Rick and Morty: Season 4

"It's hilarious and weird and as always, it makes me feel like I'm being punked for trying to unpack it at all, while at the same time knowing that everyone involved in the show is probably doing the same damn thing."

"If the Season 4 premiere is any indication, we're in for a helluva ride this season, even if it's a short one."

"This episode doesn't beat viewers over the head with its message, but it does embrace that message and a newfound sense of optimism."

"Rick and Morty is ultimately an optimistic, hopeful series, however, precisely the kind of medicine the audience needs."

"The season 4 premiere is as smart and funny as anything the show has done before, and it paves the way for a confident future - even if it's just basically more of the same."

"Still, the main feeling I got from the premiere was the intense thrill of a series launching toward a new era at the peak of its powers."

"Rick and Morty is at its best when it's juggling all its visual component parts, teetering on the edge of a fatal overload just like its central pair."

"It's a bleak beginning to the season, and really, if you're looking for a sign of how Rick and Morty has changed in the last two years, there is the brutal reality that fascism has become "the default" for most of the multiverse."