The BEST episodes of Archer (2009)

Every episode of Archer (2009) ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Archer (2009)!

At the International Secret Intelligence Service (ISIS), a fictional New York-based intelligence agency, eight dysfunctional secret agents attempt to solve global crises while simultaneously screwing each other over. The team is made up of the narcissistic Sterling Archer; his emotionally distant mother, ISIS director Malory Archer; the always-professional Lana Kane, Sterling's former flame; Ray Gillette, the agency's openly gay bomb specialist; HR head Pam Poovey; mild-mannered accountant-turned-agent Cyril Figgis; Cheryl Tunt, Malory's delusional, psychotic personal assistant; and Dr. Algernop Krieger, a bizarre, morally bankrupt scientist with little regard for the well-being of his subjects.

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Un Chien Tangerine
star
8.22
2280 votes

#1 - Un Chien Tangerine

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/21/2013

Archer and Lana extract an agent from Morocco only to find out his bark is worse than his bite.

Directors: Adam Reed
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The Rules of Extraction
star
8.21
1939 votes

#2 - The Rules of Extraction

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/17/2014

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

Directors: Adam Reed
Writer: Adam Reed
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Double Trouble
star
8.20
2449 votes

#3 - 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.

Directors: Adam Reed
Writer: Adam Reed
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Into the Cold
star
8.16
341 votes

#4 - 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.

Writer: Mark Ganek
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Live and Let Dine
star
8.15
2203 votes

#5 - Live and Let Dine

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/28/2013

Archer, Lana, and Cyril go undercover in celebrity chef Lance Casteau's hellish kitchen.

Directors: Adam Reed
Writer: Adam Reed
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The Man From Jupiter
star
8.14
2924 votes

#6 - 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.

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The Honeymooners
star
8.13
2154 votes

#7 - The Honeymooners

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/14/2013

Archer and Lana pose as newlyweds to stop a sale of enriched uranium.

Directors: Adam Reed
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El Secuestro
star
8.12
2732 votes

#8 - 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.

Directors: Adam Reed
Writer: Adam Reed
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Placebo Effect
star
8.12
2868 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.

Directors: Adam Reed
Writer: Adam Reed
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Sea Tunt (2)
star
8.11
2121 votes

#10 - Sea Tunt (2)

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/11/2013

Archer and the ISIS crew go to an underwater SEA LABoratory to stop the deranged Captain Murphy.

Directors: Adam Reed
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White Elephant
star
8.10
2141 votes

#11 - 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. Then, Archer becomes Archer Vice.

Directors: Adam Reed
Writer: Adam Reed
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Mission: Difficult
star
8.09
491 votes

#12 - Mission: Difficult

Season 12 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/6/2021

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

Directors: Megan Johnson
Writer: Mark Ganek
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Legs
star
8.08
2268 votes

#13 - Legs

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/31/2013

Archer's fear of cyborgs hits home when Krieger offers to make robotic legs for Gillette.

Directors: Adam Reed
Writer: Adam Reed
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Deadly Velvet (2)
star
8.08
1991 votes

#14 - 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.

Directors: Adam Reed
Writer: Adam Reed
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The Wind Cries Mary
star
8.06
2238 votes

#15 - The Wind Cries Mary

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/24/2013

Archer and his former best friend are holed up in the Vermont wilderness, fighting hard to come out on top.

Directors: Adam Reed
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Space Race (2)
star
8.05
2385 votes

#16 - Space Race (2)

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/22/2012

Season finale. Archer and the rest of ISIS are held captive by mutineers on the International Space Station.

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Lo Scandalo
star
8.04
2752 votes

#17 - Lo Scandalo

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/16/2012

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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Arrivals/Departures
star
8.04
1851 votes

#18 - Arrivals/Departures

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.

Directors: Adam Reed
Writer: Adam Reed
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Skytanic
star
8.04
2933 votes

#19 - 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.

Writer: Adam Reed
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Coyote Lovely
star
8.02
2069 votes

#20 - Coyote Lovely

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/7/2013

Archer heads to the Mexican border to capture a notorious coyote, which is Spanish for coyote.

Directors: Adam Reed
Writer: Adam Reed
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The Papal Chase
star
8.02
2396 votes

#21 - The Papal Chase

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/28/2013

Archer must rescue the Pope from an assassination plot using Woodhouse as a decoy. Operation Bad Habit is a go.

Directors: Adam Reed
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Fugue and Riffs
star
8.02
2472 votes

#22 - Fugue and Riffs

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/17/2013

Archer, I mean Bob, has amnesia and decides the only cure is a spa weekend.

Directors: Adam Reed
Writer: Adam Reed
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Space Race (1)
star
8.00
2449 votes

#23 - Space Race (1)

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/15/2012

Archer and his colleagues at ISIS voyage to the final frontier in an effort to prevent a catastrophe on the International Space Station.

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Sea Tunt (1)
star
7.98
2202 votes

#24 - Sea Tunt (1)

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/4/2013

Cheryl's brother Cecil Tunt and his girlfriend Tiffy drive her crazier than usual as they travel into the Bermuda Triangle. Where mysteries abound!.

Directors: Adam Reed
Writer: Adam Reed
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Swiss Miss
star
7.96
3143 votes

#25 - 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.

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