Archer Review: The Sitting

Season: 6 / Episode: 6 / FX Archer has been on a good run of late, after opening with a “decent” premier to season six. This episode went real hard in the “meh,” though. The premise is seemingly simple, Lana needs a babysitter (which is the subtext for just about every episode this season) and the age of old question of is it a good idea to leave Sterling alone with a baby, is answered. Again. Sort of. The jokes are pretty good which is standard fare for Archer, but the plot leaves a lot to be desired. Ironically, the brilliance of Archer in the previous week was for so many revelations to happen to the crew when they physically couldn’t move anywhere. The problem with this latest episode is that the plot, doesn’t go anywhere at all, even though the characters have the freedom to move to different locations.

The highlight of the episode had to be Pam going King Kong with baby A.J. until she gets to the roof and realizes there are no fighter jets for her to swat down. Sterling’s situation of having to babysit A.J. while dealing with a CIA threat would have been a pretty good plot if it didn’t end up pretty much where it started or if the outcome wasn’t so predictable.

I’m happy to see Slater (just, Slater) become a big part of the season as he’s typically hilarious whenever he appears, but outside of him, Sterling, Lana and Pam’s brief moment, the rest of the crew is pretty non-existent this episode. Well, unless you count cowering behind a desk. Not a bad episode of Arche…