"Rickdependence Spray" is the fourth episode of the fifth season of the American television series ''

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''. It premiered in the United States on July 11, 2021. In the episode, Morty notices the hospital's horse breeding program at Beth's workplace, takes an interest in it, and gets a volunteer job at the equine hospital in order to use it to masturbate. A week later, Rick borrows a barrel of "horse semen" from the hospital to create a biological weapon to use on the underground race of cannibalistic horse people called "chuds" he and Morty are fighting. Due to the challenging plot lines, some suspected it to be a series of dares issued by or placed on the show's writer's room. The episode was not well received by critics and fans alike, with the episode currently being the lowest rated on

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. Many criticized the episode's plot as overly far-fetched and silly.

Plot

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's attempt to make a bioweapon to use against an underground race of

cannibalistic Cannibalism is the act of consuming another individual of the same species as food. Cannibalism is a common ecological interaction in the animal kingdom and has been recorded in more than 1,500 species In biology, a species is the basic ...

horse The horse (''Equus ferus caballus'') is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million y ...

-people (the "Chuds") goes awry when he uses a barrel of horse

semen Semen, also known as seminal fluid, is an organic bodily fluid created to contain spermatozoa. It is secreted by the gonads (sexual glands) and other sexual organs of male or hermaphroditic animals and can fertilize the female ovum. Semen i ...

in his experiment which, unbeknownst to Rick, also contains

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's semen. The failed experiment results an explosion which unleashes a swarm of giant, mutated

sperm Sperm is the male reproductive cell, or gamete, in anisogamous forms of sexual reproduction (forms in which there is a larger, female reproductive cell and a smaller, male one). Animals produce motile sperm with a tail known as a flagellum, whi ...

that begin attacking and murdering humans. Eventually a plan is devised and set in motion by the president to lure the mutated sperm with an enlarged, human

egg An egg is an organic vessel grown by an animal to carry a possibly fertilized egg cell (a zygote) and to incubate from it an embryo within the egg until the embryo has become an animal fetus that can survive on its own, at which point the a ...

harvested from

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. However, unknown to everyone who contributed to the plan, the sperm originated from Morty. After Morty confesses the truth and everybody realizes that they are about to create a "giant

incest Incest ( ) is human sexual activity between family members or close relatives. This typically includes sexual activity between people in consanguinity (blood relations), and sometimes those related by affinity (marriage or stepfamily), adoption ...

baby", the President orders his forces to defend the egg from the sperm at all costs. One lone "underdog" sperm, whom Morty befriended and named "Sticky", unexpectedly breaches the egg, fertilizing it. The President, who forbids outright destroying the egg for political reasons, instead has it launched into space.

Production

Reception

The episode was poorly received and has been ranked as the series' worst episode by critic Kayla Cobb of ''Decider''.

References

External links

* {{Rick and Morty seasons Rick and Morty episodes 2021 American television episodes