Archer Review: The Archer Sanction

Season: 6 / Episode: 3 / FX Coming off of a great episode last week, Archer dipped back down a little bit this week as Sterling, Lana and Ray all head up to the Swiss Alps for some mountain climbing, some Peppermint Patties (Sterling’s new drink) and some assassination. The three have been tasked by the CIA to take out an assassin who is going on this expedition, but of course, Sterling blew off the dossier, so they don’t know who they are supposed to kill. Sterling thinks that the target is from a country that was an AXIS power in World War II, but considering that three climbers are from Germany, Japan and Italy, that doesn’t help much. There are some big funny jokes throughout this episode, but the laugh a minute counter is definitely down from the previous week. Archer (and shows like it) often have lulls where the jokes become more witty than funny and most of this episode falls into that category. The mystery of who the assassin was had some potential, but the answer seems pretty obvious from the beginning and the writing didn’t really give us much misdirection outside of Sterling making stuff up or not knowing what he was talking about. Lana and Ray both flirting with the mountain climbing expert was funny, coupled with Sterling’s expected jealousy. Lana doesn’t fully acknowledge this until the expert “tries to save” a fallen climber leading to Lana saying, “So…would you be jealous if I banged him?”

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