Archer: Everything You Need To Know Before Season 8 'Dreamland' Premiere

04/05/2017 08:44 pm EDT

Finally, after a long off-season, everyone's favorite secret agent is back to splitting our sides on Wednesday nights. Tonight, Archer will air its season eight premiere, and begin the noir-inspired 'Dreamland' arc.

Now, if you recall, there has been quite a big question mark heading into this new season. As season seven ended, it was revealed that Archer had been shot by Veronica Deane. The show threw everybody off for a bit, when another Archer - who had also been shot in the gut - appeared next to the Archer that was seemingly dying in the pool. The walking Archer said Veronica shot him, and then he got down on a knew to propose to Lana.

Unfortunately, that Archer was the cyborg version that Krieger had designed. Everyone then realized that the real Archer was floating in the bloody pool, seemingly deceased.

So, that left everybody confused during the offseason. Since Archer is still the focal point of the advertising, how could he be dead? Some are taking the new Dreamland title at face value, assuming that it means Archer is in some kind of dream-state for this whole story.

Other believe it's simply a noir storyline, and Archer miraculously recovered from his wounds after the season seven finale.

Either way, everyone should find out in tonight's episode. No matter what happened to Archer in the finale, we'll get plenty of laughs out of the premiere. If you need a little more catch-up before tonight's episode, check out the Dreamland trailer above.

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Archer Dreamland is an animated, half-hour comedy that revolves around the hardboiled private eye Sterling Archer and his quest to find his partner's killer in 1947 Los Angeles. The case proves to be more difficult than expected after Archer quickly gets mixed up in a deadly game of tug of war between Los Angeles' most powerful crime bosses. Every clue leads Archer further away from his goal and deeper into a mystery involving kidnapping, prostitution and drug addiction.

Archer was created by Adam Reed and Floyd County Productions and is executive produced by Reed and Matt Thompson. The show is produced by FX Productions. The cast features features H. Jon Benjamin (Sterling Archer), Aisha Tyler (Lana Kane), Jessica Walter (Malory Archer), Judy Greer (Cheryl Tunt), Chris Parnell (Cyril Figgis), Amber Nash (Pam Poovey), and Lucky Yates (Krieger)

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