Rick and Morty
Promortyus
TV Flash files “Promortyus” as hour 38 of 91 in the TV Flash guide — Rick and Morty (2013–present) on Adult Swim, season 4, episode 7, aired 2020-05-10, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E07: listed hour 38 of 91 in the Rick and Morty guide, hour 7 of 10 in season 4. It aired 2020-05-10 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Never Ricking Morty” (S04E06). Next is “The Vat of Acid Episode” (S04E08).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Rick and Morty find themselves in a fight against face-hugging aliens who just happen to have an M&M's store.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Promortyus sit in the Rick and Morty guide?
S04E07 is listed hour 38 of 91 — hour 7 of 10 in season 4, season 4 episode 7.
When did Rick and Morty S04E07 air?
Promortyus aired 2020-05-10 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Why are there long waits between seasons?
Production complexity and schedule issues. The gaps are infamous; they are not a secret second show. Patience is part of the Adult Swim contract.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Drunk genius Rick drags anxious Morty across multiverses of cosmic jokes and trauma. Harmon and Roiland's Adult Swim series made Szechuan sauce, portal memes, and season-gap rage into industrial fandom. Dense sci-fi premises, dark humor, later recasting after Roiland's exit. Peak episodes are structurally dazzling — if you can stomach the meanness and the wait.
So about the sauce. Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon's Adult Swim series premiered December 2, 2013, and the group chat never recovered: drunk genius Rick dragging anxious grandson Morty across multiverses of cosmic jokes and trauma, catchphrases as industrial fandom, Szechuan frenzy as a civic event nobody asked for. Dense sci-fi premises, dark humor, continuity as a toy and a weapon. Production gaps became their own rage cycle. (I said spoiler-free. The wait is the spoiler.) Lana can have the gown. **The timeline…
Filed against
- Justin Roiland as Rick Sanchez / Morty Smith (early)
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- Chris Parnell as Jerry Smith
Chris Parnell voices Jerry Smith on Rick and Morty — drunk genius Rick dragging anxious Morty across multiverses of cosmic jokes and trauma, Harmon and Roiland's Adult Swim density, Szechuan sauce, portal memes, season-gap rage. Later…
- Spencer Grammer as Summer Smith
Spencer Grammer voices Summer Smith on Rick and Morty — the granddaughter who has to live with a drunk genius dragging anxious Morty across multiverses of cosmic jokes and trauma. Adult Swim density, portal memes, family as collateral. TV…
- Sarah Chalke as Beth Smith
Sarah Chalke’s Elliot Reid sprinted Scrubs’ surreal hospital hallways — J.D.’s cutaways turning devastating mid-needle, found family in scrubs — then voiced Rick and Morty’s domestic-multiverse weather. Silly and sincere in the same dash;…