Night Family

This fourth episode of season six was, for me, the one that so far has best balanced a good story, with being funny and brings back the level of storytelling invention that we've seen in earlier seasons.

The family learn of Rick's (Justin Roiland) latest piece of alien tech, the Somnambulator, which animates their sleeping bodies and controls them to undertake preordained tasks, naturally the whole family soon wants in. Rick and Morty (Justin Roiland) both use it to exercise and gain washboard abs, Beth (Sarah Chalke) learns the trumpet, Summer (Spencer Grammer) learns Spanish and Jerry (Chris Parnell), being Jerry, turns his into a penpal. But after determining that their lot in this arrangement isn't all it could be, the night family start to rebel.

So, whilst there are definite shades of the show "Severence" to the plot of the episode, tonally it's much more similar to a horror film, particularly Jordan Peele's "Us", as the night people speak with strained voices and talk about "always having been there". There is also a mini-parody of "Avengers: Endgame" with the forging of new crockery mirroring the creation of Stormbreaker and proving one of the key themes of the episode, that Rick will do anything rather than lose face.

As I say, perhaps better than any episode in this season so far, this one felt like one that would have fit into the earlier seasons, the invention of the story, with the family fighting not to fall asleep and switching sides when they do, and it all tracking properly, makes this a plot that only "Rick and Morty" could have done and it's genuinely funny too, mixing in sight (and sound) gags with a witty script.

One of the best episodes in a while.

This episode was very fun to watch. It had a great start but the ending and second half of the episode really sealed the deal.

Tense and thrilling, Night Family gave Pickle Rick vibes but in a totally new area. While Pickle Rick highlighted Rick's chaotic and violent insanity, and his ability to turn any scenario into one in his favor, Night Family does justice by characterizing Rick as someone so stubborn... so self-centered... so nihilistically ego-driven that he would be willing to jeopardize his entire families safety over a dirty dish.

Bonus: The music was amazing, it was tense and felt like it came from an actual horror movie. The visuals were the best I've ever seen this or any season.

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.

Clever way to make an episode about innie (night). This is a parody of severance. Night person is a person but Rick doesn't think they deserved to be listened to. He should have known not to let the night people communicate with the day people from the start! Summer reminded me of outie hellys video to innie Helly.

This episode really reminded me of severance. There is a free book in the Apple Books app that is a companion of the show. It's the same concept: innie person and outie person found a way to pass messages to each other. They basically become pen pals. This is my favorite episode of season 6. Btw watch severance on Apple TV amazing show.

Wow really felt like a First 3 Season Episode Again! More of this please! Real (Old R & M) Personalities with believable dialogues! No more out-of-character-random-stuff-saying cartoon characters! R & M was a lot more! Since they were given 70 episodes, the story has been poor - character wise and story wise etc. Few good episodes here and there (hopefully this isn't one of those - and continuity happens with characters). Justin & Dan - Care about rick and morty again! It's not about money! R & M could have gone down in history - but season 4 & 5 wasn't it - Adults are your main focus right - no more fever dreams please! Give Me Old Rick and Morty Back!!!