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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!

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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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Swiss Miss" is the best rated episode of "Archer" season 2. It scored 8.5/10 based on 2150 votes. Directed by N/A 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".

  • Swiss Miss
    8.5/102,150 votes

    #1 - 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: Mehar Sethi, Adam Reed

  • A Going Concern
    7.7/101,918 votes

    #2 - A Going Concern

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 2/3/2011

    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: N/A

    Writer: Adam Reed

  • Blood Test
    7.8/101,926 votes

    #3 - Blood Test

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 2/10/2011

    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: N/A

    Writer: Adam Reed

  • Pipeline Fever
    8.1/102,011 votes

    #4 - Pipeline Fever

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/17/2011

    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: N/A

    Writer: Adam Reed

  • The Double Deuce
    8.0/101,929 votes

    #5 - The Double Deuce

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/24/2011

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Adam Reed

  • Tragical History
    7.7/101,864 votes

    #6 - Tragical History

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 3/3/2011

    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: N/A

    Writer: Adam Reed

  • Movie Star
    7.7/101,867 votes

    #7 - Movie Star

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 3/10/2011

    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: N/A

    Writer: Adam Reed

  • Stage Two
    8.5/102,021 votes

    #8 - 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

  • Placebo Effect
    8.9/102,524 votes

    #9 - 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

  • El Secuestro
    8.6/101,984 votes

    #10 - 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

  • Jeu Monegasque
    8.0/101,850 votes

    #11 - Jeu Monegasque

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 4/7/2011

    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: N/A

    Writer: Adam Reed

  • White Nights
    8.1/101,825 votes

    #12 - White Nights

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 4/14/2011

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Adam Reed

  • Double Trouble
    8.3/101,822 votes

    #13 - 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