Warning! The next accommodates spoilers from the Rick and Morty Season 7 episode “Air Drive Wong.” Learn at your individual danger!
Rick and Morty Season 7 is in progress, and followers will certainly be pumped after this sluggish begin in regard to the large tales which are to come back. Nonetheless, Episode 3 absolutely made some smile after it introduced again one of many present’s greatest gags. Whereas it would’ve appeared like interdimensional cable bit could be ousted after Justin Roiland was fired by Grownup Swim, a scene from the present’s newest installment has me optimistic we’ll see it extra typically.
Interdimensional cable had an opportunity to shine as soon as once more throughout “Air Drive Wong,” which confirmed Morty and his grandfather, Rick, watching the household TV. On the tube was Mr. Stabby, a chat present on which the eponymous host had a comparatively standard program typically derailed when he took questions from the viewers. Rick requested why folks continued to attend the present if the chance of being unintentionally stabbed to demise was so excessive, and Morty chalked it as much as society’s obsession with fame. Mr Stabby was later proven in a post-credits scene and confirmed in an interview that over 58,000 folks have died watching his present. Try the character beneath:
Longtime Rick and Morty followers are seemingly acquainted with “Interdimensional Cable.” These had been the present’s one-off episodes, wherein the household gathered to observe cable from across the multiverse and riffed on how wild it was. Usually, these had been primarily quick nonsensical bits that sounded closely improvised by the voice actors. (And stated ability was additionally a energy of since-ousted collection co-creator Justin Roiland.)
The present featured a few Interdimensional Cable-centered episodes throughout Seasons 1 and a pair of, and the gag was sporadically referenced or talked about in subsequent seasons. After Justin Roiland was booted from the present, nonetheless, one needed to marvel if the random goofiness the present’s been identified for would fade alongside together with his absence.
The Mr. Stabby sketch seems like a delicate suggestion by Rick and Morty‘s artistic group that the Interdimensional Cable bits will proceed, although it stays to be seen whether or not or not we’ll ever get one other full episode that highlights them. Maybe the primary two seasons arrange unrealistic expectations that this might be an annual custom, much like The Simpsons‘ “Treehouse of Horror” specials. Whereas that did not come to be, it is nice that the TV-centric joke seemingly hasn’t been completely forsaken.
And on some degree, I get why the collection hasn’t tried to do loads of Interdimensional episodes. CinemaBlend lists the unique, “Rixty Minutes,” as one of the best Rick and Morty episode made thus far, which is excessive reward given how nice that first season is. That is definitely a excessive commonplace and following that up with annual installments identical to it could possibly be a tall order.
All in all, the latest season premiere helped me notice one factor about Justin Roiland’s recasting, and it is that this collection can and can proceed to thrive with out him. The usage of a top quality cable gag — that he hypothetically had no hand in making — helps to solidfy that notion. I am hopeful that that is removed from the final time we see this beloved gag employed throughout an episode. Although whether it is, I can at all times use my Max subscription to rewatch previous installments, I suppose.
Rick and Morty airs on Grownup Swim on Sundays at 11:00 p.m. ET as a part of the 2023 TV schedule. Tune in for extra ridiculousness as Season 7 marches on!
