The BEST episodes of Archer (2009) season 2
Every episode of Archer (2009) season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Archer (2009) season 2!
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.
#1 - Double Trouble
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/21/2011
Suspicion and jealousy are rife at ISIS as Krieger nears completion of a top-secret project, and Archer brings beautiful – and mysterious – former KGB agent Katya Kazanova home to meet Malory. Who reacts about like one would expect.
#2 - Placebo Effect
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/24/2011
When Archer discovers the chemotherapy drugs he's been taking for his breast cancer are counterfeit – consisting mainly of sucrose and Zima – he sets out to destroy the criminals behind the scheme. Only this time, it's personal.
#3 - El Secuestro
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/31/2011
ISIS goes into full lockdown after Pam is abducted by kidnappers. Wait, Pam? Yes, but the kidnappers were really after Cheryl/Carol. Wait, Cheryl/Carol? Yes, because Cheryl/Carol isn't quite who she appears to be. Or is it whom?
#4 - 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.
#6 - White Nights
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/14/2011
Archer's search for his father's identity leads him behind the Iron Curtain...and into hot water! Old wounds are reopened when ODIN agent Barry Dylan is sent to rescue Archer, who falls in love with a beautiful – and mysterious – woman.
#7 - The Double Deuce
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/24/2011
When members of Woodhouse's famed WWI Royal Flying Corps squadron (the old "Double Deuce") start dying mysteriously, he naturally suspects foul play. As does Archer, who tries to help his loyal manservant track down the killer.
#8 - Pipeline Fever
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/17/2011
While Malory tries to make ISIS a green workplace, Archer and Lana head to the Louisiana bayous to prevent a dangerous eco-terrorist from bombing America's largest natural gas pipeline.
#9 - Movie Star
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/10/2011
The normal childish squabbles, sneaky backbiting, and petty jealousies at ISIS are multiplied exponentially when a famous Hollywood actress, Rona Thorne, spends a week shadowing the agents as research for an upcoming role in a spy movie.
#11 - Jeu Monégasque
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.
#12 - Blood Test
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/10/2011
Archer is in for a huge (well, about ten pound) surprise when he favorite call girl, Trinette, shows up at ISIS with a bouncing baby boy on her hip. And a subpoena for a paternity test in her purse. Is Archer the father of the wee baby Seamus?
#13 - Tragical History
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/3/2011
Tired of his colleagues constantly calling him a failure, Cyril agrees to help George Spelvin, a mysterious computer security expert, inject a virus into the ISIS mainframe so Cyril can defeat the virus and be seen as a hero. Not surprisingly, the plan goes awry; Cyril didn't count on sexy, bikini-clad ninjas.