Archer Season 6

Archer Season 6

This show is incredibly snappy, and after wadding through 5 seasons to land on this newest sixth season with the correct amount of context, was one of the most entertaining bits of wadding I have ever done. Even more fun than crossing that lake in the New Forrest.

 

This terrific, grounded, blunt and yet strangely imaginative show comes back with a gentler and more nuanced bang than the crazy-mental-drug-cartel excitement of the 5th season, ‘Archer Vice’. This refreshing tone the new series sets, does not in any way allow the quick, punchy and morally questionable dialogue suffer. The characters are still the same horrific, glue sniffing, racist, psychopathic, insecure, hostile group of messiness they have always been. Except for one character, who is not only the most horrific, but also the leading protagonist, Mr. Archer, voiced by H. John Benjamin. Although he is still an alcoholic misogynistic mess, with thought processes which could be seen as borderline ‘Evil’, doesn’t change the fact that Archer now has a responsibility, a real human baby son. This means throughout the season he slowly shifts into a slightly caring person. However slight this character change is, it’s pulled of so well throughout the seasons dialogue that it’s hard too not be moved during multiple scenes. This is a rare (I thought impossible) thing for a series as hostile as Archer, but they nailed it. His care and admiration for his female companion Lana Kane, voiced by Aisha Tyler, has been apparent throughout the entire show. However, in this series this care and admiration has finally surfaced.

This season is a move in a fantastic direction for Archer, whilst remaining morbid, strange and hilarious, it delivers shifts in character, which will refresh a long-time viewer and peak the curiosity of first timers, even if the groundwork has already been laid during the last 5 seasons. Jolly good stuff.