Season Guide
Archer — Season 1
Season 1 Review
FXX’s Archer is an original animated, half-hour comedy that, is set at an international spy agency where global crisis are merely opportunities for its highly trained employees to confuse, undermine, betray, and royally screw each other.
Episodes
1
SummaryArcher attempts to cover up discrepancies in his ISIS expense account; Cyril and Lana's Friday night dinner is interrupted by work.Our TakeVery good — not the series' peak, but an…
2
SummaryMalory promotes Cyril to field agent and Archer trains his new competition as only he can; Malory frets over her own past and her son's future.Our TakeVery good — not…
3
SummaryA new field officer makes a splash at ISIS, however Archer and Lana suspect there may be something all too perfect about their new hire.Our TakeA well-built episode with more…
4
SummaryMalory hosts a dinner party in an effort to get a new weapons contract for ISIS; a group of rival assassins targets Mr. Utne.Our TakeVery good — not the series'…
5
SummaryMalory's career is threatened when a sensitive video falls into the hands of a rogue Cuban agent.Our TakeEverything Archer does well, done at full power. Genuinely great television.
6
SummaryArcher must rescue Lana from the clutches of Skorpio; Cyril not only fears for his girlfriend's life but she may be succumbing to Archer's heroics.Our TakeThis one earns its reputation:…
7
SummaryArcher and the ISIS crew battle the clock and each other, when a bomb threatens the maiden voyage of the luxury airship Excelsior.Our TakeA standout hour — the kind of…
8
SummaryISIS loses yet another contract to ODIN, so Malory assigns Archer and Lana to steal a priceless diamond from ODIN's biggest client in order to embarrass the rival spy agency.Our…
9
SummaryArcher takes a higher paying job at a rival agency ODIN; Malory will stop at nothing to get Archer back at ISIS.Our TakeEverything Archer does well, done at full power.…
10
SummaryQuestions about the true identity of Archer's father lead him into a perilous trap; Archer and Malory have an explosive confrontation.Our TakeThis one earns its reputation: tight writing, real stakes,…