Rick and Morty ( Season 3 ) - wikipedia Rick and Morty ( Season 3 ) This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 24.191. 125.229 ( talk ) at 14 : 41, 29 August 2017 ( → ‎ Episodes ). The present address ( URL ) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision. Revision as of 14 : 41, 29 August 2017 by 24.191. 125.229 ( talk ) ( → ‎ Episodes ) ( diff ) ← Previous revision Latest revision ( diff ) Newer revision → ( diff ) Rick and Morty ( season 3 ) Promotional poster Country of origin United States No. of episodes 6 Release Original network Adult Swim Original release April 1, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 01 ) -- present ( present ) Season chronology ← Previous Season 2 List of Rick and Morty episodes The third season of the animated television series Rick and Morty originally aired in the United States on Cartoon Network 's late night programming block, Adult Swim. It premiered with `` The Rickshank Rickdemption, '' which aired unannounced on April 1, 2017 and was replayed every half hour from 8pm to 12am ET, as part of Adult Swim 's annual April Fools ' prank. The episode was also simulcast as a looping live stream on Adult Swim 's site. The remaining episodes began airing on July 30, 2017. The season will feature a total of 10 episodes. Contents 1 Production 2 Episodes 3 Reception 4 Notes 5 References Production On August 12, 2015, Adult Swim announced that the series had been renewed for a third season. It is speculated that Roiland began writing in November 2, 2015. Mike McMahan announced that the first episode was recorded on February 18, 2016. On February 5, 2017, Dan Harmon, answering questions regarding the delayed release, announced on his podcast, `` Harmontown '', that the show was in the animation process, after a long period of writing. On June 24, 2017, Harmon wrote a series of posts on Twitter, explaining that the writing process took that long to complete, because of his perfectionism. Episodes See also : List of Rick and Morty episodes No. overall No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original air date U.S. viewers ( millions ) 22 1 `` The Rickshank Rickdemption '' Juan Meza - León Mike McMahan April 1, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 01 ) 0.68 Rick is being interrogated via a mind - computer link, inside a galactic federal prison. Summer and Morty attempt to rescue him, but they are captured by SEAL Team Ricks, who take them to the Citadel of Ricks and decide to assassinate their Rick. Back at the prison, Rick tricks both the federal agents and his aspiring assassins by switching bodies with them. He then teleports the entire Citadel into the prison, prompting a massive battle. Amid the confusion, Rick rescues Morty and Summer, and uses the Galactic Federation 's mainframe to make their currency worthless. The Federation falls into chaos and collapses as a result, with the aliens leaving Earth. Back at home, Jerry asks Beth to choose between him and Rick, but she chooses Rick. After the new status quo is established, Rick reveals to Morty that his ulterior motive was to become his de facto male influence. This escalates into a nonsensical angry rant, centered around Rick 's desire to find more of the discontinued McDonald 's Szechuan sauce, a promotional product for the 1998 film Mulan that was mentioned during Rick 's interrogation earlier. Post-credit scene : Tammy observes Bird Person 's resurrection as a cyborg dubbed `` Phoenix Person ''. Guest starring : Nathan Fillion as Cornvelious Daniel. 23 2 `` Rickmancing the Stone '' Dominic Polcino Jane Becker July 30, 2017 ( 2017 - 07 - 30 ) 2.86 Rick takes Morty and Summer to a Mad Max-esque version of Earth, where they are chased by a group of scavengers, known as the Death Stalkers. Rick notices that the group is carrying a valuable rock of Isotope 322, so he and the kids join them in hope of stealing it. Summer falls in love with the Death Stalkers ' leader, while Morty is given the strength of a giant arm, which takes him in search of its killer. Rick leaves and replaces the kids with androids to fool Beth. When he returns, he helps the Death Stalkers use the Isotope to power a more advanced civilization. Summer does n't like how the change has softened the Death Stalkers, so she follows Rick and Morty back home. Before leaving, Rick steals the Isotope. The experience helps the kids overcome their parents ' divorce. Summer reconciles with Jerry, and Morty realizes he must live his own life. Post-credit scene : As Jerry receives his unemployment check, a growling coyote appears and bullies him into handing it over. The coyote eats the check and regurgitates it, thus further ruining Jerry 's new life. Guest starring : Tony Hale as Death Stalker Eli, Joel McHale as Death Stalker Hemorrhage. 24 3 `` Pickle Rick '' Anthony Chun Jessica Gao August 6, 2017 ( 2017 - 08 - 06 ) 2.31 Rick turns himself into a pickle to get out of attending school - ordered family therapy, but Beth takes Rick 's serum which would revert the transformation. Left alone, Rick eventually rolls down into an open sewer drain, where he manages to manipulate the nervous systems of dead roaches and rats to build himself a mobile exoskeleton, with added weapons such as razors and drills. He unwittingly escapes into a foreign government agency. The guards try to kill Rick, under orders from the agency director, but Rick kills them all. Rick also battles but ultimately befriends a prisoner named Jaguar. Later, Rick arrives towards the end of the therapy session. Dr. Wong gives her diagnosis, observing that Rick crafts relationships that punish emotions and vulnerability. On their way home, Rick apologizes to Beth for deceiving her and uses the serum to turn human again. Morty and Summer wish to continue seeing Dr. Wong, but Rick and Beth ignore them. Post-credit scene : Jaguar saves Rick and Morty from being killed in an elaborate piano death machine by a villain named `` Concerto ''. Guest starring : Susan Sarandon as Dr. Wong, Danny Trejo as Jaguar, Peter Serafinowicz as the Agency Director. 25 4 `` Vindicators 3 : The Return of Worldender '' Bryan Newton Sarah Carbiener & Erica Rosbe August 13, 2017 ( 2017 - 08 - 13 ) 2.66 At Morty 's insistence, Rick agrees to join the Vindicators, a group of intergalactic superheroes, to fight their arch - nemesis Worldender. Rick can not hide his disdain for the superheroes, while Morty is thrilled. The next morning, the Vindicators enter Worldender 's base, only to find that the previous night a drunk Rick had killed him and set up a variety of puzzles that the Vindicators must solve to survive. They start arguing and kill one another, while Morty solves all the puzzles, as he knows what Rick had in mind when he put them up. After all puzzles are solved, only Rick, Morty, and the leader of the Vindicators, Supernova, are still alive. Supernova tries to kill Rick and Morty, but before she can do so, the three of them are transported to a party, where Supernova gets away. Post-credit scene : Gearhead tries to use a Vindicators vest to pick up some young girls, but when an alien terrorist attack strikes, he runs away eventually tripping and falling breaking into pieces. Guest starring : Christian Slater as Vance Maximus Renegade Star Soldier, Gillian Jacobs as Supernova, Logic as himself, Lance Reddick as Alan Rails. 26 5 `` The Whirly Dirly Conspiracy '' Juan Meza - León Ryan Ridley August 20, 2017 ( 2017 - 08 - 20 ) 2.29 To bolster Jerry 's self - esteem, Rick takes him on an adventure at Morty 's request. They visit an otherworldly resort within an immortality field so Jerry wo n't be harmed while away. Jerry encounters Risotto Groupon, an alien who blames Rick for his kingdom being usurped. Risotto enlists Jerry in a plot to kill Rick, but Jerry backs out after Rick apologizes for ruining his marriage. Meanwhile, Summer deals with self - esteem issues as well. Her boyfriend Ethan leaves her for a larger - breasted girlfriend, and Summer attempts to enlarge her own breasts using one of Rick 's devices. Her aim is off, and she grows to freakish proportions. Morty wants to call Rick for assistance, but Beth refuses. Arrogantly trying to prove her own self - worth, Beth repeatedly fails to fix the problem and is tricked into releasing three tiny technical support workers that were trapped inside the machine. Morty figures out how the machine works and uses it to deform Ethan as an act of vengeance. Post-credit scene : The three tiny workers are enjoying their retirement next to a river. As an extremely deformed Ethan walks by, one of them is snatched by an eagle. 27 6 `` Rest and Ricklaxation '' Anthony Chun Tom Kauffman August 27, 2017 ( 2017 - 08 - 27 ) 2.47 After an adventure that lasted six days and resulted in them nearly getting killed, Rick and Morty are left incredibly stressed. They decide to go to a spa for a break. There they use a machine that removes a person 's `` toxins. '' The machine extracts Rick 's egotism, rudeness and dishonesty and Morty 's cowardice and self - loathing. Both toxins become sentient beings trapped in the machine. Toxin Rick manages to contact Rick, then attempts to trap Rick and Morty in the machine. This fails, but both Toxin Rick and Toxin Morty are freed. Toxin Rick devises a new plan to turn the world into toxin beings. Rick eventually convinces Toxin Rick to merge with him, returning him to his normal self. Morty, however, is happy the way he is. He runs away and begins a new life as a stockbroker until his crush, Jessica, helps Rick find him. Rick forces him to merge with his toxin self, returning him to normal. Post-credit scene : A tour of a moonlight tower releases a woman that Rick and Morty inadvertently trapped inside the toxin machine during a struggle with Toxin Rick and Toxin Morty. Upon release she shouts her safe word, `` sea cucumber ''. 28 7 `` Ricklantis Mixup '' TBA TBA September 10, 2017 ( 2017 - 09 - 10 ) TBD 29 8 `` Morty 's Mind Blowers '' TBA TBA September 17, 2017 ( 2017 - 09 - 17 ) TBD Reception Season 3 has received highly positive reviews from critics - with many praising the season 's darker tone - and currently holds a 100 % approval rating from review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes. Notes Jump up ^ Season 3 premiered unannounced on April 1, 2017 as part of Adult Swim 's annual April Fools ' prank. Jump up ^ `` The Rickshank Rickdemption '' premiered unannounced and re-ran for four hours straight with improving ratings. This is the viewership of only the first broadcast of the episode. References Jump up ^ Matar, Joe ( April 3, 2017 ). `` Rick and Morty Season 3 Air Date Released, Episode Currently Streaming on Adult Swim ''. Den of Geek. Archived from the original on April 2, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2017. Jump up ^ Schedeen, Jesse ( June 29, 2017 ). `` Rick and Morty : Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland Finally Reveal Season 3 Premiere Date ''. IGN. Archived from the original on June 30, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2017. Jump up ^ Denise Petski ( August 12, 2015 ). `` ' Rick And Morty ' Renewed For Season 3 By Adult Swim ''. Deadline. Retrieved August 20, 2017. Jump up ^ Kazem Sedighzadeh ( November 15, 2015 ). `` ' Rick and Morty ' Co-Creator Justin Roiland Starts Writing Work for Season 3 of TV Series ! ''. Master Herald. Retrieved August 20, 2017. Jump up ^ Mike McMahan ( @ MikeMcMahanTM ) ( February 18, 2016 ). `` We 're recording episode # 301 today. '' ( Tweet ) -- via Twitter. Jump up ^ `` Rick and Morty Creators Give Season 3 Update : They 're Drawing It ''. The Interrobang. February 7, 2017. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017. Retrieved July 11, 2017. Jump up ^ Cabin, Chris ( June 24, 2017 ). `` ' Rick and Morty ' Season 3 : Dan Harmon Explains Delay ''. Collider. Archived from the original on August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2017. Jump up ^ Porter, Rick ( April 4, 2017 ). `` Saturday cable ratings : Surprise ' Rick & Morty ' premiere gets solid numbers ''. TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 5, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017. Jump up ^ Metcalf, Mitch ( August 1, 2017 ). `` Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals : 7.30. 2017 ''. Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on August 1, 2017. Retrieved August 1, 2017. Jump up ^ Metcalf, Mitch ( August 8, 2017 ). `` Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals : 8.6. 2017 ''. Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on August 8, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017. Jump up ^ Metcalf, Mitch ( August 15, 2017 ). `` Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals : 8.13. 2017 ''. Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on August 15, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2017. Jump up ^ Metcalf, Mitch ( August 22, 2017 ). `` Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals : 8.20. 2017 ''. Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved August 22, 2017. Jump up ^ Metcalf, Mitch ( August 29, 2017 ). `` Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals : 8.27. 2017 ''. Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved August 29, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Adult Swim schedule ( September 10, 2017 ) ''. schedule.adultswim.com. Retrieved August 28, 2017. Jump up ^ Rick and Morty ( @ RickandMorty ) ( August 28, 2017 ). `` See you in two weeks for a new episode about Atlantis '' ( Tweet ) -- via Twitter. Jump up ^ `` Adult Swim schedule ( September 17, 2017 ) ''. schedule.adultswim.com. Retrieved August 28, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Rick and Morty : Season 3 ''. Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on April 5, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017. Rick and Morty Characters Rick Sanchez Episodes Season 1 `` Pilot '' `` Lawnmower Dog '' `` Meeseeks and Destroy '' `` Rick Potion # 9 '' `` Rixty Minutes '' Season 2 `` A Rickle in Time '' `` The Ricks Must Be Crazy '' `` The Wedding Squanchers '' Season 3 `` The Rickshank Rickdemption '' Video games Pocket Mortys Rick and Morty : Virtual Rick - ality Related `` Mathlete 's Feat '' ( The Simpsons episode ) Category Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rick_and_Morty_(season_3)&oldid=797848794 '' Categories : 2017 American television seasons Rick and Morty seasons Hidden categories : Infobox television season articles that use the season name parameter Talk Article Talk More Contents About Wikipedia In other projects Wikiquote العربية Gaeilge Italiano 中文 Edit links This version of the page has been revised. 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Question: when did rick and morty season 3 episode 1 come out
Answer: April 1, 2017