Dan Harmon explains the “rebirth” of Rick And Morty in the season seven finale

Harmon, who had previously expressed aversion to serialized plotting, said he would “target the episodic [installments] personally.” That doesn’t mean they’re throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Showrunner Scott Marder assured fans that season eight “will have a lot of similar flow and vibes to six and seven, which is like a cool balance of silly and one-up canonical stuff.”

“That’s the stuff I want as a fan. And that’s the stuff that Harmon and I work on all jammed together,” Marder says. “I’m really proud of these last couple of seasons; they’re sort of the perfect blend of what I look for as a fan.”

Losing a showrunner like Roiland isn’t easy. However, there has been much fan outcry since Ian Cardoni and Harry Belden took over as Rick and Morty’s respective voiceboxes. Roiland, for his part, has been MIA since declaring “justice” and vowing to “restore his good name.” Since then, more allegations of inappropriate and predatory sexual relationships with young fans and admirers have come to light.

“Trust has now been violated between countless people and a show designed to please them,” Harmon told The Hollywood Reporter last September regarding Roiland’s exit. “I’m frustrated, ashamed, and heartbroken that a lot of hard work, joy, and passion can be leveraged to exploit and harm strangers.”