The Best Episodes of Archer
Every episode of Archer ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Archer!
Sterling Archer is the world's most daunting spy. He works for ISIS, a spy agency run by his mother. In between dealing with his boss and his co-workers - one of whom is his ex-girlfriend - Archer manages to annoy or seduce everyone that crosses his path. His antics are only excusable because at the end of the day, he still somehow always manages to thwart whatever crises was threatening mankind.
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The best episode of "Archer" is "Mission: Difficult", rated 9/10 from 1416 user votes. It was directed by Megan Johnson and written by Mark Ganek. "Mission: Difficult" aired on 10/6/2021 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Placebo Effect".
9.0/10 1,416 votes#1 - Mission: Difficult
Season 12 Episode 8 - Aired 2021-10-06
Archer is trapped inside IIA headquarters and Barry is trapped inside Other Barry.
Director: Megan Johnson
Writer: Mark Ganek
8.9/10 2,453 votes#2 - Placebo Effect
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 2011-03-24
When Archer discovers that the chemotherapy drugs he has been taking are phony, he goes on a rampage against the Irish gangsters behind the scheme. He also makes friends with a fellow marijuana-toking cancer patient (voice of Joan Van Ark). Meanwhile, Cyril learns why Krieger is fluent in Portuguese.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.8/10 1,672 votes#3 - The Kanes
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 2015-02-26
Lana introduces Archer to her parents. Archer introduces Lana's parents to high-speed chases.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.8/10 1,492 votes#4 - Deadly Velvet (2)
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 2016-06-02
Things get even deadlier on the set of Deadly Velvet when someone turns up, you guessed it, dead.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/10 1,922 votes#7 - Skin Game
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 2012-03-08
Archer is faced with a dilemma when his murdered fiance, Katya, miraculously reappears. In Krieger's lab.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/10 1,518 votes#8 - Arrival/Departure
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 2014-04-21
Archer helps Lana with the delivery of her baby, while Krieger tries to prevent the delivery of a deadly weapon.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/10 1,592 votes#9 - Vision Quest
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 2015-02-05
The gang gets to work early so they can spend some quality time together.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/10 2,086 votes#10 - Swiss Miss
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2011-01-27
In yet another attempt to secure funding for ISIS, Malory drags her agents to the luxury winter resort town of Gstaad to protect a Swiss billionaire's daughter from a kidnapping threat. But Archer soon finds out the real threat is his protectee: an underage nymphomaniac who will stop at nothing to bed the world’s greatest spy.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mehar Sethi, Adam Reed
8.5/10 1,966 votes#11 - Stage Two
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 2011-03-17
Breast cancer strikes the Archer family---Sterling has it. "I'm trying to stay positive," he says. "I can beat this." But before surgery, he wants to bond with young Seamus (even though he isn't actually the baby's father) and take a Las Vegas vacation.
Director: N/A
Writer: Adam Reed
8.5/10 1,743 votes#13 - White Elephant
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 2014-01-13
ISIS is raided and disbanded by the U.S. government when it transpires that the agency was never sanctioned by them. Its former staff discover a hidden vault containing one-ton of cocaine, and form a drug cartel to sell the drugs to fund their retirements.
Director: Adam Reed
Writer: Adam Reed
8.5/10 1,078 votes#15 - Robot Factory
Season 11 Episode 4 - Aired 2020-09-30
Archer and the gang team up with Barry to stop an army of Barrys from turning the world into Barrys.
Director: Matt Thompson
Writer: Matt Roller
8.5/10 889 votes#16 - Dingo, Baby, Et Cetera
Season 12 Episode 6 - Aired 2021-09-22
Lana makes rookie mistakes as ghosts from Archer's past haunt him on a special mission.
Director: Chi Duong Sato
Writer: Mark Ganek
8.4/10 1,853 votes#17 - Bloody Ferlin
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 2012-02-23
Archer must help Gillette save his younger brother from a crooked sheriff in the backwoods of West Virginia.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/10 1,396 votes#18 - Pocket Listing
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 2015-03-05
Slater has the gang swindle the Durhani royal family and Gillette lends a hand.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/10 1,307 votes#19 - Drastic Voyage (2)
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 2015-04-02
The fantastic voyage concludes.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/10 1,301 votes#20 - Deadly Prep
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 2016-04-14
A business opportunity arises at a prep school reunion.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/10 1,296 votes#21 - Double Indecency
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 2016-05-12
Who's sexier, Cyril or Krieger? Pam or Cheryl? Only one way to find out: bar fight!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/10 1,032 votes#22 - Best Friends
Season 11 Episode 5 - Aired 2020-10-07
Archer is head over heels for his new valet, Aleister. Will Archer do Aleister's recommended rehabilitation exercises or just eat himself to death?
Director: Chi Duong Sato
Writer: Matt Roller
8.4/10 546 votes#23 - Into the Cold
Season 14 Episode 9 - Aired 2023-12-17
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.
Director: Casey Willis, Pierre Cerrato
Writer: Mark Ganek
8.3/10 1,769 votes#24 - Double Trouble
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2011-04-21
Krieger works to finish a top-secret project, and Archer brings a mysterious former KGB agent named Katya Kazanova home to meet Malory.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/10 1,855 votes#25 - Drift Problem
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 2012-02-09
Archer's surprise birthday present - a high-tech, souped-up spy car - leads to all sorts of other surprises. None of which are good.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
