The production staff seemed like they were shocked and embarrassed by what they made. To show how bad “Rickdependence Spray” was just view the behind-the-scenes video. The claim that someone needs a high IQ to understand Rick and Morty will be debunked with this episode. This episode took the worst aspects of Family Guy and South Park’s styles. It was like the writers shouted out random words and tried to fit them into an episode. “Rickdependence Spray” was just a long gross-out gag that involved giant sperm monsters, sex jokes, and an underground race of cannibal horse people. Three words: ‘Giant Incest Baby.’ That sums up “Rickdependence Spray,” an episode that has gathered the reputation as one of the worst episodes Rick and Morty has produced.
This wide range in quality means that the episodes of Season 5 can be ranked. It was a season that produced some of the best Rick and Morty has had to offer, and some of the worst episodes in the show’s history. However, Season 5 has been the most divisive in Rick and Morty’s run, so far. The impact has been so great that many adult animated shows have tried to copy Rick and Morty’s visual style and humor and writers like Mike McMahan and Michael Waldron have gone to work as showrunners on Star Trek: Lower Decks and Loki respectively.
It has a devoted fanbase, for good and for ill (who can forget the Szechuan Sauce Incident).