Rick and Morty has been deemed interesting enough for a post-episode show, modeled after Chris Hardwick welfare programs like Talking Dead and aiming for that baby food chit-chat consistency somewhere between conversations with your barber and TED talks by charter school goons. But the best way to peek behind the Rick and Morty curtain isn’t the streaming post-show on the Adult Swim website, it’s on Twitter, where Rick and Morty’s writing and production staff is unusually active and open about the writing process and what goes into each episode of Rick and Morty Season 3. And now is as good time to check in, since the future of Rick and Morty might just be rewritten forever, right now, on social media, thanks to a moist bee boy and his revolutionary Google Doc.
UPDATE: It's all happening bruh fam.
The future of Rick and Morty began after writer Erica Rosbe tweeted about the fourth episode of Season 3, “Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender,” co-written with Sarah Carbiener.
The world's a dumpster fire! Come watch TV. Tonight's episode is by me and @notanothersarah and directed by @DarkKingZoro. pic.twitter.com/IJHuPMzQVL
— ? Erica Rosbe ⛵️ (@crashrosbe) August 13, 2017
Enter the aggrieved Bee boy of poonTown, who first responded “This episode sucked fuck you” and followed up with something about donkey dicks and how the latest episode of Rick and Morty was “not imaginative in any way and did not respect the passionate audience’s intelligence.” But soon Bee boy was ready to dialogue, offering “constructive criticism” to the two comedy writers, promising them secret knowledge about “what you could’ve done to improve it.”
DM if you want constructive criticism on why the episode was not good and what you could've done to improve it
— Bee boy (@MoistFalcon) August 14, 2017
So far this looks like a standard Twitter dustup — Anonymous Jackass Feels Entitled To Attention could be the headline for most Twitter interactions. Bee boy would be the perfect subject for egg manning takes on toxic fandom or how much condescending bullshit women comedy writers put up with.
But then everything changed, because Bee boy holds the secret to a true understanding of Rick and Morty.
I will create a google doc and share it tomorrow explaining all the problems with S3E4 and also explain why "classic" episodes are classic
— Bee boy (@MoistFalcon) August 15, 2017
Since that announcement Rick and Morty writers and producers have held their breath, waiting for wisdom and trying to master the inner mysteries of Google Docs.
I'm learning how to make a google doc right now for a bit.
— Mike McMahan (@MikeMcMahanTM) August 15, 2017
It takes time! He had to wait for season 3. We have to wait for him to drop truth.
— ? Erica Rosbe ⛵️ (@crashrosbe) August 15, 2017
Can you put this in a google doc? I too dum four just talky explainys.
— Mike McMahan (@MikeMcMahanTM) August 15, 2017
Please do. I can't wait. I've had my name on "classic" episodes. I've had my name on terrible episodes. Teach me. Teach us all. https://t.co/NDnBWeBXab
— Ryan Ridley (@ryanridley) August 15, 2017
No word yet from Bee boy, but presumably the writers will hold off on Rick and Morty Season 4 until they finally get that doc.