▁order ▁to ▁co pe ▁with ▁the ▁demand ing ▁work load . ▁ ▁In ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁the ▁writing ▁team ▁had ▁finished ▁writing ▁new ▁episodes ▁and ▁they ▁were ▁waiting ▁on ▁their ▁return ▁from ▁B ard el ▁Entertainment , ▁Rick ▁and ▁Mort ys ▁Canadian ▁animation ▁studio , ▁for ▁in - house ▁screen ings . ▁After ▁the ▁anim at ics ▁( video ▁recorded ▁versions ▁of ▁a ▁hand - dra wn ▁story board ▁with ▁very ▁limited ▁motion ) ▁for ▁each ▁episode ▁were ▁made , ▁and ▁the ▁production ▁team ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁pre - visual ize ▁the ▁animation , ▁additional ▁passes ▁on ▁the ▁scripts ▁would ▁follow . ▁In ▁an ▁interview ▁with ▁The ▁Detroit ▁Cast , ▁writer ▁Ryan ▁R id ley ▁revealed ▁that ▁the ▁writing ▁process ▁for ▁the ▁third ▁season ▁was ▁completed ▁in ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁and ▁noted ▁that ▁a ▁season ▁of ▁Rick ▁and ▁Mort y ▁takes ▁a ▁long ▁time ▁to ▁write ▁and ▁animate . ▁ ▁In ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁Harm on ▁announced ▁on ▁his ▁pod cast , ▁Harm ont own , ▁that ▁the ▁season ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁animation ▁process , ▁after ▁a ▁long ▁period ▁of ▁writing . ▁Ar ound ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁B ard el ▁Entertainment ' s ▁production ▁super visor ▁ ▁Mark ▁Van ▁E e ▁confirmed ▁that ▁" every thing ▁is ▁on ▁track ." ▁In ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁when ▁production ▁of ▁the ▁season ▁had ▁been ▁completed , ▁Harm on ▁wrote ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁posts ▁on ▁Twitter , ▁where ▁he ▁ref