Being a “Rick and Morty” fan is a sort of exquisite torture, in several ways. For one thing, merely watching this outlandish animated Adult Swim series can hurt the brain. The tales of Rick, a crazed scientific genius, his grandson Morty, and their travels through space and time move so quickly and are such a mishmash of physics, pseudoscientific jargon and pop-culture references that merely keeping up is heavy mental exercise. But another part of the torture is waiting for new episodes; the seasons tend to be rather widely spaced out.

The series began in 2013, but it’s only just now getting around to starting Season 3, with the premiere on Sunday, July 30. (Whether to ease fans’ anxiety or just torment them further, the show’s creators, Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland, sprang an early release of an episode, “The Rickshank Rickdemption,” on April Fools’ Day.) The season premiere continues the movie references; it’s called “Rickmancing the Stone.”