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The Best Episodes of Archer Season 2

Every episode of Archer Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Archer Season 2!

The Best Episodes of Archer Season 2

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...
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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Archer Season 2 Episode 1 - Swiss Miss
    8.5/10(2270 votes)

    #1 - Swiss Miss

    S2:E1

    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:Unknown

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  2. Archer Season 2 Episode 2 - A Going Concern
    7.7/10(2014 votes)

    #2 - A Going Concern

    S2:E2

    After Malory is wiped out in a Ponzi scheme, she hatches a scheme of her own: selling ISIS - lock, stock and snack machines - to archrival spy agency ODIN. Archer and the rest of the ISIS employees, rightfully fearing for their jobs, must use every trick in the book (ISIS Field Manual, 3rd Edition) to try to stop the sale.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Adam Reed

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  3. Archer Season 2 Episode 3 - Blood Test
    7.8/10(2022 votes)

    #3 - Blood Test

    S2:E3

    When Archer's favorite call girl suddenly arrives for a visit, Archer is shocked to learn that she claims her new baby boy was fathered by him. She obtains a court order that forces him to take a paternity test in hopes of proving her claim.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Adam Reed

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  4. Archer Season 2 Episode 4 - Pipeline Fever
    8.2/10(2116 votes)

    #4 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Adam Reed

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  5. Archer Season 2 Episode 5 - The Double Deuce
    8.0/10(2022 votes)

    #5 - The Double Deuce

    S2:E5

    When members of Woodhouse's famed WWI Royal Flying Corps squadron start dying mysteriously, Archer tries to track down the killer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Adam Reed

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  6. Archer Season 2 Episode 6 - Tragical History
    7.7/10(1952 votes)

    #6 - Tragical History

    S2:E6

    Cyril agrees to help George Spelvin inject a virus into the ISIS mainframe so Cyril can defeat the virus and be seen as a hero.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Adam Reed

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  8. Archer Season 2 Episode 7 - Movie Star
    7.7/10(1963 votes)

    #7 - Movie Star

    S2:E7

    On Malory's orders, Lana helps Hollywood star Rona Thorne (voice of Rachael Harris) research her role in a spy thriller while Malory writes a role for herself in the movie (with Cyril's reluctant assistance). Meanwhile, Pam steals Rona's diary.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Adam Reed

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  9. Archer Season 2 Episode 8 - Stage Two
    8.5/10(2119 votes)

    #8 - Stage Two

    S2:E8

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Adam Reed

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  10. Archer Season 2 Episode 9 - Placebo Effect
    8.9/10(2658 votes)

    #9 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Archer Season 2 Episode 10 - El Secuestro
    8.6/10(2087 votes)

    #10 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Adam Reed

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  12. Archer Season 2 Episode 11 - Jeu Monegasque
    8.0/10(1939 votes)

    #11 - Jeu Monegasque

    S2:E11

    When a mysterious stranger summons Malory and her intrepid ISIS agents to Monaco, all bets are off! Well, actually all bets are on. Because Monaco is basically one giant casino, and Archer has $4 million in untraceable bearer bonds. Also, it's Gran Prix week, so you can just forget getting a hotel room

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Adam Reed

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  13. Archer Season 2 Episode 12 - White Nights
    8.1/10(1917 votes)

    #12 - White Nights

    S2:E12

    Archer's search for his father's identity leads him into hot water. Agent Barry Dylan is sent to rescue Archer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Adam Reed

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  14. Archer Season 2 Episode 13 - Double Trouble
    8.3/10(1914 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Swiss Miss" is the best rated episode of "Archer" season 2. It scored 8.5/10 based on 2270 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Mehar Sethi, Adam Reed, it aired on 1/27/2011. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "A Going Concern".