Friday, December 6, 2024

ARCHER (2009 - 2023)

 




















Created by: Adam Reed
Starring: (voices) H. Jon BenjaminAisha TylerJudy GreerAmber NashChris ParnellLucky YatesJessica WalterGeorge CoeShelly DesaiPeter NewmanKeith SzarabajkaMaggie WheelerCoby BellSam EllisMark PatersonRene AuberjonoisKat CressidaJeffrey TamborAudrey WasilewskiThomas LennonRon PerlmanAdam ReedRobert Ben GarantRafael FerrerDavid Anthony PizzutoStephen StantonDave WillisNika FuttermanPatrick PiperKari WahlgrenClarke PetersRobb PruittMike SchatzRoy McCrereyEnn ReitelZach VillaPeter SerafinowiczRachael HarrisNeal HolmanHeaven MacPhersonArcade RileyCasey WillisLauren B. MartinCharles NapierDarren CrissLloyd SherrJoan Van ArkCraig FergusonCedric PendletonOna GrauerTom KaneJi LiDavid CrossPatrick WarburtonJames Hong, Kat SheaBurt ReynoldsJoaquim de AlmeidaDave FennoyRobb WellsLarry MurphyMike SmithJohn Paul TremblayBobby FordGeorge TakeiLuciano PalermiPaula MalcomsonJack McBrayerMichael RookerJonah Alexander Eller-IsaacsBryan CranstonBrett ButlerSteve CirbusRon LeibmanJohn RobertsAndrew DonnellyTimothy OlyphantNed HastingsKevin GillespieChi DuongJamie MossAnthony BourdainPierre CerratoDayton CallieCarla JimenezNick SearcyHoon LeeMary Ann WarrenOmid AbtahiFred TatascioreLeigh JacksonJon HammEugene MirmanKristen SchaalMatt ThompsonFred ArmisenGary ColeBlake PerlmanEric SimsClancy BrownKenny LogginsJessy Lynn MartensGabriel RomeroArmando Valdes-KennedyChristian SlaterLauren CohanHarry James ThorntonRina HoshinoTogo IgawaCarlos AlazraquiRob HuebelAllison TolmanJosiah KosierKumail NanjianiHeadKrackKeith DavidCCH PounderCas AnvarSammy SheikNecar ZadeganJustin EdwardsJason HughesMatthew RhysMichael GrayCarrie BrownsteinBryan KoptaMary McDonald-LewisKeegan-Michael KeyPatton OswaltJ.K. SimmonsW. Earl BrownJon DalyJon GlaserJoe HannaRandy HavensVanessa Marshall, John O'HurleyDavid BoatCameron BogueVernee WatsonApril HongPeter RenadayWyatt CenacWendell PierceSylvianne ChebanceHans SchoeberPiotr MichaelJess JonesEugene CorderoFlula BorgMischa PfisterKelly HuKeone YoungDino FritzSam RichardsonJillian BellMatt BerrySchantelle CasonAlice ChangMarcus RosentraterJon CurryJamie Lee CurtisStephen TobolowskyZhou QuanBowen YangD'Arcy CardenAnton ArutunianChad HurdSimon PeggBrian T. DelaneyNicole ByerYardley HickeyKimberly WoodsKyle ChappleZebbie GillispieTiffany MorganPamela AdlonKayvan NovakCristian PopaEric AndreHarvey GuillenNatasha RothwellAndrew MorgadoTony CavaleroMichaela WatkinsAasif MandviCandice ReneeAnniwaa BuachieGary Anthony WilliamsPaul NakauchiYusuke SatoBruce CampbellKaren FukuharaEmmett HughesYuji OkumotoChris HsuJustin WagnerTed MurphyShohreh AghdashlooSuzy NakamuraGabriel OlivaJesse ThornKenan ThompsonAlison PillMissi PyleBonita HamiltonKate BerlantJohn EarlyRoxana OrtegaNatalie DewLennie JamesJordan Claire McCrawChad StahelskiRicardo Mamood-VegaArturo CastroJohn HodgmanKylen DeporterHannah AslesenTiga Koppes

145 episodes
(TV-MA - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, animated sci-fi/fantasy violence, drug use)

PLOT:
Covert black ops and espionage take a back seat to zany personalities and relationships between secret agents and drones.

season 1 - 
Archer goes to great lengths to cover up discrepancies in his expense account as he attempts to access the agency's mainframe computer. Cyril and Lana's Friday night dinner is interrupted by work. Lana's residual lust for Archer prompts Malory to promote Cyril to field agent, Archer then trains his new competition as only he can, whilst Malory frets over her own past and her son's future. A new field agent makes a splash at ISIS, but Archer and Lana suspect there may be something all too perfect about their new diversity hire. Malory hosts a dinner party for the UN intelligence chairman, Torvald Utne, in an effort to get a new weapons contract for ISIS. Unfortunately, a group of rival assassins have targeted Mr. Utne for termination. Malory's career is threatened when a sensitive videotape falls into the hands of a rogue (and roguish) Cuban agent, so she calls on Archer's expertise in seduction to turn the tables on her blackmailer. Archer must rescue Lana from the clutches of Skorpio, the infamous arms dealer. Meanwhile, Cyril fears not only for his girlfriend's life, but her succumbing to the seductive nature of Archer's heroics. When a bomb threat jeopardizes the maiden voyage of the luxury airship Excelsior, Archer and the ISIS crew must battle the clock (and each other) to avert disaster. After ISIS loses yet another lucrative contract to rival agency ODIN, Malory assigns Archer and Lana to embarrass ODIN by stealing a priceless diamond from their biggest client. When Archer takes a higher-paying job at rival agency ODIN, Malory will stop at nothing to get him back. Questions about the identity of Archer's real father lead him into a perilous trap and an explosive confrontation with Malory.

season 2 - 
In yet another attempt to secure funding for ISIS, Malory drags her agents to the luxury winter resort town of Gstaad to protect a Swiss billionaire's daughter from a kidnapping threat. After Malory is wiped out in a Ponzi scheme, she hatches a scheme of her own: selling ISIS, lock, stock and snack machine, to archrival spy agency ODIN. Archer is in for a huge (well, about ten pounds) surprise when his favorite call girl, Trinette, shows up at ISIS with a bouncing baby boy on her hip. While Malory tries to make ISIS a green workplace, Archer and Lana head to the Louisiana bayous to prevent a dangerous eco-terrorist from bombing America's largest natural gas pipeline. When members of Woodhouse's famed WWI Royal Flying Corps squadron start dying mysteriously, he naturally suspects foul play. As does Archer, who tries to help his loyal manservant track down the killer. Tired of his colleagues constantly calling him a failure, Cyril agrees to help George Spelvin, a mysterious computer security expert, inject a virus into the ISIS mainframe so Cyril can defeat the virus and be seen as a hero. The normal childish squabbles, sneaky backbiting, and petty jealousies at ISIS are multiplied when a famous actress, Rona Thorne, spends a week shadowing the agents for an upcoming role. After Malory's brief scare with breast cancer, another ISIS agent decides to be tested for the disease, with a tragic result. The other agent is Archer, and the tragic result is yes, he has breast cancer. When Archer discovers the chemotherapy drugs he's been taking for his breast cancer are counterfeit, consisting mainly of sucrose and Zima, he sets out to destroy the criminals behind the scheme. ISIS goes into full lockdown after Pam is abducted by kidnappers. Wait, Pam? Yes, but the kidnappers were really after Cheryl/Carol. Wait, Cheryl/Carol? Yes, because Cheryl/Carol isn't quite who she appears to be. When a mysterious stranger summons Malory and her intrepid ISIS agents to Monaco, all bets are off! Well, actually all bets are on. Because Monaco is basically one giant casino. Archer's search for his father's identity leads him behind the Iron Curtain and into hot water! Old wounds are reopened when ODIN agent Barry Dylan is sent to rescue Archer, who falls in love with a beautiful Russian spy. Suspicion and jealousy as rife at ISIS as Krieger nears completion of a top-secret agent and Archer brings beautiful and mysterious former KGB agent Katya Kazanova home to meet Malory.

season 3 - 
Archer is still reeling from the death of his fiancee by taking a siesta to an island in the South Pacific. Malory, needing Archer back, sends noted adventurer Rick Riley to retrieve Archer and escort him back. Archer finally agrees to head back to ISIS. Unfortunately, as he boards Riley's plane to head back, their plane is attacked by pirates, and Archer is crowned their new pirate king. Malory finally sends Lana and Ray to get Archer back. But Archer has quickly settled into his new role as king of the pirates. Archer and Rick soon go from leading the pirates to being their prisoners. Archer is shocked to learn that his mother is dating his idol/hero/man-crush, Burt Reynolds. Cyril is promoted to field agent, while Malory institutes a strict drug-testing policy. Neither of which sit well with the staff of ISIS. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police enlist the help of ISIS to transport a captured Canadian terrorist. On a train. Archer's surprise birthday present, a high-tech, souped-up spy car, leads to all sorts of other surprises. None of which are good. Malory turns to Archer and Lana for help when she finds herself in a compromising situation with the Italian prime minister. Archer must help Gillette save his younger brother from a crooked sheriff in the backwoods of West Virginia. Archer's sex life compromises his effectiveness as an agent. But more seriously than the countless other times. Archer is faced with a dilemma when his murdered fiancee, Katya, miraculously reappears. In Krieger's lab. The ISIS staff is called by NASA to stop the international space station from being taken over. During training, Cyril proves to a more than adequate pilot, and Malory attempts to make drinks in low gravity. Once on board the international space station, Archer and the ISIS crew have very little time to save the crew on board from space pirates, but an even more sinister motive looks to make things even worse.

season 4 - 
Archer has amnesia and decides the only cure is a spa weekend. Archer and his former best friend are holed up in the Vermont wilderness, fighting hard to come out on top. Archer's fear of cyborgs hits home when Krieger offers to make robotic legs for Gillette. The beginning of a beautiful hatred between Archer and his new stepfather plays out as the two are chased by gangsters. Archer's former fiancee wants him to save her cyborg boyfriend who is trapped in outer space. Archer wants other things. A snake bites Archer in a special place. Archer, Lana and Cyril go undercover in celebrity chef Lance Casteau's hellish kitchen. Archer heads to the Mexican border to capture a notorious coyote, which is Spanish for coyote. Archer and Lana pose as newlyweds to stop a sale of enriched uranium. SPOILER ALERT: Lana goes nuclear before the bomb does. Archer and Lana extract an agent from Morocco only to find out his bark is worse than his bite. Archer must rescue the Pope from an assassination plot using Woodhouse as a decoy. Operation Bad Habit is a go. Cheryl's brother Cecil Tunt and his girlfriend Tiffy drive her crazier than usual as they travel into the Bermuda Triangle. Where mysteries abound! Once on board the underwater laboratory, the ISIS crew find they have little time to rescue the lab from its deranged captain. The ISIS crew's conflicts and Archer's recklessly impulsive tendencies don't help matters. 

season 5 - 
Someone dies. Someone who has been with the ISIS crew from the beginning. And then things get crazy. Archer, Pam and Lana travel to Miami to visit some old friends. It's a fondue party! Pam gets targeted for death by the Yakuza while the group continues to dig their way out of financial trouble. Archer has to stage an intervention for Pam that gets derailed by an unwanted guest. Malory buys a bus and takes everyone on a road trip. Put that hammer down and give it hell. Archer and Pam try to get Kenny Loggins to play at Lana's baby shower and wind up in a zone of danger. Archer travels to Columbia on a secret mission that becomes not so secret after he gets drunk. Archer, Ray and Cyril raft down a crocodile-filled river. Lana and Pam plan a spa day for Malory. Archer avoids crash landing in a dangerous swamp. Archer comes face-to-face with a shady arms dealer. Archer and the rest of the ISIS gang are the guests of Gustavo Calderon and his wife Juliana. Calderon is a big fan of Cherlene but Juliana is a bigger fan of Archer. Archer tries to keep his fling with the dictator's wife a secret while Krieger bonds with his clone-brothers. Cyril becomes the new president of San Marcos, Cherlene becomes the first lady of country music and Archer becomes a resistance fighter. While Lana is trying to give birth to her baby, it turns out that the whole "cocaine-case" was a secret agreement between Malory and the CIA.

season 6 - 
Archer must salvage a crashed plane in a jungle filled with relics from World War II. An agent from the past has a hand in creating tension between Archer and Lana. Archer, Lana and Ray travel to the Swiss Alps to carry out an assassination, while Cyril, Pam and the rest of the gang capitalize on having a little free time. Pam takes Archer to her sister's wedding but gets side-tracked with technical difficulties. The gang gets to work early so they can spend some quality time together. Archer's first weekend alone with baby AJ is soiled by a Pakistani intelligence officer. A rescue mission turns into an out-of-this-world visit to Area 51. Lana introduces Archer to her parents. Archer introduces Lana's parents to high-speed chases. Slater has the gang swindle the Durhani royal family, and Gillette lends a hand. An office romance is interrupted by the Russians. Archer and Lana travel to Wales for a romantic getaway of aiding separatists. Archer and the gang prepare for their most fantastic voyage ever. The fantastic voyage concludes. 

season 7 - 
Secret agent turned private investigator Archer and the group are working on the West Coast, and Archer's newest case involves breaking and entering a mansion in order to bring back honor to one of Hollywood's leading ladies. Archer and Lana make a tricky handoff while the rest of the gang hears the best voicemail ever. A prep school reunion leads to an interesting business opportunity for Archer. A mysterious stranger needs Archer's help in finding his birth mother. Party crashers turn a fundraiser into no laughing matter. A hostage negotiation spirals out of control when Archer and Lana go missing. Who's sexier, Cyril or Krieger? Pam or Cheryl? Only one way to find out. Bar fight! The on-again, off-again relationship of Archer and Slater causes a rift in the on-again, off-again relationship of Archer and Lana. The Deadly Velvet production is beset with chaos and destruction so the film's producer hires the Figgis Agency to discover what's behind the suspicious activity. Things get even deadlier on the set of Deadly Velvet when someone turns up, you guessed it, dead.

season 8 - 
Archer tries to find out who killed his partner, but accidentally gets in bed with Mother, a notorious L.A. crime boss. A mysterious woman hires Archer to fake her death, but he's unable to rise to the occasion. Archer tries to escape from jail with the help of a crazed heiress and a dysfunctional jazz quartet. While investigating a kidnapping, Archer reveals too much about Figgis and Krieger reveals too much about his past. Dutch becomes a new man while Archer's ransom exchange goes up in smoke. All roads lead to Len Trexler as Archer and the gang try to avoid unfriendly ghosts. Archer and Trexler try to escape a rampaging Dutch by telling the world's worst knock-knock joke. Archer visits Dreamland and receives a big break that leads him to Woodhouse's killer.

season 9 - 
Archer inserts himself into a domestic dispute and engine troubles threaten to ruin his business. Archer estimates his impact on the world while Pam samples the local nightlife. Archer, Pam and Crackers try to find the missing key to their latest get-rich-quick scheme. Archer keeps an eye out for a past nemesis. There is no joy in Mudville as mighty Pam strikes out. Archer and Pam request help from a newcomer but he refuses to lend them a hand. Archer helps defend a village from party crashers intent on ruining oysterfest. Archer and the gang enter a deadly temple in search of an even deadlier treasure. 

season 10 - 
Archer and the crew of the Seamus wake up to the smell of shepherd's pie and see a business opportunity in their new guest. The crew provides entertainment for Bort while Barry-6 tries to crack Archer's safe. Pam's sandwich ruins everyone's dinner by releasing something deep inside of them. Deep in space, Archer and the crew encounter a terrifying cosmic beast. Even deeper, they encounter a self-aggrandizing life coach. Archer and the crew pick up a hitchhiker and try to convince him to turn his life around. Daydreams of an interstellar road trip turn into an existential nightmare. A voyage home gets interrupted by an alien battle cruiser carrying precious cargo. Archer is convinced a mysterious object is causing the crew to act strangely. Is it magnetic? Is it supernatural? Does it need to be cleaned with some sterile wipes? When a trial turns into a party it can only mean that Barry-6 has returned!

season 11 - 
Archer's back in the spy game and his first mission is to guard a priceless statue. His second mission, to tell Lana his true feelings. His third mission, to get blind drunk. Archer and the gang attend a martial arts tournament to extricate an international arms dealer. Unrelated, "international arms dealer" is what Cyril calls his right bicep. The Agency attempts to steal experimental technology from a reclusive inventor, but they forgot one vital item: Sterling Archer. Archer and the gang team up with Barry to stop an army of Barrys from turning the world into Barrys. Archer is head over heels for his new valet, Aleister. Will Archer do Aleister's recommended rehabilitation exercises or just eat himself to death? Archer shows off his date to Lana. Cyril shows Archer's date a top-secret dossier. Archer's date shows Archer his innermost desires. When AJ is kidnapped, it's up to Archer to get her back and keep Lana's rampage pointed in the right direction. Archer and the gang travel to Antarctica to solve a murder mystery with international implications.

season 12 - 
Archer and the gang just saved the world from a nuclear catastrophe and their reward is five nights in a rat-infested Moldovan hotel. The Agency embarks on a team building exercise that doesn't quite get off the ground. A mission across the pond turns into a trip down memory lane for Malory while Cheryl/Carol teaches Pam about British history. Archer and Lana face off against snakes, crocodiles and mercenaries to reunite a family. Sex, drugs and monster trucks! Archer and the gang celebrate another barely successful mission. Lana makes rookie mistakes as ghosts from Archer's past haunt him on a special mission. A mysterious stranger and a scavenger hunt helps Archer and the gang get a jump on their enemies. Archer is trapped inside IIA headquarters and Barry is trapped inside Other Barry.

season 13 - 
Free drinks, party rooms and swag bags are just a few of the things the gang is not enjoying at the world's foremost spy convention, Clandesti-con! Gillette is in charge of a creepy crawly mission in a tropical jungle. Mommy daughter day turns into a lesson in fellowship and tactical awareness. Fabian taska the Agency with recovering a piece of valuable tech from a nefarious threat, the Swiss! Archer seeks professional help but IIA's health plan is murder. Is Fabian asking the Agency to rob a bank? No, because we won't use those words. Archer has a brilliant plan to evade capture. There is only one problem, he refuses to follow it. Archer and the gang knead proof in order to temper expectations and ice the mission.

season 14 - 
The Agency teams up with Interpol to take down a highly organized ring of jewel thieves. Archer's skeptical, as their Interpol contact seems to be treating the mission as more of an audition. Zara Khan thinks she's a real knockout, but Archer wants to prove he is just as stunning. Pam and Gillette sit back and keep score. Archer, Lana and Zara travel to England to stop a thief who is stealing possibly cursed artifacts. Can Archer break the curse before it breaks him? Barry's back and gives the gang the cold shoulder in their quest to put Other Barry on ice. An unplanned vacation forces Lana to accompany Archer, Pam and Cyril on a mission that quickly goes off the rails. Archer tries to find an elusive villain at an exclusive resort, while Lana learns some explosive truths about running a spy agency. Lana monitors simultaneous missions in her state-of-the-art control room, but Archer and the gang experience technical difficulties. A former adversary lends a hand as Archer and the gang bond together to try and stop a fleet of killer drones. With the UN voting to outlaw independent spy agencies, Archer and the gang have to work outside the law to save the world from an unlikely duo.

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