Rick and Morty (TV Series) Meeseeks and Destroy (2014) User Reviews

Meeseek and meefound a good message.

[CLMiddleton · 9/10 · 1 July 2014]

I write this in response to another review on this episode. Although I understand where they are coming from in regards to King Jellybean trying to rape Morty, I disagree with it being a bad thing. I found the comedy in it (is that bad?), but I also saw how it resulted in character growth. Morty learned a valuable lesson about life- there are some f**ked up people (and jellybeans) in the world. But the most striking part for me was Rick's subtle change. Rick was an actual grandfather for once, and the two connected after that experience. That's what is so amazing about this show. After the gross and wrong things that happen, there are very human and real moments that are there for us to connect with.

This episode was brilliant, like every other one. The Meeseeks are obnoxiously hilarious, and they'll make you want to watch the episode again and again.

Beneath the sugar coating lies a disturbing reality.

[GraXXoR · 10/10 · 17 January 2018]

Oh my word...

R&M have taken continuity and character development completely out of the atmosphere and into Low Earth Orbit with with stunningly dark yet forthright episode.

Here we see, perhaps for the first time, just how deeply Rick hides his love for his grandson. We see him put his ego on hold as Morty learns an important lesson about "the real world," ironically from a fantastical one.

As Morty lets his guard down, finally thinking things are going his way, the chirpy and perky Mr. Jellybean (exquisitely chosen by Roiland and Harmon for being one the sweetest and most inoffensive candy treats) shows his true intensions and takes advantage of our young protagonist's naïvety, viciously molesting him in a public toilet.

Morty, never one to take things lying down, shows him what's what and fights back. While physically unharmed, we again see the psychological toll that his adventures with his wayward Grandpa are taking on his psyche and perhaps start to worry and wonder what will happen to him over the course of the show.

One of the key scenes is how Rick reads the distraught Morty and puts his own fun on hold for once. Then, seeing the battered Jellybean emerging from the toilets, he immediately puts two and two together. At that moment, their relationship changes and for the first time we see Rick the family man, Rick the protector and the Rick that does-what-needs-to-be-done. We learn just how far he is prepared to go for his family as he unequivocally and without recourse to even a single backwards glance dispatches the Jellybean as Judge, Jury and Executioner.

The Meeseeks subplot while giving rise to one of the most joyful and memorable characters in the whole series again shows Roiland and Harmon's drive to show that frivolity can often be used to disguise a darker message.

The Meeseeks, you see -for all their cheerful banter- are in constant pain. For that is how they are created; They are created to feel pain as long as they live and, worse, they are effectively immortal with only one escape... That escape? To fulfil the wish of the person who brought them into existence. In doing so, they bring their pain to an end by effectively dying.

And that was just part of a 20 minute episode of R&M.

MeeSeek and Ye shall find

[southdavid · 9/10 · 4 March 2020]

Ahh... The Mr Meeseeks episode. Whenever I'm trying to convince someone to start watching "Rick and Morty" I recommend they start with this episode.

After another adventure of trauma for Morty (Justin Roiland) he and Rick (Justin Roiland) agree on bet, Morty choses the next adventure and gets to lead, but if it's disappointing he never complains again. Their quest involves a fantasy world, Giants up a beanstalk, a criminal trial and a horrible bathroom assault. However, before they leave, Rick introduces the family to an invention of his, the Meeseeks box. You press the button, a blue character appears and completes a task you ask him to undertake, then blinks out of existence. All is going well, until Jerry (Chris Parnell) sets them an impossible task.

This is a great episode. I use it to get people to watch the show as it's a perfect example of a "Rick and Morty" episode. It introduces a regular science fiction / fantasy trope - that of a wish granting genie - but taken to an extreme by the reality of that sort of situation. It's an easy idea to get your head around, as an introduction to the Rick and Morty style. Plus, it has the bathroom rape plot point, which is probably the most horrific scene in the shows history, so if they can get over that, they're golden.

It's the first episode where you'd consider Rick and Morty's aspect of the episode as the B-Story, with the rest of the family and Mr Meeseeks being the main and most memorable sections. Justin Roiland provides the voice for the various Mr Meeseekses and it's an amazing, obnoxious, but memorable character. All of the characterisation is getting ironed out now, with Rick's belching at around the right level and a first glimpse of protection, from a man who risks his Grandsons life regularly and his mental health constantly. It gives us another insight into Beth and Jerry's failing marriage too.

Hard to credit that the episode is already six years old, but not too early to call it a classic.

"What about your short game"

[gageboothe · 10/10 · 11 August 2020]

This episode shows why I love this show. It is a perfect episode to watch to get you into the show. It sums up what Rick and Morty is all about.

Probably the best episode

[Bamboo1 · 10/10 · 12 November 2020]

This feels like GroundHog day, but with a completely new concept.

This episode is defining for Rick and Morty and probably the best episode of all for that reason. A completely new, intricate, complex, fun concept that no one else ever has thought about. That's why art is!

Just Go With the Flow

[injury-65447 · 10/10 · 9 July 2020]

I will never forget Mr Jellybean!

One of the most disturbing animated characters I've ever seen! I shudder to think what he had planned for little Morty in the bathroom stall.

Good adventure

[amindostiari · 10/10 · 25 January 2021]

This episode had an adventure and an interesting subject. Really enjoyable and useful.

Excellent episode

[camilateacherz · 10/10 · 1 April 2021]

I love the way Jerry drove the meeseeks crazy and how the end turned out. The adventure of Rick and Morty was medium but Ricky killing through the portal nailed it.

Great Show, Bad Episode

[dragonslayrskr · 4/10 · 1 March 2014]

I generally like Rick and Morty, in fact I love it! But this episode made me feel very uncomfortable. ***SPOILERS*** At first it was funny and was a interesting adventure Rick and Morty were going on and I was really enjoying the side story with the Meeseeks and the family but, when Morty was in the restroom and was getting molested by a JELLY BEAN I nearly threw up. That is so nasty. And after he beat it up and ran out to Rick in tears saying he wanted to go home, not telling Rick why, made me feel even more sick. Even after that I continued to watch it anyway, and felt a slight bit relieved when Rick secretly blew up the molester knowing what had happened, but it still was very disturbing. I really hope the creators don't do something like that again. It was NOT funny.

Why?

[zillizard · 1/10 · 4 October 2020]

The episode was really enjoyable until they introduced the idea that morty was sexually assaulted in the bathroom. Why include that? Why depict that as something that a 12 year old boy might be exposed to? There are probably kids who have encountered situations like that and being forced to relive it is not artful, it's not poignant, it's really harmful to viewers who were not expecting a revival of emotions they may have stemming from a loved experience. This really sours my take on the series. While the event wasn't treated in a light hearted way, there's no reason for a viewer to have to worry that something like this would come up in such a visceral way.

I suppose I'll keep watching but this was beyond upsetting. I don't know why this episode is rated so highly, the depiction of a pubescent person being sexually assaulted is never something I could brush under the rug.