The Best Episodes of Archer Season 2

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.5/10(2271 votes)

   #1 - Swiss Miss

   S2:E11/27/2011

   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.

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   Writers:Mehar Sethi, Adam Reed

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   7.7/10(2013 votes)

   #2 - A Going Concern

   S2:E22/3/2011

   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:Unknown

   Writer:Adam Reed

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   7.8/10(2022 votes)

   #3 - Blood Test

   S2:E32/10/2011

   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:Unknown

   Writer:Adam Reed

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   8.2/10(2117 votes)

   #4 - Pipeline Fever

   S2:E42/17/2011

   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:Unknown

   Writer:Adam Reed

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   Writer:Adam Reed
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   8.0/10(2023 votes)

   #5 - The Double Deuce

   S2:E52/24/2011

   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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   Writer:Adam Reed
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   7.7/10(1952 votes)

   #6 - Tragical History

   S2:E63/3/2011

   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.

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   Writer:Adam Reed

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   7.7/10(1964 votes)

   #7 - Movie Star

   S2:E73/10/2011

   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.

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   Writer:Adam Reed

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   8.5/10(2119 votes)

   #8 - Stage Two

   S2:E83/17/2011

   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:Unknown

   Writer:Adam Reed

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   8.9/10(2662 votes)

   #9 - Placebo Effect

   S2:E93/24/2011

   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.

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    8.6/10(2088 votes)

    #10 - El Secuestro

    S2:E103/31/2011

    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:Unknown

    Writer:Adam Reed

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    8.0/10(1939 votes)

    #11 - Jeu Monegasque

    S2:E114/7/2011

    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:Unknown

    Writer:Adam Reed

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    8.1/10(1917 votes)

    #12 - White Nights

    S2:E124/14/2011

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

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    Writer:Adam Reed

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    8.3/10(1913 votes)

    #13 - Double Trouble

    S2:E134/21/2011

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

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