Later, we get the introduction of the Meeseeks, and in one episode, everyone catches the “Morty flu” at his school dance. Then they visit “Anatomy Park,” a rip on “Jurassic Park.” In the next episode, the two are captured by aliens and stuck in simulations within simulations in hopes of tricking Rick into revealing secret information. That includes the episode where Rick and Morty must go through dreams Inception-style to give him a good grade in class. The rest of the season follows with many classic adventures that build up Rick and Morty’s lore. Despite that, at the end of the pilot episode, Rick rants that they’ll be unstoppable and will still go on lots of adventures.
And the two spend the first episode outrunning the insect-like aliens that come up later in the season. In their first adventure, their relationship is immediately on the rocks when Morty misses a whole semester of school. The 11 episodes in the first season of Rick and Morty kicked things off with getting to know the entire family and how much of a clever yet morbid person Rick Sanchez really is. With the completion of season 4 coming up soon, we’re taking a look back at seasons 1-3 of Rick and Morty to see what the gang’s been up to since the beginning. Overall, we’ve got plotlines of Rick dealing with being the smartest person in the universe, Morty dealing with his balance between his home life and adventures with Rick (and the same for Summer), and Beth and Jerry coming to terms with their on-and-off-again relationship that’s been on the rocks. And unlike most weekly cartoon shows, Rick and Morty does have some semblance of an over-arching plot every season and throughout the whole series. The adventures of Rick and Morty have been going on since 2013, and there are many more to go. Rick and Morty seasons 1 through 3 were absolutely hilarious, and with season four nearly complete, let’s take a look back on the journey so far.