# Rick and Morty

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Rick and Morty and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Adult animated sitcom praised for inventive tech-driven humor and a strong recent season. Critics find it boring and say Rick does not change.

## Why people recommend it

- Inventive tech-driven humor (1 comments): "the way Rick is using tech to amuse himself always inspires me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49416921))
- Strong recent season (1 comments): "the most recent season was a real return to form" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49635711))
- Praised as a great show (1 comments): "despite them being great shows" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49623385))

## What people warn about

- Boring, hard to get through (2 comments): "Couldn't make it through a single episode of Rick and Morty." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45993229)) "God I hate rick and Morty that boring show" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48746437))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Star Trek: Lower Decks](https://hackerapproved.com/p/star-trek-lower-decks.md): 24 recommend
- [South Park](https://hackerapproved.com/p/south-park.md): 22 recommend
- [The Simpsons](https://hackerapproved.com/p/simpsons.md): 14 recommend
- [Arcane](https://hackerapproved.com/p/arcane.md): 13 recommend
- [Neural Viz](https://hackerapproved.com/p/neural-viz.md): 10 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Rick and Morty", https://hackerapproved.com/p/rick-and-morty/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).