season 7 finale seeing Morty understand that he depends on his grandfather’s approval an excessive amount of. Since Rick and Morty started, Morty has been Rick’s sidekick. The season 5 finale proved that he was successfully replaceable and, of their need to seek out an confederate he may management, numerous variations of Rick had brought about the deaths of numerous Mortys. Whereas Rick and Morty’s Evil Morty ended this twisted system, Rick and Morty’s energy dynamic remained as uneven as at all times all through seasons 6 and seven.
Nevertheless, in season 7, episode 10, “Worry No Mort,” Morty lastly acknowledged that Rick didn’t depend on him the identical approach he relied on his grandfather. Morty got here to simply accept that he didn’t want his grandfather’s approval. Morty’s enlightenment couldn’t have come at a worse time, since viewers must wait over a yr to learn the way Morty workouts his newfound independence. That is notably unlucky as a result of, though Morty did have an journey of his personal in season 7, its reception didn’t bode properly for season 8. If something, Morty’s solo future appears to be divisive amongst viewers.
Rick and Morty Season 7 Made Morty’s Independence Extra Sophisticated
Morty’s First Solo Episode Was Badly Obtained
Season 7, episode 8, “Rise of the Numbericons: The Film,” was the primary episode of Rick and Morty to function no function for Rick. Sadly, critics referred to as it the season’s largest disappointment and its abysmal IMDB ranking dragged down the remainder of the season’s common. As Rick and Morty season 8 guarantees to offer Morty an even bigger function outdoors his relationship along with his grandfather, the present might want to work out a approach of constructing the character’s solo storylines extra interesting. Rick and Morty season 8 not arriving for a very long time will make this tougher as hype builds and strain on the present grows.
Rick and Morty
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Spencer Grammer
, Kari Wahlgren
, Chris Parnell
, Sarah Chalke
, Ian Cardoni
, Harry Belden - Launch Date
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December 2, 2013
- Seasons
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7
- Franchise(s)
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Rick and Morty
