Archer
At long last , Archerseason 11 is set to answer its fans ' burning questions .
For two season , the show has genre - hopped , using Archer ’s coma - induced dreams as an opportunity to search noir , treasure island , and space - adventure plotlines . Meanwhile , the events following Archer ’s shooting in time of year 7 have remained a mystery , with lover uncertain that he was even live for an entire season .
Thankfully , this is no longer the case . Archer regained knowingness in the terminal moments of time of year 10 and put its animated cast firmly back in their original timeline - albeit three age afterwards , adding a fresh layer of questions to the ever - growing pile . Ahead of serial 11 ’s launching this twelvemonth , here are ten of the big .
Is ISIS really gone for good?
When we first fall in love withArcher , it was a show about a spy agency called ISIS that playfully skewered all the tropes relate with espionage movies .
But after ISIS was blacklisted in Season 5 for treason , the crowd lurched from one catastrophic speculation to the next . These included a drug - smuggling ring and a private tec firm before the show dived head - first into genre - hopping for time of year eight through ten . After so many changes , a paying back to the show ’s original format - where it was arguably at its best - would be welcome by many fans , though peradventure a less controversial agency name would be advisable .
Has Lana moved on?
“ What about Lana ? ” is one of the first question that Archer asks when he wake from his three - year comatoseness at the destruction of season 10 , and it ’s notable how Malory apace dodges the doubtfulness . Is this because the truth will be too distressing for Archer to hear - that she has moved on ?
When we first key out that Archer is in a coma at the start of time of year 8 - not dead as was previously imply - it ’s clear Lana that will not share Malory ’s committedness to call in him . “ I ’ll attempt to bring AJ by tomorrow … or maybe Friday ” , she says . So there ’s every luck that she has found a novel beau , mayhap even a new husband . We just hope it ’s not Cyril . Again .
Will Lana and Archer get back together?
After six seasons of rooting for Lana and Archer to conciliate their relationship , the pair ultimately got together in the episode ‘ Pocket Listing ’ . Despite the fairly underhanded direction that Lana got pregnant , the birth of AJ was a key moment in Archer ’s development , signifying a newfound maturity date for the character , which strengthen down but did not annihilate some of his most extreme - and entertaining - traits .
It was somewhat frustrating when these developments were apparently discarded in season 7 , after a serial publication of petty argument and with the arrival of beautiful femme fatale Veronica Deane . However , throughout Archer ’s coma - dreams , the plot of season 8 - 10 , Lana persist Archer ’s main love pursuit . This tap the question - will they reconcile once again in Season 11 ?
Is Lana in prison?
At the end of season 7 , movie hotshot Veronica Deane attempts to frame Lana for the murder of her ex - husband , of which Deane is clearly shamed . The police are bowled over by her fame and beaut , and it looks like small AJ is to be leave without a female parent , until Deane also shoot Archer , and is subsequently arrested for both killings .
Given Malory ’s cagey answer when Archer waken from his coma and asks about Lana , something has probably occur to her that would distress him . Was Deane successful in frame up her after all ? Will Archer ’s testimony clear her name in time of year 11 ?
Is Veronica Deane in prison?
This would be the logical assumption give that she is hold back for shooting Archer at the final stage of season 7 . It will be interesting to find out what role , if any , the character will continue to have in the series , and whether Archer will assay reprisals for the three twelvemonth that he has lose to a comatoseness .
Since she did not come along in Archer ’s fevered coma delusion , we ’re led to wonder whether we ’ve seen the last of Veronica Deane .
What about the Figgis agency?
In season 7 , Cyril set in motion a individual detective house called the Figgis bureau . Given that the showrunners have spoil in rampant plot and genre - hopping in recent twelvemonth , it ’s dubious that they ’ll want to be married to this concept , but it seems too easy to simply chuck out it completely .
Since Archer hate to see Cyril experience any near chance , if the agency has become a winner in his absence , it ’s likely to irritate him to the extreme .
How will Mallory and Archer’s relationship change?
Archer ’s many flaws - his impulsiveness , threatening drinking , and womanizing behavior - are often attributed to Malory ’s delinquent approach to parenting , and Archer ’s subsequent hopeless feat to win her affection as a child . Nevertheless , the serial publication is littered with hints that real love underpins their relationship , no matter how dysfunctional .
At the oddment of season 10 , it ’s revealed that throughout Archer ’s three - class comatoseness , Malory has virtually lived in his hospital elbow room , never turn a loss hope that he ’ll one day awaken . Having learned of this , it will be hard for Archer to deny that his female parent , despite her frozen demeanor , does love him after all . Will this alter their dynamic - one of the most entertaining panorama of the show - or Archer ’s outlook on life in general ?
How will Archer react to Woodhouse’s death?
Woodhouse was Archer ’s elderly retainer , who raised him in his mother ’s absence and waited on him reliably despite days of abuse and harsh penalty . After the actor who vocalise Woodhouse , George Coe , passed away in 2015 , another actor stepped in to temporarily act the function . The character then mysteriously vanished , with Archer even distribute missing posters for him .
In the opening moments of season 8 - which is dedicate to the memory board of Coe - it is bring out that Woodhouse has pass away , a fact that Archer seems to be palely aware of in his coma dreams . But how will he react now that he is conscious , considering Woodhouse was the primary agnatic flesh of his childhood ? Is another violent disorder on the cards ?
Will Archer still be a badass?
Being in a hospital seam for three years is liable to take a toll on your muscle tone . The show is not attached to out-and-out realism - after all , it ’s a closed book how Archer stays in peak strong-arm condition despite his self - destructive modus vivendi - so it remains to be go steady whether writers will gloss over his recovery period , or whether season 11 will center around a much - diminishedSterling Archer .
Is Kreiger a clone?
There are a handful of hints throughoutArcherthat Dr. Kreiger , once the Head of ISIS ’s Applied Research Department , is a dead ringer of Adolf Hitler . In season 5 , he encounters a further three clon of himself ( or of Hitler ? ) and despite developing an initial relationship with them , a fight ensues .
One Kreiger emerges from the battle winning , but whether he is the original or the clone is equivocal , and the Doctor subsequently - and suspiciously - seems to forget his co - worker ’s names . It would be coherent with the flavor of the show if this mystery was never resolve .
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