Rick and Morty
The Adult Swim mainstay found its footing with new confidence in its sixth season, spending time smartly dissecting itself by ripping into story tropes and its own established canon, including an entire “meta” episode. But it also delivered the kind of storytelling that fans have come to expect, walking the line between juvenile and brilliant at all times. Rivers of pee and dick jokes shared screen time with surprisingly profound explorations of identity, regret, and the crushing burden of facing up to one’s responsibilities.
