During the Adult Swim Con, the Rick and Morty panel consisting of co-creator Dan Harmon, Spencer Grammer, Sarah Chalke, Chris Parnell, and host Terri Schwartz looked back on season 4 and discussed the next season. The show has revealed first look at season 5 with a cold open from an upcoming episode.
The cold open is made of unfinished animation and it follows Morty who is carrying wounded Rick back home. They escape a near-death scenario and are about to crash on Earth. Seeing his own death up close, Morty calls his long-time crush Jessica to express his feelings. He discovers that she likes him back and she asks him out for a movie. This convinces Morty that he needs to live and he lands the ship safely in the ocean. However, this creates a whole new problem as Morty gets to meet Rick’s nemesis, Mr. Nimbus. Mr. Nimbus rises on top of the ocean in a clamshell and carries a trident.
During the panel, Harmon said, “We're basically done writing it. The only exception is I get on these Zoom edit sessions where we're kind of finalizing the finale of Season 5. It's a crazy situation to be in because this show has notoriously kept everyone behind schedule.”Rick and Morty has also released an anime short titled Rick and Morty vs. Genocider, which is directed by Tower of God director Takashi Sano.