Season Finale!?! amirite? Urite, you should say

Semi Pertinent News

• Nothing to report this week

Discussion:

MAIN THANG - PC S1E10 - Timber

Episode Details

• Air Date: 9/27/26
• Written by: James Siciliano & Cara McFarlane
• Directed by: Erik Kling

Official Synopsis: When a murderous American legend resurfaces, Curtis rises to the challenge - but doing so proves to be the ultimate test of his public image. 

Our Synopsis:  You can’t please all the people, all the time… but you can piss everyone off when you try to kill a sexy tree giant.

• Themes
• Paul Bunyan
• His decapitated head was left in the woods, and fused with the trees
• Enemies of Curtis become Bunyan sympathisers 
• Curtis’s Ex Wife making a run for his job?
• Hints at the end of her restoring Bunyan Tree
• Putting the interest of the nation over your own?
• Curtis allows himself to be disliked for the good of the country. 
• Favorite Bits
• Standard T&B (tag & bag)
• Oval Alerts
• Left off the GIF of you winking over your sunglasses
• O’Doyle’s bad lip reading
• Don’t you say something cool and then jump!
• “Timber”
• I don’t mean to sound racist, but all these trees look alike
• Curtis stealing a helicopter by asking for a band-aid
• Tossed you out like a bag of mushrooms when the cops are coming
• (I used to drink drink in grad school)
• Chopper is ready ma’am. You can even remote control it with your arm thing if that becomes important later on.”
• Mud is basically an invisibility cloak 
• I just wanted to feel a sense of belonging!
• Aww sour flesh!
• Lincoln is getting a hat
• Best/Worst Parts
• The tree growing time lapse in the cold open (forming Paul’s body)
• The flip flop gene.. Oops sorry I thought that’s what you were going to say
• Using the chopper to woodchipper Bunyan

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It's Christmas time... in Summer!

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• Rick and Morty - The End
• Releasing November 3, 2026, is Oni Press’s 200-page Rick and Morty: The End HC. This special edition will collect writer Daniel Kibblesmith, artists Jarrett Williams and Troy Little, and colorist Alessandro Santoro’s Rick and Morty: The End #1–6 and Rick and Morty Forever #0 in a single hardcover volume, available for $34.99.
• https://screenrant.com/rick-and-morty-the-end-collection-release/
• The Terrors of Jordan Mendoza

Discussion:

Episode Details

• Air Date: 9/20/26
• Written by: James Siciliano & Danielle Uhlarik
• Directed by: Eric Meister & Mollie Helms
• Guest Stars: Jim O'heir as Santa

Official Synopsis: With Christmas spirit at an all-time low, Curtis attempts to find a fix by deploying a group of synthetic beings, custom-designed to spread cheer. 

Our Synopsis: What do a greeting card company and Skynet have in common? Tune in to find out!

• Themes
• Christmas Spirit
• Once we drop below 10% Spiritonium saturation, Christmas is over
• Christmas Spirit is a limited resource
• Plan to use synthetic super soldiers to spread Christmas Spirit 
• Use Hallmark to access the Christmas Spirit Algorythm 
• Turns the synths into walking Hallmark Movie tropes
• Sending the Christmas Synths to Canada
• “It’s like sending a dragon back to dinosaur times, they don’t really belong, but the dinosaurs don’t notice.”
• Why does he say this like he has had experience with this? 
• Huge Fight with Santa
• Synths are now out in the general population
• Favorite Bits
• The Humbuggler not knowing who the Hamburgler is
• 11 second countdown
• Banks being really into Christmas
• And O’Doyle hating it
• Finch always has a dick-bomb gun handy
• Ed Carol being offended when Banks tells him he looks like Santa
• And then being shamed for it
• The Chrismanthium Core (lava lamp noodles)
• The un-stainable yellow shirts bit
• 6 News live with Step Sisters Mika & Carolyn
• The synths all having a positive reaction to dying
• Janice singing public domain songs
• All my tech is set to spring forward, cuz Finch don’t fall back!
• Finch really hating Daylight Savings Time
• Santa calling everyone by their first name
• Santa’s ice powers
• The Reindemons 
• Carrot Tipped Rounds
• Chekhov's Carrot
• Santa’s tear turning to ice
• Banks implanting a dick-bomb in Santa’s spine 
• Curse these hoods and their blind spots
• What warlocks can regrow heads? Better check with your DM
• O’Doyle having an alarm set for when it is Christmas (its a phone alarm and the sound is like a watch alarm)
• 
  
• Best/Worst Parts
• O’Doyle just criticizing everything the entire episode
• Ed Carol turning out to really be Santa
• The transformation animation is sick
• “Ed is my undercover boss name”
• Coal is like garlic for Santa’s
• The missing flashback
• Santa knowing Banks’ backstory and not telling her
• “That’s what you get for trying to squeeze canonical stuff into this mission.”

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It's your standard episode... your GOLD standard episode! It's time for Knox!

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• Rick and Morty - The End
• Releasing November 3, 2026, is Oni Press’s 200-page Rick and Morty: The End HC. This special edition will collect writer Daniel Kibblesmith, artists Jarrett Williams and Troy Little, and colorist Alessandro Santoro’s Rick and Morty: The End #1–6 and Rick and Morty Forever #0 in a single hardcover volume, available for $34.99.
• https://screenrant.com/rick-and-morty-the-end-collection-release/
• The Terrors of Jordan Mendoza

Discussion:

MAIN THANG - PC S1E8 - Knox

Episode Details

• Air Date: 9/13/26
• Written by: Anne Lane
• Directed by: Juan Meza-Leon
• Guest Stars: Maria Bamford

Official Synopsis: A robbery at Fort Knox puts Curtis and the FBI on a manhunt for the culprit, forcing O’Doyle to confront figures from his past. 

Our Synopsis: O’Doyle’s mommy issues come back to taunt him and he will have to go back to his roots to clear his name. 

Discussion

• Themes
• O’Doyle’s Backstory Mommy Issues
• All the gold from Ft. Knox is stolen and O’Doyle’s mom is the main suspect
• Man O’Doyle really hates his mom
• Leprechaun mind melds are called Rainbow Connections
• The euphoric feelings Leprechauns get from lying
• And how O’Doyle suppresses that by not doing it
• Orla O’Doyle is taking out all the matriarchs to unite all the Leprechaun clans
• Reverse-rob Ft. Knox
• Setting up for some big end of season event?

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President Lincoln and Banks' memories fill the A and B stories on this new episode!

Semi Pertinent News

• Rickmobile @ Dragon Con
• They handed out masks
• Cosplay contest
• The Terrors of Jordan Mendoza
• September 13th – short form sketch comedy (15 minute episodes)

Discussion:

MAIN THANG - PC S1E7 - Ghosts

Episode Details

• Air Date: 9/6/26
• Written by: Haley Daniels
• Directed by: Erik Kling
• Guest Stars:  Dan Bakkedahl, Eric Bauza, David Cross, Mikey Day, David Herman, Nick Reczynski, Sam Richardson, Andy St. Clair, Alanna Ubach (Are these all guest stars or is the cast just growing)

Official Synopsis: When Banks gets malware, O’Doyle enters her brain to find a fix. Curtis gives the ghost of Lincoln a gift that lets him settle his unfinished business. 

Our Synopsis:  Banks forgets to update her antivirus while Ghost Lincoln has (at least four) scores to settle. 

Discussion

• Themes
• Banks’ Backstory Malware
• I appreciate that they cooked up a creative way to hash out parts of her backstory. 
• Introduces NuMind & Bureau of Robotics (BOR)
• O’Doyle goes into Banks’ brain to hunt the malware and discovers memories that reveal the truth about Banks’ past
• Stereotypical tech brohs
• Reveal that Banks developed the tech that is in her brain now
• Double Cross from Logan at NuMind that used Banks and erased her memories
• Do we think this creates a thread where Banks might be looking for him in later episodes?
• Ghost Lincoln 
• They had to give Curtis something to do in this episode
• Ghost Gloves “You got hands, Abe!”
• Lincoln gets too used to his new found freedoms and wants to take back the White House / Restart the Civil War (so he can finish it)

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Let's talk Lousiana and its purchase on President Curtis!

Semi Pertinent News

• Get Jiro
• Based on the acclaimed graphic novel from Anthony Bourdain and Joel Rose published through DC’s iconic Vertigo imprint, GET JIRO will debut on Adult Swim the evening of Saturday, October 3 at midnight ET/PT as part of its Toonami anime/action block, and will stream the next day on HBO Max. 
• Adult Swim also released the official trailer today

DISCUSSION

MAIN THANG - PC S1E6 - Hollow

Episode Details

• Air Date: 8/30/26
• Written by: Danielle Uhlarik
• Directed by: Juan Meza-Leon
• Guest Stars:  Alex Brightman, Thomas Lennon, Ken Marino, Piotr Michael, Jaime Moyer, Maulik Pancholy, Sam Richardson, Stephen Root

Official Synopsis: When America faces a national energy crisis, Curtis and his team venture deep into Hollow Earth to find a solution. 

Our Synopsis:  Curtis and the gang will go to any depth to get the energy this nation needs. 

Discussion

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Let's talk Lousiana and its purchase on President Curtis!

Semi Pertinent News

• Rick and Morty x Silver Lake Shorts Event - Monday 10/17
• Brandon brings his report

DISCUSSION

MAIN THANG - PC S1E5: David

Episode Details

• Air Date: 8/23/26
• Written by: Malloy Moseley
• Directed by: Mollie Helms
• Guest Stars:  Janeane Garofalo, Jon Glaser, Kerri Kenny-Silver, Jane Lynch

Official Synopsis: After butting heads with his own party, Curtis visits Camp David to undergo a true test of his presidential prowess.

Our Synopsis:  Curtis fights a water witch while the white house staff salutes their shorts. 

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Let's talk Lousiana and its purchase on President Curtis!

Semi Pertinent News

• Rick and Morty x Silver Lake Shorts Event - Monday 10/17
• Brandon is going and we will get a full report next week
• Join us for an inside look at Season 9 of Rick and Morty with a panel highlighting the team that brings the show to life and a party to celebrate our vibrant animation community!

DISCUSSION

MAIN THANG - PC S1E4 - Purchase

Episode Details

• Air Date: 8/16/26
• Written by: Brian Prodi Flynn
• Directed by: Erik Kling
• Guest Stars: Nat Faxon, Gillian Jacobs, Rafael Petardi, Danny Pudi

Official Synopsis After finding an addendum on the Louisiana Purchase receipt, Curtis must race against old enemies and friends to hold control of the territory.

Our Synopsis: The French try to take back ⅓ of the USA using a wrinkled old Napoleon dong. Vampires help.  

Discussion

• Themes
• Louisiana Purchase
• Frontier Forfeit 
• Napoleon's penis is a citizen
• Favorite Bits
• Must eat lethal chicken! (unless it is in the garbage) “That would be less Alpha.”
• The Rhode Island throwing star being way smaller than the other throwing stars
• Banks listening to a podcast (about adding Lincoln’s hat to Mt. Rushmore) on her solo mission (thoughts successfully avoided)
• The meta commentary about something that happened in last week’s episode (about ratting each other out)
• O’Doyle not knowing what Watergate is and thinking they are talking about Water World
• Curtis texting Monty the vampire to set up the fake fight
• Straw teeth
• O’Doyle calling vampires “Hemo-goblins”
• Vampire laser dots
• Bank’s French translator (Correction, I have the penis, and POOR DESIGN)
• “We can finally see Nebraska”
• Outdoor judge rules (gavel down)
• The post credits text convo between Curtis and Monty

• Best/Worst Parts
• The Rube Goldberg machine that notifies France that the US entered the cave
• The mini model in the aviary
• The lone pigeon survivor
• Trained to peck at the Arc de Triomphe
• The confused security guard at the courthouse
• Chomps falling out of the helicopter

Listener Suggorstions and Short Outs

• Spotify Comments
• Zackrase - Great way to end an awesome season! 

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We're trying to catch up here... episodes 1 through 3 of President Curtis!!!

Semi Pertinent News

• S9 of Rick and Morty is coming to Blu-Ray this November
• Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced that they will be bringing Adult Swim’s hit Rick and Morty: The Complete Ninth Season to Blu-Ray and DVD on November 3, 2026. Don’t miss out on all 10 episodes plus bonus content including exclusive content only available on the Blu-ray and DVD.

MAIN THANG - President Curtis is here! (Episodes 1-3)

Discussion

• General thoughts
• Similarities to RaM
• Differences

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Season 9 is in the books—let's break down what worked, what wobbled, and where we go from here!

Semi Pertinent News

• Reflecting on SDCC
• PC plug for the start of our recaps

MAIN THANG - S9 Season Recap

Discussion

• Season 9 as a whole
• Overall themes
• Alcoholism
• Rick wasted beyond belief in A Ricker Runs Through It
• So drunk he cuts his head off in a portal
• Rick having a distillery in the sub basement
• And kills the Sympathid with his alcohol tolerance
• Adding drugs to the mix in Salute Your Morts
• The impact alcohol has on Rick and the lack of it in Mort's reality
• The bond between Rick and Morty and their codependency
• Morty getting jealous about Evil Morty
• Rick using Morty for 2FA
• The throughline of Rick and Morty's connection in the finale (I'm your Dad)
• How does it hold up to past seasons?
• Very well
• Predictions Revisited
• Episode plots
• "There's Something About Morty"
• "Ricks Days, Seven Nights"
• "Rick Fu Hustle"
• "A Ricker Runs Through It"
• "Jer Bud"
• "Erickerhead"
• "MortGully: The Last Rickforest"
• "Rickuiem Mort a Dream"
• "Salute Your Morts"
• "Field of Dreams"
• Title sequences guesses
• Brandon: 5 for 5
• Travis: 3 of 5 (Boot boat and unicorns were misses)
• Top 2/Bottom 2
• Brandon
• Top: Mortgully & Ricks Days Seven Nights
• Bottom: Jer Bud / A Ricker Runs Through It
• Travis
• Top: Field of Dreams & Mortgully: The Last Rickforest
• Bottom: Jer Bud & Salute Your Morts
• Looking ahead to S10

Listener Suggestions and Shout Outs

• Bluesky
• Chris Lloyd - The tom sawyer reference in the brohnopsis is because he goes to his own funeral in the book
• Email!
• Rob Roberts
• Another great season of R+M. I cannot imagine a life without this amazing podcast to go to after each episode. Many thanks!
• I'm a sucker for the more sentimental episodes like "Field of Dreams" and "Ricks Days, Seven Nights", so I loved the finale. I can't wait to hear which are your favorite episodes this season. For what it's worth, Jer Bud (w/ the return of Snowball) was one of my least best episodes. However, I went back and watched it again recently and found it more entertaining. The Jerry part of the story is just so good. His line "You are ALL my wife now!" was so reminiscent of the time he said, "I'm the Jesus Christ of Christmas!" So funny!
• Two things before I close:

1. Thank goodness for the return of the pool!
2. I was so glad to hear neither of you remembered where the Mr. Poopy Butthole saga left off. I too was clueless during the close. I gotta go back (or I will just wait for Unity to chime in during the next podcast).

• Thanks for all you do!
• 100 Years!
• Rob Robert Roberts
• (j/k, it's ONLY Rob Roberts, as if that isn't ridiculous enough on its own, haha!)
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"Field of Dreams" is our season finale and there's a LOT to unpack, broh!

Semi Pertinent News

• President Curtis - Panel
• Rick and Morty Panel
• Adult Swim on the Green

MAIN THANG - S9E10 - Field of Dreams

Episode Details

• Air Date: 7/26/2026
• Written by: Heather Anne Campbell & Jess Lacher
• Directed by: Eugene Huang
• Guest Stars: Malin Ackerman

Broh-nopsis: Tom Sawyer, broh.

Our Synopsis: A lot to unpack in this one broh

Discussion

• Title Reference: Field of Dreams
• Themes (A/B Plot)
• The grass isn't always greener
• Rick's genius is stunted by an ordinary life
• An interesting end to a season that really explores Rick's relationship with addiction
• Favorite Bits
• Best/Worst Parts

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We got an early look at some of the upcoming Rick and Morty spinoff, President Curtis

Semi Pertinent News

• President Curtis - July 26th
• Reddit Marder and Levy AMA on the 21st at 1230 Pacific
• Adult Swim on the Green

 

MAIN THANG - President Curtis!

Discussion:

• First 3 episodes
• How it's different from Rick and Morty
• The writing and the animation
• Will fans like it?

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