Let us put away all ideas of the “coma seasons” of Archer, which had been solely intermittently enjoyable—season eight’s retro private-eye Dreamland had some good moments, however season 10’s 1999 obtained misplaced in house fairly shortly. Really, all they did was make us miss Archer (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) and his Archer comrades of their factor: slinging suggestively soiled jokes, cruel insults, and much too many cocktails whereas nonetheless managing to be largely profitable worldwide secret brokers.

Season 11 noticed a revived Archer likewise revive the FXX collection because it returned to kind; now, with a brand-new, hilarious trailer for season 12, the very grownup animated collection seems poised to ship extra vintage-style Archer. To which we are saying, carry on the PAM-PAGE!

Man, that simply seems so, so good. We’ve obtained Archer threatening a bunch of tabletop wargame gamers, Dirty Harry-style (“Call. Me. Knave. Again.”), the return of phrasing (with prolonged gestural accompaniment), and the “second-biggest lube wall” Cheryl Tunt (Judy Greer) has ever seen, plus some form of plot about preventing local weather change—which on this context means Archer will get a gorilla buddy and everybody will get to run round punching individuals within the jungle. Here’s the official season synopsis: “In season 12 of FXX‘s comedy Archer, Sterling Archer and gang face a new threat: a spy conglomerate known as IIA (International Intelligence Agency). With a limited number of spy jobs up for grabs, can the Agency compete against the soulless vultures of IIA, or will our mom-and-pop spy agency be the next to get swallowed alive?”

There’s some uncharacteristic poignancy to go together with this trailer, for the reason that great Jessica Walter (who voiced Archer’s mom, Malory) handed away earlier this yr. It’s unclear but how the collection will deal with her dying, however the actor will nonetheless seem in season 12—as the moment traditional second on this trailer (Malory on butterflies: “What’s with all these overly decorative pests?”).

Archer season 12 premieres August 25 on FXX, with episodes arriving on FX on Hulu the next day.

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