Archer Review: Three to Tango

Season: 6 / Episode: 2 Like clockwork or rather like a running gag around the world “literally,” Archer got back to that comedic murda muzik this week with a great episode. For one, its hard to go wrong when you begin your episode with Slater (not Mr. Slater, not even Christian…) and Malory. Second, WELCOME BACK CONWAY STERN. We “literally” have not seen him in action since the third episode ever, “Diversity Hire” (unless you count the non-speaking aside when Krieger gave him a bionic arm sometime back). Colby Bell is back to do the voice of Conway and again, he’s great. His delivery of clever phrases and puns (beating Sterling to the punchline and frustrating the hell out of him) is a welcome call back to Archer origins. The mission this week is for Lana and Sterling to extract Conway as a CIA operative, but of course, it gets much more complicated than that. All the history that was built from their last interaction is on display and used well here, the weird ambivalence between Lana and Conway, the inevitable double cross and of course, the fight scene between Conway and Sterling is almost a work of art. Reverse Rampage!!! [divider type=”space_thin”] One thing Archer has always done really well is multitasking, as in, conversations going on in normality while some crazy action sequence is taking place. This happens twice in this episode and both of which are either hilarious, entertaining or both. Back in the office, the whole crew gets involved as Mallory is winning mor…