- Rick and Morty mysteriously teases out season four!
It's been one long year and seven long months
since Rick and Morty graced our TVs, laptops, and tablets.
Covering us with all the Szechuan sauce, Evil Mortys,
and Beth clones, they could cram into a 22 minute episode.
And while Adult Swim has been dropping small videos
throughout this nearly two year long drought
to keep our appetite satiated,
our lives haven't been the same without the
titular mad scientist grandpa and his grandson.
But it looks like the boys are going to be back
sooner than we thought, because on Wednesday
Adult Swim released a short teaser of Rick and Morty,
informing us of their official return.
Now, the video was posted on the Adult Swim
Cartoon Network socials, and featured Rick and Morty
on a black background, bantering back and forth
about who should make the official announcement.
- Morty do you want to make the announcement or?
- No, no, no, no! I don't want to make the announcement.
- All right. Okay, I'll do it.
- And though Rick does eventually spill the beans,
- Rick and Morty is back.
Brand new season four in November 2019, this year.
- There does seem to be a cautious optimism
to the news of their return.
- Man, I can't believe we're back.
We're going to be back, I mean.
- With Rick even taking a second
to pull a swig from his flask.
So what exactly does this teaser mean?
And what does it tell us?
Honestly, that Rick and Morty is back in November of 2019
and that's it, bye.
Naturally, fans and critics alike are excited
for the show to return, but there were those
who were upset over the lack of details,
Easter eggs, or any information beyond
the date hidden within the teaser.
Hell, the whole thing is just them on a black background.
As if the producers were trying
to hide anything and everything.
However, we think it's the lack of details in this spot
that tells us that the Rick and Morty team
must be playing this season very close to the vest.
When we got word last May that the show had been
picked up from a whopping 70 episode pick up,
and that creators Justin Roiland
and Dan Harmon would be attached for the extension
as well, this was huge news!
Getting a renewal of this size delivered
a creative gold mine for the staff,
to allow them to tell a massive story
without fear of getting the ax.
In fact, Justin Roiland spoke to Polygon
about this freedom last year.
"We're super excited that, for the first time ever,
"we're locked in, we know what the future is,
"we have job security."
Roiland added, "Harmon is in great spirits,
"we have a great writers' room.
"We want the episodes to stay good,
"but we do also want to try to turn them around
"a little quicker now that we have this big order,
"I think it gives us the ability to be faster.
"We're not going to do these long breaks,
"these chasms in between seasons anymore."
Honestly, this sounds fantastic to us.
There have been plenty of plot threads and storylines
from the show that had to be truncated or dropped
in the past, due to the shorts seasons
of Rick and Morty we've seen before.
But now with an enormous sand box, Roiland and Harmon
will be able to pick up and resolve these threads.
In fact, let's break down three of those
unanswered plots from Rick and Morty's run so far.
Number One, the Evil Morty storyline.
Evil Morty first appeared in season one
and popped up again to wreck havoc in season three.
While there are many theories about Evil Morty's origins,
like maybe he was raised by the original Rick
and abandoned for unknown reasons.
The show is clearly setting up Evil Morty
as one of, if not it's only Big Bad.
And we're hoping to see how Rick and Morty
try to take down Evil Morty in season four and beyond.
Number two, Beth's clone.
We remember is season three, the offer that Rick made Beth.
Basically, creating a clone to stay behind
in the real world and take the original Beth
through the multiverse and beyond.
However, we never got to see what Beth decided.
Is Beth a clone?
Has the real Beth disappeared into time and space?
Rick and Morty is bound to address these possibilities
in the new runs of episodes.
And finally, number three, Who is Rick's wife?
We haven't gotten a ton of specific backstory for Rick
beyond the fact that he is miserable.
Something must have gone down with his missing wife,
impacting both Rick and Beth, since we also saw
the repercussions on Beth's childhood
in The ABC's of Beth.
Rick and Morty definitely plays with viewer expectations,
so no matter how this gets resolved,
it'll be twisted and bittersweet.
So there you have it, Rick and Morty will be coming
back to TV in just a few short months.
And we're excited to see how these questions
are answered, and so many more.
But, what do you folks think?
What do you think is in store
for Rick and Morty's new episodes?
What storylines do you think they'll resolve?
And will we see Pickle Rick again?
Pickle Rick!
It's been too long since we've said that.
Let's discuss.
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