Total Rickall

Ever since the Community clip show episode, we've all known that Dan Harmon is a genius at the format, but this took it to a whole new level. For those who don't know, a "clip-show" is a television episode that involves a lot of flash-backs. They use this when budget is low and they need to fill an episode. What better way to fill runtime than show us what we've seen before? One such example is the finale of season 2 of Star Trek the Next Generation. These episodes are often crap. Dan Harmon's genius is using the format but showing us things we hadn't seen before. We saw this in Community, where he confuses us by making us think we are going to see a flashback, but then showing us an adventure we hadn't seen before, leading to the inevitable moment when you think "Wait, I have no memory of this. What is going on?". That was the running joke in that Community episode, but this time, he uses that feeling to construct a clever premise that hinges on a brilliant new alien race on par with the weeping angels from Doctor Who.

This may be the greatest and funniest episode of an animated show I have ever witnessed.

By the time I watched it, R&M was just another cartoon from Adult Swim and I didn't think much of it, but by the end I simply could not stop thinking about it and had to go find some answers. That lead to me Reddit posts and YouTube videos on theories and eastern eggs.

When I read a comment about someone explaining a super complicated theory for a character called "Mr. Poopy Butthole" with a straight face I knew I had found something special.

OMG!! This entire episode from the beginning to the opening credits sequence to the post credits scene was absolutely genius!

Maybe not the best but definitely the most Rick and Morty of any episode of that makes sense. It has everything you want this show to have.

Amazing episode, one of the best in the series. While maintaining a simple theme, they do an amazing job of keeping it fun and interesting the entire episode.