Rick and Morty
I'm watching through the series, and just going to write down my personal ratings for each episode
S1:E1 Pilot 5/5 The start of it all, a must watch. Perfect pacing, love the cold open and "They're robots Morty!"
S1:E2 Lawnmower Dog 4/5 I enjoy the inception knock off storyline the most, the bit where they're deep inside the dreams having to remind themselves of the plot is too perfect
S1:E3 Anatomy Park 4/5 The image of a gigantic dead old man being exploded above the US is amazing, plus Jerry's dad jumping in the closet with a superman costume is perfect. "Would you like to ride the bone train?"
S1:E4 M. Night Shaym-Aliens! 4/5 I love trying to figure out when Rick knew that he was still in a simulation, and wondering if he suspected Morty was a fake. "Hungry for apples?"
S1:E5 Meseeks and Destroy 4/5 "I'm Mr Meseeks!" Iconic, not to be missed. A little uncomfortable with the jellybean scene though.
S1:E6 Rick Potion #9 6/5 The actual best episode in the entire series. I love Jerry's character arc here, and the solution to the main problem really elevates the lore.
S1:E7 Raising Gazorpazorp 3/5 Not terrible but not very impactful, plus somewhat problematic with its gender essentialism, though you could take it as parody.
S1:E8 Rixty Minutes 5/5 improvised nonsense at its best, the first anthology episode of the series has to be the best. "it's just two brothers. . . "
S1:E9 Something Ricked this Way Comes 4/5 The pluto storyline is boring, but you don't want to miss this one for the iconic bits, like summer and rick getting roided up to beat down bullies, and "you pass butter." "oh my god."
S1:E10 Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind 5/5 First episode that introduces a substantial continuity and expands the lore. Hard to forget the evil Morty music.
S1:E11 Ricky Business 4/5 Can't miss the introduction to Bird Person, of course. Solid episode.
S2:E1 A Rickle in Time 5/5 I love this type of "high concept" sci fi. The B story was pretty boring though
S2:E2 4/5 I'm not a huge fan of the moonman song, but this episode has some of the best one liners "Oh boy, here I go killing again!"
S2:E3 Auto Erotic Assimilation 4/5 Somewhat thought provoking
S2:E4 Total Rickall 5/5 Classic Rick and Morty. I'm still not convinced Mr Poopy Butthole isn't a memory parasite
S2:E5 Get Schwifty 4/5 A lot of laughs, what else can I say? Except "Get schwifty"
S2:E6 The Ricks must be Crazy 5/5 The best episode of the season. "Keep Summer safe" Perfect execution of a clever concept, and hilarious through the whole episode
S2:E7 Big Trouble in Little Sanchez 5/5 "Get your shit together, put it in a backpack, just get it together." I was laughing the whole time, so many good bits. I like Jerry's solution to the B story, I wonder what happened to goddess Beth.
S2:E8 Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate 4/5 Not as funny as the first, but still funny.
S2:E9 Look Who's Purging Now 4/5 Funny, but a little too gratuitously violent for me.
S2:E10 The Wedding Squanchers 5/5 I love the lore episodes. Having just read "The Sociopath Next Door," I was beginning to think of Rick as a sociopath, but he does appear to have something of a conscience here. It's fun to think about!
S3:E1 The Rickshank Rickdemption 5/5 I'm craving szechuan sauce now. Okay, maybe Rick is just a sociopath. It's still fun to watch him outsmart everyone around him.
S3:E2 Rickmancing the Stone 3/5 This one feels a bit preachy or forced with its "moral." Still has a few funny bits though.
S3:E3 Pickle Rick 5/5 "I'm pickle Rick!" There's a good reason that this one gets memed so much. Solid, fun story, decent monologue by the therapist.
S3:E4 Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender 5/5 I guess we're just trashing on Rick this season, and I'm loving it!
S3:E5 The Whirly Dirly Conspiracy 4/5 It's got some strong moments and some weak moments. Am I grading these too well, or was early Rick and Morty just this good?
S3:E6 Rest and Ricklaxation 3/5 "In and out, 20 minute adventure!" Kept my attention at least.
S3:E7 The Ricklantis Mixup 5/5 Honestly kinda feels prescient, with the assassination attempt on the Morty candidate and then the very quick changes in the Citidel after the election.
S3:E8 Morty's Mind Blowers 4/5 Not as good as Interdimensional Cable, but a good few laughs here and there
S3:E9 The ABC's of Beth 4/5 "Don't jump a gift shark in the mouth" This one loses points for the very gross cannibal-incest plot point, but gains points for Beth's character arc
S3:E10 The Rickchurian Candidate 3/5 I'm ambiguous about this one. There are some funny bits, but I don't feel the ending with Jerry being reunited with his family is satisfying. I suppose that's the point, that Jerry and Rick are unlikeable for different reasons, and both are uncomfortable as patriarchs
S4:E1 Edge of Tomorty: Rick Die Rickpeat 5/5 "You little monster, I thought you were masturbating!" I love the concept of the death crystals and how Morty uses them. And the after credits reveal really pulls everything together.
S4:E2 The Old Man and the Seat 5/5 OMG, confirmed, Rick uses Linux. Specifically he uses Debian, which is amazing. Also, this episode is very funny. Great character arcs.