TV Review: Archer [2010-2011]

Agent Sterling Malory Archer works for the international spy organization called ISIS, which is led by his domineering mother Malory. Archer also deals with his ex-girlfriend Agent Lana Kane and her new boyfriend ISIS comptroller Cyril Figgis as well as Malory’s lovesick secretary Cheryl. The animated comedy debuted on January 14, 2010 on the FX Channel.

MAIN CAST

Sterling Archer - H. Jon Benjamin

Malory Archer - Jessica Walker

Agent Lana Kane – Aisha Tyler

ISIS Comptroller Cyril Figgis – Chris Parnell

SUPPORTING CHARACTERS

Woodhouse – George Coe

Cheryl – Judy Greer

Pam Poovey Amber Nash

Major Nikolai Jackov – Peter Newman

CELEBRITY APPEARANCES

Conway Stern

Jeffrey Tambor

Rene Auberjonois

SEASON 1 EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

01 – Archer attempts to falsify an expense report however runs into a mole

02 – Cyril is promoted to field agent after Malory believes Lana lusts for Archer

03 – A new field agent Conway Stern joins ISIS as a new diversity hire

04 – Malory woos the UN chairman by staging a false assassination attempt

05 – A closeted Cuban operative blackmails Malory while Archer tries to out him

06 – Lana travels to the French Riviera to take out an international arms dealer

07 – Archer and Lana investigates a bomb threat on the luxury airship Excelsior

08 – ISIS steals from a museum so they will be hired as security consultants

09 – Archer quits from ISIS while Barry Dylan from the rival agency ODIN hires him

10 - Season Finale: Archer confronts her mother about the identity of his father

RECOMMENDED – 4 OUT OF 5