With the character picking up the reins from her late predecessor, Aisha Tyler details the Lana-Malory homages in Archer season 14. Played by Emmy winner Jessica Walter, Malory was both the head of the central spy agency and the mother of the titular super spy, frequently having a heated relationship with Sterling and the rest of her agents. Following Walter's death in 2021, the show wrote Malory off as having retired with Ron Cadillac, played by fellow late actor Ron Leibman, with season 14 finally seeing Lana become the new boss after breaking free from Fabian and the IIA's control.
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