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The Best Episodes of Archer

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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...
  1. Background image for Mission: Difficult
    9.0/10(9 votes)

    #1 - Mission: Difficult

    S12:E8

    Archer is trapped inside IIA headquarters and Barry is trapped inside Other Barry.

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    Director:Megan Johnson
    Writer:Mark Ganek
  2. Background image for Into the Cold
    8.8/10(9 votes)

    #2 - Into the Cold

    S14:E9

    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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  3. Background image for Placebo Effect
    8.7/10(17 votes)

    #3 - Placebo Effect

    S2:E9

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Cubert
    8.7/10(6 votes)

    #4 - Cubert

    S10:E8

    Archer is convinced a mysterious object is causing the crew to act strangely. Is it magnetic? Is it supernatural? Does it need to be cleaned with some sterile wipes?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Adam Reed
  5. Background image for Face Off
    8.6/10(9 votes)

    #5 - Face Off

    S14:E6

    Archer tries to find an elusive villain at an exclusive resort, while Lana learns some explosive truths about running a spy agency.

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    Director:Megan Johnson
  6. Background image for Skytanic
    8.5/10(18 votes)

    #6 - Skytanic

    S1:E7

    When a bomb threat jeopardizes the maiden voyage of the luxury airship Excelsior, Archer and the ISIS crew must battle the clock (and each other) to avert disaster.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Adam Reed
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  8. Background image for El Secuestro
    8.5/10(15 votes)

    #7 - El Secuestro

    S2:E10

    Pam is abducted by kidnappers who mistake her for Cheryl. It seems that Cheryl wasn’t completely forthcoming about her background when she applied for her job at ISIS.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Adam Reed
  9. Background image for Lo Scandalo
    8.5/10(17 votes)

    #8 - Lo Scandalo

    S3:E5

    Malory turns to Archer and Lana for help when she finds herself in a compromising situation with the Italian prime minister.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for White Elephant
    8.5/10(17 votes)

    #9 - White Elephant

    S5:E1

    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.

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    Director:Adam Reed
    Writer:Adam Reed
  11. Background image for Drastic Voyage (2)
    8.5/10(14 votes)

    #10 - Drastic Voyage (2)

    S6:E13

    The fantastic voyage concludes.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Deadly Velvet (2)
    8.5/10(15 votes)

    #11 - Deadly Velvet (2)

    S7:E10

    Things get even deadlier on the set of Deadly Velvet when someone turns up, you guessed it, dead.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Mr. Deadly Goes to Town
    8.5/10(6 votes)

    #12 - Mr. Deadly Goes to Town

    S10:E5

    Archer and the crew pick up a hitchhiker and try to convince him to turn his life around.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Mark Ganek
  14. Background image for Double Trouble
    8.4/10(14 votes)

    #13 - Double Trouble

    S2:E13

    Krieger works to finish a top-secret project, and Archer brings a mysterious former KGB agent named Katya Kazanova home to meet Malory.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for The Man from Jupiter
    8.4/10(16 votes)

    #14 - The Man from Jupiter

    S3:E1

    Archer is shocked to learn that his mother is dating Archer's idol/hero/man-crush, Burt Reynolds.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Adam Reed
  16. Background image for Robert De Niro
    8.4/10(7 votes)

    #15 - Robert De Niro

    S10:E9

    When a trial turns into a party it can only mean that Barry-6 has returned!

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Adam Reed
  17. Background image for Best Friends
    8.4/10(7 votes)

    #16 - Best Friends

    S11:E5

    Archer is head over heels for his new valet, Aleister. Will Archer do Aleister's recommended rehabilitation exercises or just eat himself to death?

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  18. Background image for Caught Napping
    8.4/10(7 votes)

    #17 - Caught Napping

    S11:E7

    When AJ is kidnapped, it's up to Archer to get her back and keep Lana's rampage pointed in the right direction.

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    Director:Justin Wagner
    Writer:Mark Ganek
  19. Background image for The Anglerfish Stratagem
    8.4/10(8 votes)

    #18 - The Anglerfish Stratagem

    S14:E1

    The Agency teams up with Interpol to take down a highly organized ring of jewel thieves. Archer’s skeptical as their Interpol contact seems to be treating the mission as more of an audition... but for which side?

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    Writer:Mark Ganek
  20. Background image for Mission Out of Control Room
    8.3/10(7 votes)

    #19 - Mission Out of Control Room

    S14:E7

    Lana monitors simultaneous missions in her state-of-the-art control room, but Archer and the gang experience technical difficulties.

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  21. Background image for The Limited
    8.2/10(14 votes)

    #20 - The Limited

    S3:E3

    The Royal Canadian Mounted Police enlist the help of ISIS to transport a captured Canadian terrorist. On a train.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for The Rules of Extraction
    8.2/10(16 votes)

    #21 - The Rules of Extraction

    S5:E8

    Archer, Ray, and Cyril raft down a crocodile-filled river while Lana and Pam plan a spa day for Malory.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Deadly Prep
    8.2/10(15 votes)

    #22 - Deadly Prep

    S7:E3

    A business opportunity arises at a prep school reunion.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Strange Doings in the Taboo Groves
    8.2/10(10 votes)

    #23 - Strange Doings in the Taboo Groves

    S9:E5

    But there is no joy in Mudville- mighty Pam has struck out.

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    Director:Unknown
  25. Background image for A Discovery
    8.2/10(9 votes)

    #24 - A Discovery

    S9:E8

    The Band finally close on a discovery.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Adam Reed
  26. Background image for Pipeline Fever
    8.1/10(16 votes)

    #25 - Pipeline Fever

    S2:E4

    Archer and Lana head to Louisiana to stop an ecoterrorist from blowing up a natural-gas pipeline. (Archer’s also looking forward to a Big Easy vacation.) Back at ISIS headquarters, Mallory orders the staff to go green to get “freebie socialist tax credits.” A flashback recalls Lana’s introduction to ISIS.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Adam Reed

Best Episodes Summary

"Mission: Difficult" is the best rated episode of "Archer". It scored 9/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by Megan Johnson and written by Mark Ganek, it aired on 10/6/2021. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Into the Cold".