[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Rick and Morty” Season 6, Episode 1, “Solaricks.”]Nothing lasts for very long in the world of “Rick and Morty.” This family moves through realities like switching out kitchen trash bags.
Entire planets can wither away and transform in mere seconds.
Characters seesaw between vengeance and reconciliation in emotional forever wars.So in the Season 6 premiere — “Solaricks” — when our two title characters submit themselves to going no more a-portal-ing and fully embrace death, that’s also momentary at most.
What follows in this episode is a breakneck parade of every reason why these two (and the show that contains them) have so much more still to live for.Rather than dwell on the chaos and carnage of the Season 5 finale or hit a convenient reset button, “Solaricks” chooses a satisfying middle zone in resituating where each member of the family is on this show’s dense, cosmic board.
In a weird way,
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