Edge of Tomorty: Rick Die Rickpeat

Rick takes Morty on an adventure to Forbodulon Prime to harvest "death crystals"—crystalline substances that allow a person to foresee various possible outcomes about their death. When Morty holds a crystal, he envisions a peaceful death as an old man comforted by his longtime crush Jessica. Determined to make this future a reality, Morty follows the crystal's visions to guide him every step of the way and assumes control of the ship on the way home. This leads to a disastrous flight that propels Rick to his death, after which a holographic projection of Rick manifests and instructs Morty on how to bring him back to life using DNA from his corpse. Upon seeing through the crystal that reviving Rick will deviate his death from his desired outcome, Morty refuses to continue with the process and goes home alone.

While Holographic Rick harasses Morty to discard the crystal and restore him, Rick's consciousness is restored to clones from several different deadly and fascist realities, ending in a Wasp Rick, who helps him get home and transform him back into a human (through unknown means). Meanwhile, Morty becomes increasingly captivated by the guidance of the crystal, blindly obeying its prompts to steal weapons from Rick's arsenal and go on a killing spree. He allows himself to be captured, but escapes punishment by reciting the dying words of his trial judge's husband.

Rick and Wasp Rick learn about Morty's theft and rampage from Holographic Rick. The three Ricks follow Morty, who uses a ferrofluid to turn himself into a monstrous cyborg abomination. As Morty is rescued, Holographic Rick is assimilated to the fluid and attempts to destroy the remaining Ricks and Morty, only to be stung and killed by Wasp Rick. Upon arriving home, Jerry and Beth chastise Rick for turning Morty into an "Akira", but Morty defends him and assumes full responsibility for his actions. Rick and Morty agree to split the differences in their adventures in ranting monologues.

In the post-credits scene, Morty overhears Jessica envisioning her future career as a hospice care worker and realizes he had misinterpreted the crystal's visions. When Rick portals in and asks Morty for help on another adventure, Morty immediately agrees, much to Rick's surprise.

"Edge of Tomorty" was written by executive producer Mike McMahan and directed by Erica Hayes.[1] The episode is dedicated to producer Mike Mendel, who died on September 22, 2019.[2] Characters introduced in this episode include Teddy Rick, Nazi Morty, Shrimp Rick, Wasp Rick, and a Kirkland version of Mr. Meeseeks.[3][4] While recurring characters returning include Gearhead, Jessica, and Mr. Meeseeks.[5] The staff writers also used themes that were previously presented in the series such as the use of Meeseeks boxes, from the episode "Meeseeks and Destroy"; the shift in the Smith family hierarchy, from third season episode "The Rickchurian Mortydate"; and "Operation Phoenix", from the second season episode "Big Trouble in Little Sanchez".[2][6][7] The ferro fluid sequence was animated by Studio Yotta, who previously animated on the "Bushworld Adventures" episode.[8]

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