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Archer Season 4 Episodes
Season 4 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2013 - 2013
Episode 1
Fugue and Riffs
Thu, Jan 17, 201324 mins
Archer has amnesia; for the past two months he has believe that he is burger chef Bob, married to Linda, and stepfather to her three kids: Tina, Gene, and Louise. A KGB hit squad shows up, Bob decides to go on a spa weekend to protect Linda and the kids from further attacks. At ISIS, Lana has succeeded in locating Archer at Bob's Burgers. Lana reports his probable amnesia and the KGB hit squad to Malory and the core group. The ISIS gang joins Bob at the spa to jog the memory of super spy Sterling Archer. Lana is deployed as a half-arsed "Honeypot." When yet another KGB hit squad goes into action, more than Archer's memory is jogged.
Episode 2
The Wind Cries Mary
Thu, Jan 24, 201322 mins
Lucas Troy trained at ISIS with Lana, Ray and Archer; he is Archer's bro, wingman, and BFF. Lucas tops Malory's shit list because he was her star graduate but went to work for ODIN. Malory announces that Lucas is dead: a traitor and murderer who stole bearer bonds and uranium, but died in a plane crash. Outraged, Archer assumes that ODIN has a mole and Malory is jealous of his friends. Lana and Malory think Lucas was gay; Ray says Luke was a meathead frat-boy asshole jock, but definitely not gay. When Archer gets a phone call he claims is about a lemur and a tranq gun, he leaves. Lana goes to the armory for ammo and meets Rodney, the new armory czar; she learns Archer just got snow gear and 14 days' worth of rations; but no tranq gun. Vermont is his real destination; he has tracked one of Luke's old identities and hopes Vermont has liquor stores. Lana and Cyril follow him. At "Twin Oaks" B&B, BFFs reunite. Archer's focus is clearing Luke's name, but Luke has other ideas: There's Something About Archer. Archer's head figuratively literally spins when he gets a "gay" vibe... and succumbs to loaded wine. Is Lucas Troy really gay for Archer or is it just a singular same-sex attraction? Can Lana, aka Shirley Temper, prevent a fatal attraction?
Episode 3
Legs
Thu, Jan 31, 201321 mins
After the space crash, Ray is paralyzed. For Fourth of Juluau, Ray was confined to his wheelchair, and now he can't go with Archer, Lana, and Cyril to Rome on the Morelli caper. As Malory and Ron Cadillac prepare to leave on a cruise, the trio goes to the armory to get their gear for Rome. Krieger offers Ray a pair of bionic legs, Ray freaks out, and a battle of science v. religion ensues. Krieger drugs Ray's coffee and Pam readies to assist (while slamming 40 oz. brews; Pam: "Should I wash my hands?"; Krieger: "Ehh, I didn't!"). Carol/Cheryl obtains medical supplies from Rodney and spills the news about Krieger making Ray into a "stupid cyborg." It is Archer's turn to freak. He hits the armory with his rocket launcher; Lana runs toward the explosion. Archer cannot reach Ray in time to save the human race from the rise of the machines, so he crawls into the ceiling duct-work. There are several enlightening flashbacks, and Lana really turns up the heat. Will the Micromanager ever learn not to obsess? Can Lana make it hot enough to extract Archer? And if Krieger gives Ray legs...will he know how to use them?
Episode 4
Midnight Ron
Thu, Feb 7, 201321 mins
It might not be a bounty hunt and it might not be evening, but "Midnight Ron" is chock full of crime. Drunk in Montreal, Archer has torched his passport. When neither Malory nor any other of the ISIS gang will help Archer, who is stranded at the casino, his new stepfather decides to rescue him. Does it matter that Ron Cadillac has his own agenda?
Episode 5
Viscous Coupling
Thu, Feb 14, 201321 mins
It is Opposite World at ISIS: Cheryl does not imprison Lana and Malory in the vault and Archer does not shoot Ray and Cyril with poison darts. All of this activity is not done so Archer can spend some time with Katya, who is upset at the continued absence of Barry, who is still trapped at the ISA space station. Cheryl is not running interference, Krieger does not contact Barry with Archer's pre-prepared scripted gibberish, and Pam does not use her AV skills. The goal of this plot is not to make a sex tape that will not drive a wedge between Barry and Katya. But remember: it is Opposite World. Will Archer regain his long-lost cyborg "crush," or is there an opposite agenda afoot? Who wears the pants in a marriage with a cyborg? And who is running the KGB?
Episode 6
Once Bitten
Thu, Feb 21, 201322 mins
Archer is bitten in the asp by a poisonous cobra in Turkmenistan and Ray refuses to suck out the taint. Archer hallucinates into a fever-dream cinema montage where he is accompanied by cut-rate James Mason. In the conscious world, Cyril and Ray are in charge of the mission and must locate and trade for anti-venom to save Archer's life. At HQ, Malory worries because the guys are not answering the sat-phone. Lana pitches her usual fit; this time, because Malory refuses to consider sending a black woman into a black-ops mission in misogynistic Turkmenistan. Pam and Cheryl egg on their fight, flinging gurpgork all over the fire. Cut-rate James Mason helps Archer look back on his life and as the guys try to save Archer, will Archer uncover an important memory?
Episode 7
Live and Let Dine
Thu, Feb 28, 201323 mins
The ISIS crew takes on an undercover mission working as the wait and bus staff for a celebrity chef while trying to save an ambassador from being murdered, and Archer takes on a job as a cook working for the nightmarish head chef--and discovering that he is a natural.
Episode 8
Coyote Lovely
Thu, Mar 7, 201322 mins
Archer, Lana, and Cyril travel to Texas to prevent infamous coyote Moreno from smuggling illegal aliens into the country. When Archer realizes that the coyote is lovely Señorita Mercedes Moreno, he punches and shoots "The Defiant Ones," who return to ISIS. Archer offers to drive Texas 797 SRS, the station wagon containing the illegals. Mercedes, Chuy, Lupe, Marisol, Paz, and gang meet the Border Patrol. Is Archer autistic, or is he merely insane? Will anyone but Archer learn to count bullets? Was 8-track REALLY the way to go?
Episode 9
The Honeymooners
Thu, Mar 14, 201320 mins
Archer and Lana go undercover as husband and wife while staying in a luxurious penthouse in New York's high-rent district, but tensions between the two soon become as intense as if they actually were a real married couple. Meanwhile, the rest of the ISIS crew decides to eavesdrop on the "newlyweds".
Episode 10
Un Chien Tangerine
Thu, Mar 21, 201321 mins
Lana is not open to other cultures, mainly Tangier, Morocco, but Archer is blissfully at home toking hashish, drinking, and farting falafel--all driving Lana out of her muezzin-addled mind. The two were sent to Tangier to extract Kazak and deliver him to ISIS... but first they must get past Moroccan intelligence. A huge, hairy problem tackles Lana--someone forgot to tell Fred and Daphne to pack the Scooby Snacks. Who knew kufta could smell like THAT? Lana goes on her usual hormone-furled, know-it-all bitchfest and storms off into the desert. Back at ISIS, Pam scores 100% on the IFAAB and qualifies as an ISIS field agent. Will Kazak "talk" Archer into rescuing Lana from the desert? Does Archer really drive a car like Parnelli frickin' Jones? Either way, with Kazak on the case, life is a real GAS.
Episode 11
The Papal Chase
Thu, Mar 28, 201319 mins
Father Guido Sardouchebag and Sister Golden Hair surprise everyone at ISIS with their vintage "RC" look for a top-secret covert op in Vatican City against a rebel faction of the Swiss Guard. Lana is confused, verging on angry, not to be asked to go on, if not run, the mission; she is the only agent fluent in Italian, German, French and Romansh. Ray cannot go, as the good Cardinals would see through his gay ...hillbilly accent? And, Cyril has a "thing" about church stuff. Unsure about Black nuns and the whole RC thing, Lana still knows she is essential to the Rome mission. Archer never pays attention to context and he may, indeed, "avere la testa il culo," but the king of situational awareness may be the one whose head is furthest up his own ass. In an op not called "the old switcheroo," the agents go on Trope Alert (non si traduce bene) to save His Holiness the Pope from danger. It might not translate well but Archer does know "Freebird." Will His Holiness the Pope dispense indulgences on a child of Martin Luther who has grabbed the tail of the dragon? Must there really be so many "GD" bombs? Will Ray save Malory from the embarrassment of an incredibly homophobic remark? The ISIS contingent in Rome prays that the Counterfeit Pope does not go all trainspotty and ruin the mission.
Episode 12
Sea Tunt: Part 1
Thu, Apr 4, 201322 mins
Malory's new hobby is collecting payloads of B-52 bombers: Mark-28 hydrogen bombs. She wants ISIS to recover an H-bomb and then "give" it to the U.S. government, in exchange for a huge reward...or ransom. ISIS must obtain a deep submergence vehicle, or DSV. to obtain an H-bomb. With 2 DSVs in existence and the Russians having one of them, it is a problem. Malory wants to beat the Russians, so when Cheryl announces her stupid gross brother Cecil owns the other DSV, things start to look up. Archer loves that Cecil owns an island, undersea lab and a "choppersaurus," with wet bar and buffet. Cecil seems to be generous with his toys and without strings, or does Cecil and his Vegan girlfriend, Tiffy have ulterior motives? One hoax later, the ISIS crew learns of the sinister mission in store for them. Those crazy Tunts. Why does Cecil insist on non-diegetic music? Will Archer ever define "wildly liberal use of the bar"? Grab an Epi-pen and get your jumbo scrimps on. There's more to this ISIS adventure than meets the eye.
Episode 13
Sea Tunt: Part 2
Thu, Apr 11, 201322 mins
Once on board the underwater laboratory, the ISIS crew finds that they have very little time to rescue the lab from its deranged captain, but of course the ISIS crew's conflicts and Archer's recklessly impulsive tendencies do not exactly help things.
