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Rick and Morty try pulling off a smooth robbery on a cryosleep ship in Season 8 Episode 5, but things go down with them being wildly out of control. The vault turns out to be empty, there is chaos all over, and the real culprits are already gone.
What follows is an absoloute ridiculous chase throughout space, wrong identities, and perhaps one of the show's most layered episodes this season.
Let's break it all down.
A sleepy spaceship, a shiny vault, and an explosive mistake in Rick and Morty Season 8 Episode 5:
Rick and Morty are in a mid-space joyride when they stumble across a ship filled with sleeping aliens. They are in cryosleep after ruining their own planet, and Rick sees a golden opportunity: Steal the ship's powerful Hypercore from its locked vault before anyone wakes up.
Morty is unsure but tags along. As Rick starts placing explosives, Morty panics and accidentally triggers the charges, setting off alarms. The explosion wakes the aliens,. forcing the duo to scramble for cover. Their last-minute disguise? Fake ears to blend in with the ship's passengers.
They climb into empty cryopods, unknowingly assuming identities of real ship residents. Rick ends up posing as a snobby couple's kid named Jimmy, while Morty finds himself stuck among the overworked lower class aliens known as the Makees.
Now pretending to be a janitor called Guffy, Morty tries to stay out of trouble but is quickly dragged into something bigger than he signed up for.
Two lives, two lies — Rick gets pampered while Morty starts a rebellion
Then, in Rick and Morty Season 8, Episode 5, Rick lucks out. His fake parents, Doug and Karen, think their son has aged overnight and start treating him like a precious child with little time left.
He soaks it in — fancy meals, emotional support, and even a "manhood" ceremony that could get him a vault key. Meanwhile, he secretly tries to find a way back into that sealed vault.
Morty, though, has it rough. The aliens he is stuck with are treated like dirt by the upper class, who control them with behavior-altering chips. The Makees think Morty is Guffy, a grumpy janitor, and when they see he doesn't have a chip, they believe he is rebelling. One thing leads to another, and Morty accidentally becomes the face of a full-blown uprising.
Before long, the Makees tear out their chips, rally behind him, and prepare to flip the power system upside down.
Just when Rick's fake manhood ceremony is about to happen, Morty's new "army" charges in. Rick grabs his pretend parents and uses Doug's access to get into the vault... only to discover it is already empty.
A race for riches, real identities revealed, and one monkey with a winning hand
Once it is clear someone beat them to the loot, blame spreads fast. Both social groups on the ship — the rich Takees and the working class Makees — turn on Rick and Morty, thinking they are the thieves.
However, when they pull up security logs, it turns out the real Jimmy and Guffy robbed the vault before anyone even woke up and took off for a casino planet. Everyone else had been duped.
Later in this episode of Season 8, Rick and Morty join a chaotic race through space, chasing after the true culprits and what's left of the vault's treasures. The aliens throw themselves into the hunt, greed taking over logic. In a final standoff, Rick and Morty confront Jimmy and Guffy on their getaway ship.
Things go sideways again, and Morty ends up flushing the loot — and Guffy — out into space.
Even after all that, the aliens don't give up. Their thirst for riches drives them to deadly extremes, battling each other in space for whatever's left. In the end, Rick installs compliance chips in everyone's necks and sends the remaining aliens toward a new home.
Doug and Karen are still touched by Rick's kindness and go back into cryosleep, calling him a better son than their real one ever was.
Rick and Morty Season 8 Episode 5 dives into family, greed, and chaos — wrapped in sci-fi weirdness.
The biggest twist? It's a monkey named New Lizzy who walks away richer than everyone else, winning millions in poker.
The episode shows how far people will go for wealth, but also reminds us that in space, nothing ever goes to plan.
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