Ricksy Business

A party sends the house into another dimension.

Ricksy Business is the eleventh and final episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series Rick and Morty. It was written by Ryan Ridley and Tom Kauffman and directed by Stephen Sandoval. The episode aired on April 14, 2014, and its title is a pun on the film Risky Business.

Quick Facts

Series: Rick and Morty
Season: 1
Episode: 11
Director: Stephen Sandoval
Writer: Ryan Ridley; Tom Kauffman
Air date: 14 April 2014
Length: 22 minutes

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Plot

Jerry and Beth take part in a Titanic reenactment, but the ship does not sink. Jerry spends time with Lucy, a female janitor who turns out to be a deranged fan of the movie; she forces him to imitate scenes at gunpoint and nearly rapes him, but Beth saves him. Meanwhile, Rick watches Morty and Summer, who throw a large party with teenagers, aliens, Gearhead, Squanchy, alternate Ricks, and Abradolf Lincler, a DNA combination of Adolf Hitler and Abraham Lincoln. The house is accidentally sent into another dimension, where Lincler seemingly dies. The guests are sent away, the house is returned, and Rick, Morty, and Summer freeze time to repair it. They watch Titanic and agree it is terrible. In a post-credits scene, giant alien beasts repeatedly insert and remove Lincler and a teenager into their bodies.

Reception

When the episode first aired, 2.13 million viewers in the United States tuned in. The debut season of the series earned a 96% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 28 reviews and an average score of 8.19 out of 10. Critics there highlighted the show's vivid colors, improvisational voice work, and dense sci-fi plots, noting that it brings genuine emotion to a cold, cosmic premise. Joe Matar of Den of Geek gave the episode four stars, calling it less focused on narrative and more on a barrage of high-quality, absurd sci-fi concepts, with fun one-off characters and great one-liners. Zack Handlen of The A.V. Club saw it as a comfortable, unremarkable season finale that remains inventive, funny, and just sweet enough to balance the bitterness.