Rick and Morty star wants Summer to become “more sociopathic, more selfish”

After a long break, Rick and Morty is back on Adult Swim for a new suit of episodes — 70 new episodes, in fact, to be doled out over the next several seasons. Fans will probably never have to go through that long a break again.

So what will those 70 episodes hold for super-scientist Rick and his hapless grandson Morty? If we could predict it, we’d almost be disappointed in the writers. But star Spencer Grammer, who plays Morty’s older sister Summer, has some definite ideas about where she wants to see her character go.

“I really want her to become more and more like Rick,” Grammer told SyFy Wire, immediately scaring us. “I would love that. Just more and more — just more. More sociopathic, more selfish. I want her to stop caring what [Rick] thinks about her.”

"[I hope] one day she just stops caring that Rick cares about her at all and she gets so strong and powerful. I would love for her to suddenly become super, super, super smart and create something that Rick didn’t even think of — which probably would never happen. But it could … You never know … We have 70 episodes, so it could happen!"

It sounds like Grammer is fully on board with the show’s anarchic — you might even say nihilistic — view on the world. “We’re all looking to circumvent the normal reality we’ve been given and find a way to make our lives meaningful,” Grammer mused. “I think that’s why I love Rick, because he’s the most committed to that.”

Of course, Rick also has a lot of problems, which Grammer happily conceded. “Which also makes you a sociopath, really. You’re living sort of an avant-garde lifestyle, but it’s destructive to the entire universe. But you’re doing it with conviction, so we love you. That’s what every good sociopath does.”

Okay, bring on the good sociopaths! People with no empathy are people too…although I dunno if they’d feel the same way.

As for what specifically is coming for Summer in season 4, Grammer wouldn’t give away too much, but did say she’ll do and say some “scathing” things fans will either love her or hate her for. “Summer has a level of intelligence and such a conviction in the things she loves that you can kind of get behind her,” Grammer said. “There are more episodes coming up in [Season 4] that actually illuminate that more … I think she’s more dedicated in her conviction of things she does or doesn’t like.”

Rick and Morty returns with a new episode on Sunday, December 8!

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