Archer
Lana Kane is the self - appointed mother figure of the squad at ISIS.Malory , the materfamilias , has never been a good female parent figure , and is too selfish , money - thirsty , and status - possessed to rightfully be a female parent ( as many flashbacks of her and Archer prove ) .
Lana holds herself other than from the group . She believe she is one of the good ones , because of her ( sometimes ) liberal views , and because of her loyalty to Malory , Archer , and the company . But , as Cheryl cite in one of her rarified moments of extreme pellucidity , these feeling do not come up from a place of altruism as Lana claim but , rather , a place of inscrutable insecurities , selfishness , and hypocrisy .
Mocks Pam’s Weight
WhileArcher becomes the group ’s scapegoatover many season , Pam is originally coiffure up to be the scapegoat of the group . In the first - ever episode , ' Mole Hunt ' , an emotionally rack Archer physically misuse Pam for doing her job as a HR mediator . He also nominate playfulness of her for being fat . likewise , Lana mock Pam ’s weight unit behind her back , knock Pam ’s feeding habits out of her own obvious insecurity . Russian breakwater , Krenshaw , is forced to be the good guy , advising the squad to lie off Pam , as she is actually a good someone .
Competes With Women
In the two - part ' Space Race ' episode , Lana is more concerned to try out she is still attractive than she is about the blank army shooting at them . Lana is very insecure about her looks ( which explains why she see her feeling onto Pam , who is glad with her body ) . therefore , Lana is very covetous of other attractive woman , and diss untempting woman .
For example , everyone makes fun of Trish , the only female crew from the original space crew , for being untempting . Lana piles on , cautioning Trish that she is too unattractive a woman to get off with being assertive .
Shames Cyril
Lana suffers from emotional unintelligence . The girl of overachieve parents , who pressured her into achieving constant perfection , Lana is not very good at displaying empathy . She , Cyril , and Archer contribution in common a traumatic childhood defined by conditional maternal love , and parental arithmetic mean of paragon . Yet , Lana is not able-bodied to see these similarity between herself and her two lover .
Rather than extend empathy to Cyril , who is stunted by his father ’s conditional love , Lana shame him and emasculates him in front of her colleagues , further traumatizing a man who is in serious demand of mental and excited healing .
Progressive Only For Her Selfish Benefit
During a protestation against tangible fur , Lana meet Malory . Lana is an environmentalist and a leftist , whose belief are at betting odds with her caper asan international spy- a line of work that straight off protects majestic interests . There is no doubt she took a task against her core beliefs , because of the pay . This is unmortgaged to see when Lana describes that she is against illegal immigrants for financial grounds , i.e. they cost her , a taxpayer , and depart few resourcefulness for citizen like her .
Lana only claim to be liberal - leaning when it either benefit her economically , or when it benefits her by making her look like a good individual .
Just As Money-Driven As Malory
Despite her dissent , Lana is just like Malory . This is why Cheryl tells her that Lana will never leave Malory , no matter how much she plain about Malory ’s favoritism towards Archer . Lana craves Malory ’s validation because she urgently want to be eventually assured that she is good enough , a problem that is at the ascendent of her insecurities .
moreover , Lana proveseven her girl is for salewhen she allows Mallory to adjure on changing her daughter , Abbiejean ’s , middle name .
Marries For Money
Archer wake up from his comatoseness to findLana is now married to billionaire , Robert . Robert is much one-time than her and not very conventionally attractive . In ' The Orpheus Gambit ' , it is expose that Robert fetishizes black women , and catch Lana as nothing but a sexual conquest . Even worse , Lana does not screw much about her husband , who disrespects her by fetishizing her , and by being secretive towards her .
Although she claims to be a someone who loathe corporate America , Lana splice the very embodiment of oppressive capitalism when throw the opportunity to join the ultra - wealthy class .
Almost Blinds Ray
To hold up working for ISIS , you must be nonadaptive , or , like Ray and Pam , understand how to deal with toxic people . Lana belong to the former . The best agent at ISIS , Lana is unable to take criticism and tantalization - even when others are clearly joking . This is the case when Ray jokes around that Lana is still in lustfulness with Archer .
In a distinctive Lana overreaction , she throws a conniption , and swerves the gravy boat . The sudden effort lodge a free-spoken brush into Ray ’s eye socket , and he has to fatigue an center fleck until they escape the pirate island . Her sudden temper outbursts make Lana a serious somebody to be around .
Punishes Cyril For Archer’s Crimes
time of year One flock with Lana and Archer still come to terms with their break up . Lana has started dating Cyril to get back at Archer , since they both contemn Archer . Malory warns Lana that her intimate tension with Archer would drive Cyril to rip off , but Lana is too vain to mind to the advice .
audience watch as Lana ’s baggage from Archer ’s serial cheat and female parent issues demonstrate in her relationship with Cyril . Moreover , Lana punishes Cyril for Archer ’s raft , finding herself ineffective to entrust a serviceman or be vulnerable with him , becauseArcher abuse her vulnerability .
Uses Archer’s Sperm Without His Permission
To decide whether to utilise Cyril ’s or Archer ’s spermatozoan for impregnation , Lana makes the choice based on what would irritate Archer more . She reasons that having Archer ’s infant without telling him would drive him dotty . Archer and Lana might be good friends , but Archer rightfully calls her out for using his sperm without license .
basically , Lana create a tyke without reasoning that there is no constancy in her biography , and that her child ’s father is a very fluid , emotionally unhealthy man . Her conclusion highlights the selfishness that is very characteristic of Lana . In Season 11 , she admits that she sent her daughter to boarding school , because she did not want the obligation of actually raising her .
Shoots Archer Multiple Times
A expectant part of Lana ’s emotional ill health is her unfitness to process her emotion - or even to accept them . She does not like how easy it is for Archer to get under her skin so , typically , she shoots him or resorts to any form of forcible violence against him . InArcher Vice : ' Arrival / Departure ' , Lana almost shoots Archer in the cheek when her labor pains become too consuming . fortunately for Archer , there are no more bullets in the gun .
Lana ’s determination to confront all her problems through verbal and strong-arm violence only exacerbates her personal issue ; it never clear them .
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