Night Family

This episode really gives me hope for the rest of the season. As usual the season premiere was great, and then after that there was a bit of a decline. I liked the A plot of the second episode, but the Die Hard plotline just didn't do it for me. The third episode had some funny moments, but there wasn't a very strong story to support it. Usually, Rick and Morty gives clever sci-fi stories, and I felt the third episode to be lacking in that. This episode, however, was (in my opinion) the funniest of the season so far, and the best conceptually. The tone was fresh and nearly all the jokes landed. If the season is able to keep up this quality, I think it would rank up there with the first 3 seasons.

This episode features Rick creating dream selves where we can do things in our sleep we can't do during the day. I admit it doesn't make much sense. During their waking hours, wouldn't they be tired from all they did during the night? Anyway, this was still quite interesting with a great premise. It was almost like an inverted "Russian Sleep Experiment". It was hard to tell what was going on.

The previews for these episodes seem to keep getting longer. I'm surprised how short this episode was. It was a minute shorter, but that was probably part of the joke with how the credits were done. The best part was the car chase. It seemed like Rick did get his just desserts at one point. Well yeah, they weren't literally desserts. ***1/2.

This episode is clever, atmospheric, and just downright hilarious. Sure I got a kick out of Summer's die hard, and some of the jokes in the first episode of this season. But this is the first truly laugh out loud episode. I'll admit it's mostly visually funny. The "gasoline factory" and "firework museum" had me laughing my ass off, the truck of adderalls crashing was hilarious, and don't even get me started on the smart car scene! There are also a ton of other funny visual gags. Not to mention the whole concept of the night people revolting, while predictable, isn't really a concept R&M have fleshed out before. We're now seeing the full consequences of the season 5 finale in action.

This is an example of a Rick and Morty episode being good without being a parody of something else. I would go as far as saying this is the best episode of the season, and one of the best episodes of the whole show.

I was pretty excited for this episode going into it. The teasers for the episode were very interesting and showed off a darker tone than usual. My expectations for this episode were high, and they were very easily surpassed. The only reason I'm not giving this episode a 10/10 is because I save scores like that for the true cream of the crop. However, Night Family is easily one of the best one-off episodes they've ever done. The animation and soundtrack in this episode is absolutely gorgeous and beyond belief. Rick and Morty has actually managed to be scary in this episode, and it work really well. There are several scenes from this episode that are absolutely horrifying (in a good way). The episode concept is both nightmarishly twisted and absolutely brilliant at the exact same time. This episode isn't like classic Rick and Morty, it's better than it.

It wasn't like the usual more "upbeat" Rick and Morty episode where they go off and have an adventure. It was darker and almost took place at one location throughout the episode. But don't get me wrong, it still had a lot of funny moments in it and a bit of action as well.

I think it was quite creative and the concept was great.

The soundtrack was also good.

The only negative about the episode is that it was too short. I would have loved to see at least 40 minutes episode of this .

And sure, you can always find plot holes, but it is a animated show after all.

I say it is a good and fun filler episode so that's what I'm rating it on.