Meeseeks and Destroy
Rick's Meeseeks Box turns Jerry's golf game into a hostage crisis.
"Meeseeks and Destroy" is the fifth episode of the first season of Rick and Morty, written by Ryan Ridley and directed by Bryan Newton. It premiered on Adult Swim on January 20, 2014, and was seen by about 1.6 million viewers; many critics regard it as one of the series' best episodes.
Quick Facts
- Series
- Rick and Morty
- Season
- 1
- Episode
- 5
- Director
- Bryan Newton
- Writer
- Ryan Ridley
- Air date
- 20 January 2014
- Guests
- Tom Kenny as Mr. Jellybean
- Length
- 21 minutes
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Background
After a traumatic adventure, Morty strikes a bet with Rick to lead one of his own. When the other Smiths ask Rick for solutions to their mundane problems, he gives them a Meeseeks Box, a gadget that summons blue humanoids all named Mr. Meeseeks, who live until they have completed the task they are given and then vanish. Rick warns the family to keep their tasks simple.
Jerry summons a Meeseeks to take two strokes off his golf game and struggles; the frustrated creature summons more, until a horde of Meeseeks concludes that the only way to complete the task is to kill Jerry. They storm a restaurant and take hostages, and the Meeseeks disappear only when Beth gets Jerry to show that his swing has improved. The title references "Seek & Destroy", the 1983 song by Metallica.
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