Adult Swim's seemingly overnight success story of Rick And Morty is truly a blessing. The show follows a fourteen year old boy (Morty) and his adventures with his alcoholic, nihilistic grandfather (Rick) as they explore various alternate universes as well as patches of the universe. Easily climbing my list of top 10 shows, Rick and Morty is raunchy, it's crude, and all around brilliant. The show entertains the ideas of cosmic horror, that instead of the universe revolving around humanity; that humans are a speck of dust in the grand scheme of things. The "speck of dust," concept applies not only to humans, but various alien life forms as well.

My personal favorite species would be the Meeseeks. The Meeseeks are summoned by an artifact called the Meeseeks box, a simple push to conjure box. The Meeseeks have only one task, assisting whoever summons them into the world. Upon completion of this task, they die. Poof. Gone. The Mr. Meeseeks literally are born to serve, then to die. Typically existing for just under a few hours, in the episode "Meeseeks and Destroy" we see the Meeseeks being alive for 2 days; something they equate to an eternity. Now with the Meeseeks race, the longer they are alive, the faster they lose sanity. They appear disheveled and stressed, even having bloodshot eyes for being alive than more than one hour. Mr. Meeseeks even rally to kill one of their summoners because they could not take "2 strokes off his golf game." The Mr. Meeseeks are an interesting bunch, but what does any of this mean?

My interpretation of the Mr. Meeseeks race is a metaphor to the idea of the "rat race," caused by capitalism. Many millennials can relate to this, as their burdens of student loans and their American dreams wide in their eyes force them to wake up, go to the office, go home, and repeat.The Meeseeks are summoned, they do their task, and then they die. It's simple, it's easy, and all around does not require much thought. The same holds true with the idea of capitalism in America. Not every entrepreneur is going to be the next Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, so we need the little guy. Someone has to man the desks, we need an average Joe for trash duty, and we especially need a little Tommy to grow up and deliver mail. The Meeseeks represent these less than successful, less glamorous positions. The Meeseeks are stepping stones to achieve someone else's dreams, something that is alive in modern day capitalism.The big guy symbolizes those who press the button on the Meeseeks Box, those who summon the new little guy in order to fulfill their task, to further their dreams. For humanity, not everyone will succeed to have their dreams fulfilled, usually the opposite. The Meeseeks do not get to die until the fulfill someone else's wishes. Sure, in a capitalist society you can die whenever you feel like, but even death is expensive. Funerals cost money, a casket costs money, even the funeral hall contributes to the $$$. If you aren't running the rat race, someone else is doing it in your place.

All in all, Rick and Morty is a show worth seeing. The beauty of Rick and Morty is that the show is able to be taken at two values. Sure you can take the crude humor at face value with characters such as Mr. PoopyButthole, or you can read further into it. I implore you, watch this show. It's big, it's based in a deep universe full of diverse characters, such as Bird Person and Abradolf Lincler, and season 3 will be here soon!