The media website also praised the complexity of the plot, saying it "sh[ook]-up [the] character dynamics, rather than just relegating it to the background or quickly resolving it."[15] IGN noted that the episode "basically played out as an extended Mad Max parody," saying it focused to much on parodying other works that developing its own plots and that it "never felt like "Rickmancing the Stone" had anything particularly insightful to say."[16] IndieWire also praised Summer in the episode, saying "This is one of the lightest “Rick and Morty” episodes in a while ... This was a chance for the show to riff on one of the biggest movies made during its hiatus while also sneaking in a not-so-subtle allegory to a family slowly being torn apart."[17]