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: Returned to his own original dimension, confirming the long-standing "Ticket Theory" that the Jerry the family had been living with was not their original one. Rick Prime : The show's primary antagonist is also revealed and returned to his home world, setting up the season's overarching conflict. Reddit +4 This feature served as a "canon clean-up," forcing characters to confront their pasts and resolving several long-running multiversal mysteries. TV Obsessive +1 Would you like to know more about the Rick Prime reveal or the resolution of the
Picking up immediately after the Season 5 finale, Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith are stranded in the wreckage of the Citadel of Ricks without a working Portal Gun. After being rescued by Space Beth, Rick's attempt to "reset" the portal fluid goes awry, instead resetting all portal travelers back to their original universes of origin.
Context: This scene takes place immediately after the cliffhanger ending of Season 5. Rick, Morty, and Summer are standing over the bloodied remains of the "President" Rick from the Citadel, while Evil Morty has just destroyed the Central Finite Curve and escaped.
INT. THE CITADEL - WRECKAGE Rick stands amidst the carnage of the Citadel. He stares at the screen showing the destroyed Central Finite Curve. He is bleeding, exhausted, but his eyes narrow. RICK (calmly) He didn't steal the fluid. He didn't steal the gun. He stole... the curve. MORTY What—what does that mean? What curve? RICK The Central Finite Curve. It’s a wall, Morty. A... a conceptual barrier. It’s the defining feature of the Citadel. On one side of it, every instance of me—every Rick—is the smartest man in the universe. On the other side... we’re not. MORTY So... Evil Morty is... RICK He’s going to a place where I’m not the smartest man in the universe. A place where I’m just... an idiot. Or a threat. Or nothing at all. Rick looks down at the corpse of the "Weird Rick" (the killer of his original family). RICK (To himself) You thought you were the special one. But you were just the one that didn't run. MORTY Rick, the portal gun... it's not working right. The... the display is glitching. Rick grabs the portal gun from Morty, fiddling with the settings. It sparks and fizzles. RICK The inter-dimensional travel is fried. He didn't just leave; he broke the tether. We’re stuck in the... "prime" universe, Morty. But now the curve is gone, the portal network is resetting to factory defaults. SUMMER English, Rick! Are we gonna die? RICK No. We’re going home. But... not our home. (Rick shoots a portal, but it looks unstable and sickly green) RICK (Continuing) I... I didn't realize it would default to original coordinates. Morty... where were you born? MORTY What? Earth? RICK Yeah, but which Earth? The portal gun... it's sending everyone back to their "spawn point." Their original dimension. MORTY (Panic rising) Wait, I’m from the Cronenberg dimension! We left that place! It's destroyed! Or... or messed up! RICK (Pale realization) Oh... uh... boy. [SCENE CUT] rick and morty s06e01 satrip
Note: This is a transcription of the scene for reading purposes.
This episode served as the highly anticipated premiere following the shocking Season 5 finale.
1. Episode Basics
Original Air Date: September 4, 2022 (Adult Swim) Title: Solaricks Season: 6 Episode: 1 Writer: Albro Lundy Director: Erica Hayes
2. Plot Summary (Spoiler-Heavy) The episode picks up immediately after the Season 5 finale. Rick Prime (the original Rick who killed Rick C-137's Beth) has detonated a "Portal Travel Reset" that scatters every single version of the Smith family across infinite dimensions. The A-Plot (Rick & Morty): Rick C-137 and Morty Prime (our Morty) are thrown back to their original realities. Morty lands on the Cronenberg-world (from S01E06 "Rick Potion #9"), now ruled by a mutated, post-apocalyptic society where his original parents, Jerry and Beth (now mutated monsters), have been searching for him. Rick lands on his destroyed home planet (where his original Beth and Diane were killed). They must use a "Central Finite Curve" loophole to reassemble the family. The B-Plot (Jerry, Summer, Space Beth): Jerry is dumped on a bland, suburban "Jerryboree" type dimension. Summer lands on a Mad Max-style dimension where a nihilistic version of herself rules. Space Beth lands on a dimension where she is a pacifist art dealer. They each must fight their way to a reunification point. The C-Plot (Evil Morty's Aftermath): In a post-credits scene, Evil Morty (now outside the Central Finite Curve) watches the chaos from a peaceful beach. He uses a device to "scramble" Rick Prime's reset signal to ensure he is never found, effectively wiping his hands of the Smith family drama. 3. Key Themes & Revelations | Theme | Explanation | |-------|-------------| | Consequences of Portal Travel | For the first time, Rick can't just rebuild a portal gun instantly. He is trapped in his most painful memory: the ruins of his original home. | | Original vs. Replacement Family | The episode forces every character to confront their "original" family. Morty sees his original, mutated parents. Rick sees the ghosts of his past. | | Rick Prime's Introduction | We finally meet the mysterious "Killer Rick" in flashbacks. He is not an alternate version of our Rick—he is the original Rick who invented portal travel and rejected family. | | The "Mr. Frundles" Gag | The episode ends with a seemingly harmless, adorable creature (Mr. Frundles) biting the Earth and turning the entire planet into a duplicate of itself—a classic Rick and Morty chaotic non-sequitur. | 4. Major Canon Connections
S01E06 "Rick Potion #9" : Directly referenced as Morty's original dimension (the Cronenberg world). S03E01 "The Rickshank Rickdemption" : The backstory of Rick's original Beth and Diane's death is confirmed as true, not a fabricated origin. S05E10 "Rickmurai Jack" : The entire plot is a direct sequel. The "Portal Travel Reset" is the bomb Evil Morty set off. The Central Finite Curve : The episode explains that the Curve was built specifically to trap Rick Prime, but he escaped long ago. : Returned to his own original dimension, confirming
5. Notable Quotes
Rick C-137: "We're going home. Not 'a' home. Our home. The one I destroyed." Jerry Prime (Cronenberg form): "Morty? My boy? You came back... after 20 years?" (Time moved differently on Cronenberg world). Rick Prime (in flashback): "Don't break your back on that, pal. You're gonna need it for crawling back to her." (Mocking Rick C-137 for wanting to be a father). Mr. Frundles: "I'm Mr. Frundles!" (Then bites Earth).