What is the Rick and Morty season 7 release date? Warning, spoilers ahead! Rick and Morty season 6 came to an end with the reveal that the 22% nicer Rick we met in the last episode was, in fact, not the real Rick Sanchez, but a robot built specifically to be kind to Morty and the family, while the real Rick hunted for Prime Rick (phew, that’s a lot of Ricks.)
That was a quintessentially Rick and Morty way to end one of the best animated series around, with an absolutely crazy sci-fi adventure that barely touched the wider ‘lore’ established earlier in one of the best TV series. Now the show is back, so will we get to see Rick finally get revenge on his nemesis (himself)?
Rick and Morty season 7 cast
The Rick and Morty season 7 cast has new lead actors with Ian Cardoni taking over the role of Rick, while Harry Belden is voicing Morty.
Justin Roiland had previously voiced both title characters and Adult Swim chose to keep the identities of the new leading men secret until the premiere. Both stars are relatively unknown, with Cardoni best known for voicing WWE promo packages and Belden previously glimpsed in Chicago Med.
Other than Roiland, the other key members of the Rick and Morty cast are back for season 7, including the other members of the Smith family.
Here’s the main Rick and Morty season 7 cast list:
- Ian Cardoni as Rick Sanchez
- Harry Belden as Morty Smith
- Chris Parnell as Jerry Smith
- Spencer Grammer as Summer Smith
- Sarah Chalke as Beth Smith
- Kari Wahlgren as Jessica
- Dan Harmon as Birdperson
Rick and Morty season 7 release date and reviews
Rick and Morty season 7 premiered on Sunday, October 15, 2023, and will air weekly on Adult Swim until November 17.
It’s very exciting to return to this zany world and we expect plenty of mind-bending antics from one of the best sci-fi series on the box today as the season continues.
Critics had chance to see the first two episodes and reviews have been broadly very positive, with several remarking on how seamlessly the two new lead actors have taken to their roles. Rolling Stone, for example, wrote that “at times, it can be as audacious, thoughtful, and/or as funny as anything television has produced in recent memory”.
A dissenting take came from Inverse, which bemoaned the “lack of ideas and said “we may be at the very start of a long and painful slog to the finish”. Ouch.
Why isn’t Justin Roiland in Rick and Morty season 7?
Justin Roiland is not in Rick and Morty season 7 because Adult Swim fired Roiland in 2023 following allegations of domestic abuse, and the network announced it would be recasting all of Roiland’s roles.
All criminal charges against Roiland, who co-created the show with Dan Harmon, were dropped in March 2023 due to a lack of evidence.
What happens in Rick and Morty season 7?
Given that Rick himself actually gave a speech in the season six finale as to what a new season might entail, we can actually take a pretty good guess as to what the Rick and Morty season 7 plot might involve as the season continues.
“Rick and Morty season seven,” the character says. “Hunting my nemesis. Maybe trying to stay healthy while doing it, juggling plates – not every episode, Morty, it could be all happening in the background. Who knows?”
With all the various ‘Ricks’ still running about the place, we can probably expect to see a few confrontations between the variants, most likely with Prime Rick as the series’s main protagonist. (Also, ‘Weird Rick’, who was responsible for the death of our Rick’s wife, Diane.)
We now know the Rick and Morty episode titles, though. According to Adult Swim’s YouTube channel, they are as follows:
- Rick and Morty season 7 episode 1: How Poopy Got His Poop Back
- Rick and Morty season 7 episode 2: The Jerrick Trap
- Rick and Morty season 7 episode 3: Air Force Wong
- Rick and Morty season 7 episode 4: That’s Amorte
- Rick and Morty season 7 episode 5: Unmortricken
- Rick and Morty season 7 episode 6: Rickfending Your Mort
- Rick and Morty season 7 episode 7: Wet Kaut Amortican Summer
- Rick and Morty season 7 episode 8: The Rise of the Numbericons: The Movie
- Rick and Morty season 7 episode 9: Mort: Ragnarick
- Rick and Morty season 7 episode 10: Fear No Mort
Check out the full video announcing the titles here. It’s got cool little clues that tease what will happen in each episode.
Is there a Rick and Morty season 7 trailer?
Wubba lubba dub dub! That means ‘yes’. We got a full Rick and Morty season 7 trailer on September 25, 2023, teasing plenty of action and allowing us to rock out to Motorhead.
The first teaser for Rick and Morty season 7 dropped on September 9, 2023, and while it’s funny, I think even Summer and Diane would admit it was low energy.
As if to make up for that, the full trailer is all-energy and all-chaos. We can expect some truly unhinged hijinks as the season continues, mixing pop culture parody with some very out-there sci-fi.
Where can I watch Rick and Morty season 7?
If you’re in the US, you can watch Rick and Morty on the Adult Swim TV channel, with episodes available on their website after they air.
Meanwhile, UK fans will be able to watch Rick and Morty’s latest adventures on Channel 4 or online via their All4 streaming service. While you don’t have to pay for All4, you do need to have an active TV licence. After a period of exclusivity on Channel 4, UK fans will be able to watch Rick and Morty season 7 on Netflix.
How many episodes will Rick and Morty season 7 have?
According to the video released in early September 2023, Rick and Morty season 7 will have ten episodes.
This was the case with preceding seasons and seems the fairest way for creators to distribute their hefty 70-episode order from Adult Swim.
While we enjoy the latest chapters of Rick and Morty’s return, why not check out our guides to Wednesday season 2, or the Solar Opposites season 5 release date? Elsewhere, find out why Rick and Morty confirmed a huge fan theory in season 6 and learn about the news a Rick and Morty movie will happen.