Editor’s note: The Fourth Wall is knocking down barriers between entertainment industry talent and the audience. This recurring feature is a platform for creators, actors, and industry insiders to bring the readers behind the scenes of the production process. In our latest installment, we removed the curtain on the writers’ room for the seventh season of FX’s hit animated comedy, Archer.

This part of the walkthrough looks at episodes one through four from Archer’s seventh season.

It’s a little hard to believe that Archer just concluded its seventh season. The quirky comedy that began as a humble animated parody on the spy genre has grown and changed, much like its home, FX, through these years. Catapulting from a cult series into one of the most popular animated programs currently on the air, Archer has never been one to walk away from innovation.

Seasons ago, the series went through a quasi-reboot in the form of Archer: Vice, and then a subsequent “de-boot” that kept the status quo constantly in flux. It’s not surprising that one of Archer’s masterminds, Adam Reed, comes from the Wild West of Adult Swim, where he refined his talent with avant garde programming like Sealab 2021 and Frisky Dingo. The series also sports one of the most enviable voice casts that have been assembled for a series, with the always-reliable H. Jon Benjamin turning out some of his most satisfying work as Sterling Archer.