 She joined the writing room for the third season of "Rick and Morty", acting as story editor on six episodes and writing the episode "Pickle Rick".For writing "Pickle Rick", Gao won the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program at the 2018 Emmy Awards.While working on the show, Gao and the other female writers were subject to sexist harassment by members of the fanbase that were upset about the show hiring women in the writing room.