Blu-ray Review: RICK AND MORTY: THE COMPLETE SEVENTH SEASON

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Mar 16 Posted by Kyle Nolan in DVD/Blu-ray, Reviews | Comments

Disclaimer: “Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray^TM I reviewed in this Blog Post. The opinions I share are my own.”

Mad scientist Rick Sanchez and his 14-year-old grandson Morty return for ten new adventures in this seventh season of the adult animated comedy Rick and Morty. One of the biggest changes this season is that co-creator Justin Roiland, who voiced the titular characters for the first 6 season, is no longer with the series. The voices of Rick (Ian Cardoni) and Morty (Harry Belden) have been recast, but the good news is that you really can’t tell the difference—the duo still sounds very much the same.

I always look forward to a new season of this series—the writing can be quite clever, with witty dialogue, fun pop culture references, and over-the-top storylines. There’s often so much happening in each episode, with layer-upon-layer of jokes, that the show easily lends itself to repeat viewings.

Here’s quick rundown of all ten of the seventh season’s episodes:

How Poopy Got His Poop Back (22:24)
Mr. Poopybutthole has been crashing with the Smiths ever since Beth shot him, and his life went downhill, but he has overstayed his welcome. Rick creates a Robo-Ghost to try to scare him away, and when that doesn’t work, stages a not-an-Intervention with friends to help Mr. PB dial back his drinking, but the event turns into an extreme night with Hugh Jackman that includes getting hunted by a Predator.
The Jerrick Trap (22:41)
A botched Freaky Friday attempt to swap minds causes Jerry and Rick to end up in shuffled bodies. With both having parts of each others brains in their bodies, the new Jerry and Rick end up becoming best friends and go on the run on a crime spree together. Meanwhile, alien gangsters kidnap Morty and take him to Crimetown, but regret it after they realize he’s related to Rick.
Air Force Wong (22:20)
The state of Virginia has codified its motto “Virginia is for lovers” into law, making the state exclusively for lovers. The president suspects Virginia has become overrun by a hippie sex cult and enlists Rick and his therapist Dr. Helen Wong to help infiltrate and put a stop to it. However, Rick soon discovers that he’s up against an alien invasion and his former love, Unity.
That’s Amorte (22:37)
Morty is shocked to discover the grisly source of the family’s delicious spaghetti night — Rick has been visiting a planet where people who commit suicide turn into spaghetti. Morty’s revelation at one of the delicious victim’s funerals, causes the president of the spaghetti planet to start monetizing death, which makes Morty feel guilty and he looks for a more ethical food solution.
Unmortricken (22:54)
Rick and Morty are hunting down Rick Prime, the version of Rick who killed his wife, when they run into Evil Morty. The trio is taken and put into a labyrinth to battle to the death with other Ricks, but they team up to go after Rick Prime’s weapon, The Omega Device—though Rick is more focused on getting vengeance.
Rickfending Your Mort (22:20)
Rick hasn’t taken Morty on a new adventure in a while, so Morty tries to cash in his punch cards, but Rick doesn’t believe their validity. So he calls in a cosmic rock called the Observer to make sure Morty hasn’t cooked the adventure books. As the Observer goes through the entries, Rick & Morty experience a clip show of embarrassing clips of the whole family and desperately look for a way to make it stop.
Wet Kuat Amortican Summer (22:36)
As a reward for cleaning up his lab, Rick gives Summer an attributes slider, allowing her to balance her strength, charisma, dexterity and intelligence any way she wants. Morty is jealous and wants the device to impress their party guests, but as the siblings fight over the device, there’s an accident, and Morty ends up becoming Summer’s Kuato.
Rise of the Numbericons: The Movie (22:34)
Shortly after Ice-T, now Water-T, returns to his home planet of Alphabetrium after being exiled, the Numbericons attack, killing his father Magma-Q. Water-T heads to Earth to find a math expert to help him decipher the I of Harmony amulet, which could be the key to saving the Alphabetriums. Morty and Ice-T’s former math teacher, Mr. Goldenfold, join him in his quest to take down Sinistar-7 and the rest of the Numbericons.
Mort: Ragnarick (22:07)
Rick and Morty head to Norway so Rick can die at the hands of Bigfoot and go to Valhalla, where he can harness the infinite energy of the afterlife. However, Bigfoot escapes, killing Morty and sending him to Valhalla as well. As Rick and Morty try to find a way to get back, the Pope captures Bigfoot to use as his own weapon.
Fear No Mort (23:23)
After all they’ve seen, there isn’t really anything left that scares Rick and Morty. They meet a man at the carnival of nightmares who says he has something that will—a Fear Hole in a Denny’s restroom that manifests the greatest fear of whomever enters it. So they jump in, and manage to to complete the test very quickly. They believe they’ve successfully conquered their fears, but when they return home to find that Rick’s wife, Diane, has returned from the day he lost her, they wonder if they’re actually still in The Hole.

The underlying focus of the seventh season is Rick and his hunt for Rick Prime and to get his revenge for the death of his wife. This season has some great episodes, The season opener, “How Poopy Got His Poop Back”, is a lot of fun—I just find the character of Mr. PB so hilarious, and Hugh Jackman plays a ridiculous version of himself. There’s also the big mid-season finale, “Unmortricken”, which is a huge turning point for the character of Rick, brings back Evil Morty, and kicks off an exploration of the relationship between Rick and Morty. However, my favorite episode of the season has to be “Rise of the Numbericons: The Movie”, which is a follow-up to a tag scene from an episode in the second season. It is definitely inspired by the look and feel of the 1980s Transformers film, with some elements of Star Wars thrown in, featuring Ice-T in this wacky space battle between an alien race of letters and an alien race of numbers. It has some great music as well with a rap, hip hop and rock soundtrack.

The season is filled with lots of great pop culture references and hilarious lines. While I enjoyed the season overall, something did feel a little off. These Blu-ray releases have always had uncensored audio tracks, but the language seemed to be more graphic than ever, throwing in lots of d**k and pu**y comments from the characters. It felt like at times it was just being crude for crude’s sake or to add some shock value. I found this to be a bit unnecessary and off-putting at times.

Every season, this series has some amazing guest stars, and season seven is no different. This season some of the folks providing voices include Keith David (returning as the president), Susan Sarandon, Tom Kenny, Dan Harmon, Beck Bennett, Hugh Jackman (as himself), Lauren Tom, Christina Hendricks, Debra Wilson, Maria Bamford, Ryan Hansen, Glen Powell, Echo Kellum, Cassie Steele, Ice-T (as himself), Peter Serafinowicz, Maurice LaMarche, Liev Schreiber, and more.

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has been released this seventh season of Rick and Morty on Blu-ray (in stanard and SteelBook packaging) as well as on DVD. We were sent the standard Blu-ray release for review. The Blu-ray release looks and sounds amazing. The picture is pretty much immaculate, with rich colors and details. No matter how complex or elaborate the animated sequences, the presentation always looks clean and crisp. The audio track provides clear (uncensored) dialogue and makes excellent use of the stereo and surround channels to put the viewer right in the middle of all the action, providing a really immersive viewing experience. The episodes and bonus material are all included on a single Blu-ray disc. The bonus material consists of over 30 minutes of behind-the-scenes interviews with the creatives.

The Blu-ray disc is packed in a standard HD keepcase, which is placed in a cardboard slipbox, and the inside of the keepcase details the contents of the disc. Unfortunately, like last season’s release, there is no digital copy included.

What’s Included:

Episodes: (3:23:46)

All 10 episodes of the seventh season.
“How Poopy Got His Poop Back”, “The Jerrick Trap”, “Air Force Wong”, “That’s Amorte”, “Unmortricken”, “Rickfending Your Mort”, “Wet Kuat Amortican Summer”, “Rise of the Numbericons: The Movie”, “Mort: Ragnarick”, “Fear No Mort”
1080p / Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, French 2.0 Dolby Digital, German 5.1 Dolby Digital
Subtitles: English SDH, French, German SDH, Dutch

Extras:

Inside the Episode (21:43)
The writers, directors and producers discuss the themes and stories of each episode. Those interviewed include co-creator Dan Harmon, writers Nick Rutherford, Albro Lundy, James Siciliano, Heather Anne Campbell, Cody Ziglar, Alex Song-Xia & Jeremy Gilfor, showrunner/writer Scott Marder, directors Jacob Hair, Lucas Gray & Eugene Huang, co-executive producer Rob Schrab, character designer Elisa Phillips, and actors Ryan Ridley. (“Chuxly”) & Brandon Johnson (“Mr. GoldenFold”). Select from:
- How Poopy Got His Poop Back (1:30)
- The Jerrick Trap (2:47)
- Air Force Wong (1:59)
- That’s Amorte (2:03)
- Unmortricken (3:04)
- Rickfending Your Mort (1:42)
- Wet Kuat Amortican Summer (2:18)
- Rise of the Numbericons: The Movie (2:09)
- Mort: Ragnarick (1:58)
- Fear No Mort (2:13)
Inside Season 7 (8:21)
The creatives discuss the themes of the season, Rick’s emotional journey, exploring Diane and the love between her and Rick, and more. Includes interviews with executive producers Albro Lundy & James Siciliano, showrunner Scott Marder, co-creator Dan Harmon, writer Heather Anne Campbell, and directors Jacob Hair & Eugene Huang.
The Characters of Season 7 (2:52)
The creatives discuss some of the season’s new and returning characters. Includes concept artwork, and interviews with character designers Elisa Phillips & Adam Burnier, director Jacob Hair, and art director James McDermott.
Directing Unmortricken (3:10)
The creatives discuss the season’s big fifth episode, the director’s cinematic style, the fight choreography, and more. Includes sketches, concept artwork, and interviews with director Jacob Hair, co-creator Dan Harmon, art director James McDermott, and character design lead Adam Burnier,.

Final Thoughts:

My Rating

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Recommended

For its seventh season, Rick and Morty changed up the main voice cast. However, they still sound and feels like the same wild and wacky characters we have loved for the previous six seasons. The series continues to deliver clever and creative episodes, taking the characters on wild, hilarious new adventures. This show easily lends itself to repeat viewings—I found myself laughing all over again when re-watching the seventh season on this Blu-ray release. The video and audio presentation is excellent, and the disc contains an entertaining selection of bonus material. It’s disappointing that WB stopped including digital copies with their TV shows, but the Blu-ray still comes recommended based on the quality and re-watchability of the show itself.