The essential episodes of Archer
Watch these 25 in order and you've got Archer — each pick states its reason.
- 01
Archer attempts to cover up discrepancies in his ISIS expense account; Cyril and Lana's Friday night dinner is interrupted by work.
- 02
Archer 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.
- 03
Archer and the ISIS crew battle the clock and each other, when a bomb threatens the maiden voyage of the luxury airship Excelsior.
- 04
ISIS 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.
- 05
Archer takes a higher paying job at a rival agency ODIN; Malory will stop at nothing to get Archer back at ISIS.
- 06
Questions about the true identity of Archer's father lead him into a perilous trap; Archer and Malory have an explosive confrontation.
- 07
Archer has to protect a teenage girl from kidnappers, she makes passes at him and no one will believe that he was not initiating the advances.
- 08
Malory tries making ISIS green; Archer and Lana go to the Louisiana bayous to stop an eco-terrorist.
- 09
Cyril agrees to help George Spelvin inject a virus into the ISIS mainframe so Cyril can defeat the virus and be seen as a hero.
- 10
Archer discovers the chemotherapy drugs he's been taking are counterfeit and sets out to destroy the criminals behind the scheme.
- 11
ISIS goes into full lockdown after Pam is abducted by kidnappers; Cheryl turns out to be not quite what she appears; Cyril looses his temper and takes matters into his own hands.
- 12
Archer's search for his father's identity leads him into hot water in Russia; Agent Barry Dillon is sent to rescue Archer.
- 13
Suspicion and jealousy arise at ISIS as Krieger nears completion of a top secret project; Archer brings Katya Kazanova home to meet Malory.
- 14
Archer is finally tracked down in the South Pacific by handsome adventurer Rip Riley in order to return him to ISIS.
- 15
Archer and Lana pose as newlyweds to stop a sale of enriched uranium. SPOILER ALERT: Lana goes nuclear before the bomb does.
- 16
Archer avoids crash landing in a dangerous swamp only to come face-to-face with a shady arms dealer.
- 17
The gang gets to work early so they can spend some quality time together.
- 18
Archer and Lana make a tricky handoff while the rest of the gang hears the best voicemail ever.
- 19
Archer and Trexler try to escape a rampaging Dutch by telling the world's worst knock-knock joke.
- 20
Archer inserts himself into a domestic dispute and engine troubles threaten to ruin his business.
- 21
When a trial turns into a party it can only mean that Barry-6 has returned!.
- 22
When AJ is kidnapped, it's up to Archer to get her back and keep Lana's rampage pointed in the right direction.
- 23
Archer is trapped inside IIA headquarters and Barry is trapped inside other Barry.
- 24
Archer has a brilliant plan to evade capture. There is only one problem, he refuses to follow it.
- 25
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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