Wesley Martin Archer

Wesley Martin Archer turns up in Arlen as one of the small-town faces that drift through King of the Hill's Texas — a man defined less by grand ambition than by the particular, stubborn logic he brings to whatever situation he's dropped into. He talks plainly, wants little fuss, and carries himself like someone who's used to being underestimated.

Toby Huss built a career on giving King of the Hill's men their specific cadences, and whatever role this is gets that same care — a voice that sounds lived-in rather than cartoonish, full of small hesitations and dry certainty. The show trusts its side characters to be funny by being exact, and Huss delivers exactness.