Summer takes a job at "Needful Things," an antique shop run by Mr. Needful (revealed to be the Devil, voiced by Alfred Molina ). The shop gives away items that fulfill desires but carry ironic, tragic curses. Finding the premise "hackneyed," Rick opens a competing shop, Curse Purge Plus! , where he uses science to neutralize the curses for a fee, effectively putting the Devil out of business.
This was the first episode written by Mike McMahan , who later became the show's Story Producer and went on to create Solar Opposites and Star Trek: Lower Decks . "Rick and Morty" Something Ricked This Way Come...
is the ninth episode of the first season of the animated sci-fi sitcom Rick and Morty . It first aired on March 24, 2014 , on Adult Swim . Core Narrative Summary Summer takes a job at "Needful Things," an
The episode features the debut of the "Butter Robot," which discovers its sole purpose is to pass butter and immediately falls into existential despair. Finding the premise "hackneyed," Rick opens a competing