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Rick and Morty: Season 2

10 episodes Premiered Jul 26, 2015 Updated Sep 18, 2026

Season two of Rick and Morty comprises ten episodes that extend the series' overarching saga. Building on the established premise of a cynical, sociopathic genius scientist and his good‑hearted but anxious grandson, the season continues to juxtapose their interdimensional escapades with the ordinary challenges of family life. Each episode further explores the dynamic between Rick's reckless, science‑driven worldview

Previously on Rick and Morty

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • Rick Sanchez is a cynical, mad scientist whose inventions drive the series' interdimensional plots.
  • Morty Smith is Rick's good‑hearted, fretful grandson who often serves as the moral counterpoint to Rick.
  • The show balances domestic family life with chaotic sci‑fi adventures, emphasizing that "science makes sense, family doesn't."
  • Season two continues the overarching saga established in the first season, expanding the duo's misadventures across ten episodes.

Season overview

Season two of Rick and Morty comprises ten episodes that extend the series' overarching saga. Building on the established premise of a cynical, sociopathic genius scientist and his good‑hearted but anxious grandson, the season continues to juxtapose their interdimensional escapades with the ordinary challenges of family life. Each episode further explores the dynamic between Rick's reckless, science‑driven worldview and Morty's more cautious, emotionally driven perspective, while also highlighting the broader family context that often complicates their adventures. The narrative maintains the series' blend of science‑fiction concepts, dark humor, and existential commentary, reinforcing the idea that "science makes sense, family doesn't." By persisting with the duo's travel across alternate realities and confronting the consequences of their actions, the season deepens the characters' relationships and the thematic tension between rationality and emotional bonds, all within the framework of animated comedy and sci‑fi storytelling.

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Season 2 Episodes

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
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S2·E1 Mytharc

A Rickle in Time

Jul 26, 2015

Rick, Morty, and Summer get into trouble when time is fractured by a feedback loop of uncertainty that split reality into more than one equally possible impossibilities. Meanwhile,

S2·E2 Core

Mortynight Run

Aug 2, 2015

Rick teaches Morty to drive while leaving Jerry at a popular day care made just for him. Morty's conscience has him hunt down an assassin rather than spending the day at an alien a

S2·E3 Core

Auto Erotic Assimilation

Aug 9, 2015

Rick gets emotionally invested when meeting an old friend, while Beth and Jerry have a falling out after making a discovery under the garage.

S2·E4 Core

Total Rickall

Aug 16, 2015

Trapped inside the house with an ever-increasing number of parasitic alien shape-shifters capable of altering memories, an uncertain Rick and the Smiths search for a way to determi

S2·E5 Core

Get Schwifty

Aug 23, 2015

When a massive head descends into Earth's atmosphere, Rick and Morty must save the planet by coming up with a new hit song. Meanwhile, Jerry, Beth, and Summer become part of a new

S2·E6 Core

The Ricks Must Be Crazy

Aug 30, 2015

Rick and Morty travel inside the car's battery, where Morty discovers Rick has created a universe containing sentient life solely to produce power for him. Meanwhile, Summer must d

S2·E9 Mytharc

Look Who's Purging Now

Sep 27, 2015

Morty makes a mistake and Jerry and Summer work on their father-daughter relationship.