The sixth season of the American adult animated television series '' Rick and Morty'' premiered on September 4, 2022. Starring

Justin Roiland Mark Justin Roiland (born February 21, 1980) is an American voice actor, animator, writer, producer, and director. He is best known as the co-creator of Adult Swim's ''Rick and Morty'' and its subsequent Rick and Morty (franchise), franchise. H ...

as both titular characters, Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith, and their inter-dimensional counterparts, the season was ordered before the fourth season of the show finished airing, in May 2020. It is the final season to feature Roiland providing any voice work and is also the final season to be produced by Justin Roiland's Solo Vanity Card Productions, as he was fired from the show on January 24, 2023 due to domestic battery allegations.

Cast and characters

Main

as Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith, the main characters of the series. *

Chris Parnell Thomas Christopher Parnell (; born February 5, 1967) is an American actor and comedian. He was a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1998 to 2006 and played the role of Dr. Leo Spaceman on ''30 Rock''. In animation, he voices Cyril Figgis ...

as Jerry Smith, Morty's and Summer's father and Rick's son-in-law. * Spencer Grammer as Summer Smith, Morty's older sister and Rick's granddaughter. * Sarah Chalke as

Beth Smith Bethany "Beth" Smith (née Sanchez) is one of the main characters of the American animated television series ''Rick and Morty''. Created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon, Beth is a veterinarian who specializes in horse surgery, who is struck ...

, Morty's and Summer's mother and Rick's daughter.

Recurring

* Keith David as United States President Curtis / The President, the President of the United States and erstwhile frenemy of Rick. * Paul Giamatti as Story Lord, the former conductor of the Story Train, written out of the fourth wall into a real dimension.

Guest

* Kari Wahlgren as D.I.A.N.E., an AI made by Rick to impersonate his long deceased wife, Diane. * Peter Dinklage as Chans, the leader of a group of alien terrorists, based on Hans Gruber from the 1988 action film '' Die Hard''. *

Heather Anne Campbell Heather Anne Campbell is an American writer, comedian, podcast host, and actress. Life and career Born in Chicago, Illinois, Campbell began studying improvisational comedy at iO Theater at the age of fifteen, under the tutelage of Del Clos ...

as Jennith Padrow-Chunt, the CEO of a fortune cookie factory. * James Adomian as Old M. Hucksbee, the caretaker of the Lockerean. * Patricia Lentz as Joyce Smith, Jerry's mother. * Lisa Kudrow as a technologically-advanced '' Tyrannosaurus'' who returns to Earth. * Jason Mraz as a technologically-advanced '' Brachiosaurus'' who returns to Earth. * Dan Harmon as: ** A technologically-advanced '' Triceratops'' who returns to Earth. ** Mr. Nimbus, an aquatic character who can control marine life and policemen. * Christopher Meloni as Jesus Christ, a fictional personified version of Jesus Christ brought into reality. * Jeff Loveness as Marvin * Susan Sarandon as Dr. Wong, the Smith family's therapist. * Diedrich Bader as Blagnar the Eternal, the head of a council of intergalactic superheroes. * Will Forte as Eugene Michael Piss / Pissmaster, an alien who wears a flying suit that enables him to shoot urine against an opponent. *

John Early John Early may refer to: *John Early (educator) (1814–1873), Irish-American Jesuit educator *John Early (politician) (1828–1877), Lieutenant Governor of Illinois *John Early (bishop) (1786–1873), American Methodist prelate *John Early (comedi ...

as Cookie Magneto, a parody of Magneto who controls cookies. *

Jack Black Thomas Jacob Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is known for his acting roles in the films '' High Fidelity'' (2000), ''Shallow Hal'' (2001), ''Orange County'' (2002), '' School of Rock'' (2003), ''E ...

as a Viscount of Venus. * Daniel Radcliffe,

Matt King Matthew or Matt King may refer to: Matthew * Matthew King (composer) (born 1967), British composer and pianist * Matthew King (cricketer) (born 1977), Australian cricketer * Matthew Yang King (born 1974), American actor, voice actor, director, prod ...

, David Mitchell, and Robert Webb as the Knights of the Sun.

Episodes

Production

Development

The season is a part of a long-term deal between show creators

and Dan Harmon and

Adult Swim Adult Swim (AS; stylized as

dult swim Dult is a village in Batala in Gurdaspur district of Punjab State, India. It is located from sub district headquarter, from district headquarter and from Sri Hargobindpur. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representati ...

and often abbreviated as s is an American adult-oriented night-time cable television Television channel, channel that shares channel space with the basic cable network Cartoon Network and is programme ...

, confirming 70 new episodes would be released over an unspecified amount of seasons. Ten of those episodes were aired as

season four A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of Earth's tilted orbit around the Sun. In temperate and pola ...

, and ten more were aired as

season five A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of Earth's tilted orbit around the Sun. In temperate and pola ...

, leaving fifty episodes remaining. In February 2020, Roiland announced that the sixth season of ''Rick and Morty'' was underway.

Casting

Along with the season's announcement, regulars

, Spencer Grammer, and Sarah Chalke were confirmed to return as the Smith family. The second episode of the season, "Rick: A Mort Well Lived", featured Peter Dinklage as a guest star.

Writing

Writing for the series continued over Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Dan Harmon said that production was "pretty far along" by November 2020. In March 2021, Harmon confirmed that they were "very late" in the writing process.

Roiland's dismissal

On January 24, 2023, amid felony charges against Justin Roiland, it was announced that Adult Swim had cut ties with Roiland and that he was fired from the show. This makes the final season where Roiland does any work on the show, including voicing both Rick and Morty and is also the final season to be produced by Justin Roiland's Solo Vanity Card Productions.

Release

The season premiered on September 4, 2022 on

Adult Swim Adult Swim (AS; stylized as

. It is currently available for pre-order in DVD and standard Blu-ray formats, as well as a SteelBook Blu-ray form.

Reception

On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, season 6 has a 91% score based on 62 reviews. The site's critic consensus reads, "Bookended by some memorable serialized developments, ''Rick and Mortys sixth season has a lot of fun in between as it explores whether the universe's most toxic genius can actually grow as a person." On Metacritic, the season has a score of 86, out of 4 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". The season was nominated at the

Artios Awards The Casting Society, formerly known as Casting Society of America (CSA), was founded in Los Angeles, California, in 1982 as a professional society of about 1,200 casting directors and associate casting directors for film, television, theatre, and ...