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Rick transfers his consciousness into one of the SEAL Team Ricks and kills the others. He infiltrates the
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Morty and Summer are captured by the Smith family of the
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that new episodes were becoming more difficult to create because of artistic disagreements with co-creator Justin
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Federation scientists attempt to discover the secret to Rick's portal gun by sending alien Cornvelious Daniel into his mind to interrogate him by having Rick show them his memories. In his memories, Rick has trouble inventing teleportation, but after an alternate version of
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said "The
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issues Beth to choose him or Rick; Beth chooses Rick. As Morty copes with his parents' divorce, Rick reveals to Morty that his ulterior motive was to make both the
Galactic Federation and Jerry "go away", punishing Jerry for his betrayal by threatening to turn him in to the government in the
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October 2017, followed by a wider release in February
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Federation into believing he divulged the secrets of his portal gun, claiming he fabricated his backstory. With their guard lowered, Rick hacks into Federation technology to switch bodies with Cornvelious, who is shot by SEAL Team Ricks.
396:. It was watched by 676,000 American households and had a 0.2 rating in the 18–49 demographic. By 11pm, as details of the episode's unexpected debut spread, "The Rickshank Rickdemption" had its best showing with 949,000 viewers and a 0.4 rating.
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think that's a non-spoiler way of saying things should be okay pretty quickly". The episode marks the reappearance of several former key plot developments, including the Cronenberg universe, the Citadel of Ricks, and Birdperson.
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recording. In February 2017, to celebrate the beginning of the episode's animation phase, Adult Swim Australia released a teaser trailer, later revealed to actually be a "
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himself shows him multiversal travel, Rick declines and decides to give up science. The alternate Rick drops a bomb that kills Rick's wife Diane and a young
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called "The Rickshank Rickdemption" the "top of all animated television", an episode that saw deeper character development and humor that rivaled "
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plot developments, reminding us of the show’s commitment to its persistent multiverse" in a premiere he considered as the series' best.
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exhumes the remains of her reality's Rick in their backyard, intending to use his portal gun and rescue him.
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