RICK AND MORTY's Season 5 Finale Finally Reveals Rick's Tragic Backstory And Ends With A Big Cliffhanger

RICK AND MORTY's Season 5 Finale Finally Reveals Rick's Tragic Backstory And Ends With A Big Cliffhanger

Last night's Rick and Morty season 5 finale brought back a familiar villain and finally shed some light on Rick's tragic backstory with some shocking reveals. Find more details on that after the jump...

By JoshWilding - Sep 06, 2021 04:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Rick and Morty

The season finale of Rick and Morty saw the title duo return to The Citadel, and the show wasted no time in having them come face-to-face with the villainous President Morty. It's then his grand plan is finally revealed; it turns out The Citadel was created to provide an infinite number of Ricks with an infinite number of Mortys across countless alternate realities. 

The Ricks created a "Central Finite Curve" that separates the dimensions where Rick is the smartest person in his universe from those where he is not. That means we've only experienced part of this show's Multiverse, but the Evil Morty finally destroys that wall and accesses a new reality (his portal gun is yellow rather than green, confirmation he's about to visit new realities).

That's where we leave that Morty - something tells us his story isn't over yet - but the episode also ends with Rick and Morty finally working together; that and the destruction of The Citadel and Central Finite Curve are a strong indication the show now intends to move on from the toxicity in the relationship between the two leads. Their fate, however, is currently unknown.

Still, it's certainly interesting to think about what this partnership could mean for the series, but it's some earlier revelations that shed even more light on who Rick Sanchez is as a character. 

You see, it turns out that both his wife, Diane, and daughter, Beth, really were murdered by an evil Rick. That put Rick C-137 on a path of destruction that saw him hunt down every possible version of himself he could find in order to find the one responsible. Ultimately, he was convinced to form a truce, and it was then that The Citadel was created making C-137 a founding member).

Rick ended up landing in a reality where Beth was still alive, and that's pretty much where the series began. However, his daughter is dead, and there is no Morty in C-137's reality. 

Needless to say, there's a lot here for future seasons of Rick and Morty to address...

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DarthOmega
DarthOmega - 9/6/2021, 4:57 AM
Game of Thrones
The Office
The Walking Dead
Breaking Bad
Rick and Morty

They have all been cultural touchstones for entertainment, and have helped shape modern television shows....

I haven't seen a single episode of either. I don't quite know how to feel about that lol.
Kman
Kman - 9/6/2021, 5:03 AM
@DarthOmega - maybe you should just watch one of them then lol
Fogs
Fogs - 9/6/2021, 5:06 AM
@DarthOmega - I'd start with Breaking Bad. Hard to top that IMO.

Never got into TWD and Rick n Morty tho. GoT ended so badly I kinda forgot about it. The Office is a lot of fun if you like nonsense situation humor.
Fogs
Fogs - 9/6/2021, 5:09 AM
BTW I wish I could forget Breaking bad just to watch it again without knowing what was coming next.
ComicBookPsycho
ComicBookPsycho - 9/6/2021, 5:22 AM
@Fogs - I wish I could forget the last two seasons of GOT

VictorAlonzo
VictorAlonzo - 9/6/2021, 7:29 AM
Classic Season. Easily better than S4.
heyy1
heyy1 - 9/6/2021, 5:01 PM
@VictorAlonzo - I believe season is 2 the strongest, season 3 had some great episodes too
VictorAlonzo
VictorAlonzo - 9/7/2021, 12:15 PM
@heyy1 - agreed
RealTurner
RealTurner - 9/6/2021, 7:56 AM
It's good, but R&M always wants to have its cake and eat it. "Let's mock these tropes while embracing them" only gets you so far; every ep with Evil Morty ends up just setting up something else in the future that the creators then joke about never getting back to. It's a little exhausting in that regard.

I mean, the entire thing is. There is so much hard work that goes into each one of these, it must be incredibly draining. I respect that side of it so much. But it peaked so early, (third ep is still easily one of the best, and the first season is so effortlessly incredible), it's have trouble betting back there. They joke about reset buttons (and press them) all the time. Can character growth and changes to the dynamic really stick? It will be interesting to see, but I'm on the fence.
heyy1
heyy1 - 9/6/2021, 5:02 PM
The crow stuff was random, but sure, the finale was good.
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