‘Rick and Morty’ Season 7 Proves the Show Works Just Fine Without Justin Roiland
variety.comAlison Herman TV Critic Season 7 of “Rick and Morty” is the first volume of the Adult Swim animated sitcom, a “Back to the Future” riff tracking the adventures of a mad scientist and his bumbling grandson, not to star co-creator Justin Roiland as the voice of both title characters.
The network fired Roiland in January after the actor was charged with domestic violence; though the charges have since been dropped, an NBC News report last month alleged a pattern of inappropriate sexual conduct.
In between, the roles of Rick and Morty were recast with soundalikes Ian Cardoni and Harry Belden, a monthslong saga that culminated with the debut of a Roiland-free show on Sunday.
All this behind-the-scenes upheaval might suggest “Rick and Morty” would return a markedly different show. But “How Poopy Got His Poop Back” is almost pointedly normal, collecting various fixtures of the “Rick and Morty” universe — not just Rick and Morty themselves, but also Birdperson (co-creator Dan Harmon), Squanchy (Tom Kenny) and Gearhead (Scott Chernoff) — in order to show how much remains unchanged, from the larger ensemble to the juvenile potty humor.
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