Complete Rick and Morty Episode Rankings
By: Dylan Hysen
Rick and Morty Season 3 has unfortunately come to a end, concluding what’s definitely one of the best seasons of TV of the year. While we begin the surely interminable wait for Season 4, here are my complete rankings of every Rick and Morty episode, up to date for all of Season 3.
- Total Rickall
- The Ricklantis Mixup/Tales from the Citadel
- Lawnmower Dog
- Rixty Minutes
- The Ricks Must Be Crazy
This is the elite tier of episodes. Season 3 only added one entry here but what an episode it was. “The Ricklantis Mixup” is one of the best episodes of TV of the year and there’s definitely an argument for it being the best Rick and Morty episode ever.
- Mortynight Run
- Rest and Ricklaxation
- Ricksy Business
- Close Rick-counters of the Rick Kind
- The ABC’s of Beth
- Pickle Rick
- Meeseeks and Destroy
- The Rickshank Rickdemption
- A Rickle In Time
- Rick Potion #9
- The Wedding Squanchers
- Rickmancing the Stone
- Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate
- Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender
The above episodes are all truly great. Season 3 added an astounding 6 episodes to this tier, which is what makes the season so great. The meat of this season was spectacular and very consistent.
- Look Who’s Purging Now
- Auto Erotic Assimilation
- Raising Gazorazorp
- Anatomy Park
- Something Ricked This Way Comes
- Pilot
- The Rickchurian Mortydate
- Big Trouble in Little Sanchez
- The Whirly Dirly Conspiracy
- Night Shaym-Aliens!
- Morty’s Mind Blowers
- Get Schwifty
These are the weakest episodes of the show, but as I always say, there are no bad episodes of Rick and Morty. All the above episodes are at least good and most very good. Only 3 episodes of Season 3 fell into this tier for me, which was very impressive, but they were a pretty weak set of episodes.
Dylan Hysen
Dylan is a software developer from the DC area who hosts the Overly Animated podcast discussing everything animation.
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Here are my own rankings, also from best to worst. I really liked the season, overall, and I think it’s the best of the show – if the seasons keep improving, then I can hardly imagine how great the fourth season will be.
GENIUS TIER
The Ricklantis Mixup
Total Rickall
The Rickshank Redemption
Vindicators 3: The Return Of Worldender
The Wedding Squanchers
Mortynight Run
Close Rick-Counters Of The Rick Kind
Rick Potion #9
COSMIC APOTHEOSIS TIER
The Rickchurian Mortydate
M-Night-Shaymaliens
Rickmancing The Stone
The Whirly-Dirly Conspiracy
The Ricks Must Be Crazy
Auto-Erotic Assimilation
KALAXIAN CRYSTAL TIER
A Rickle In Time
Ricksy Business
Meeseeks And Destroy
The ABCs Of Beth
Morty’s Mind-Blowers
Rixty Minutes
Pilot
Rest And Ricklaxation
“MORTY TIER”
Pickle Rick
Big Trouble In Little Sanchez
Lawnmower Dog
Look Who’s Purging Now
Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate
Anatomy Park
Get Schwifty
Raising Gazorpazorp
Something Ricked This Way Comes
I note that I love every episode of Rick And Morty – even my least favorite episode, Something Ricked This Way Comes, is something I’d gladly rewatch many times and would give an A if we’re not grading on a curve set by Rick And Morty.
The average season 1 episode placed 19.36 out of 31. The average season 2 episode placed 16.1 out of 31. The average season 3 episode placed 12.2 out of 31. Yeahhh. At this rate, by season 6, every episode is going to be the new best episode. Good job, Dan and Justin!
A+ for those tier names and points per episode placement
Thanks! 🙂 Looking forward to seeing your season four coverage in a year and a half… hopefully less…