Archerisn’t dead yet . Though last time of year left the titulary undercover agent floating facedown in a ritzy puddle , Adam Reed ’s exalt drollery return key next year with a stain - new risky venture . The only grab is it unfolds in 1947 .
funny - Con instrument panel in San Diego and New York discover that Reed reset the assumption of his show once more , going a step further this time by giving all the characters fresh roles and line stories . TitledArcher : Dreamland , concord toPaste , the 8th time of year plays out as a mid-20th - century mystery within the mind of a recover - but - comatose Archer .
Our fouler - mouthed hero ( H. Jon Benjamin ) , riding off the high school of last time of year ’s Old Hollywood gumshoeing , in full squeeze his fantasy to be the ultimate old - schooling private eye and tries to solve the execution of his partner Woodhouse ( Archer ’s butler , meet by the belated George Coe ) . " It ’s run to be even more serialized than we ’ve done in the past times , " Reed tell the magazine in July .
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Bleeding Cooladdsthat Cyril ( Chris Parnell ) bug Archer as a bad cop , while Pam ( Amber Nash ) help the former as his androgynous muscle . Lana ( Aisha Tyler ) sings at a lounge , where Gillette ( Reed ) plays trumpet ( also , he ’s straight ) and Krieger ( Lucky Yates ) tends bar . Cheryl Tunt ( Judy Greer ) becomes Charlotte Vander Tunt ( still rich ) , and , last but not least : Jessica Walter ’s Malory appears as " The Boss , " while herArrested Developmentco - superstar Jeffrey Tambor resurfaces as a modifiedLen Trexler . ( Here ’s what the trailer will look like . )
Reed has retooled the show twice before : first in 2014 forVice , which send the first-rate - spy squad f.k.a . ISIS to Miami for a coke - fueled identity crisis , then again for last class ’s SoCal relocation . time of year 8 will be the first timeArcherpinpoints an exact twelvemonth for its revamp . Expect deal of pop - culture references new and old .
If you stood in the camp of fans who did n’t revel the drasticViceshift , fear not . Archeris more about the characters ' toxic relationship than their shenanigans , meaning they can be anywhere , doing anything , and they ’ll still be screaming jerk to each other .
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There ’s also a greater plan at study . As Reedtold this reporterlast year , he ’s sharp on exploring season - long arcs . Season 7 very by choice arrange upDreamland , for case , and the creator only has plan fortwo moreinstallments after this one . With the end in sight , Reed told me during his Season 7 crush enlistment that the bunch will " be private eyes for a while to occur . "
ArcherSeason 8 arrives early next year on FXX ( mention the extra ' cristal ' ) , with eight episodes . In other news , we bend Sterling into a flannel-cake :
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