Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland say Rick and Morty Season 4 will be more serialized

Entertainment Weekly

"Without giving anything away, we have serialized stuff we check in on now and then that’s sprinkled over the top of strong episodic episodes," Roiland says of the 10-episode Season 4 in an interview with EW. "To fans of the show, they’re going to want to watch them in order." Harmon says of working on Season 4 after signing a deal to produce 70 more episodes: "I think it’s safe to say without fear of being wrong that the gap between seasons 3 and 4 will be the longest and last time that it’s ever so long that it’s ridiculous. I don’t know how fast we can do it, but I know it will never be this long again. There were so many things that had to be settled before we even started season 4, and it’s really safe to say — as Justin says — we’re literally writing season 5 while finishing season 4 just to force ourselves to commit to a certain schedule. Not to get anyone’s hopes up, but it is structured into our deal that if we’re going strong and fast there are options to deliver more episodes at a time."