In Rick and Morty season 7 episode 8, Morty joins Water-T and Goldenford in the war between the Numbericons and the Alphabetrians.
Recap
With the Numbericons invading his planet, Water-T loses his father, who gives him a pendant called the “I of Harmony” before he hits the bucket. Sinistar-7 gives chase but Water-T manages to flee to Earth.
He’s there to get help from his former Math teacher, Mr. Goldenford, to help solve the equation written over the I of Harmony. Morty is in detention so he gets pulled into this war when Sinistar-7 follows Water-T to Earth and all leave for the planet E-10.
That’s the planet where, as legends would have it, the God of Letters first created them. They all arrive on the planet crashing, along with Sinistar-7. They meet the tribe of the scribbles and squiggly doodles.
Sinistar-7 and Water-T eventually go through their enemies-to-lovers arc and passions arise. However, when Sinistar-7’s father Emperor Dreadnaught arrives, everything changes. Water-T is robbed of the I of Harmony.
Unexpectedly, the Dreadnaught’s mole living amid the Letters, Number 8 takes the I of the Harmony for himself and unleashes it to become infinity himself. He soon disposes of Dreadnaught and makes Sinistar-7 his general.
Mad with power, he kills both Letters and Numbericons. His genocide is stopped by Water-T, who becomes Magma-T when his father’s ghost bestows upon him his power.
Using his union with Sinistar-7, Magma-T activates I of the Harmony and defeats Infinity. Peace is restored and the new alliance between the Letters and Numbericons gives rise to the Alphanumericons.
Review
- The double entendres are funny in this one and it’s a nice change of pace to not have Rick and Morty both be involved in an adventure. In fact, Morty doesn’t really do all that, other than find a love for mathematics.
- Will Morty’s newfound love for mathematics stick to the canon and possibly add to his character development? Only time will tell.
- Ice-T does a great bit of voice acting here and manages to be pretty funny even outside of the material he’s given to work with.
- It’s also great to see the continuation of a story that viewers last saw back in Rick and Morty season 2.
