We're already halfway through Season 6 of "Archer" and actress Judy Greer (Cheryl Tunt) spoke to media during a conference call and dropped some pretty exciting bits of information about her character and what to expect in the coming episodes.
This Thursday (Feb. 19) the gang takes a trip to Area 51 for a rescue mission and we're guessing things won't go as planned. In the Feb. 26 episode, titled "The Kanes," Lana (Aisha Tyler) introduces Archer (H. Jon Benjamin) to her parents.
HNGN previously spoke to the creators of "Archer" at New York PaleyFest and executive producer Matt Thompson teased that in "The Kanes," things go "really wrong" when Archer "does some very, very terrible things to Lana's parents."
To find out what else is store this season on "Archer," check out Greer's comments below.
You're not just working for the CIA but the back of the house gang is doing a bit of babysitting this season also. Is that the correct impression that the baby is sort of affecting everybody not just Lana and Archer?
"The baby becomes a real pain in our ass, man. We're expected to deal with this baby a lot which we were not ready for. But it makes for a good comedy."
I'm kind of wondering is Lana finally going to be forced to enlist Cheryl for babysitting duties?
"First of all, it's a terrible, terrible idea to have any of us babysitting for the baby and Lana knows it. There's definitely some last minute babysitting that has to happen that no one's happy about. But yes, there's not going to be like a regular babysitting duty. The baby is like a hot potato sometimes where we're like, come on, man. You take her. No, you take her. No, you take her."
Season 6 is sort of bringing "Archer" back to basics a little and leaving behind the last year's story line. You had to say goodbye to Cherlene. Are you going to miss her and are the producers making it up to you with something juicy for this season?
"This season has been crazy. I'm going to miss Cherlene, but all good things must come to an end, I guess. They, I feel like, have definitely made it up to me this season. This season has just been really fun because now we work for the CIA so that changes everything. We have a boss. We never really had a boss before, you know. I mean, we had Malory but not a boss-boss.
"We were just like our own things. It's fun. It's fun to see like how it's changing all the characters like having to work for the CIA. I loved 'Archer Vice' so much but I've been really into this season because it's just fun to kind of go back to what we were doing in the beginning."
At this point in the game, are there any scripts that you get that still catch you off guard, surprise you a little bit, or are you just kind of used to it and you're like, "What kind of madness do the guys have in store for me this go-around"?
"You know, it's funny because there was one major thing that happened this season that like blew me away. When I was reading it I couldn't believe it happened. It was because it was like the opposite of a terrible thing. I don't want to be a spoiler but it was a nice cool thing. This one particular thing happened towards the end of the season. I was like, what, because it was kind of awesome."
Is there anything you can share about the finale without spoiling it, and where do you see your character going next season? Any ideas for Cheryl?
"I would love for her to maybe get to like do some missions. She does get to help with one mission this season. I probably can't really spoil anything for the season finale ... but it really blew my mind when I read [the script]. I've only read the first part. I haven't read the second one yet. I haven't recorded it but it's pretty amazing. It's kind of mind-blowing.
"I'm really happy where Cheryl's at. I think it's fun when she got to help on a mission. That was really fun. But I know she'd just screw it up. I also think that maybe that's a bad idea. I don't know. I like when Cheryl and Pam are up to no good. It makes me really happy when the two of them like get an idea and then it's so bad and it ruins everything. It makes me really happy."
"Archer" airs Thursday at 10 p.m. on FX.
