Rick and Morty Showrunner Reveals Why Season 6 is the Best for Fans (Exclusive)
Rick and Morty kicked off Season 6 with some of the most well received strings of episodes in the series' run for the last few years, and the showrunner behind the season opened up about why they think this season is the "best" made in terms of what fans are always looking for! One of the major differences fans have noticed off the bat with the newest season is the fact that it incorporates much more of the longer serialized elements that fans have been looking forward to seeing in action, and still finds time for episodic stories allowing more humorous situations to unfold.
As Rick and Morty prepares to return for the final episodes of its Season 6 run starting on November 20th on Adult Swim, ComicBook.com got the chance to speak with executive producer and showrunner Scott Marder about the season thus far. Marder explained that due to approaching the series as a fan himself (signing on starting with the fourth season), Season 6 is the "best version" of what he would want as a creator and fan to see in the show itself.
What Makes Rick and Morty Season 6 a Good Season?
"I got to come onto it in season four as big a fan as anybody else. So I feel like I'm always thinking of what I want as a fan in my perfect season of this show," Marder began when asked about including more of the story elements in the latest episodes. "And I'd say season six is the best front to back version of what I, as a creator/fan of this show would want in this show, which is a little bit of canon, a little bit of just light arcs, funny one offs, just a little bit of it all because I think this show's got such depth. It's so cool that it can do all these different things."
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The first look at the next half of episodes teases we'll be seeing even more of the meta-commentary that had been lacking in the first half too, so it already seems like Rick and Morty Season 6 will indeed go down as one of the best for fans in quite some time. But do you agree with this take on Rick and Morty's new season so far? Let us know all of your thoughts about it in the comments! You can even reach out to me directly about all things animated and other cool stuff @Valdezology on Twitter!