Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon talks season 6, Evil Morty, and answering *that* cliffhanger
Rick and Morty’s fifth season finale left us with one of the biggest cliffhangers in the show’s history. Not only did Morty’s bad-egg alternative self (and president of the Citadel of Ricks) Evil Morty enter a 2001: A Space Odyssey-style light show to explore unknown dimensions, Rick took an uncharacteristic detour into introspection and backstory.
Despite his in-built aversion to serialized drama and canon, Rick revealed that he’s motivated by grief and trauma, having seen the OG versions of his wife, Diane, and daughter Beth killed by a murderous version of himself. He subsequently spent decades exploring the multiverse, in a fruitless quest to hunt down his evil doppelganger. The good news for long-standing fans of the hit sci-fi comedy, however, is that none of this will be forgotten in Rick and Morty season 6.
"At the end of every season we have this crucial choice to make, which is are we going to end on a cliffhanger?" the show's co-creator Dan Harmon says. |It makes that episode easier to write because you don’t have to finish and then you’re done for the season. But then you have homework and I guess this was one of those. We left a lot unresolved but we knew that if we just hit the reset button at the top, that would be considered lazy or unsatisfying."
No spoilers here, but it’s safe to say that season 6 premiere 'Solaricks' picks up more or less where its predecessor left off – the Citadel has been destroyed, and Rick and Morty are trapped in the middle of nowhere with their all-important portal gun no longer functioning. In other words, if you’re a newcomer to the world(s) of the smartest man in the universe, this might not be the best place to get on board.
"There was this other consideration we had,
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