Blu-ray Review: RICK AND MORTY: SEASON 8

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Nov 11, 2025 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.”

As season 7 of Rick and Morty came to a close, mad scientist Rick Sanchez (Ian Cardoni) had killed his nemesis, and is now looking for a new purpose and meaning in his life. And so in season 8 we see him looking for that in family, romance, and other directions. Rick and the rest of the Smith family—Beth and Space Beth (Sarah Chalke), Jerry (Chris Parnell), teenager Summer (Spencer Grammer), and ever-nervous 14-year-old Morty (Harry Belden)—return for ten wild new adventures in this eighth season of the adult animated comedy.

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 eighth season’s episodes:

Summer of All Fears (23:19)
Summer has matured and become more confident after spending the equivalent of 17 years in a VR matrix Rick created to punish her for taking his phone charger. While she starts to bond with her mother as a friend and contemporary, Morty, on the other hand, is suffering with PTSD from his memories of being a soldier in the matrix.
Valkyrick (22:02)
Space Beth goes rogue from the Galactic Defiance and attempts to assassinate the Gromflomite Queen on her space ship but discovers that someone beat her to it. She reluctantly calls her father Rick for an extraction and the two of them investigate who ordered the inside hit on the queen.
The Rick, The Mort & The Ugly (21:26)
Amongst the Citadel wreckage on a remote asteroid, a portly Southern Rick has risen to power, creating a New Citadel. The Rick clones are causing chaos and kidnapping Morty clones for experiments. Crystal-farming Richard Sanchez enjoys a simple life alone, but after the clones shoot and rob him, he heads to the New Citadel to get his revenge. He is joined by two stowaway Morty’s looking to save their friends, but they soon learn that the farmer is hiding a secret.
The Last Temptation of Jerry (22:39)
Jerry is disappointed that no one else in the family is interested in celebrating Easter. But when Jerry accidentally kills the Easter Bunny with his car, he becomes Easter-Claused and starts to transform into the rabbit. Meanwhile Rick and Morty find themselves in the middle of a 2000-year-old intergalactic war to end Easter.
Cryo Mort a Rickver (21:39)
Rick and Morty come across a cryo-ship, but after a botched attempt to rob the vault, they’re forced to pretend they belong on the craft. As Rick pretends to be the 11-year-old son of a wealthy couple, Morty becomes a member of the lower deck janitorial crew, who are plotting an insurrection.
The Curicksous Case of Bethjamin Button (21:58)
The two Beth’s use a de-aging machine to relive their happy memories of being 10 years old, and start to wreak havoc on the neighbor. Meanwhile, the rest of the family heads to Earth World.
Ricker than Fiction (22:28)
Rick is disappointed by the latest installment in the Maximum Velocitree film franchise and believes he could have done better. He uses his Movie-Lizer to rewrite the script for James Gunn’s upcoming tenth film, but the machine malfunctions, Last Action Hero-ing them, and turning Rick and Morty into characters in the movie. With the Robo-Trees trying to kill them, Jerry may be the only person who can help them give the film and ending and allow them to escape.
Nomortland (22:25)
Jerry makes friends with an alternate version of himself from another dimension, and the two go on an adventure through alternate realities.
Morty Daddy (22:05)
Morty’s son Junior is dying and wants Morty to help him make peace with his mother before he does. Meanwhile, Rick and Summer go to a pre-cog restaurant, but Summer is disappointed by the food selected for her.
Hot Rick (23:08)
Rick takes the memory of Diane out of his head in order to be more emotionally open for his new relationship with BugAnne. However the memory box malfunctions and Memory Rick manages to escape and plots to save Diane. Meanwhile the Beths argue about the best approach to saving their family.

Looking back at where the show started, the characters have really evolved over the past 8 seasons. When the series started, it was more about Rick constantly causing chaos and being blamed by the family for all of their issues and problems. However, in season 8, Rick is starting to become much more of a family man, exploring a new love, and having a more healthy relationship with his daughters and grandchildren. Though the wild and wacky space adventures are still there. The season gives each of the main characters at least one episode of focus, and a chance to grow and emotionally mature. It also has a few episodes that focus more on new characters or civilizations that Rick’s travels have affected. While there is a lot of humor, fun dialogue and situations, and hilarious pop-culture references and songs, the season is also surprisingly emotional at times, especially in the season finale. I binged my way through the entire season, and there wasn’t really a dud in the batch.

Every season, this series has some amazing guest stars, and season eight is no different. This season some of the folks providing voices include Stephen Root, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Danny DeVito, Kate Micucci, Tom Kenny, Charlie Day, Eliza Coupe, Maurice LaMarche, John Rhys-Davies, Georgia King, Tom Davis and Jon Allen. Plus James Gunn & Zack Snyder play themselves, and have a lot of fun poking fun at themselves in the hilarious “Ricker than Fiction” episode.

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has been released this eighth season of Rick and Morty on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital. We were sent the Blu-ray release for review. The Blu-ray 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 just a single 9-minute behind-the-scenes featurette 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, there is no digital copy included.

What’s Included:

Episodes:

All 10 episodes of the eighth season.
“Summer of All Fears”, “Valkyrick”, “The Rick, The Mort & The Ugly”, “The Last Temptation of Jerry”, “Cryo Mort a Rickver”, “The Curicksous Case of Bethjamin Button”, “Ricker than Fiction”, “Nomortland”, “Morty Daddy”, “Hot Rick”
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 Season 8 (9:05)
Executive producer Albro Lundy, co-creator Dan Harmon, showrunner Scott Marder discuss the themes of the season, and the character arcs, development and relationships—particularly of Rick and the Beths. They also talk about the dark side of nostalgia, and keeping the larger story of the Omega device and Rick Prime in play.

Final Thoughts:

My Rating

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Recommended

In its eighth season, Rick and Morty continues to be a thoroughly-entertaining and creative series. In addition to the action, humor and adventure, this season also has a surprising amount of emotion, heart and character growth, especially for Rick. I continue to be impressed by the actors who took over the voice roles of Rick and Morty since the seventh season—they are doing an amazing job, and the characters still sound exactly the same as the earlier seasons. Warner Bros’ Blu-ray release looks and sounds great, but only includes less bonus material than previous seasons—just a single 9-minute featurette—and no digital copy of the episodes. That said, the release is still recommended for fans of the series.