Rick and Morty follows the misadventures of Rick Sanchez, a nihilistic, alcoholic genius scientist, and his good-hearted but anxious grandson, Morty Smith. Rick drags Morty on dangerous interdimensional and intergalactic quests, often for his own selfish or scientific pursuits, while the rest of the Smith family deals with their own bizarre lives. The core premise is the chaotic exploration of infinite realities and the often-destructive consequences of Rick's actions.

This season, Rick's nemesis Mr. Nimbus causes trouble, leading to Rick's arrest. The family faces a swarm of giant sperm and a turkey uprising. Rick's obsession with collecting leads to a family robot battle, and he confronts his past trauma while trying to save his friend Birdperson. Morty severs his own hand to escape a dangerous situation, and Rick, realizing his toxic influence, leaves Morty. The season climaxes with Evil Morty escaping the Central Finite Curve, revealing Rick's tragic past and leaving Rick and Morty stranded in space after the Citadel's destruction.

Season 5 of Rick and Morty covers episodes 1-10. Here's everything that happened:

Season 5, Episode 1: Mort Dinner Rick Andre - After a near-fatal crash, Morty calls Jessica, leading to a date complicated by Rick's dinner with his nemesis, Mr. Nimbus. Morty's quest for aged wine creates a time-dilated civilization bent on his destruction. Jessica becomes a time-god, witnessing millennia pass in moments. Ultimately, Mr. Nimbus, initially reconciled with Rick, is enraged by Summer's arrival with a magic shell, leading to Rick's arrest.

Season 5, Episode 2: Mortyplicity - The episode begins with squid-like aliens murdering a decoy Smith family. This triggers a cascade of decoy families, created by various Ricks, fighting and destroying each other. It's revealed the squids are also decoys. Ultimately, all decoy families are annihilated, including the last remaining one by Mr. Always Wants To Be Hunted. The episode concludes with the real Smith family, accompanied by Space Beth, seemingly safe on a spaceship, receiving news of the decoy deaths.

Season 5, Episode 3: A Rickconvenient Mort - Morty falls for Planetina, an eco-superhero, leading to a breakup after she becomes too extreme in her methods. Meanwhile, Rick takes Summer on an apocalyptic party tour, where she out-cynics him. The episode concludes with Morty heartbroken after rejecting Planetina due to her violent actions, and Summer saving a planet out of spite, ending her own fling.

Season 5, Episode 4: Rickdependence Spray - After Morty uses a horse breeding machine for personal reasons, Rick unknowingly uses his semen, mixed with horse semen, to create a bioweapon. This results in a swarm of giant, mutated sperm attacking humanity. The President ultimately launches the fertilized egg into space to avoid a "Giant Incest Baby" being born on Earth. Rick also briefly romances a cannibalistic horse princess, who gives birth to his hybrid child.

Season 5, Episode 5: Amortycan Grickfitti - Rick takes Jerry on a "guys' night" that involves demons who feed on misery, while Beth joins them later. Meanwhile, Morty and Summer try to impress a new kid, Bruce, leading to a joyride in Rick's sentient spaceship. The spaceship, seeking to lose its virginity, goes on a destructive rampage. Ultimately, Rick develops a genuine affection for Jerry, and Morty and Summer realize they projected their own insecurities onto Bruce, who ends up being humiliated at school.

Season 5, Episode 6: Rick & Morty's Thanksploitation Spectacular - Rick and Morty accidentally destroy the U.S. Constitution, leading to a conflict with the President. Rick attempts to get a pardon by turning into a turkey, but the President retaliates by turning himself and his soldiers into turkeys. They eventually team up to fight an army of turkey super-soldiers created by a rogue turkey president. The episode concludes with Morty burning a mutated Franklin D. Roosevelt alive and Rick securing a pardon, though a post-credits scene shows a traumatized soldier reverting to turkey-like behavior.

Season 5, Episode 7: Gotron Jerrysis Rickvangelion - Rick's obsession with collecting "Gotron ferrets" derails a trip to Boob World, leading the family to pilot giant robots. Rick forms a mafia-like organization with other Ricks, but Morty is ousted, and the original anime pilots attempt to reclaim their mechs. Ultimately, the family reunites, aided by the giant incest baby, to save Rick, culminating in Jerry being left outside to fight kaiju alone.

Season 5, Episode 8: Rickternal Friendshine of the Spotless Mort - Rick ventures into Birdperson's mind to save him from a deep coma, confronting a memory of his younger self and reliving pivotal moments of their past. Birdperson ultimately chooses to live for his daughter, leaving Rick to grapple with his own loneliness. Rick's younger self rejects his offer of a beer, choosing not to live a life that leads to sadness.

Season 5, Episode 9: Forgetting Sarick Mortshall - Morty, after accidentally creating a portal in his hand, teams up with Nick, who also has a portal in his thigh. Rick, furious at Morty's misuse of the portal gun, replaces him with two crows. After a violent confrontation, Morty severs his own hand to escape Nick, creating a singularity that destroys him. Rick, acknowledging his toxicity, leaves Morty, deciding their partnership is over.

Season 5, Episode 10: Rickmurai Jack - Evil Morty's plan culminates as he escapes the Central Finite Curve, a barrier separating universes where Rick is the smartest being. This reveals Rick's tragic backstory: his wife and daughter were killed by an alternate Rick, leading him to help create the Citadel. Rick and Morty are left stranded in space after the Citadel's destruction.