After being cut loose by the CIA, the former staff of the defunct spy agency ISIS are re-inventing themselves yet again. This time as private investigators in Hollywood, though it turns out that only their accountant, Cyril, is actually qualified to be a P.I. To the disgust of former field agents Archer, Lana and Gillette, this means that it's Cyril's name on the agency, and the rest of them can work only as his associates.
In practice, of course, Archer and Lana are going to handle most of the actual casework, because their dysfunctional relationship has always been at the heart of the show, even before they had a daughter together. But when the agency becomes embroiled in cases of blackmail and fraud involving long time Hollywood star Veronica Deane, it isn't just the survival of their relationship that's at stake, but of Archer and Lana themselves.
Archer has always been about throwing a group of deeply messed up people into twisted scenarios and letting them bounce off each other and the situation in the most inappropriate of ways. Season 7 is no different in that regard, as the former ISIS gang deal with murderous clowns, cuckold fetishists, and the harrowing process of getting your child into LA's best Pre-Pre-Kindergarten. The Private Investigator angle does vary up the formula a little though, especially as the creators take the opportunity to update the show's 60s aesthetic to more of a 70s style.
Ultimately, if you're an Archer fan, this should hit the target for you.
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