Rick and Morty Season 6 Sets Up Summer's Own Die Hard: Watch Preview

By Nick Valdez

Rick and Morty is finally back up and running for Season 6 of the series, and the promo for the next episode of the season is setting up Summer for her very own take on the classic action movie, Die Hard! The sixth season got off to a very explosive start as it not only fleshed out some of the questions fans had about past seasons' lore, but also dropped some significant teases for the future of the series. This raised all sorts of questions over what could come next, and it seems like the series is shifting its focus to Summer for its next entry. 

With the premiere now out of the way and introducing a very unique status quo for Rick and Morty going forward, all eyes are on Episode 2 to see how it follows that up. Rick and Morty Season 6 Episode 2 is titled "Rick: A Mort Well Lived," and the promo for the episode teases that Summer will be on her own when Blips and Chitz is attacked by a group of terrorists much like in the movie Die Hard (which of course is going to be the central parody this time around). You can check out the promo for Episode 2 below as spotted by @swimpedia on Twitter: 

Funny enough, this was one of the episodes teased in the main trailer for Rick and Morty's sixth season. Speaking with Inverse ahead of the new season's release, showrunner Scott Marder talked taking on a new Die Hard episode with, "A lot of us are in the same age range, so Die Hard was really in the ether. Even Dan Harmon would tell you that Die Hard wasn't necessarily up on a board or anything. Ironically, we ended up tackling a really complex story for the A-plot of that episode. Harmon was just like, 'What's left over?' We've got a sort of hostage thing. 'Just give me a Die Hard!'" 

As for Summer taking the central role in it, Marder explained that series co-creator Dan Harmon wanted to keep it simple, "Yeah, but what's our spin on it? 'Keep it simple,' he said. 'Give me a Die Hard!' Just let me know when we need to take breaks from the A-story. So it started from the simplest place. As it evolved, we started playing around and decided that the main character — Summer — didn't know what it meant to be in a Die Hard. The main focus had really been nurturing that A-story for a while."

What do you hope to see in Rick and Morty's take on Die Hard with Summer? How are you liking Season 6 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!

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