If you've ever watched the absurd comedic sci-fi cartoon "Rick and Morty," you've realized that it isn't quite like your average cartoon. For the uneducated, the show follows the adventures of Rick, an alcoholic scientist, and his grandson, Morty, as they navigate their family life and intergalactic travel. Peppered with offensive language and dark themes, the show has gained a serious cult following since its conception in 2013, despite lots of fake news suggesting that long-awaited season three was actually canceled. In a string of tweets from the show's co-creator Dan Harmon, he explained that the nearly two-year delay between seasons two and three is much less dramatic interesting than we all might have imagined.

Despite being TV geniuses, Dan Harmon and co-creator Justin Roiland are just regular guys worried about not living up to the expectations they created for themselves. As the show illustrates through Rick and Morty's antics, lessons aren't always learned by the end of an episode. If there is a lesson at all, sometimes it's that things don't always work out or aren't going to go back to the way they used to be. It's a refreshing message for those of us constantly being told by an older generation who ruined our future that, "Things will be okay! Keep trying!" "Rick and Morty" definitely doesn't spew some kind of idealized version of life to its audience of children and adults alike.Not many cartoons serve to embrace the very real possibility that no matter how hard you work or how smart you are, there are no guarantees of happiness or success in life. It may seem cynical to some, but for a sci-fi show to help its viewers come to such realizations surpasses the expectations we have for the creators of a cartoon.

Harmon and Roiland welcome anyone willing to come along for the wild ride, but they should be warned that it won’t always be fun. You're gonna get smacked with some hard truths. Some episodes will have you thinking about the meaning of your life and life itself for days after viewing. If you’re not okay with that, then you won't be okay with "Rick and Morty." But then again, life is challenging, so maybe your cartoons should be too. As Morty puts it himself, life is kind of meaningless anyway.

While "Rick and Morty" can be a little heavy to unwind to at the end of the day, some of us, myself included, like to watch programming that can cover dismal life lessons and fart jokes all in one twenty-two minute episode. I'm sure season three will be everything we've hoped for and more, and if it isn't — well, that's probably just another life lesson.