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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...
Genres:ComedyAction & AdventureAnimation
Networks:FXFXX
Episodes
140
Avg. Rating
7.9
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7.7
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Best Episodes Summary

"Mission: Difficult" is the best rated episode of "Archer". It scored 9/10 based on 1523 votes. Directed by Megan Johnson and written by Mark Ganek, it aired on 10/6/2021. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Placebo Effect".

  • Mission: Difficult
    9.0/101,523 votes
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    #1 - Mission: Difficult

    Season 12 Episode 8 - Aired 10/6/2021

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

    Director: Megan Johnson

    Writer: Mark Ganek

  • Placebo Effect
    8.9/102,551 votes
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    #2 - Placebo Effect

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 3/24/2011

    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

  • The Kanes
    8.8/101,732 votes
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    #3 - The Kanes

    Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 2/26/2015

    Lana introduces Archer to her parents. Archer introduces Lana's parents to high-speed chases.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Deadly Velvet (2)
    8.8/101,546 votes
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    #4 - Deadly Velvet (2)

    Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 6/2/2016

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Skytanic
    8.6/102,484 votes
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    #5 - Skytanic

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/18/2010

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Adam Reed

  • El Secuestro
    8.6/102,005 votes
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    #6 - El Secuestro

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 3/31/2011

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Adam Reed

  • Skin Game
    8.6/102,002 votes
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    #7 - Skin Game

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 3/8/2012

    Archer is faced with a dilemma when his murdered fiance, Katya, miraculously reappears. In Krieger's lab.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Arrival/Departure
    8.6/101,568 votes
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    #8 - Arrival/Departure

    Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 4/21/2014

    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

  • Vision Quest
    8.6/101,657 votes
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    #9 - Vision Quest

    Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/2015

    The gang gets to work early so they can spend some quality time together.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Swiss Miss
    8.5/102,173 votes
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    #10 - Swiss Miss

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/27/2011

    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: Adam Reed, Mehar Sethi

  • Stage Two
    8.5/102,039 votes
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    #11 - Stage Two

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 3/17/2011

    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

  • The Man from Jupiter
    8.5/101,984 votes
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    #12 - The Man from Jupiter

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 1/19/2012

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Adam Reed

  • White Elephant
    8.5/101,805 votes
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    #13 - White Elephant

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 1/13/2014

    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

  • Pocket Listing
    8.5/101,451 votes
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    #14 - Pocket Listing

    Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 3/5/2015

    Slater has the gang swindle the Durhani royal family and Gillette lends a hand.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Robert De Niro
    8.5/101,192 votes
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    #15 - Robert De Niro

    Season 10 Episode 9 - Aired 7/31/2019

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Adam Reed

  • Robot Factory
    8.5/101,136 votes
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    #16 - Robot Factory

    Season 11 Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/2020

    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

  • Dingo, Baby, Et Cetera
    8.5/10955 votes
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    #17 - Dingo, Baby, Et Cetera

    Season 12 Episode 6 - Aired 9/22/2021

    Lana makes rookie mistakes as ghosts from Archer's past haunt him on a special mission.

    Director: Chi Duong Sato

    Writer: Mark Ganek

  • Bloody Ferlin
    8.4/101,932 votes
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    #18 - Bloody Ferlin

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 2/23/2012

    Archer must help Gillette save his younger brother from a crooked sheriff in the backwoods of West Virginia.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Drastic Voyage (2)
    8.4/101,359 votes
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    #19 - Drastic Voyage (2)

    Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 4/2/2015

    The fantastic voyage concludes.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Deadly Prep
    8.4/101,354 votes
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    #20 - Deadly Prep

    Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 4/14/2016

    A business opportunity arises at a prep school reunion.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Double Indecency
    8.4/101,353 votes
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    #21 - Double Indecency

    Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 5/12/2016

    Who's sexier, Cyril or Krieger? Pam or Cheryl? Only one way to find out: bar fight!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Best Friends
    8.4/101,092 votes
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    #22 - Best Friends

    Season 11 Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/2020

    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

  • Into the Cold
    8.4/10685 votes
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    #23 - Into the Cold

    Season 14 Episode 9 - Aired 12/17/2023

    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

  • Double Trouble
    8.3/101,838 votes
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    #24 - Double Trouble

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 4/21/2011

    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

  • Drift Problem
    8.3/101,928 votes
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    #25 - Drift Problem

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 2/9/2012

    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