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Dan Harmon opens up.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/dan-harmon-interview-rick-morty-community-krapopolis-justin-roiland-1235600699/

Roiland started to pull back during season two. By then, the room was working considerably longer hours, as Harmon obsessed over the shows quality, and the environment was no longer as much fun. After the season wrapped, Roiland sat down with Harmon and acknowledged just how miserable hed become working at the show. The implication, according to Harmon, was that it was his fault. Honestly, I wasnt sure what he was saying, recalls Harmon, other than, maybe, I feel like Im in your shadow and I wish I wasnt.
Mike Lazzo, who was running Adult Swim out of Atlanta at the time, was aware of the growing tensions insomuch as hed see signs when he came to visit. Dan would be in the writers room and Justin would be running radio control cars around the studio, says Lazzo, who gives Harmon the lions share of the credit for Rick and Mortys success: Its so dependent on writing and character, and those are Dans strengths. I remember Id get frustrated waiting on his scripts, but then theyd arrive and they would be masterpieces.