there's a contingent who believes everything post Dreamland episodes has been gold return-to-former-Archer-glory whereas it definitely fell into an overly-familiar hitting-the-same-beats-over-and-over again pattern for me and I was very very ready to bid adieu to Archer but I ended up liking this season a lot more than I expected
a change in dynamics—Lana grappling with taking Mallory's job and all the moral landmines that entails, Archer grappling with aging and a new younger (/better?) agent to bounce off of and trade barbs with really rejuvenated the show for me while Amber Nash's voice acting for Pam remains top-notch and elevates any dialogue she gets no matter how run-of-the-mill—so much so I actually wish there was another season to see this new dynamic further take hold and grow. not perfect (it was very obvious in the bribe episode where that would go and I wish it got to the ending much sooner in the episode and have Lana play moral mental gymnastics with herself in the remainder of the episode to justify continuing Mallory's bribes) but much fresher than it had been for seasons. the ending felt a bit abrupt (I assume they got word of cancellation late in production because it was very much not setting up for that) but man, this is a show that's been on for nearly half my life and it's a little weird that it's just over and done with now
Shout by Joey van MaanenVIP 4BlockedParent2023-10-12T08:50:26Z
I'm kind of done with Archer to be honest. It's not bad, but it's the same thing over and over and over again. For me, the first few seasons were amazingly good, but the last few were getting more and more annoying. All in all, I enjoyed the ride, but I'm also glad that it's over.