6. Commander Anthony Drake
Best Quote: Welcome... to the Danger Zone In a guest appearance by the one and only Bryan Cranston we are introduced to a military higher up who tasks the team with saving a stranded crew from a space station in the two-parter Space Race. At first Commander Drake seems like an upstanding serviceman with his crew's best interests at heart. As you will learn through this article, this being Archer, nothing could be further from the truth. The ISIS team through space readiness training and set of for the international space station Horizon. Drake informs them that they will have to combat mutineers but as they fight their way to the bridge it turns out that Commander Drake is leading the mutiny. With Archer and the team trapped he reveals plans to use Lana as a breeder for the colonization of Mars. Cranston clearly has fun within the role allowing himself to become more unhinged as the narrative progresses eventually progressing to the point of declaring humanity doomed and committing suicide. The character is given some weight by his voice performance and despite the sheer craziness of his plan to colonize Mars and escape Earth, there are times when we sympathise with him. The episodes Commander Drake features in are a parody of Moonraker and various other sci-fi franchises ranging from Alien to Star Wars. It is a fitting end to season two and set the bar high for future antagonists.