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[Realeza]

Is anyone using the AR Game? I couldn't find all the clues in this episode.

 

[the_firewithin]

Barry is always a welcome appearance

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

Is anyone using the AR Game? I couldn't find all the clues in this episode.

Couldn't get the shit to work, lol.

Also, is it literally impossible to zoom?

 

[Duxxy3]

Have to admit that Archer has gone down hill ever seen they rolled out the ISIS sign. It's not bad. It's just a bit jumbled now.

 

[Ocarina_117]

Enjoyed the episode despite it sacrificing humour for setting up this season

 

[PROh1bited]

I really loved the last couple of seasons after the disappointing Vice season, but I'm really getting major vibes from the latter with this episode.

I hope it gets better.

 

[jett]

That was pretty boring. I don't care for this setting at all.

 

[redhood56]

I liked the episode quite a bit.

 

[Cornballer]

New episode tonight:

Berenice

Spoiler

A mysterious woman hires Archer to fake her death, but he's unable to rise to the occasion.

 

[VenomousCoffee]

I liked the episode but I didn't really laugh much. It was nice to see the old characters interacting in a new setting like this.

I don't think that will be enough to carry a season of this, though.

 

[dLMN8R]

What rubbed me the wrong way about this first episode is that nothing really....happened. It just seemed like a whole lot of setup and incidental conversations instead of any of the characters having much agency to push things forward in any particular direction.

 

[vypek]

What rubbed me the wrong way about this first episode is that nothing really....happened. It just seemed like a whole lot of setup and incidental conversations instead of any of the characters having much agency to push things forward in any particular direction.

It should have probably had a double episode premiere.

 

[Zubz]

Can't wait to see how Cheryl ties into this; seems like she's filling in the sidekick role this season?

 

[vypek]

Len sounds different

 

[Zubz]

Len sounds different

I can't tell if it's the faux-Italian accent, the fact we haven't seen him since Season 2, or just a new actor.

 

[vypek]

I can't tell if it's the faux-Italian accent, the fact we haven't seen him since Season 2, or just a new actor.

The credits still have Jeffrey Tambor so I guess its probably the accent and long time since we have seen him.

 

[Deleted member 102362]

Tonight's episode.

Spoiler

First, the name of the maid. HA.

Second, Kreiger and Barry should be interesting.

Third, "WE JUST FUCKED," lmao.

 

[Cornballer]

- Onion A|V Club review

“You should have your underbutler fire your housekeeper.”
“Well, middle class.” “This cannot be the middle.”

 

[Akainu]

Is that not Jeffrey Tambor?

 

[Zubz]

The credits still have Jeffrey Tambor so I guess its probably the accent and long time since we have seen him.

True. Plus Tambor has done a lot since then; he might've forgotten how to do the voice.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

lol @ Archer's "How have you not been murdered?!" line

"WE JUST FUCKED," lmao.

Also this.

 

[vypek]

Is that not Jeffrey Tambor?

It is.

True. Plus Tambor has done a lot since then; he might've forgotten how to do the voice.

I hadn't considered that. That is possible as well.

 

[NealMcCauley]

I think my favorite part was Archer's forehead exasperatedly hitting the steering wheel to Charlotte's "...Nice?" about the hotel.

 

[Jackpot]

Jesus H, that was really bereft of jokes.

 

[KraftyKrankins]

I really enjoyed the last episode, way funnier that the last one.

Spoiler

Hey you, me and him? WE JUST FUCKED!

- Easily the highlight of the episode, lmao.

 

[Goodstyle]

Cheryl is the funniest character on this show, and may have just saved this season from being a boring genre parody.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Cheryl is the funniest character on this show, and may have just saved this season from being a boring genre parody.

.

 

[Niraj]

I liked it better than the premiere. Cheryl's craziness is always welcome.

 

[megarockexe]

So I see they addressed Woodhouse's death at last. I wonder if they'll go back and confront that in the present time?

 

[metsallica]

Thus far, this is a failed experiment. Again.

 

[Realeza]

So I see they addressed Woodhouse's death at last. I wonder if they'll go back and confront that in the present time?

The funeral scene?

 

[SFenton]

I liked it better than the premiere. Cheryl's craziness is always welcome.

While Cheryl made this episode better...

Thus far, this is a failed experiment. Again.

...I have to agree with this. It's not hooking me yet. I bought the season, so I'm in all the way, but... eh.

 

[Niraj]

While Cheryl made this episode better...



...I have to agree with this. It's not hooking me yet. I bought the season, so I'm in all the way, but... eh.

I mean that's fair for sure. My biggest problem so far is that the dialogue seems kind of stilted, like everyone's bored or something. I find it really noticeable with Archer especially, but maybe it's just me. That's another reason why Cheryl was welcome, didn't feel like that with her.

 

[dLMN8R]

Archer is at his best when Archer himself has agency to do crazy shit, gets himself stupidly into trouble, and somehow stupid-lucks his way through the whole thing while being a cocky asshole!

But in these two episodes he doesn't have that kind of agency. He's simply being dragged along by events initiated by other people, and he's constantly powerless as these relatively uninteresting things keep happening to him.

 

[freefornow]

"How quasi?"

 

[Sou Da]

They really got to get one of their new shows picked up eventually.

 

[jrush64]

This is the first time I can ever say an Archer episode was boring. This last episode was extremely boring. Dang.

 

[Kalor]

I got caught up on the first two episodes and I'm enjoying it. It's a different pace but the setting is fun. Hopefully it picks up a bit in the coming episodes.

 

[El Daniel]

This is the first time I can ever say an Archer episode was boring. This last episode was extremely boring. Dang.

I have to agree with this. I was pretty positive about the first episode and expected the quality to go up. But this was... not great.

 

[theCalamity]

I hate fever dreams/coma bullshit. It takes the characters you know and love and turn them into different people. I don't know these people and frankly, I don't want to get to know them, especially when it's going to return to normal (or what passes for normal in the Archer universe) at the end of the season.

 

[Cornballer]

New episode tonight:

Jane Doe

Spoiler

Archer tries to escape from jail with the help of a crazed heiress and a dysfunctional jazz quartet.

 

[vypek]

Excited to find if Ray will have more to do with the season then his new catchphrase "Stop it!"

But I do like what they're doing in those scenes so I don't mind if he doesn't. Just that so far that many characters feel really sidelined.

 

[Jason's Ultimatum]

Number of pages is looking rough for this thread. I wonder if it has to do with the show moving to FXX.

 

[SomedayTheFire]

i thought the second episode was far better than the first. still, not a great start for this season.

 

[metsallica]

New episode tonight:

0-for-3

 

[Deleted member 102362]

Cheryl and Pam Poovey continue to be the highlights of the show, and saving grace of this season.

Tonight's show:

Spoiler

I love Lana, I love Aisha Tyler, but that whole syphilis thing...they were going for awkward, they got cringe-worthy.

 

[metsallica]

Cheryl and Pam Poovey continue to be the highlights of the show, and saving grace of this season.

Tonight's show:

Spoiler

I love Lana, I love Aisha Tyler, but that whole syphilis thing...they were going for awkward, they got cringe-worthy.

At least the crowd shots were fitting.

 

[2Smashed4U]

These episodes have been strangely humorless. This show isn't gonna work as a noir mystery drama.

 

[2Smashed4U]

Is that Keegan Michael Key in tonight's episode again?

 

[metsallica]

Is that Keegan Michael Key in tonight's episode again?

Yeah. Noticed Wyatt Cenac in the credits too.

At this point, Archer reminds me of Sealab after Harry Goz died. It's still trying but the humor just isn't there.