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"Dial M for Mother" is the tenth episode and season finale of the first season of Archer.
Plot summary
Questions about the identity of Archer's real father lead him into a perilous trap... and an explosive confrontation with Malory.
Trivia
- The beginning sequence of a rainy night closing in on a building may be a reference to the opening sequence of the show Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and Dr. Weird's laboratory.
- The book Malory is reading is "Greenmantle" by John Buchan, which is one inspiration Adam Reed noted for the character of Archer.
- In the background as Pam is putting up the ISIS "Fraternization Policy", numerous other bulletins can be seen, including "Free Kitten: I'm Kitty-Litter-ate!", "WWJD about the dirty dishes in the break room!" and "Krieger Improv: The Science of Funny".
- Uta wears a t-shirt from the Excelsior, the airship in "Skytanic".
- When Trinette is seen in the park she says the baby's dad knows Krav Maga. She is implying that the baby is Archer's, setting up a story arch for Season 2.
- Archer's gunshot scars from Lana shooting him in the foot twice (first time in Skorpio; second time, in subsequent episode, Skytanic) can be seen as he is being held prisoner.
- Cyril is acting our a scene from "Full Metal Jacket" when he is in the bathroom stall loading his gun.
- When Lana agrees to have sex with Pam, she says she is going to pretend Pam is Alex Karras. Karras was a defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions in the 1960s and '70s, but is probably best remembered as the father on the sitcom Webster.
- Jane Hathaway was Mr. Drysdale's long-suffering secretary on "The Beverly Hillbillies." Since The Urban Dictionary's entry contains only a reference to "Archer" as a definition (along with a rather nasty and unimaginative theory as to what a "Jane Hathaway" would entail as a real sexual phenomenon), it can be presumed that the "Jane Hathaway" is an invention of the writers.
Main Cast
- H. Jon Benjamin as Sterling Archer
- Judy Greer as Cheryl Tunt
- Amber Nash as Pam Poovey
- Chris Parnell as Cyril Figgis
- Adam Reed as Ray Gillette
- Aisha Tyler as Lana Kane
- Jessica Walter as Malory Archer
- Lucky Yates as Dr. Krieger
Guest Stars
- René Auberjonois as Mannfred
- Kathryn Cressida as Uta
- Peter Newman as Nikolai Jakov
- Maggie Wheeler as Trinette Magoon
Gallery of Images
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