Over three seasons, Rick and Morty has show us some horrifying creatures, from the disgusting Cronenbergs to the terrifying Cthulhu that stalks its intro credits. But nothing it’s shown us to date has been more monstrous than what nature herself allowed to buzz out of her weird womb: wasps.
[Mild spoilers for the Season 4 premiere of Rick and Morty follow.]
Oh, yes. Season 4 of Rick and Morty has kicked off with an A-tier offering of black and gold–striped death. “Edge of Tomorty: Rick Die Rickpeat” wants you to have nightmares, and those nightmares will be made of wasps.
Oh, yes. We get a whole wasp Smith and Sanchez family, and they are metal as hell because wasps are metal as hell. They are deadly aliens made of murder come to haunt planet Earth!
Wait, you thought wasps were just pesky? Oh, no. They’re oblivion on wings! They have a near-endless supply of poison in their stingers which, unlike bees’ stingers, don’t fall off! They prefer to eat their prey alive, or to lay their eggs in that living prey so their larvae can finish the job!
I mean, just look at all these messed-up things:
These wasps are massive and kill scores of humans a year!
These wasps turn cockroaches into zombies!
These wasps lay eggs inside caterpillars for their larvae to eat alive!
This video gets it! Wasps are aliens! Like, Alien aliens! Which is probably why they finally ended up on Rick and Morty, out alien-ing the alien-est of aliens. Maybe the show will surprise us and bring something even unspeakable to the table later this season. In the meantime, we’re hiring an exterminator. Just to be sure.
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