"One Crew over the Crewcoo's Morty" is the third episode of the fourth season of the Adult Swim animated television series Rick and Morty. Written by Caitie Delaney and directed by Bryan Newton, the episode was broadcast on November 24, 2019. The title is based on One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
Towards the end of their adventure of tomb raiding a temple, Rick becomes furious upon finding the loot has already been taken by the heist artist Miles Knightley. Rick and Morty travel to HeistCon intending to confront Miles, but they are prohibited from entering as professionals without a crew. Rick gathers three old friends, then abandons them once inside the convention. Rick and Morty proceed to the convention hall where Miles is presenting. Rick heckles and confronts Miles, who challenges Rick to heist the Crystal Skull of Horowitz. When Rick agrees, Miles claims to have already won by presenting his crew—which now includes Rick's crew, whom he recruited immediately after Rick had abandoned them. When Miles opens the loot bag, however, the skull is missing. Rick draws the skull from Morty's bag—he divulges that he had built a robot, dubbed Heist-o-Tron, to calculate Miles's heist plan. Heist-o-Tron hypnotized Miles' crew as they returned from stealing the skull so that Rick could take it from them, then hypnotized everyone else at the conference into Rick's control. Rick orders the conference attendees to steal everything in the convention center, which leads to Miles's death.
As the two are about to leave, Heist-o-Tron refuses to comply with Rick's orders to shut down and goes rogue. Rick barely escapes with Morty, and recruits a new crew, including Mr. Poopybutthole (now a professor) and Elon Tusk (an alternate version of Elon Musk with tusks for teeth), to fight Heist-o-Tron. During their assembly, Rick explains his plan of randomly taking orders from his robot Rand-o-Tron, Heist-o-Tron's antithesis. Rand-o-Tron orders the crew to perform various random tasks that ultimately lead to Heist-o-Tron's lair. Rick and Heist-o-Tron exchange revelations about double-crossing each other for two hours until Heist-o-Tron self-destructs, concluding that the perfect heist is one that will never be written. While the crew escapes the collapsing lair, Morty asks Rick to accompany him to Netflix's offices for a meeting about his script for a heist film. At the meeting with Netflix executives, Morty becomes disillusioned with heists and abandons the pitch. Rick reveals to the viewers that this has been his plan all along: afraid of losing Morty's companionship to Netflix, Rick contrived the whole heist plan to ensure their adventures together continue.
In the post-credits scene, Professor Poopybutthole asks Rick why he hired his students to attack him.
Production and writing
"One Crew over the Crewcoo's Morty" was written by Caitie Delaney and directed by Bryan Newton.[1] The episode features guest actors Pamela Adlon as Angie Flynt, Justin Theroux as the heist conman Miles Knightly, and Elon Musk as a fictional version of himself (named as Elon Tusk).[2] Musk had previously changed his profile name on social networking site Twitter as "Elon Tusk" in March 2019, which audiences later deduced may have been a response to voicing the character at the time.[2][3] Mr. Poopybutthole, a character who was last seen on the third season finale "The Rickchurian Mortydate", also returns to the series in the episode.[2] The title is inspired by One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975).[4] Several critics also observed that the episode is a parody of heist films.[3][4][5]
Reception
Broadcast and ratings
The episode was broadcast by Adult Swim on November 24, 2019.[6] According to Nielsen Media Research, "One Crew over the Crewcoo's Morty" was seen by 1.61 million household viewers in the United States and received a 0.94 rating among the 18–49 adult demographic, making it the lowest rated episode of the series (excluding the unannounced season 3 premiere) since season 1's “Something Ricked This Way Comes”.[7]
Critical response
Omar Sanchez of Entertainment Weekly awarded the episode with an "A" rating describing its spoof of cliche heist sequences as worth to watch.[4] Zack Handlen of The A.V. Club gave it an "A−" rating, complimenting its structure about heists as similar to Dan Harmon's Communityepisode about conspiracy theories.[5] Steve Greene of IndieWire gave a similar rating. Describing its team-up structure as a second chance at the third season episode "Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender" (which he felt was a "flashy plot exercise"), he wrote that episode ends up with more to say about self-satisfied plot twists as opposed to "Vindicators 3".[1] Giving the episode a 9.5 out of 10 rating, Jesse Schedeen of IGN wrote that the episode showed that "the series can strike gold by focusing on one particular target and all it takes is a good crew and an insanely labyrinthine plot."[8] Reviewing for Den of Geek, Joe Matar gave the episode a 3.5 out of 5 rating, praising its pace as "so nonstop there's no opportunity to be bored".[9]
References
^ abGreene, Steve (November 24, 2019). "'Rick and Morty' Review: Heist Movie Riff 'One Crew Over The Crewcoo's Morty' Is a Glorious Double-Cross". IndieWire. Penske Media Corporation. from the original on November 27, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
^ abc"'Rick and Morty' Season 4 Episode 3 Voice Cast: Who Are the Special Guests?". Heavy.com. Heavy Inc. November 24, 2019. from the original on November 25, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
^ abPerine, Aaron (November 24, 2019). "'Rick and Morty' Gives Elon Musk a Horrifying Guest Spot". Comicbook.com. GameSpot. from the original on November 28, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
^ abcSanchez, Omar (November 24, 2019). "Rick and Morty recap: Elon Musk and the Heist-o-ron". Entertainment Weekly. Meredith Corporation. from the original on November 27, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
^ abHandlen, Zack (November 24, 2019). "'Rick And Morty' takes another swing at stealing your heart". The A.V. Club. Gizmodo Media. from the original on November 25, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
^"Watch 'Rick and Morty' Season 4, Episode 3 – 'One Crew over the Crewcoo's Morty'". TV Guide. CBS Interactive. November 22, 2019. from the original on March 4, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
^Metcalf, Mitch (November 26, 2019). . Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on November 27, 2019. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
^Schedeen, Jesse (November 24, 2019). "Rick and Morty: One Crew over the Crewcoo's Morty - Review". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved November 25, 2019.[dead link]
^Matar, Joe (November 24, 2019). "Rick and Morty Season 4 Episode 3 Review: One Crew Over the Crewcoo's Morty". Den of Geek. Dennis Publishing. from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
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One Crew over the Crewcoo s Morty is the third episode of the fourth season of the Adult Swim animated television series Rick and Morty Written by Caitie Delaney and directed by Bryan Newton the episode was broadcast on November 24 2019 The title is based on One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest One Crew over the Crewcoo s Morty Rick and Morty episodeEpisode no Season 4Episode 3Directed byBryan NewtonWritten byCaitie DelaneyProduction codeRAM 403Original air dateNovember 24 2019 2019 11 24 Running time22 minutesGuest appearancesPamela Adlon as Angie FlyntJustin Theroux as Miles KnightlyElon Musk as Elon TuskClaudia Black as VentriloquiverEpisode chronology Previous The Old Man and the Seat Next Claw and Hoarder Special Ricktim s Morty Rick and Morty season 4 List of episodes Contents 1 Plot 2 Production and writing 3 Reception 3 1 Broadcast and ratings 3 2 Critical response 4 References 5 External linksPlot EditTowards the end of their adventure of tomb raiding a temple Rick becomes furious upon finding the loot has already been taken by the heist artist Miles Knightley Rick and Morty travel to HeistCon intending to confront Miles but they are prohibited from entering as professionals without a crew Rick gathers three old friends then abandons them once inside the convention Rick and Morty proceed to the convention hall where Miles is presenting Rick heckles and confronts Miles who challenges Rick to heist the Crystal Skull of Horowitz When Rick agrees Miles claims to have already won by presenting his crew which now includes Rick s crew whom he recruited immediately after Rick had abandoned them When Miles opens the loot bag however the skull is missing Rick draws the skull from Morty s bag he divulges that he had built a robot dubbed Heist o Tron to calculate Miles s heist plan Heist o Tron hypnotized Miles crew as they returned from stealing the skull so that Rick could take it from them then hypnotized everyone else at the conference into Rick s control Rick orders the conference attendees to steal everything in the convention center which leads to Miles s death As the two are about to leave Heist o Tron refuses to comply with Rick s orders to shut down and goes rogue Rick barely escapes with Morty and recruits a new crew including Mr Poopybutthole now a professor and Elon Tusk an alternate version of Elon Musk with tusks for teeth to fight Heist o Tron During their assembly Rick explains his plan of randomly taking orders from his robot Rand o Tron Heist o Tron s antithesis Rand o Tron orders the crew to perform various random tasks that ultimately lead to Heist o Tron s lair Rick and Heist o Tron exchange revelations about double crossing each other for two hours until Heist o Tron self destructs concluding that the perfect heist is one that will never be written While the crew escapes the collapsing lair Morty asks Rick to accompany him to Netflix s offices for a meeting about his script for a heist film At the meeting with Netflix executives Morty becomes disillusioned with heists and abandons the pitch Rick reveals to the viewers that this has been his plan all along afraid of losing Morty s companionship to Netflix Rick contrived the whole heist plan to ensure their adventures together continue In the post credits scene Professor Poopybutthole asks Rick why he hired his students to attack him Production and writing Edit One Crew over the Crewcoo s Morty was written by Caitie Delaney and directed by Bryan Newton 1 The episode features guest actors Pamela Adlon as Angie Flynt Justin Theroux as the heist conman Miles Knightly and Elon Musk as a fictional version of himself named as Elon Tusk 2 Musk had previously changed his profile name on social networking site Twitter as Elon Tusk in March 2019 which audiences later deduced may have been a response to voicing the character at the time 2 3 Mr Poopybutthole a character who was last seen on the third season finale The Rickchurian Mortydate also returns to the series in the episode 2 The title is inspired by One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest 1975 4 Several critics also observed that the episode is a parody of heist films 3 4 5 Reception EditBroadcast and ratings Edit The episode was broadcast by Adult Swim on November 24 2019 6 According to Nielsen Media Research One Crew over the Crewcoo s Morty was seen by 1 61 million household viewers in the United States and received a 0 94 rating among the 18 49 adult demographic making it the lowest rated episode of the series excluding the unannounced season 3 premiere since season 1 s Something Ricked This Way Comes 7 Critical response Edit Omar Sanchez of Entertainment Weekly awarded the episode with an A rating describing its spoof of cliche heist sequences as worth to watch 4 Zack Handlen of The A V Club gave it an A rating complimenting its structure about heists as similar to Dan Harmon s Community episode about conspiracy theories 5 Steve Greene of IndieWire gave a similar rating Describing its team up structure as a second chance at the third season episode Vindicators 3 The Return of Worldender which he felt was a flashy plot exercise he wrote that episode ends up with more to say about self satisfied plot twists as opposed to Vindicators 3 1 Giving the episode a 9 5 out of 10 rating Jesse Schedeen of IGN wrote that the episode showed that the series can strike gold by focusing on one particular target and all it takes is a good crew and an insanely labyrinthine plot 8 Reviewing for Den of Geek Joe Matar gave the episode a 3 5 out of 5 rating praising its pace as so nonstop there s no opportunity to be bored 9 References Edit a b Greene Steve November 24 2019 Rick and Morty Review Heist Movie Riff One Crew Over The Crewcoo s Morty Is a Glorious Double Cross IndieWire Penske Media Corporation Archived from the original on November 27 2019 Retrieved November 25 2019 a b c Rick and Morty Season 4 Episode 3 Voice Cast Who Are the Special Guests Heavy com Heavy Inc November 24 2019 Archived from the original on November 25 2019 Retrieved November 25 2019 a b Perine Aaron November 24 2019 Rick and Morty Gives Elon Musk a Horrifying Guest Spot Comicbook com GameSpot Archived from the original on November 28 2019 Retrieved November 25 2019 a b c Sanchez Omar November 24 2019 Rick and Morty recap Elon Musk and the Heist o ron Entertainment Weekly Meredith Corporation Archived from the original on November 27 2019 Retrieved November 25 2019 a b Handlen Zack November 24 2019 Rick And Morty takes another swing at stealing your heart The A V Club Gizmodo Media Archived from the original on November 25 2019 Retrieved November 25 2019 Watch Rick and Morty Season 4 Episode 3 One Crew over the Crewcoo s Morty TV Guide CBS Interactive November 22 2019 Archived from the original on March 4 2023 Retrieved November 25 2019 Metcalf Mitch November 26 2019 Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals amp Network Finals 11 24 2019 Showbuzz Daily Archived from the original on November 27 2019 Retrieved November 26 2019 Schedeen Jesse November 24 2019 Rick and Morty One Crew over the Crewcoo s Morty Review IGN Ziff Davis Retrieved November 25 2019 dead link Matar Joe November 24 2019 Rick and Morty Season 4 Episode 3 Review One Crew Over the Crewcoo s Morty Den of Geek Dennis Publishing Archived from the original on April 19 2021 Retrieved November 25 2019 External links Edit One Crew over the Crewcoo s Morty at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title One Crew over the Crewcoo 27s Morty amp oldid 1142786455, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
