RICK AND MORTY Producer Explains Approach To Overarching Storylines Involving Rick Prime And Evil Morty

RICK AND MORTY Producer Explains Approach To Overarching Storylines Involving Rick Prime And Evil Morty

One of Rick and Morty's executive producers has broken down the show's approach to episodic storytelling while explaining why both Rick Prime and Evil Morty have only played small roles in the series.

By JoshWilding - Jun 21, 2023 04:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Rick and Morty
Source: Premiere (via Toonado.com)

Evil Morty quickly emerged as one of Rick and Morty's most compelling characters, with his introduction eventually leading to the sinister Rick Prime taking on a key role in the hit Adult Swim series. 

Both of their stories have played out a mostly glacial pace, and while the show does have a handful of ongoing subplots, it's rare for them to play out through multiple episodes of a single season. Now, Rick and Morty executive producer Steven Levy has shed some light on this unique approach to storytelling. 

"I don't see us writing a series with a red thread to follow every week, it would be too hard," he tells Premiere (via Toonado.com). "Imagine ten seasons of this on Rick and Morty! We would end up making episodes just to make episodes and feed the story as best we can."

He'd add, "Dan Harmon grew up watching the sitcoms of the 70s and 80s, where each episode operated independently of the others. Nothing was 'serialized' and that allowed a series to last much longer."

That adds up, and part of the fun of watching Rick and Morty is being able to hop in and out of episodes without needing an encyclopedic knowledge of what's come before. However, for hardcore fans, there are usually references and teases spread throughout, something Levy wants to keep going.

"The rule is that there must be at least one episode each season evoking the 'big story,'" he explains. "That way people are rewarded for continuing to watch the show." He concluded by pointing out that Evil Morty and Rick Prime are treated as special inclusions to heighten an episode, explaining why they only appear sporadically.

When Rick and Morty returns for its seventh season later this year, it will be minus co-creator and lead voice actor Justin Roiland. It doesn't sound like he's had creative input for some time, but it will be interesting to see what, if any, impact his absence has on the ongoing Rick Prime story arc. 

Are you excited about Rick and Morty's return?

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SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 6/21/2023, 5:33 PM
So the episode that added to the overarching story in Season 6 was "Solaricks". I prefer the one episode per season being the big story continuation. I felt like Season 6 had the most cohesive continuity of the entire series thus far. It was able to weave older story threads into the current storyline while also picking up things from episodes within the season itself.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 6/21/2023, 5:36 PM
I agree. Even serialised tv back in the day had some overarching stories, even if they weren't noticeable. Can't have a show, especially today, just be noise to keep viewership.
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 6/21/2023, 5:41 PM
Tbh this is why I haven’t watched in a while. Solar Opposites works well within this framework but Rick and Morty doesn’t as much. If they wanted it to be serialized they shouldn’t have started creating an overarching story in the beginning that was more interesting than the episodic stuff has been. On the topic of Solar Opposites they have even showed how well they can do that stuff because The Wall as a subplot is the most interesting aspect of either show
MG0019
MG0019 - 6/21/2023, 9:55 PM
@Ha1frican - This! If the show had started as one off crazy episodes I think I’d be more satisfied. But the first 3 seasons added real depth and character changes. Seeing the family dynamic shift, fall apart, & move on. It wasn’t afraid to change its status quo. Rick was developing as a character and had to finally see consequences with his family. Then suddenly the showrunners are like “pfft writing is hard, we just gonna make incest jokes.”
B89
B89 - 6/22/2023, 2:26 AM
@Ha1frican - I agree that the wall episodes are the the most interesting, funny having your best stories all take place without the leads haha
mountainman
mountainman - 6/21/2023, 6:05 PM
Evil Morty got a good ending already. The only place I can see him going is turning to good and joining to fight Rick Prime after he realizes his escape didn’t make him happy.
dragon316
dragon316 - 6/21/2023, 6:27 PM
I knew of show never watched I watched clip of show thanks to this guy show is not for me feel bad for fans
Amaru
Amaru - 6/21/2023, 7:34 PM
@dragon316 - For all I know that is you in the video.
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