Rick and Morty cast teases “next level” season 5

The fifth season of Rick and Morty premieres on Adult Swim on June 20, which the network has dubbed Rick and Morty Day. The show has a reputation for going a long time between new episodes, but with Adult Swim having ordered a whopping 70 in advance, the cast assures fans that those days are over.

“I have one more episode to record, I think, that I’m doing at the end of May,” Spencer Grammer (Summer Smith) told SyFy Wire. “There’ll be more Rick and Morty before you know it this time. Unlike the many other times before where we were just making you all wait.”

Star Chris Parnell (Jerry Smith) is also encouraging, although he makes like Jerry and brings down the party just a bit: “You’ll still have to wait, just not as long,” Parnell clarifies.

As for the new season, Sarah Chalke (Beth Smith) promises more and better: “It takes all things Rick and Morty up a notch to the next level. We get more family adventures all together and the animation is off the hook. That’s all we can spoil.”

What happens to Beth and Jerry in Rick and Morty season 5?

When last we left Beth, she and Jerry seemed to have put their marriage back together after a season of separation. According to Parnell, they’re “in a better place — at least sexually, so that’s good.” Grammer helpfully added, “I love animation sex. It’s so good.” So I guess we know what kinds of scenes Beth and Jerry will be sharing.

“Beth did not treat Jerry very well, historically,” Chalke said. “They had a hard time, then separated, then got back together. But now, I think probably more than any other season, they’re starting in a very good place with each other. And then for Beth, the other piece of it is her newfound spot in her relationship with Rick, where both Home Beth and Space Beth have bonded and decided they don’t care which one is the clone.”

As for Summer, Grammer says that she “is being independent and a teenager…I think she’s definitely been given some leeway with Rick to be helpful in some ways. She’s sort of proved herself over the years, so we might see some of that.” And Parnell teases that Jerry “briefly takes on a leadership role that he does surprisingly well at. At least for a brief period of time.” Sounds about right.

And is there anything Chalke and Grammer want to see their characters do? “I hope that we get to see Space Beth and Home Beth stick around a little longer and maybe have a few more adventures together,” Chalke said. Grammer, meanwhile, said that she likes “where Summer’s character is going. I’m excited to see her do more independent stuff. Maybe be in charge of some things moving forward. And then at some point, maybe she could retire. That would be fun, she just chills out for a minute. She gets to be a normal teenager for a second. That’d be nice.”

It’d be nice, but I don’t see it happening. We’ll find out for sure in a few weeks.

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