document_title: 1986 World Series

question_text: who started game 7 of the 1986 world series

question_tokens: who started game 7 of the 1986 world series

text: 1986 World Series

text: Background[edit]

text: New York Mets[edit]

text: The New York Mets finished the regular season with a franchise-best record of 108–54, winning the National League East division by 21 1⁄2 games over the division rival Philadelphia Phillies.[6][7][8] They then won a tightly contested 1986 National League Championship Series against the Houston Astros, 4 games to 2, clinching the series with a 7-6, 16-inning win in Game 6. On July 19, Mets' infielder Tim Teufel and pitchers Rick Aguilera, Bobby Ojeda, and Ron Darling were arrested after fighting with policemen outside a bar in Houston. Just three days later, the Mets played a game in Cincinnati that saw Ray Knight, Darryl Strawberry, and Kevin Mitchell get ejected, forcing starting catcher Gary Carter to play third base and the Mets to play a pitcher in the outfield, with lefty Jesse Orosco and right-hander Roger McDowell alternating between the pitcher's mound and the outfield as needed. Despite the adversity, the Mets won the game, 6-3 in 14 innings, on a three-run homer by Howard Johnson.[9]

text: Boston Red Sox[edit]

text: Boston went 95–66 during the season, winning the American League East division by 5 1⁄2 games over their biggest nemesis, the New York Yankees.[10]   The gritty play of eventual ALCS MVP Marty Barrett and Rich Gedman; clutch hitting from veterans Jim Rice, Wade Boggs, Don Baylor, Dwight Evans and Dave Henderson; and quality starting pitching, especially from 1986 American League MVP and Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens, Bruce Hurst and Oil Can Boyd, pushed the Red Sox to the World Series. The team's defining moment occurred in Game 5 of the 1986 American League Championship Series against the California Angels. With the Angels leading three games to one in the best-of-seven series and their top reliever Donnie Moore on the mound, the Sox needed a last-out miracle home run from Henderson to survive Game 5; they later loaded the bases and got the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly from Henderson off Moore in the eleventh. The Angels never recovered from this blow, and with Boston capitalizing on some defensive miscues by the Angels, and clutch performances by some of their big name players (namely Rice and Clemens in the deciding game), the Red Sox clinched the pennant with a seven-game win.

text: Summary[edit]

text: NL New York Mets (4) beat AL Boston Red Sox (3)

text:
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance

1
October 18
Boston Red Sox – 1, New York Mets – 0
Shea Stadium
2:59
55,076[11]

2
October 19
Boston Red Sox – 9, New York Mets – 3
Shea Stadium
3:36
55,063[12]

3
October 21
New York Mets – 7, Boston Red Sox – 1
Fenway Park
2:58
33,595[13]

4
October 22
New York Mets – 6, Boston Red Sox – 2
Fenway Park
3:22
33,920[14]

5
October 23
New York Mets – 2, Boston Red Sox – 4
Fenway Park
3:09
34,010[15]

6
October 25
Boston Red Sox – 5, New York Mets – 6 (10 innings)
Shea Stadium
4:02
55,078[16]

7
October 27†
Boston Red Sox – 5, New York Mets – 8
Shea Stadium
3:11
55,032[17]

text: †: postponed from October 26 due to rain

text: Matchups[edit]

text: Game 1[edit]

text:
SATURDAY, October 18, 1986 8:30 pm (ET) at Shea Stadium in Queens, New York

Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E

Boston
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
5
0

New York
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
1

WP: Bruce Hurst (1–0)   LP: Ron Darling (0–1)   Sv: Calvin Schiraldi (1)

text: In the opener, Boston's Bruce Hurst dazzled the New Yorkers with his looping curve and forkball, allowing only four hits over eight innings, and getting Ray Knight to ground into an inning-ending double play to escape trouble in the bottom of the sixth inning. New York's Ron Darling was equally effective, yielding only an unearned run in the seventh inning when Mets second baseman Tim Teufel committed an error eerily similar to the one committed by Félix Millán in Game 1 of the 1973 World Series that allowed two unearned runs to score in Oakland's 2–1 victory over the Mets. Red Sox closer Calvin Schiraldi walked Darryl Strawberry to lead off the bottom of the ninth inning, giving Mets fans visions of a rally.  However, Schiraldi got Ray Knight to force Strawberry at second base, and got Wally Backman to fly out to left field.  With two outs, Danny Heep was called upon to bat for weak-hitting shortstop Rafael Santana.  Schiraldi worked him to a 2–2 count, and got Heep to swing at the last pitch for a strikeout and a save.

text: Just as they did in the League Championship Series against Houston, the Mets opened the series with a 1–0 defeat. (Mets legend Tom Seaver, as a member of the Red Sox, got a large standing ovation from the Shea Stadium fans during the Game 1 introductions. Seaver did not pitch in the series because of injury.)

text: Game 2[edit]

text:
Sunday, October 19, 1986 8:25 pm (ET) at Shea Stadium in Queens, New York

Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E

Boston
0
0
3
1
2
0
2
0
1
9
18
0

New York
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
8
1

WP: Steve Crawford (1–0)   LP: Dwight Gooden (0–1)   Sv: Bob Stanley (1)Home runs:BOS: Dave Henderson (1), Dwight Evans (1)NYM: None

text: After dropping the first game, the Mets turned to young phenom Dwight Gooden in what figured to be a classic matchup with Boston's own young pitching sensation Roger Clemens. That duel did not materialize, as neither pitcher went beyond five innings.  The Red Sox drew first blood in the top of the third inning, when after a leadoff walk to Spike Owen, Keith Hernandez fielded a Clemens bunt, but threw it away trying to catch Owen at second base.  This was costly, as Wade Boggs drove in Owen with a double, Marty Barrett drove in Clemens with a single, and Bill Buckner drove in Boggs with a single to give the Sox a 3–0 lead.

text: The Mets struck back in the bottom half of the inning, putting runners on second and third base for Wally Backman.  Backman grounded one up the middle, plating Rafael Santana, and Hernandez grounded out, allowing Gooden to score and bring the Mets within one run.  However, Dave Henderson, the hero of the ALCS, drove the second pitch from Gooden in the top of the fourth inning to left-center field for a home run.  Dwight Evans followed with a two-run home run in the top of the fifth inning, bringing the score to 6–2.

text: Although Clemens had a comfortable lead going into the bottom of the fifth inning, he was pulled in favor of Steve Crawford after facing three batters, leaving runners on the corners.  Crawford promptly gave up a single to Gary Carter that sent Backman home, cutting the lead to three runs.  Crawford struck out Darryl Strawberry and got Danny Heep to ground out to quash any threat, but this left Clemens ineligible to receive a decision in the game.

text: Gooden was gone after five innings, being relieved by Rick Aguilera in the sixth inning.  Aguilera loaded the bases in the seventh inning, and after consecutive RBI singles by Henderson and Owen, was pulled in favor of Jesse Orosco, who shut down the Red Sox over the next two innings.

text: The Red Sox were not done, however.  Facing Sid Fernandez, pitching in relief with runners on first and second base in the ninth inning, Boggs drove in Henderson with a double to make the score 9–3.  The Mets were unable to recover from this deficit, and took the loss, giving Boston a 2–0 advantage heading to Fenway Park.

text: Game 3[edit]

text:
Tuesday, October 21, 1986 8:30 pm (ET) at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts

Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E

New York
4
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
7
13
0

Boston
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
5
0

WP: Bob Ojeda (1–0)   LP: Oil Can Boyd (0–1)Home runs:NYM: Lenny Dykstra (1)BOS: None

text: The Mets bounced back from their early-series sluggishness in the top of the first inning, when Lenny Dykstra led off with a home run to give the Mets an early lead. After two singles, Gary Carter followed with an RBI double, and Danny Heep drove in two runners with a single to give the Mets a 4–0 lead in the first inning. After the rocky start, Red Sox starter Oil Can Boyd settled down, but Bob Ojeda pitched well and Boston was unable to overcome their early deficit. In his first at bat in the World Series, Don Baylor almost homered in the second inning but it turned out to be a double off the Green Monster.

text: Ojeda gave up an RBI single to Marty Barrett in the bottom of the third inning, but this would prove to be the only Boston run of the game.  Carter drove in two runners with a bases-loaded single in the seventh inning, and Ray Knight drove in Darryl Strawberry, who singled and moved to third on two wild pitches, with a double in the eighth inning off of Joe Sambito.  Roger McDowell pitched the final two frames to seal a 7–1 Mets victory.

text: Game 4[edit]

text:
Wednesday, October 22, 1986 8:25 pm (ET) at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts

Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E

New York
0
0
0
3
0
0
2
1
0
6
12
0

Boston
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
7
1

WP: Ron Darling (1–1)   LP: Al Nipper (0–1)   Sv: Jesse Orosco (1)Home runs:NYM: Gary Carter 2 (2), Lenny Dykstra (2)BOS: None

text: Ron Darling faced off against Al Nipper, as the Mets looked to tie the Series.  Neither starter allowed a run until the top of the fourth inning, when Gary Carter ripped a two-run home run over the Green Monster and Ray Knight drove in Darryl Strawberry, who doubled after the home run, with a single.  Lenny Dykstra came through with a two-run home run of his own in the top of the seventh inning, and Carter hit a shot in the top of the eighth inning, both off of Steve Crawford.

text: The Red Sox did not go quietly, scoring two runs on a Dwight Evans single after a double and a Dave Henderson sacrifice fly after a single in the eighth inning off of Roger McDowell, but it was not enough, and the Mets evened the series at two games apiece.

text: Game 5[edit]

text:
Thursday, October 23, 1986 8:35 pm (ET) at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts

Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E

New York
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
10
1

Boston
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
X
4
12
0

WP: Bruce Hurst (2–0)   LP: Dwight Gooden (0–2)Home runs:NYM: Tim Teufel (1)BOS: None

text: The Red Sox struck first in the second when Dave Henderson doubled with one out off of Dwight Gooden and scored on Spike Owen's sacrifice fly. Dwight Evans's RBI single next inning with two on made it 2–0 Red Sox. In the fifth, Jim Rice hit a leadoff triple and scored on Don Baylor's single. After Evans singled, Sid Fernandez relieved Gooden and allowed an RBI double to Henderson. Bruce Hurst pitched 7 1/3 shutout innings before Tim Teufel's home run in the eighth put the Mets on the board. In the ninth, Mookie Wilson doubled with two outs and scored on Rafael Santana's single before Hurst struck out Lenny Dykstra to end the game as the Red Sox's 4–2 gave them a 3–2 series lead heading back to New York.

text: Game 6[edit]

text:
Saturday, October 25, 1986 8:25 pm (ET) at Shea Stadium in Queens, New York

Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
R
H
E

Boston
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
5
13
3

New York
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
3
6
8
2

WP: Rick Aguilera (1–0)   LP: Calvin Schiraldi (0–1)Home runs:BOS: Dave Henderson (2)NYM: None

text: In Game 6,[18] Boston took a quick 2–0 lead on RBI base hits from Dwight Evans and Marty Barrett. The Mets tied the score in the fifth inning on a single from Ray Knight and a run-scoring double play by Danny Heep (his last at-bat ever as a Met). An error by Knight led to Barrett scoring in the seventh to give Boston a 3–2 lead.

text: In the top of the eighth, the Red Sox had Dave Henderson on second with one out. Manager John McNamara sent rookie Mike Greenwell to pinch hit for Roger Clemens in an effort to match Greenwell, a left-handed batter, against the Mets' dominant short-relief man Roger McDowell even as righty slugger Don Baylor sat on the bench; Greenwell struck out and the Sox scored no runs that inning. It was initially said that Clemens was removed from the game due to a blister forming on one of his fingers, but both he and McNamara dispute this. Clemens said to Bob Costas on an MLB Network program concerning the 1986 postseason that McNamara decided to pull him despite Clemens wanting to pitch. McNamara said to Costas that Clemens "begged out" of the game. At the time of the move, McNamara had closer Calvin Schiraldi throwing in the bullpen. On that same program, Schiraldi and Game 5 winner Bruce Hurst contended that McNamara had already made the decision to remove Clemens as Schiraldi began getting ready in the seventh inning.[19]

text: Whatever the reasoning behind the decision was, McNamara called upon his closer Schiraldi in the bottom of the eighth inning for a potential two-inning save. Lee Mazzilli, pinch hitting for Jesse Orosco, who recorded the final out of the eighth, led off the inning with a single. Lenny Dykstra then reached on an attempted sacrifice to put two runners on. Wally Backman followed with another bunt to move Mazzilli and Dykstra into scoring position, and Schiraldi intentionally walked Keith Hernandez to load the bases for Gary Carter. Schiraldi ran up a 3-0 count on Carter, but Carter swung at the next pitch and flied to left, deep enough to score Mazzilli and tie the game. With Dykstra now on third, Darryl Strawberry stood in with a chance to drive in the go-ahead run. Instead, Strawberry flied out to end the inning.

text: The Mets made a double switch in the top of the ninth, with Mazzilli taking Strawberry's spot in right field while Rick Aguilera came in to face Jim Rice, Evans and Rich Gedman. After striking out Rice, Aguilera saw shortstop Kevin Elster misplay the ball at shortstop and allow Evans to reach base. He escaped trouble when Gedman grounded to Backman, who turned a double play with Elster and Hernandez to keep the game tied.

text: Schiraldi returned to the mound for the Red Sox trying to keep the score even and atone for his blown save. After Knight walked, Mookie Wilson laid down a sacrifice bunt that Gedman threw wide of second in an attempt to get Knight, putting the winning run in scoring position with nobody out. This time, the Mets could not get a run in off Schiraldi as Howard Johnson, pinch hitting for Elster, struck out. Mazzilli and Dykstra then flied out for the remaining two outs, sending the game into extra innings.

text: In the top of the tenth inning, the Red Sox were to send Henderson and Spike Owen to lead off the inning with the pitcher's spot due third. Henderson hit Aguilera's second pitch of the inning out of the park for a 4-3 Boston edge. Aguilera struck Owen out, and McNamara elected to send Schiraldi to bat where he too struck out. Aguilera then gave up a double to Wade Boggs and a single to Barrett, which scored another run and gave Boston a 5-3 lead.

text: With Barrett now on second after advancing on a throw to the plate, McNamara made another strategic play and kept first baseman  Bill Buckner in the game to bat. Aguilera proceeded to hit Buckner with a pitch, but was able to get Rice to fly out to end the threat.

text: McNamara's moves were later questioned. Schiraldi would be at least sent out to start his third inning of work, which was not unusual in that Schiraldi had averaged more than two innings pitched over the course of his 51 appearances in 1986. However, he had spent much of that time as a middle reliever and setup man for Bob Stanley and had inherited the closer role near the end of the season.[20]

text: The move to leave Schiraldi in the game, however, was not as widely criticized as the one to leave Buckner in. Buckner had been suffering from ankle problems since requiring two surgeries (one for each ankle) to fix injuries over a decade earlier. The Red Sox acquired Buckner during the 1984 season and used Dave Stapleton, who had been the team's first baseman prior to the acquisition, as a late inning replacement for Buckner. When initially asked why Stapleton stayed on the bench, McNamara said that he felt that Buckner deserved to be on the field if the Red Sox were to hold on and win the game.[21] Stapleton was not happy about remaining on the bench and in 1995, he blasted McNamara in a book written about the '86 Red Sox. McNamara responded in the same 2011 interview with Costas that the real reason why he did not put Stapleton in the game was because Stapleton was known by his teammates as "Shaky", in reference to his lack of stout defensive play.[19]

text: Schiraldi was to face the Mets' 2-3-4 hitters to start the tenth. He retired Backman on a fly to left and Hernandez on a fly to center, and the Red Sox were one out away from their first championship in sixty-eight years. After his out, Hernandez went into the clubhouse and undressed and watched the remainder of the game on a clubhouse TV. Because of a mistake by the scoreboard operator, the words "Congratulations Boston Red Sox, 1986 World Champions" briefly flashed on the scoreboard.[22]

text: With the Mets needing baserunners to stay alive, Carter provided a spark by lining a single into left field. Aguilera's spot was up next due to the double switch and Mets manager Davey Johnson, running low on players, sent someone into the clubhouse to retrieve Kevin Mitchell to pinch hit. Mitchell had gone into the clubhouse after Hernandez recorded the second out, allegedly to book a flight home for later that night.[19] Despite the rush, the rookie utility man came through with a single to bring Knight to the plate. After being brought to his final strike with the first two pitches from Schiraldi, Knight singled on the next pitch, scoring Carter from second with the first run the Mets needed and advancing the speedy Mitchell to third with the tying run.

text: With Mookie Wilson batting and the winning run now on base, McNamara decided that he had seen enough from his closer and brought in Stanley to save the game for Schiraldi. Stanley had yet to allow an earned run in the series to that point and had already faced Wilson three times in the series, retiring him twice. The last time Wilson faced him was in Game 4, and he recorded a single. Stanley got Wilson to keep missing and fouling off pitches, with the count at 2-2 after six pitches. On the next pitch, Stanley threw a breaking ball that swerved inside and skipped in front of Wilson, who fell in the batter's box trying to avoid the ball. From his knees, Wilson signaled to Mitchell to break for home and the rookie scored the tying run without a throw. Knight moved into scoring position on the pitch.

text: Later, Stanley was discovered to potentially have balked on the wild pitch play by failing to come to a stop in his "set" position after starting his motion.

text: Also, Stanley missed a chance to end the game without allowing Mitchell to score. Knight had taken a very large lead and caught the eye of second baseman Marty Barrett, who called several times to his pitcher to make a pickoff throw. Stanley never heard Barrett as he focused squarely on Wilson, and the sellout crowd at Shea Stadium made it nearly impossible to hear anything.

text: On the tenth pitch of the at-bat,[23] Stanley finally got Wilson to put the ball in play, forcing a ground ball to first base. Buckner, who was playing on the lip of the infield to protect against a hit through the first-second base hole, moved over to the foul line to try to field the ball, but it rolled between his legs and into right field. Knight rounded third and scored without a play, and the Mets tied the series at three with their 6-5 victory.

text: The win went to Aguilera, with the loss going to Schiraldi as he was responsible for Mitchell and Knight on base. Schiraldi was also credited with a blown save after giving up the tying runs in the eighth while Stanley was also credited with one for not holding the lead in the tenth.

text: Vin Scully's call of the play on NBC Television would quickly become an iconic one to baseball fans, with the normally calm Scully growing increasingly excited:

text: So the winning run is at second base, with two out, three and two to Mookie Wilson. [A] little roller up along first... behind the bag! It gets through Buckner! Here comes Knight, and the Mets win it!

text: Scully then remained silent for almost two minutes, letting the pictures and the crowd noise tell the story. Scully resumed with:

text: If one picture is worth a thousand words, you have seen about a million words, but more than that, you have seen an absolutely bizarre finish to Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. The Mets are not only alive, they are well, and they will play the Red Sox in Game 7 tomorrow!

text: In the 2011 ESPN Films documentary Catching Hell, Buckner explained how, years after the event, he realized from watching a television replay how he had missed the ball.  He said, when he played in the field, he liked to wear a very loose glove — i.e., one that was floppy.  When he moved to his left to try to field Wilson's grounder and then stopped, the momentum of the leftward-moving loose glove caused the glove to close.  The ball then went just past the right side of the glove.[24]

text: After the Red Sox scored their two runs in the tenth, a vote was taken on who should be considered the MVP of the series. The voters decided to name Bruce Hurst, who had allowed only two runs in seventeen innings pitched in his two games, the MVP if the Red Sox lead was to hold.[25] The award would eventually be presented after Game 7 (see below) to Knight.  Bobby Richardson, who played for the New York Yankees in the 1960 World Series, would remain (and still is, as of  2017[update]) the only World Series MVP from a losing team.

text: After the top of the tenth, NBC began setting up in the visiting clubhouse for what they believed was the inevitable postgame victory celebration. The Commissioner's Trophy had been brought into the Red Sox clubhouse along with several bottles of champagne, and Bob Costas was to preside over the presentation. However, after Stanley's wild pitch in the bottom of the tenth, everything was quickly struck and removed from the room before the Red Sox returned.[19] Costas later recalled the removal of all the equipment for the postgame celebration as being "like a scene change in a Broadway musical. In, out, gone, not a trace."

text: Because it aired on NBC, this game caused the first cancellation of Saturday Night Live, after it went into extra innings; that night's episode – filmed starting at 1:30 AM – aired two weeks later on November 8, with an introduction by Ron Darling, who explained that when they entered the locker room, they were informed that they caused the first delay in SNL's 11-year history (at the time) to their dismay.

text: In 2011, MLB Network ranked this as the third greatest game of the preceding fifty years.[26]

text: Game 7[edit]

text:
Monday, October 27, 1986 8:25 pm (ET) at Shea Stadium in Queens, New York

Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E

Boston
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
5
9
0

New York
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
2
X
8
10
0

WP: Roger McDowell (1–0)   LP: Calvin Schiraldi (0–2)   Sv: Jesse Orosco (2)Home runs:BOS: Dwight Evans (2), Rich Gedman (1)NYM: Ray Knight (1), Darryl Strawberry (1)

text: The seventh and deciding game of the series was scheduled for Sunday night, October 26. However, a drenching rainstorm left the field at Shea Stadium unplayable and the game was postponed to the following night.

text: The scheduled pitching matchup was to pit Ron Darling against Oil Can Boyd. Darling had already made two starts, losing Game 1 and winning Game 4. Boyd had started Game 3 and lost after struggling early by giving up four first inning runs.

text: The postponement, however, gave Red Sox manager John McNamara another option. Unlike the Mets, who had been using a three-man rotation, the Red Sox had used four starters. Since the rainout extended the series by a day, Game 1 and 5 starter Bruce Hurst received an extra day of rest and would be available to start with three days having passed. Since Hurst had done so well to that point — after all, he was set to be named World Series MVP before the Mets rallied to win Game 6 — McNamara chose him over Boyd to start Game 7.

text: After Boyd received word he was not starting the final game of the series, he went down into the visitors' clubhouse and remained in there alone for some time. McNamara dispatched pitching coach Bill Fischer to find Boyd, and when he located him Fischer discovered that Boyd had consumed a great deal of alcohol and was in no condition to function much less play. Fischer moved Boyd into the manager's office where he locked the door and left him for the entire game.[19][27]

text: Boston got to Darling early, recording three second inning runs. Dwight Evans and Rich Gedman hit back to back home runs to lead the inning off and with two out, Wade Boggs drove in Dave Henderson with a single for a 3–0 Red Sox lead. Darling did not pitch as well as he had earlier in the series and was pulled in the fourth inning with two outs and a runner in scoring position. Sid Fernandez came in and after walking Boggs, he was able to retire Marty Barrett on a fly ball to right field. Fernandez then retired the side in order in the fifth and sixth.

text: Still trailing 3–0 and having only one hit to show for their outing so far, the New York bats came alive in the bottom of the sixth against Hurst. After recording the first out, pinch hitter Lee Mazzilli and Mookie Wilson recorded back to back hits and Tim Teufel drew a walk to load the bases. Keith Hernandez singled to drive in Mazzilli and Wilson, and Gary Carter followed with a liner to right that Evans dove to try to catch but could not come up with. Pinch runner Wally Backman, who came in to run for Teufel, scored the tying run but Hernandez, who had to wait and see if the ball was going to be caught by Evans, got a late jump and was thrown out as Evans was able to relay the throw to Spike Owen. Hernandez got into an argument with right field umpire Dale Ford, claiming that his delay in ruling on Evans' play caused him to wait too long before advancing. With two outs, Hurst faced Darryl Strawberry and retired him.

text: Roger McDowell came in to replace Fernandez in the seventh. His first batter was Tony Armas, who pinch hit for Hurst and thus ended his night. After striking him out, McDowell induced Boggs and Barrett to ground out to end the inning. The Red Sox now needed to make a pitching change, and with Boyd in no condition to pitch the bullpen was short-staffed and McNamara called on Calvin Schiraldi, his closer who had lost the previous game after pitching 2.2 innings, to face Ray Knight, Kevin Mitchell, and Rafael Santana with the pitcher's spot due up fourth. Knight greeted Schiraldi with a solo home run to give the Mets their first lead of the game. Lenny Dykstra came in to bat for Mitchell and followed with a single and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Santana then singled to score Dykstra, and after McDowell bunted Santana to second McNamara called on Joe Sambito to face Wilson. After giving Wilson a free pass, Sambito then walked Backman to load the bases for Hernandez. The Mets' captain hit a fly ball to center field that was deep enough to score Santana and advance Wilson to third. Bob Stanley, who allowed the game-winning play in Game 6, was then brought in to face Carter and got him to ground out, but the Mets were now ahead 6-3.

text: Having only one base runner since the third inning, the Red Sox mounted a rally in the top of the eighth. Bill Buckner led off with a single. Jim Rice followed with one, and Evans hit a double after that to drive Buckner and Rice in and cut the lead to one. Davey Johnson brought in Jesse Orosco to try and stop the rally with the tying run now in scoring position. Orosco retired Gedman on a lineout, struck Henderson out, and induced a groundout to pinch hitter Don Baylor to strand Evans in scoring position. McNamara brought in Al Nipper, who started and lost Game 4, to pitch the bottom half. Darryl Strawberry led off with a home run to make the score 7-5. Knight singled and advanced to second on a groundout by Dykstra. Santana was intentionally walked to get to the pitcher's spot, and Orosco helped his cause by initially squaring to bunt, then swinging and singling to center to drive in Knight. Steve Crawford then came in to face Wilson and hit him, loading the bases. Backman then grounded into a force retiring Santana, and Hernandez grounded out and ended the inning.

text: With a three run lead, Orosco took the hill for the ninth facing the top of the Red Sox order. Ed Romero, who replaced Spike Owen at shortstop, was retired on a foul pop. Boggs then grounded out to Backman at second, leaving Marty Barrett as the last hope for the Red Sox. Orosco worked a 2-2 count before getting Barrett to swing and miss to end the game and the series, with the Mets taking the deciding game 8-5. The win went to McDowell, with Schiraldi taking his second consecutive loss. Orosco recorded his second save.

text: After recording the final out, Orosco threw his glove high in the air and immediately dropped to his knees while catcher Gary Carter ran out to the mound to embrace him with the rest of the team following.[28] A famous photo of the celebration was taken by Mets photographer George Kalinsky.[28] For many years, this was the final scene shown during the ending credits of the syndicated Major League Baseball news show This Week in Baseball, and was replaced in 1992 by the final out of the division-clinching victory by the Atlanta Braves in 1991.  And then, the song: "Success" by The Weather Girls was played.

text: This was the Mets' second championship, and their first since 1969. For the city of New York, this was their first World Series championship and their first major professional sports championship since the Yankees won in 1978. For the New York metropolitan area, this was their first major professional sports championship since the New York Islanders swept the 1983 Stanley Cup Finals. The NFL's New York Giants would follow the Mets' World Series triumph by winning Super Bowl XXI at the conclusion of the 1986 NFL season. This was the second time in which the Mets' World Series win was in conjunction with a football championship by a New York team, as the New York Jets (then a member of the AFL) had defeated the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III.

text: Three men who were involved in the final game of the 1969 World Series, played at Shea Stadium, were also on hand for the final game of this World Series, 17 years later, also played at Shea Stadium.  They were: Mets manager Davey Johnson, Red Sox pitcher Tom Seaver, and Mets coach Bud Harrelson.

text: The Yankees themselves would not win another World Series until 1996 (their 23rd win in 34 appearances), ten years after the Mets claimed theirs. Both New York teams played each other in the 2000 "Subway Series", with the Yankees winning four games to one.

text: The Red Sox were the third professional sports team based in the Greater Boston area to compete for a championship in 1986. The NFL's New England Patriots lost to the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XX and the Boston Celtics won the 1986 NBA Finals over the Houston Rockets. This was the last Red Sox loss in a World Series game until Game 2 of the 2013 World Series, when the Red Sox lost 4-2 to the St. Louis Cardinals after 9 consecutive wins in World Series play. Their intervening World Series appearances included their 2004 sweep against the St. Louis Cardinals, ending the Curse of the Bambino, their 2007 sweep against the Colorado Rockies, and their 2013 victory over the Cardinals in six games. The 2013 series marked the first time that the Red Sox won the clinching game at Fenway Park since 1918.

text: As of  2017[update], 1986 marks the most recent time the Red Sox have lost a World Series, as well as the most recent time the Mets have won a World Series.

text: Composite line score[edit]

text: 1986 World Series (4–3): New York Mets (N.L.) beat Boston Red Sox (A.L.)

text:
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
R
H
E

New York Mets
4
0
2
3
3
3
7
6
1
3
32
65
5

Boston Red Sox
1
5
5
1
4
0
4
4
1
2
27
69
4

Total attendance: 321,774   Average attendance: 45,967Winning player's share: $986,254   Losing player's share: $974,986[29]

text: Television ratings[edit]

text: NBC's broadcast of Game 7 (which went up against a Monday Night Football game between the Washington Redskins and New York Giants on ABC) garnered a Nielsen rating of 38.9 and a 55 share, making it the highest-rated single World Series game to date.

text: Series quotes[edit]

text: Vin Scully on NBC Television Game 3 while referencing Oil Can Boyd's performance:

text: The Can is leaking in the first inning.

text: Vin Scully on NBC Television Game 6:

text: So the winning run is at second base, with two outs, three and two to Mookie Wilson. [A] little roller up along first... behind the bag! It gets through Buckner! Here comes Knight, and the Mets win it!

text: Scully then remained silent for more than three minutes, letting the pictures and the crowd noise tell the story. Scully resumed with:

text: Bob Murphy on WHN exactly the same moment as Scully's call:

text: Three and two the count. And the pitch by Stanley. And a groundball trickling, it is a fair ball--gets by Buckner! Rounding third Knight! The Mets will win the ballgame! The Mets win! They win!

text: Jack Buck on CBS Radio exactly the same moment as Scully's call:

text: Here's the pitch to Mookie Wilson. Winning run at second. Ground ball to first, it is a run...an error! An error by Buckner! The winning run scores! The Mets win it 6 to 5 with three in the 10th! The ball went right through the legs of Buckner and the Mets with 2 men out and nobody on have scored three times to bring about a seventh game, which will be played here tomorrow night. Folks, it was unbelievable. An error, right through the legs of Buckner. There were 2 out, nobody on, a single by Carter, a single by Mitchell, a single by Ray Knight, a wild pitch, an error by Buckner. 3 in the 9th for the Mets. They've won the game 6-5 and we shall play here ... tomorrow night! Well, open up the history book, folks, we've got an entry for you.

text: Ken Coleman on WRKO exactly the same moment as Scully's call:

text: Groundball to first base, Buckner, it gets by him! And here comes the winning run!!

text: In popular culture[edit]

text: In the 1998 film Rounders, Matt Damon's Character (Mike McDermott) references Game 6 while returning into Teddy KGB's place in the final scene. "I feel like Buckner walking back into Shea."

text: In the 2005 film Fever Pitch the main character played by Jimmy Fallon, a die hard Red Sox fan, watches a tape of Game 6 to get over what looks to be his break up with his girlfriend.

text: The collapse of the Boston Red Sox in Game 6 and Game 7 prompted a series of articles by George Vecsey of The New York Times, in which he mentions a "Babe Ruth Curse."[30][31]   Although it had long been noted that the selling of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees had marked the beginning of a down period in the Red Sox's fortunes, this was one of the first instances, if not the first, in which mention of a "curse" was made.[32][33]  The term "Curse of the Bambino" was not in common use by the press during the 1920s, nor can it be found through the 1970s, as a search of historical newspapers will illustrate.[34] In fact, even though Vecsey's articles mention a "Babe Ruth Curse", the New York Times did not use the phrase "Curse of the Bambino" until 1990,[35] the year that Dan Shaughnessy's book of the same name and a Boston Globe article about it were published.[36]  Shaughnessy's book The Curse of the Bambino helped that phrase become a key part of the Red Sox lore in the media thereafter.[34][37]

text: The dramatic sixth game was the subject of Game 6, a 2005 independent film starring Michael Keaton, based on a 1991 screenplay by novelist Don DeLillo.

text: Village Voice film critic J. Hoberman included Game 6 in his list of the top ten films of 1986.[38]

text: In his song "Faith and Fear in Flushing Meadows", twee/folk artist Harry Breitner makes mention of Ray Knight and Mookie Wilson.

text: NBC's telecast of the Series ended with the song "Limelight" from Stereotomy, a penultimate album of The Alan Parsons Project.

text: The Series, and especially Game 6, were referenced in the Seinfeld episode "The Boyfriend", which also guest starred former Mets player Keith Hernandez. Hernandez being referred to Game 6 in the episode suggested that he was part of the winning rally, even though he was the 2nd (and final) out of the inning.

text: In a 1999 episode of The King of Queens, Doug Heffernan promises Richie Ianucci that they will watch the Series that is being rerun on TV, only to abandon him for Ray Barone, who invites him to play golf (with Arthur Spooner tagging along) until a rainstorm ends their plans. In another episode from the same year, Doug and his cousin Danny bring up the Series while revisiting their high school years.

text: In the Curb Your Enthusiasm episode "Mister Softee", Bill Buckner appears as a guest star and mocks his famous 1986 mishap by missing a crucial catch of a Mookie Wilson-signed baseball. As the episode concludes, he redeems himself by catching a baby thrown from a burning building.

text: In 2001 playright David Kruh had his play Curse of the Bambino premire at the Boston Lyric Stage[39]. After the 2004 World Series it was rewritten with a happier ending.


document_title: Quercus robur

question_text: how long does an english oak tree live

question_tokens: how long does an english oak tree live

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text: Quercus robur

text: Taxonomy[edit]

text: Quercus robur (Latin quercus, "oak" + robur "strength, hard timber") is the type species of the genus (the species by which the oak genus Quercus is defined), and a member of the white oak section (Quercus section Quercus). The populations in Italy, southeast Europe, and Asia Minor and the Caucasus are sometimes treated as separate species, Q. brutia Tenore, Q. pedunculiflora K. Koch and Q. haas Kotschy respectively.

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text: A close relative is the sessile oak (Q. petraea), which shares much of its range. Q. robur is distinguished from this species by its leaves having only a very short stalk (petiole) 3–8 mm (0.12–0.31 in) long, and by its pedunculate (stalked) acorns. The two often hybridise in the wild, the hybrid being known as Quercus × rosacea.

text: Q. robur should not be confused with Q. rubra, the red oak, which is a native of North America and only distantly related.

text: Description[edit]

text: Quercus robur is a large deciduous tree, with circumference of grand oaks from 4 m (13 ft) to exceptional 12 m (39 ft).[citation needed] The Majesty Oak with a circumference of 12.2 m (40 ft) is the thickest tree in Great Britain,[citation needed] and the Kaive Oak in Latvia with a circumference of 10.2 m (33 ft) is the thickest tree in Northern Europe.[citation needed] Quercus robur has lobed and nearly sessile (very short-stalked) leaves 7–14 cm (2.8–5.5 in) long. Flowering takes place in mid spring, and the fruit, called acorns, ripen by the following autumn. The acorns are 2–2.5 cm (0.79–0.98 in) long, pedunculate (having a peduncle or acorn-stalk, 3–7 cm (1.2–2.8 in) long) with one to four acorns on each peduncle.

text: Q. robur is very tolerant to soil conditions and the continental climate but it prefers fertile and well-watered soils. Mature trees tolerate flooding.[5]

text: It is a long-lived tree, with a large wide spreading crown of rugged branches. While it may naturally live to an age of a few centuries, many of the oldest trees are pollarded or coppiced, both pruning techniques that extend the tree's potential lifespan, if not its health. Two individuals of notable longevity are the Stelmužė Oak in Lithuania and the Granit Oak in Bulgaria, which are believed to be more than 1500 years old, possibly making them the oldest oaks in Europe; another specimen, called the 'Kongeegen' ('Kings Oak'), estimated to be about 1200 years old, grows in Jaegerspris, Denmark.[6] Yet another can be found in Kvilleken, Sweden, that is over 1000 years old and 14 metres (46 ft) around.[7] Of maiden (not pollarded) specimens, one of the oldest is the great oak of Ivenack, Germany. Tree-ring research of this tree and other oaks nearby gives an estimated age of 700 to 800 years. Also the Bowthorpe Oak in Lincolnshire, England is estimated to be 1000 years old, making it the oldest in the UK, although there is Knightwood Oak in the New Forest that is also said to be as old. Highest density of the grand oak trees Q. robur with a circumference 4 metres (13 ft) and more is in Latvia.[8]

text: Ecological importance[edit]

text: Within its native range Q. robur is valued for its importance to insects and other wildlife. Numerous insects live on the leaves, buds, and in the acorns. Q. robur supports the highest biodiversity of insect herbivores of any British plant (>400 spp).  The acorns form a valuable food resource for several small mammals and some birds, notably Eurasian jays Garrulus glandarius. Jays were overwhelmingly the primary propagators[9] of oaks before humans began planting them commercially (and still remain the principal propagators for wild oaks), because of their habit of taking acorns from the umbra of its parent tree and burying them undamaged elsewhere. Mammals, notably squirrels who tend to hoard acorns and other nuts usually leave them too abused to grow in the action of moving or storing them.

text: Commercial forestry[edit]

text: Quercus robur is planted for forestry, and produces a long-lasting and durable heartwood, much in demand for interior and furniture work. The wood of Q. robur is identified by a close examination of a cross-section perpendicular to fibres. The wood is characterised by its distinct (often wide) dark and light brown growth rings. The earlywood displays a vast number of large vessels (~0.5 mm (0.020 in) diameter). There are rays of thin (~0.1 mm (0.0039 in)) yellow or light brown lines running across the growth rings. The timber is around 720 kg (1,590 lb) per cubic meter in density.[10]

text: Cultivation[edit]

text: A number of cultivars are grown in gardens and parks and in arboreta and botanical gardens.  The most common cultivar is Quercus robur 'Fastigiata', and is the exception among Q. robur cultivars that are generally smaller than the standard tree, growing to between 10–15 m and exhibit unusual leaf or crown shape characteristics.

text:
English oak is one of the most common park trees in south-eastern Australia, noted for its vigorous, luxuriant growth. In Australia, it grows very quickly[citation needed] to a tree of 20 m (66 ft) tall by up to 20 m (66 ft) broad, with a low-branching canopy. Its trunk and secondary branches are very thick and solid and covered with deep-fissured blackish-grey bark.[11]
The largest example in Australia is in Donnybrook, Western Australia.[12]

text: Cultivars[edit]

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Quercus robur 'Fastigiata' ("cypress oak"), probably the most common cultivated form, it grows to a large imposing tree with a narrow columnar habit. The fastigiate oak was originally propagated from an upright tree that was found in central Europe.
Quercus robur 'Concordia' ("golden oak"), a small very slow-growing tree, eventually reaching 10 m (33 ft), with bright golden-yellow leaves throughout spring and summer.  It was originally raised in Van Geert's nursery at Ghent in 1843.
Quercus robur 'Pendula' ("weeping oak"), a small to medium-sized tree with pendulous branches, reaching up to 15 m.
Quercus robur 'Purpurea' is another cultivar growing to 10 m (33 ft), but with purple coloured leaves.
Quercus robur 'Filicifolia' ("cut-leaved oak") is a cultivar where the leaf is pinnately divided into fine forward pointing segments.

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text: Hybrids[edit]

text: Along with the naturally occurring  Q. × rosacea, several hybrids with other white oak species have also been produced in cultivation, including Turner's Oak Q. × turnerii, Heritage Oak Q. × macdanielli, and Two Worlds Oak Q. × bimundorum, the latter two developed by nurseries in the United States.

text:
Q. × bimundorum (Q. alba × Q. robur) (two worlds oak)
Q. × macdanielli (Q. macrocarpa × Q. robur) (heritage oak)
Q. × rosacea Bechst. (Q. petraea x Q. robur), a hybrid of the sessile oak and English oak.  It is usually of intermediate character between its parents, however it does occasionally exhibit more pronounced characteristics of one or the other parent.
Q. × turnerii Willd. (Q. ilex × Q. robur) (Turner's oak), a semi-evergreen tree of small to medium size with a rounded crown; it was originally raised at the Holloway Down Nursery of Spencer Turner,  Leyton, Essex, UK, noted by the zoologist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck at Trianon,  Versailles in 1783, as the chêne de turnère.

text: [13] (Turner had died in January 1776, and the nursery grounds, on extended lease, returned to the landowner.)[14] An early specimen is at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.[15]

text: Q. × warei (Q. robur fastigiata x Q. bicolor), a hybrid between upright English oak and the swamp white oak. The selections within this hybrid include 'Long' (Regal Prince)[16] and 'Nadler' (Kindred Spirit).[17]

text: Diseases[edit]

text:
Acute oak decline
Powdery mildew caused by Erysiphe alphitoides[18]
Sudden oak death

text: Symbolism[edit]

text: Basque Country[edit]

text: In the Basque Country (Spain and France) the oak symbolises the traditional basque liberties. This is based on the 'tree of Gernika', an ancient oak tree located in Gernika, below which since at least the 13th century the Lords of Biscay first, and afterwards their successors the Kings of Castile and the Kings of Spain solemnly swore to uphold the charter of Biscay, which secured widespread rights to the inhabitants of Biscay. Since the 14th century, the Juntas Generales (the parliament of Biscay) gathers in a building next to the oak tree, and symbolically passes its laws under the tree as well. Nowadays, the Lehendakari (Basque prime minister) swears his oath of office under the tree.

text: Bulgaria[edit]

text: The national coat of arms of Bulgaria includes two crossed oak branches with fruits - as shield (escutcheon) compartment.

text: Croatia[edit]

text: Oak leaves with acorns are depicted on the reverse of the Croatian 5 lipa coin, minted since 1993.[19] The pedunculate oak of the Croatian region of Slavonia (considered a separate subspecies - Slavonian oak) is a regional symbol of Slavonia and a national symbol of Croatia.[20]

text: England[edit]

text: In England, the English oak has assumed the status of a national emblem. This has its origins in the oak tree at Boscobel House, where the future King Charles II hid from his Parliamentarian pursuers in 1650 during the English Civil War; the tree has since been known as the Royal Oak. This event was celebrated nationally on 29 May as Oak Apple Day, which is continued to this day in some communities.[21] ‘The Royal Oak’ is the third most popular pub name in Britain (541 in 2007)[22] and has been the name of eight major Royal Navy warships. The naval associations are strengthened by the fact that oak was the main construction material for sailing warships. The Royal Navy was often described as ‘The Wooden Walls of Old England’[23] (a paraphrase of the Delphic Oracle) and the Navy’s official quick march is "Heart of Oak". In folklore, the Major Oak is where Robin Hood is purportedly to have taken shelter[24]. Furthermore, the oak is the most common woodland tree in England.[25] An oak tree has been depicted on the reverse of the pound coin (the 1987 and 1992 issues) and a sprig of oak leaves and acorns is the emblem of the National Trust.

text: Germany[edit]

text: In Germany, the oak tree is used as a typical object and symbol in romanticism. It can be found in several paintings of Caspar David Friedrich and in "Of the life of a Good-For-Nothing" written by Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff as a symbol of the state protecting every man. In those works the oak is shown in different situations, with leaves and flowers or dead without any of its previous beauty. Those conditions are mostly symbols for the conditions Germany is in or going through. Furthermore, the oak's stem is a symbol for Germany's strength and stability. Oak branches were displayed on the reverse of coins of the old Deutsche Mark currency (1 through 10 Pfennigs; the 50 Pfennigs coin showed a woman planting an oak seedling), and are now also displayed on the reverse of German-issue Euro currency coins (1 through 5 cents).

text: Ireland[edit]

text: In Ireland, at Birr Castle, an example, over 400 years old has a girth of 6.5 m. It is known as the Carroll Oak, referring to the local Chieftains, Ely O'Carroll who ruled prior to Norman occupation.[26]

text: Romania[edit]

text: The Romanian Rugby Union side is known as The Oaks.

text: Chemistry[edit]

text: Grandinin/roburin E, castalagin/vescalagin, gallic acid, monogalloyl glucose (glucogallin) and valoneic acid dilactone, monogalloyl glucose, digalloyl glucose, trigalloyl glucose, rhamnose, quercitrin and ellagic acid are phenolic compounds found in Q. robur.[27] The heartwood contains triterpene saponins.[28]


document_title: Miranda (TV series)

question_text: actor who played gary preston in the sitcom miranda

text: Miranda (TV series)

text: Premise[edit]

text: The episodes revolve around the difficulties Miranda (Miranda Hart) gets herself into. She is 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) tall and, sometimes mistaken for a man, is addressed as 'Sir'. She has never fit in with her old boarding school friends, Tilly (Sally Phillips) and Fanny (Katy Wix), and finds social situations awkward, especially around men. She is a constant disappointment to her mother, Penny (Patricia Hodge), who is desperate for her to get a proper job and a husband. Although Miranda owns and lives above her own joke shop and boutique, she lacks any real capacity for business, so it is managed by her childhood friend Stevie Sutton (Sarah Hadland). The restaurant next door is initially run by Clive Evans (James Holmes), until series three, when the restaurant's chef, Gary Preston (Tom Ellis), purchases it from him. After many failed attempts at dating, Miranda and Gary, a friend from university whom Miranda fancies, decide to be just friends. Nevertheless, when Gary gets a girlfriend called Rose (Naomi Bentley), it prompts Miranda to start a new relationship with Michael Jackford (Bo Poraj), a local reporter whose work soon takes him to Africa. Upon his return he proposes to Miranda, as does Gary when he realises his love for her. Miranda accepts Gary's proposal rather than Michael's and Miranda and Gary get married in the final episode.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Actor

Character

Seasons

1

2

3

The Finale

Main cast

Miranda Hart

Miranda

Main

Tom Ellis

Gary Preston

Main

Sarah Hadland

Stevie Sutton

Main

Patricia Hodge

Penny

Main

Sally Phillips

Tilly

Main

James Holmes

Clive Evans

Main

Does not appear

Guest

Recurring cast

Katy Wix

Fanny

Recurring

Does not appear

Margaret Cabourn-Smith

Alison

Recurring

John Finnemore

Chris

Recurring

Luke Pasqualino

Jason

Guest

Does not appear

Guest

Does not appear

Adrian Scarborough

'Dreamboat' Charlie

Recurring

Dominic Coleman

'Customer'

Recurring

Does not appear

Recurring

Stacy Liu

Tamara

Does not appear

Guest

Does not appear

Bo Poraj

Michael Jackford

Does not appear

Recurring

Guest

Naomi Bentley

Rose

Does not appear

Recurring

Does not appear

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text:
Miranda Hart as Miranda – An ungainly, socially awkward, 35-year-old woman who frequently finds herself in bizarre situations.[11] She is something of a misfit relative to her upper-middle-class, privately educated background, opting to invest an inheritance from her uncle in a joke/gift shop rather than pursuing what her mother perceives as a more "respectable" career, and balking at the supposedly "suitable" men that her mother and friends try to set her up with. Miranda struggles with everyday adult life, often indulging in odd, childlike behaviour (including adding faces and clothes to pieces of fruit and vegetables, dubbing them "Fruit Friends" and "Vegeta-Pals") and getting thrown out of numerous establishments. Although this often irritates her friends and family, they tolerate her because, at heart, she is intelligent and good-natured, despite not always showing it. In the final episode, after she breaks up with Gary, some of her awkward and childish behaviour disappears; this causes considerable concern for her friends and mother, who organise a therapy session. However, she finally accepts that her only serious problem – her lack of confidence – is now gone and although she does not need Gary, she does indeed love him. After an initial panic over an unexpected wedding, she marries Gary at his restaurant.
Tom Ellis as Gary Preston – A handsome, friendly chef; an old university friend of Miranda's. Although there has always been an undercurrent of attraction between them, neither has pursued it until he begins working at the restaurant next to Miranda's shop. Despite often being confused by Miranda's behaviour, Gary generally finds her kind, open nature endearing, especially as she is willing to help him out when needed. Gary is more confident and worldly than Miranda, but he shares her insecurity in romantic situations, and occasionally becomes embroiled in odd situations with her — for example, the pretence that they have sons called "Cliff" and "Richard" when challenged by a customer in the shop. He is one of the few people who accepts Miranda as she is. Miranda and Gary date briefly in series two, though this breaks down when it is revealed Gary was married (for a green card) to a waitress that Miranda had befriended at the restaurant. Gary also dates Rose briefly in series three, before breaking up with her due to her being unable to accept Miranda. After becoming engaged, Miranda becomes concerned that he has never said he loves her. When she confronts him, Gary tells Miranda that her distinctive lack of confidence in herself means that they can never truly be together. In the final episode, when Miranda accepts herself, she rushes to what she believes is Gary's wedding, where he is actually best man for his former boss Clive. Gary reveals he has already decided that he loves Miranda and offers to elope; she decides that she does not need to run away and marries Gary at Clive's reception.
Sarah Hadland as Stevie Sutton – Miranda's childhood friend, and the assistant manager of the joke shop (although in reality she does most of the work due to Miranda's lack of business sense). She is generally more level-headed and ambitious than Miranda, but is not averse to becoming involved in her strange behaviour, or indeed indulging in some of her own, including frequently performing Heather Small's "Proud" while holding a cardboard cut-out of the singer whenever she is pleased with herself.[12] Because of this, Miranda and Stevie often get into petty arguments and competitions, such as when a customer leaves his wallet and both Miranda and Stevie attempt to impress him. Miranda frequently mocks Stevie for her small stature, and frequently pushes her over when she irritates Miranda. Despite often claiming to have "the allure" and mocking Miranda's attempts with men, Stevie also shares Miranda's lack of success, sometimes coming across as desperate when she chats someone up. She occasionally uses an unkempt and unpleasant traffic warden (played by Joe Wilkinson) as a date when trying to compete with Miranda. In the final episode, the traffic warden appears again and Stevie kisses him to avoid getting a parking ticket.
Patricia Hodge as Penny – Miranda's middle-class mother, a "lady who lunches", who likes to impress her friends and fellow W.I. members. Her main mission in life is to find Miranda a man and a better job. She despairs at Miranda's decision to run a joke/gift shop, and her tendency to reject suitable (or at least available) men, on numerous occasions trying to set up Miranda with her cousin. Although often embarrassed by her daughter, Penny displays many of Miranda's erratic traits and often teams up with Miranda for their benefit, such as when they are in the psychiatrist's office. Despite being prepared to humiliate Miranda for her own gain (to the point of holding up a placard offering to pay someone to marry Miranda), Penny's actions are borne out of genuine love and concern, and on the rare occasions where Miranda is doing well she shows her love by cheering "Go Miranda". Penny's catchphrase, "Such fun!" is normally used to describe an activity or event where she believes Miranda may find a husband. Another catchphrase of Penny's, especially in the first series, is 'What I call', which she says before numerous everyday things before Miranda points out that that is simply the word for it, and not just what Penny calls it (for example, 'I'm meeting a friend for a spot of, what I call, tea.') Penny tends to ignore Miranda's obvious disinterest or discomfort.   In the final episode, Penny turns up at Miranda's flat two days after her break-up with Gary, insensitively suggesting they simply find another groom. Miranda finally loses her temper and tells Penny to get out; this causes Penny to go on a drinking binge at her local tennis club. She soon turns up at Miranda's flat and tearfully confesses that her relationship with Miranda's father has been dead for some time. Thanks to her daughter's new confidence, Penny regains her dignity and joyfully embraces Miranda when she marries Gary several days later.
Sally Phillips as Tilly – An old school friend of Miranda's and the daughter of Penny's never-seen friend Belinda, who fits right in with their private school background, often showing more in common with Penny than Miranda does. Tilly is a socialite and normally quite self-centred, though on occasion, she does come through for her friends and shows that she is kind and generous. She will often address Miranda by her school nickname, "Queen Kong" (due to Miranda's stature and clumsiness), despite Miranda's displeasure, but her criticisms and attempts to help Miranda are generally well intentioned. Tilly's catchphrase is "bear with", usually said as she breaks off conversations to read text messages. While seeming more confident and together than Miranda, she has her own problems romantically, particularly when her fiancé, Rupert (played by Adam James), makes a pass at Miranda behind her back. In the penultimate episode, she becomes engaged to her army doctor boyfriend, "Dreamboat" Charlie (played by Adrian Scarborough). The final episode sees Miranda give Tilly tickets to Wick so she can be free of her mother and elope with Charlie.
James Holmes as Clive Evans (2009–2010, 2015) – The camp, vicious-tongued owner of the restaurant where Gary works. He is usually more of a hindrance than help whenever he attempts to help Miranda and Gary get together, accidentally revealing, for example, that Gary has a secret wife from Hong Kong named Tamara (played by Stacy Liu). Despite his jibes at Miranda, he does show traits of wanting to help her, such as when he pushes her to tell Gary his true feelings. He is absent from the third series having sold the restaurant to Gary off-screen. Clive returns in the final episode and marries the regular customer from previous episodes (played by Dominic Coleman).
Bo Poraj as Michael Jackford (2012–2014) – Miranda's new boyfriend who works as a television reporter and loves Miranda for the real her. Michael made his final appearance in the penultimate episode, when Miranda peacefully turned down his marriage proposal in order to accept Gary's. In the final episode, Penny mentions that the character has flown to Africa, where he had previously returned from on a business venture.
Naomi Bentley as Rose (2013) – Gary's new girlfriend. When Rose can't accept his past affections for Miranda, Gary breaks up with her. She is last seen entering Gary's restaurant for its re-opening, but when Miranda confesses her true feelings for Gary during an argument, Rose immediately walks out.
Katy Wix as Fanny (2009) – Another socialite friend of Miranda's from boarding school. She appears during the first series[13] alongside Tilly, but is not mentioned or seen as of the second series.[13]
John Finnemore and Margaret Cabourn-Smith as Chris and Alison (2009–2010, 2013–2014) – Sort-of friends of Gary and Miranda. As university students, Chris and Alison agreed to marry each other if they were still single at a certain age, but Chris whisked Alison away to Paris and proposed. During the second series, Alison becomes pregnant and they decide that Gary and Miranda should be godparents, but Miranda freaks out when they reveal she will also act as Alison's birthing partner. In the third series, Miranda, Gary and Rose babysit for them. They make their final appearance in the penultimate episode; their once joyous marriage now strained.
Dominic Coleman (2009, 2013, 2015) as 'Customer' – A gay man who comes into the store on three occasions,[14] usually with the intention of buying something for his niece, but is distracted by the probing questions of Stevie and Miranda and gets roped into their antics (For example, suggesting Miranda should lie about being gay and then being roped into attending her coming out party.) He features in the final episode as the partner of Clive,[15] whose wedding Miranda gatecrashes. Although never mentioned on screen, he is referred to on the BBC's website as 'Jim'.

text: Production[edit]

text: Conception[edit]

text: Abigail Wilson, who worked for comedians Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, suggested Hart pitch a show to the BBC after seeing her perform in 2003.[8] Following a read-through of her script with Saunders and BBC executives,[8] a television pilot, based on her semi-autobiographical writing, was filmed in early 2008,[16] and the series was then developed into a sitcom for radio;[8] Miranda Hart's Joke Shop aired on BBC Radio 2 in August and September 2008.[17] A television series was commissioned in August 2008 and began filming in June 2009.[18][19] Outdoor shots for series one were filmed in Hounslow, West London.[20]

text: In an interview with the BBC's Writersroom, Hart said of the semi-autobiographical basis for the series:

text: Well I developed this stand-up persona, and that's where it all started from. I realised I was getting laughs being a version of me, and that's what ended up in the sitcom. You do ultimately start from yourself but I'm pleased to say I did have to exaggerate for comedic effect. It wasn't entirely autobiographical. I'm not quite that mad.[21]

text: Series 1 (2009)[edit]

text: Each episode begins with a welcome to audience and a 'Previously in my life ...' segment, and Hart says a joke shop is the "right place" as the setting after being asked to consider an office to "normalise" the character.[21] Her love of 1970s comedy programmes, such as Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, is the influence for Miranda. The episodes end with a 'You have been watching ...' credits section where each cast member waves goodbye, as seen concluding Jimmy Perry and David Croft sitcoms such as Dad's Army and Hi-de-Hi!.[22] Quoted in The Times, Hart says "I'm saying this is what I'm doing and I'm not scared to do it. Some of my comedy peers do slightly fear being a mainstream figure, as if it's slightly uncool. Well, I thought I'm going to embrace it."[8] Throughout each episode, Hart breaks the fourth wall and addresses the audience directly, a technique described as a "simple creative decision [that] makes this infectious comedy sing";[23] another critic stated "this is hard to pull off, but it works well".[23]

text: Series 2 (2010)[edit]

text: Following the conclusion of the first series, the BBC commissioned a second series for BBC Two in 2010.[24] Of this, Hart said "I am not only relieved but totally overwhelmed by the response and thrilled that people have enjoyed the series. I am very grateful for all the support and to the BBC for giving me the chance to do another series next year."[25] Filming started during the first weeks of summer, and the new series began broadcast in November 2010.[24][26][27] The second series comprises six episodes and saw the return of Miranda's mother and friends, Stevie, Gary and Tilly.[28]

text: For the BBC broadcast, following the end of each episode viewers could press the red button, or go online, to watch Hart interview a guest who had inspired her during the writing of the show.[29] Hart's friend Clare Balding was the first guest and they discussed how Balding influenced the character of Tilly.[30][31] Frank Skinner was interviewed for the second episode.[32] Following the end of episode five, which is a two-hander between Miranda and Penny, the red-button feature saw Hart interview her real-life mother.[33] In late 2010, Hart announced that she would be filming a special edition of Miranda for Comic Relief.[34] The sketch saw Miranda team up with dancers from Pineapple Dance Studios.[35]

text: Series 3 (2012–2013)[edit]

text: Miranda was recommissioned for a third series by BBC Comedy commissioner Cheryl Taylor in January 2011.[36] Hart revealed that the third series might not be ready until 2012, but she may write a Christmas special.[37] The following month it was announced that the third series of Miranda would be shown on BBC One.[38] In April 2011, Hart announced on The Graham Norton Show that she had set herself to start writing the third series the following month.[39] However, Hart revealed in November she had still not started writing the series.[40] That same month it was announced Hart would not be doing a new Christmas special, though the 2010 Christmas episode would be repeated on BBC One.[41]

text: On 17 December 2011, Andrew Mickel of Digital Spy reported Hart's involvement with BBC One drama Call the Midwife had delayed the third series of Miranda until Autumn 2012.[42] Filming on the third series ended in early October 2012.[43] A month later, a BBC News reporter revealed that Gary Barlow would appear in an episode of the third series as himself. They stated that he would "get friendly in an unexpected way" with Hart.[44] The third series began broadcasting from 26 December 2012.[45] The outdoor scenes for the second episode of the third series were filmed in Church Street, Kingston upon Thames.[46]

text: Specials (2014–2015)[edit]

text: Due to the cliffhanger at the end of the third series, it was suspected that Miranda would return for a fourth series. However, in July 2014, Hart announced that there are no plans for a fourth series but 'a couple of specials' would be made.[6] Hart later announced that the two Christmas specials would be the end to the sitcom. Hart said the end was "going to be really emotional," but added that she didn't want her sitcom character "to keep falling over and making a fool of herself".[47]

text: The first special, titled "I Do, But To Who?" aired on 25 December 2014[48] and the final episode titled "The Final Curtain" aired on 1 January 2015.[49]

text: Future[edit]

text: At the end of the final episode, Miranda said to the audience/viewers: "I don't know when and if I'll see you again..." In June 2015, Miranda Hart revealed that she hadn't ruled out a possible return for Miranda.[50]

text: Sarah Hadland has suggested that the sitcom is set to return. Speaking in an interview with The Telegraph, the actress – who plays Miranda's friend Stevie in the show – confirmed that the comedy will be back "in some format". However, she wouldn't be drawn on specifics, just saying: "I can say there will be something".[51]

text: In late May 2017, Tom Ellis suggested the possibility of future episodes in an interview on BBC Radio 2, saying that "we may be revisiting Miranda in the next couple of years".[52]

text: The main cast of Miranda (aside from Ellis and Holmes), reunited for the 2017 Royal Variety Performance, for which Hart was the host. They appeared several times throughout the evening in character.

text: Reception[edit]

text: The first series was picked as one of the top 10 forthcoming TV shows for Autumn 2009 by The Sunday Times.[7] Ahead of the first episode airing, Dominic Maxwell in an article for The Times described it as an "old-school" sitcom and said that "It's good fun, if you buy into it. And if you do, it's because of Hart."[8] Also describing it as "old-fashioned", Vicky Frost for The Guardian said of the slapstick physical comedy that "It's not clever – but it is funny. And that, I think is at the heart of Miranda's appeal."[9] Mark Wright for The Stage said that Hodge gives a "brilliant, brilliant performance" and that "what sets Miranda out as something special is Hart herself, and the rest just gels around her."[53] The first series opened with 2.63 million viewers (10% audience share), rising to 3.14 million viewers (12% share) for the fourth episode.[54][55]

text: The second series opened with 3.19 million viewers, rising to 4.01 million viewers for the third episode.[56][57] Rachel Tarley from the Metro said Miranda is an acquired taste and that an episode can be a mixed bag.[58] However, Tarley enjoyed the festive episode of series 2, saying "Hart got away with a lot of the more irritating qualities of her work, with help from the fantastic Patricia Hodge and Sally Phillips. Tonight was also the first we saw of Miranda's father, played by Tom Conti, who filled most of the episode's falling-over quota, so that Miranda finally remained pretty vertical throughout the episode."[58] She added that Hart is "a great observer of everyday dilemmas" and the best thing of all is she left the door open for a third series.[58] Dominic Cavendish of The Daily Telegraph called Miranda "the sitcom of the year",[59] while Chris Harvey of the same newspaper said "The truth is, pretty much every time Miranda turns and looks at the camera, I burst out laughing. And even when her slapstick is so obvious it wouldn't confuse a small child [..] I still laugh. Even when I'm trying not to. Even when I really, really don't want to."[60] Meanwhile, Catherine Gee said the show was a flop and listed six reasons why, which included unoriginal jokes, Hart's asides to the camera and the show retaining "the worst aspects of the sitcoms of yesteryear."[60]

text: The opening episode of the third series became one of the most watched shows in the UK over the Christmas period, attracting a total audience of over 11.5 million viewers.[61] For The Telegraph, Michael Deacon compares the programme to a childish Christmas panto, finally adding, "Perhaps I’m just getting old. I’m sure I’d have loved this show when I was six." [62] Keith Watson, writing for Metro, says the series three finale is a "great end to an up-to-scratch season, Miranda never fails to cheer up an evening, reminding many of us that we aren’t alone in the everyday awkward situations that we might find ourselves in – to some extent, anyway."[63]

text: George Entwistle stated, "Miranda's been a tremendous hit with audiences on BBC Two and I'm very glad she's let us persuade her to move to BBC One, where we believe we can build an even bigger following for her multi-award-winning show. BBC Two has done an exceptional job of supporting and nurturing Miranda over a number of years and I'm certain she'll be equally well looked after at BBC One."[64]

text: Awards and nominations[edit]

text: In March 2010, Hart won the comedy performance prize at the 2009 Royal Television Society Awards for her role; the series was also nominated for the scripted comedy and comedy writing (for Hart, Cary and Hurst) awards.[65][66] The series also gained two nominations at the 2010 British Academy Television Awards: scripted comedy and female comedy performance for Hart.[67] Both Hart and Hodge received Best Actress nominations at the 2010 Monte Carlo Television Festival.[68] In November 2010, Miranda was nominated for Best Comedy Programme at the Broadcast Awards.[69] In January 2011, the show won Best New British TV Comedy at the British Comedy Awards, while Hart won Best TV Comedy Actress and the People's Choice Award For The King Or Queen Of Comedy 2010.[70] Miranda was also nominated for Best Sitcom.[71]

text: Hart won Best Comedy Performance and Miranda was named Best Scripted Comedy at the Royal Television Society Awards in March 2011.[72] Miranda earned the award for Best Comedy Show at the 37th Broadcasting Press Guild Awards.[73] Juliet May received a nomination for Best Director at the 2011 British Academy Television Craft Awards.[74] Hart and the show received nominations from the British Academy Television Awards for Female Performance in a Comedy Role and the YouTube Audience Award respectively.[75] In December 2011, Hart won Best TV Comedy Actress at the 22nd British Comedy Awards.[76] She also earned nominations for Best Female TV Comic and the People's Choice Award For The King Or Queen Of Comedy.[76] Miranda was nominated for Best Sitcom.[76] 2013 saw Hart nominated for Best Female Performance in a Comedy Programme at the British Academy Television Awards.[77]

text: Home media[edit]

text:
DVD Title

No. of discs

Year

Episodes

Release date

Special features

Region 2

Region 4

Series 1

1

2009

6

15 November 2010

31 January 2012[78]

Behind the scenes, The set tour with Miranda, Introducing the cast, Out takes

Series 2

1

2010

6

7 November 2011

4 July 2012[79]

Miranda Hart interviewing cast, friends and family

Series 1 & 2

2

2009–10

12

7 November 2011

TBA

Same as individual releases

Series 3

1

2012–13

6

4 November 2013[80]

5 June 2013[81]

Behind the scenes of episodes 3, 4 and 5.

Series 1, 2 & 3

3

2009–13

18

4 November 2013

20 November 2013[82]

Same as individual releases

Christmas Specials

1

2010, 2012

2

24 November 2014[83]

TBA

The Finale

1

2014–15

2

26 January 2015

TBA

The Complete Boxset

4

2009–15

20

26 October 2015[84]

TBA

See individual releases


document_title: List of Rick and Morty episodes

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text: List of Rick and Morty episodes

text: Series overview[edit]

text:
Season
Episodes
Originally aired

First aired
Last aired

1
11
December 2, 2013 (2013-12-02)
April 14, 2014 (2014-04-14)

2
10
July 26, 2015 (2015-07-26)
October 4, 2015 (2015-10-04)

3
10
April 1, 2017 (2017-04-01)
October 1, 2017 (2017-10-01)

text: Episodes[edit]

text: Season 1 (2013–14)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
U.S. viewers
(millions)

1
1
"Pilot"
Justin Roiland
Dan Harmon & Justin Roiland
December 2, 2013 (2013-12-02)
1.10[5]

2
2
"Lawnmower Dog"
John Rice
Ryan Ridley
December 9, 2013 (2013-12-09)
1.51[6]

3
3
"Anatomy Park"
John Rice
Eric Acosta & Wade Randolph
December 16, 2013 (2013-12-16)
1.30[7]

4
4
"M. Night Shaym-Aliens!"
Jeff Myers
Tom Kauffman
January 13, 2014 (2014-01-13)
1.32[8]

5
5
"Meeseeks and Destroy"
Bryan Newton
Ryan Ridley
January 20, 2014 (2014-01-20)
1.61[9]

6
6
"Rick Potion #9"
Stephen Sandoval
Justin Roiland
January 27, 2014 (2014-01-27)
1.75[10]

7
7
"Raising Gazorpazorp"
Jeff Myers
Eric Acosta & Wade Randolph
March 10, 2014 (2014-03-10)
1.76[11]

8
8
"Rixty Minutes"
Bryan Newton
Tom Kauffman & Justin Roiland
March 17, 2014 (2014-03-17)
1.48[12]

9
9
"Something Ricked This Way Comes"
John Rice
Mike McMahan
March 24, 2014 (2014-03-24)
1.54[13]

10
10
"Close Rick-counters of the Rick Kind"
Stephen Sandoval
Ryan Ridley
April 7, 2014 (2014-04-07)
1.75[14]

11
11
"Ricksy Business"
Stephen Sandoval
Ryan Ridley & Tom Kauffman
April 14, 2014 (2014-04-14)
2.13[15]

text: Season 2 (2015)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
U.S. viewers
(millions)

12
1
"A Rickle in Time"
Wes Archer
Matt Roller
July 26, 2015 (2015-07-26)
2.12[16]

13
2
"Mortynight Run"
Dominic Polcino
David Phillips
August 2, 2015 (2015-08-02)
2.19[17]

14
3
"Auto Erotic Assimilation"
Bryan Newton
Ryan Ridley
August 9, 2015 (2015-08-09)
1.94[18]

15
4
"Total Rickall"
Juan Meza-León
Mike McMahan
August 16, 2015 (2015-08-16)
1.96[19]

16
5
"Get Schwifty"
Wes Archer
Tom Kauffman
August 23, 2015 (2015-08-23)
2.12[20]

17
6
"The Ricks Must Be Crazy"
Dominic Polcino
Dan Guterman
August 30, 2015 (2015-08-30)
1.91[21]

18
7
"Big Trouble in Little Sanchez"
Bryan Newton
Alex Rubens
September 13, 2015 (2015-09-13)
1.97[22]

19
8
"Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate"
Juan Meza-León
Dan Guterman, Ryan Ridley & Justin Roiland
September 20, 2015 (2015-09-20)
1.79[23]

20
9
"Look Who's Purging Now"
Dominic Polcino
Dan Harmon, Ryan Ridley & Justin Roiland
September 27, 2015 (2015-09-27)
1.89[24]

21
10
"The Wedding Squanchers"
Wes Archer
Tom Kauffman
October 4, 2015 (2015-10-04)
1.84[25]

text: Season 3 (2017)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
U.S. viewers
(millions)

22
1
"The Rickshank Rickdemption"
Juan Meza-León
Mike McMahan
April 1, 2017 (2017-04-01)
0.68[26][a]

23
2
"Rickmancing the Stone"
Dominic Polcino
Jane Becker
July 30, 2017 (2017-07-30)
2.86[27]

24
3
"Pickle Rick"
Anthony Chun
Jessica Gao
August 6, 2017 (2017-08-06)
2.31[28]

25
4
"Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender"
Bryan Newton
Sarah Carbiener & Erica Rosbe
August 13, 2017 (2017-08-13)
2.66[29]

26
5
"The Whirly Dirly Conspiracy"
Juan Meza-León
Ryan Ridley
August 20, 2017 (2017-08-20)
2.29[30]

27
6
"Rest and Ricklaxation"
Anthony Chun
Tom Kauffman
August 27, 2017 (2017-08-27)
2.47[31]

28
7
"The Ricklantis Mixup"[b]
Dominic Polcino
Dan Guterman & Ryan Ridley
September 10, 2017 (2017-09-10)
2.38[32]

29
8
"Morty's Mind Blowers"
Bryan Newton
Mike McMahan, James Siciliano, Ryan Ridley,
Dan Guterman, Justin Roiland & Dan Harmon
September 17, 2017 (2017-09-17)
2.51[33]

30
9
"The ABC's of Beth"
Juan Meza-León
Mike McMahan
September 24, 2017 (2017-09-24)
2.49[34]

31
10
"The Rickchurian Mortydate"
Anthony Chun
Dan Harmon
October 1, 2017 (2017-10-01)
2.60[35]

text: Rick and Morty The Non-Canonical Adventures[edit]

text: On October 26, 2016, Adult Swim began releasing a series of 15–21 second claymation shorts, compiling a web series titled Rick and Morty The Non-Canonical Adventures. The shorts are following Rick and Morty characters into parodies of scenes from various science-fiction and horror films. The title of each short is the same as that of the film the short is parodying.[36]

text:
No.
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date

1
"The Thing"[37]
Lee Hardcastle
Lee Hardcastle
October 26, 2016 (2016-10-26)

Parodying the 1982 film of the same name, the Smith family, with the exception of Rick, is tied up, with Rick holding a flame thrower. There are four vials on the table containing blood of each member of the family. Rick begins to test everyone's blood with a heated piece of copper wire, starting with Jerry whose blood flees from the hot wire.

2
"The Fly"[38]
Lee Hardcastle
Lee Hardcastle
October 26, 2016 (2016-10-26)

Parodying the 1986 film of the same name, Rick turns on an unknown portal and informs Morty that they will be the "ultimate family". His face then falls off revealing a head resembling that of a fly. Morty screams "No!" as the episode ends.

3
"Honey I Shrunk the Kids"[39]
Lee Hardcastle
Lee Hardcastle
October 26, 2016 (2016-10-26)

Parodying the 1989 film of the same name, a shrunken Morty has fallen into a bowl of milk and cereal. Morty screams at Rick, who is planning to eat the cereal, to not eat. However, Rick doesn't hear Morty, unintentionally eating him while talking to Snuffles, their dog.

4
"Ex Machina"[40]
Lee Hardcastle
Lee Hardcastle
October 27, 2016 (2016-10-27)

Parodying the 2015 film of the same name, Morty inquires as to Rick's location with Jessica. "Drunk Rick" shows up from behind him, and says that although he is wasting his time talking to her, he shouldn't waste his time dancing with her. Rick proceeds to turn on music and lights, and begins dancing with Jessica as Morty watches them. In this episode, Morty Smith replaces Caleb Smith, Rick Sanchez replaces Nathan Bateman and Jessica replaces Kyoko.

5
"Halloween"[41]
Lee Hardcastle
Lee Hardcastle
November 3, 2016 (2016-11-03)

Parodying the 1978 film of the same name, Morty is hiding in a closet from an unspeciied assailant. The person begins making a hole in one of the doors of the closet. When the hole is big enough, the person sticks their head inside, revealing a person wearing a mask of Rick Sanchez. The episode adapts a scene from Halloween wherein Laurie Strode is attacked in identical circumstances by Michael Meyers wearing a painted mask of James T. Kirk.

6
"2001: A Space Odyssey"[42]
Lee Hardcastle
Lee Hardcastle
July 8, 2017 (2017-07-08)

Parodying the 1968 film of the same name, Morty is seen in a space shuttle wearing a space suit. He asks Rick to open the shuttle door. Rick instead says that he can't do that; after Morty asks him as to the problem Rick replies that their conversation can serve no purpose and proceeds to say "Goodbye" to Morty in multiple languages.

7
"Blade Runner"[43]
Lee Hardcastle
Lee Hardcastle
July 11, 2017 (2017-07-11)

Parodying the 1982 film of the same name, Rick attacks Morty and pushes him to a pillar. He grabs him and prepares to kill him, but is suddenly shot in the head. Morty looks at the person who shot Rick to find it to be Jessica. As Morty looks at Jessica, the neon sign to the left lights up, revealing the Adult Swim logo. In this short, adapting a scene from Blade Runner, Morty Smith takes the place of Rick Deckard, Rick Sanchez takes the place of Leon Kowalski and Jessica takes the place of Rachael.

8
"Poltergeist"[44]
Lee Hardcastle
Lee Hardcastle
July 11, 2017 (2017-07-11)

Parodying the 1982 film of the same name, Morty suddenly spots a "Clown Rick" at his door, while lying in his bed. Trying to sleep, but hearing honking, he looks to where Rick was to find him gone. Rick suddenly shows up by his side, grabs Morty and drags him under his bed, laughing hysterically. The episode adapts a scene from Poltergeist when Robbie is attacked in his bedroom by a clown doll.

9
"Re-Animator"[45]
Lee Hardcastle
Lee Hardcastle
July 11, 2017 (2017-07-11)

Parodying the 1985 film of the same name, Rick has Morty's severed head on a table. Connecting it to machinery, he manages to wake him up and attempts to talk with him. Morty, realizing his predicament, angrily yells " You bastard!" and, controlling his body, approaches Rick from behind and knocks him out.

10
"Aliens"[46]
Lee Hardcastle
Lee Hardcastle
July 11, 2017 (2017-07-11)

Parodying the 1986 film of the same name, Morty is about to be attacked by a xenomorph queen. Jerry, robotic in nature as well as legless, is seen to be in agony nearby. Suddenly, the door of the elevator opens, revealing a drunk Rick in a power loader, determined to take on the queen; he instead passes out and falls over, crushing the legless robotic Jerry. The episode parodies the climax of Aliens, with Rick Sanchez taking the role of Ellen Ripley, Morty taking the role of Newt, and Jerry taking the role of Bishop. The Rick and Morty franchise has had multiple canonical connections to the Alien franchise: Rick mentions facehuggers in the episode "Auto Erotic Assimilation", later encountering one with Morty upon travelling to the dimension in which the Alien films are set in Alien: Covenant - Rick and Morty.

11
"E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"[47]
Lee Hardcastle
Lee Hardcastle
July 11, 2017 (2017-07-11)

Parodying the 1982 film of the same name, E.T. Rick takes cans of beer from Fridge and drinks them. At the same time, Morty, telepathically connected to E.T. Rick, is seen in a classroom being affected by the alcohol that Rick consumes. Upon trying to leave the Kitchen, E.T. Rick passes out; at the same time Morty vomits upon his desk.

12
"Gremlins"[48]
Lee Hardcastle
Lee Hardcastle
July 11, 2017 (2017-07-11)

Parodying the 1984 film of the same name, an incredibly injured Morty is seen sitting beside Gizmo on a Couch. Rick shows up and places money on the couch, holding up a cage intended for Gizmo as Morty accepts the money. The episode parodies the conclusion of Gremlins, with Rick taking place of Mr. Wing and Morty taking place of Billy.

13
"A Clockwork Orange"[49]
Lee Hardcastle
Lee Hardcastle
July 27, 2017 (2017-07-27)

Parodying the 1971 film of the same name, Rick is drinking with Birdperson, Mr. Meeseeks and Mr. Poopybutthole, surrounded by furniture and statues of Morty.

14
"Body Snatchers"[50]
Lee Hardcastle
Lee Hardcastle
July 27, 2017 (2017-07-27)

Parodying the 1978 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Rick is seen fixing a television as Morty enters the room. A picture of Mr. Poopybutthole is on the wall behind him. Looking at each other, Rick points to Morty and starts emitting a piercing scream, shocking Morty. The screen turns to black then white as the Adult Swim logo hatches from a nearby pod.

15
"The Matrix"[51]
Lee Hardcastle
Lee Hardcastle
July 28, 2017 (2017-07-28)

Parodying the 1999 film of the same name, Morty is on a roof of a building when Rick shows up in front of him. Rick pulls out a weapon and begins to shoot at Morty. Morty successfully avoids most of the bullets in slow-motion until one of them enters Morty's head through his sunglasses, causing Morty to fall off of the roof as it begins to rain. In this episode, a parody of a scene from The Matrix, Morty takes the place of Neo while Rick takes the place of Agent Smith.

16
"Ghostbusters"[52]
Lee Hardcastle
Lee Hardcastle
July 30, 2017 (2017-07-30)

Parodying the 1984 film of the same name, Morty, employed as a Ghostbuster, walks through a hotel corridor and spots a ghost of Rick, who glides quickly towards him. Morty hides his face behind hands as Rick slimes him. Morty takes the place of Ray Stantz in this parody while Rick takes the place of Slimer.

text: Ratings[edit]

text:
Season
Ep. 1
Ep. 2
Ep. 3
Ep. 4
Ep. 5
Ep. 6
Ep. 7
Ep. 8
Ep. 9
Ep. 10
Ep. 11

1
1.10
1.51
1.30
1.32
1.61
1.75
1.76
1.48
1.54
1.75
2.13

2
2.12
2.19
1.94
1.96
2.12
1.91
1.97
1.79
1.89
1.84
N/A

3
0.68
2.86
2.31
2.66
2.29
2.47
2.38
2.51
2.49
2.60
N/A

text: Notes[edit]

text:
Jump up ^ "The Rickshank Rickdemption" premiered unannounced and re-ran for four hours straight with improving ratings. This is the viewership of only the first broadcast of the episode.
Jump up ^ An alternate title used for this episode is "Tales from the Citadel".

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