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A full day of Rick and Morty-related teases and jokes on Twitter ended with a nice April Fool's surprise from Adult Swim on Saturday: The complete first episode of the animated series' upcoming third season. As of press time, it's playing over and over at Adult Swim's default live-streaming site. (Update: Readers are noting that it's also airing on the TV version of Adult Swim/Cartoon Network this evening, though channel guides have mis-advertised its listing.)

Much like the second season's premiere, this episode is built to resolve the prior season's cliffhanger arc, and that may make it a confusing episode for anybody unfamiliar with the show. (If you've never watched the bonkers sci-fi cartoon series, head to Hulu to binge, post-haste.) Series fans, on the other hand, can look forward to a nice mix of deep-lore reveals and out-of-nowhere weirdness.

You'll likely land on the video stream in the middle of the episode. I think that's a fine enough way to start watching; like most good Rick and Morty episodes, this one is packed with enough quick-fire content to be rewarding upon a second viewing. Szechuan sauce, Nathan Fillion, and "the darkest year of our adventures" await. Adult Swim announced that the third season will formally premiere "this summer."

Update: The stream has since been replaced with this every-episode-ever stream of the full series, though it's unclear how long that will last.

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