The BEST episodes of Rick and Morty

Every episode of Rick and Morty ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Rick and Morty!

Follows the misadventures of an alcoholic scientist Rick and his overly nervous grandson Morty, who split their time between domestic family life and intergalactic travel. Often finding themselves in a heap of trouble that more often than not is created through their own actions.

Last Updated: 12/8/2024Network: Adult SwimStatus: Continuing
The Ricklantis Mixup
star
8.57
6383 votes

#1 - The Ricklantis Mixup

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/10/2017

Rick and Morty head to Atlantis. Meanwhile, the Citadel of Ricks is electing a new leader.

Directors: Dominic Polcino
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The Rickshank Rickdemption
star
8.52
7892 votes

#2 - The Rickshank Rickdemption

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/1/2017

The Smith family tries to cope without Rick, which is painful enough on its own without taking into consideration the stifling rules put into place by the Federation. Meanwhile Rick's past is finally revealed as he attempts to get out of his prison.

Directors: Juan Meza-Leon
Writer: Mike McMahan
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Fear No Mort
star
8.46
1519 votes

#3 - Fear No Mort

Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/17/2023

Only thing to fear is fear itself, broh.

Directors: Eugene Huang
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The Vat of Acid Episode
star
8.43
2862 votes

#4 - The Vat of Acid Episode

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/17/2020

It's a Rick, Morty and a vat of acid kind of adventure. But will it be worth Morty missing his English class for?

Directors: Jacob Hair
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
The Wedding Squanchers
star
8.42
6078 votes

#5 - The Wedding Squanchers

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/4/2015

The whole family goes to the planet Squanch to attend the wedding of Rick's close friend, Bird Person.

Directors: Wesley Archer
Writer: Tom Kauffman
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Pickle Rick
star
8.35
6876 votes

#6 - Pickle Rick

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/6/2017

Rick turns himself into a pickle, on the same day that Beth takes the kids to family therapy.

Directors: Anthony Chun
Writer: Jessica Gao
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The Ricks Must Be Crazy
star
8.34
6506 votes

#7 - The Ricks Must Be Crazy

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/30/2015

Rick and Morty travel inside the car's battery, where Morty discovers Rick has created a universe containing sentient life solely to produce power for him. Meanwhile, Summer must deal with being locked in the car with Rick's overzealous security system.

Directors: Dominic Polcino
Writer: Dan Guterman
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Star Mort: Rickturn of the Jerri
star
8.33
2698 votes

#8 - Star Mort: Rickturn of the Jerri

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/31/2020

An adventure with an invisibility belt, but a family that disappears together, must stay together.

Directors: Erica Hayes
Writer: Anne Lane
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Edge of Tomorty: Rick Die Rickpeat
star
8.28
3766 votes

#9 - Edge of Tomorty: Rick Die Rickpeat

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/10/2019

Rick brings Morty to a planet containing crystals that show whoever is touching them all the ways they may die depending on their choices.

Directors: Erica Hayes
Writer: Mike McMahan
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Morty's Mind Blowers
star
8.26
5874 votes

#10 - Morty's Mind Blowers

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/17/2017

Morty experiences some memories that he couldn't handle from past adventures.

Directors: Bryan Newton
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Mort Dinner Rick Andre
star
8.25
2691 votes

#11 - Mort Dinner Rick Andre

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/20/2021

Big man comin for dinner, broh. Better check the booze.

Directors: Jacob Hair
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Rickmurai Jack
star
8.21
2138 votes

#12 - Rickmurai Jack

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/5/2021

Rick is living his best anime life, making new friends and taking down new enemies.

Directors: Jacob Hair
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Total Rickall
star
8.21
6668 votes

#13 - Total Rickall

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/16/2015

Trapped inside the house with an ever-increasing number of parasitic alien shape-shifters capable of altering memories, an uncertain Rick and the Smiths search for a way to determine which of them are real.

Directors: Juan Meza-Leon
Writer: Mike McMahan
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Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind
star
8.21
6503 votes

#14 - Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/7/2014

Rick and Morty have a falling out when Rick is approached by some familiar associates.

Directors: Stephen Sandoval
Writer: Ryan Ridley
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A Rickle in Time
star
8.18
6878 votes

#15 - A Rickle in Time

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/26/2015

Rick, Morty, and Summer get into trouble when time is fractured by a feedback loop of uncertainty that split reality into more than one equally possible impossibilities. Meanwhile, Beth and Jerry go to extreme lengths to save a deer struck by their vehicle.

Writer: Matt Roller
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Unmortricken
star
8.17
1573 votes

#16 - Unmortricken

Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/12/2023

Rick and Morty wilding out, broh. They getting up to stuff.

Directors: Jacob Hair
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Rattlestar Ricklactica
star
8.16
3147 votes

#17 - Rattlestar Ricklactica

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/15/2019

During one of their adventures in outer space, Rick and Morty's ship suffers a flat tire. While they carry out repairs, Morty suffers a potentially lethal snake bite that leads to a complicated, time-travelling encounter with a snake civilization.

Directors: Jacob Hair
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Rest and Ricklaxation
star
8.14
5936 votes

#18 - Rest and Ricklaxation

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/27/2017

Rick and Morty need a break, so they head to a spa planet for some much needed rest and relaxation.

Directors: Anthony Chun
Writer: Tom Kauffman
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Rick Potion #9
star
8.10
6854 votes

#19 - Rick Potion #9

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/27/2014

Rick provides Morty with a love potion to get his dream girl, only for the serum to backfire and create a living Cronenberg nightmare.

Directors: Stephen Sandoval
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Mortynight Run
star
8.09
6576 votes

#20 - Mortynight Run

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/2/2015

Rick teaches Morty to drive while leaving Jerry at a popular day care made just for him. Morty's conscience has him hunt down an assassin rather than spending the day at an alien arcade.

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Something Ricked This Way Comes
star
8.09
6478 votes

#21 - Something Ricked This Way Comes

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/24/2014

Rick battles the devil and upsets Summer. Meanwhile, Jerry and Morty hang out.

Directors: John Rice
Writer: Mike McMahan
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Ricksy Business
star
8.07
5953 votes

#22 - Ricksy Business

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/14/2014

Beth and Jerry go away on a trip, so Rick decides to throw a party.

Directors: Stephen Sandoval
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Auto Erotic Assimilation
star
8.05
6281 votes

#23 - Auto Erotic Assimilation

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/9/2015

Rick gets emotionally invested when meeting an old friend, while Beth and Jerry have a falling out after making a discovery under the garage.

Writer: Ryan Ridley
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Big Trouble in Little Sanchez
star
8.05
6193 votes

#24 - Big Trouble in Little Sanchez

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/13/2015

Rick undergoes a transformation to combat a local vampire situation. Meanwhile, Beth and Jerry attempt to sort out their relationship through marriage counseling.

Directors: Bryan Newton
Writer: Alex Rubens
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Mortyplicity
star
8.04
2556 votes

#25 - Mortyplicity

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/27/2021

The Smiths suspect they're being hunted. But who's even real?

Directors: Lucas Gray
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