Tag: Archer

Michael Giltz checks in with a feature on “Archer,” the ribald FX spy show that might just as well be called “James Bondage.” Start with the unflappable cool of Matt Helm, add the rapid-fire dialogue of “Moonlighting,” mix in enough raunchy sex to make even the cast of MTV’s “Skins” blush and you’ve got “Archer,” the animated comedy that begins its second season Thursday at 10 p.m. on FX. Emmy-nominated for the voice work of lead actor H. Jon Benjamin, Archer sprang from the mind of creator Adam Reed (“Sealab 2021” and “Frisky Dingo“) who has given us a series about a spy, Sterling Archer, who pioneered the tactical turtleneck, repeatedly shoots co-workers when they get on his nerves, sleeps with his mom’s secretary but refuses to remember her name (in retaliation, she keeps changing it) and says things like, “Sure ...