‘Rick and Morty’ Season 9 Episode 9 Release Date and Time Confirmed as Salute Your Morts Approaches

Adult Swim’s flagship animated series is closing in on the end of its ninth run, and fans are already counting down to the next new installment. The ninth episode of the season, titled Salute Your Morts, is the 90th episode of the series overall and carries a TV-MA-LV rating.

The episode arrives at a point in the season where the show has been leaning into standalone stories rather than long serialized arcs, and this outing appears to split its focus between two separate family storylines happening at once.

When Rick and Morty Season 9 Episode 9 Release Date Lands

Salute Your Morts is scheduled to premiere on July 19, 2026. The episode is confirmed to air on Sunday, July 19, 2026 at 11 p.m. Eastern time, with a runtime of roughly 30 minutes. That places the ninth episode one week after ‘Rick and Morty’ aired ‘Rickuiem Mort a Dream,’ and one week ahead of the tenth and final episode of the season.

The episode’s story is credited to Nick Rutherford, with the teleplay written by Albro Lundy and Jax Ball. The season as a whole has stuck to a consistent weekly cadence since its debut, and there is no indication that this episode will break from that pattern.

Season 9 premiered on Adult Swim on May 24, 2026, with new episodes releasing weekly on Sundays at 11 p.m. Eastern, and the season is set to wrap on July 26, 2026. That makes ‘Salute Your Morts’ the second to last chapter of the season before the finale closes things out.

What Salute Your Morts Has in Store

The official synopsis for the episode reads that Morty and Summer go to camp while Beth and Jerry stay home alone. It is a simple premise on paper, splitting the Smith family into two separate storylines rather than sending the whole household on one shared adventure.

That kind of structure would not be unusual for ‘Rick and Morty,’ which has used similar family split episodes in past seasons to explore different characters without needing Rick or Morty at the center of every scene. Given the title’s playful riff on military phrasing, there is likely to be some kind of exaggerated, over the top take on the summer camp experience once Morty and Summer arrive.

Meanwhile, Beth and Jerry being left to their own devices at home suggests the episode may dig into their marriage or parenting dynamic without the chaos of interdimensional travel pulling focus. Adult Swim has not released a longer official description beyond the brief teaser line, so much of what unfolds will remain a surprise until the episode actually airs.

The episode’s characters are listed as Morty Smith, Jerry Smith, Summer Smith, Beth Smith, and Principal Vagina, a recurring figure from the show’s earlier seasons. His inclusion hints that at least part of the episode may circle back to familiar ‘Rick and Morty’ side characters rather than introducing an entirely new cast for the camp setting.

Streaming on HBO Max and Hulu

For viewers who prefer to catch up outside of a live Adult Swim broadcast, ‘Rick and Morty’ remains available through two major streaming platforms. New episodes have been streaming weekly on HBO Max and Hulu in the United States starting June 15, 2026, a notably shorter turnaround than fans have dealt with in past seasons.

That said, the streaming rollout has not been instantaneous. Episodes have generally been hitting HBO Max and Hulu on roughly a three week delay after their initial Adult Swim broadcast. Based on that pattern, viewers who watch through streaming rather than live television should expect ‘Salute Your Morts’ to land on those platforms several weeks after its July 19 premiere.

Showrunner Scott Marder has been vocal about wanting that gap to shrink further. He told TheWrap that he and the production team have been actively trying to reduce the streaming delay, saying he does not see the benefit of the current distribution model. International viewers have it a bit easier, as the season has been streaming weekly on HBO Max throughout Europe starting May 25, 2026, just one day after the show’s original American premiere.

For anyone without a subscription to either platform, Adult Swim’s own cable broadcast remains the fastest way to see each episode the moment it airs on Sunday nights.

The Season Finale Comes Into View

With ‘Salute Your Morts’ airing next, only one episode will remain in Season 9 once it wraps. The season finale, titled Field of Dreams, is set to air on July 26 and follows Rick Sanchez arriving at his daughter’s doorstep after twenty years away, setting up a lab in the garage and taking his grandson on new adventures across the universe.

The larger picture for ‘Rick and Morty’ extends well past this season. Adult Swim renewed the series through a tenth season back in 2023 and then extended that order through a twelfth season in 2024, a commitment that keeps the show running through at least 2029. That long runway gives the current stretch of episodes room to experiment without the pressure of a series ending soon.

Critical reaction to the season has been mixed but largely positive so far. One review praised how no episode this season feels like a repeat of something from a previous run, while another noted that the standalone stories remain interesting and funny even when the season’s broader experiment does not always land. Not every fan has agreed, with some vocal viewers online expressing frustration that the show has lost some of its earlier spark.

There is also a connected project premiering the same week as the finale. A President Curtis spinoff series is slated to premiere later in July 2026, expanding the ‘Rick and Morty’ universe beyond the flagship show. Whether that project ties directly into anything happening in ‘Salute Your Morts’ or the season finale remains to be seen.

As Morty and Summer head off to camp and Beth and Jerry are left alone with the house to themselves, how do you think this split storyline structure will play out for the Smith family this time around.