Digital Spy revealed that the season would have more of a continuity than the rest of the series, not unlike season three, when Rick was put into an alien prison. Rick and Morty writer Scott Marder announced that "there's epic canon in season five coming" and that season four's Space Beth is set to be a major character in the season in 2020 at a virtual Adult Swim festival.[9] As of late October 2020, episodes were "pretty far along on [their] route to Adult Swim."[10]