The following is an episode guide for Archer. For a list view, go to List of episodes.
Seasons Guide
Season | Episodes | Season premiere | Season finale | DVD release date (R1) | DVD cover | |
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1 | 10 | September 17, 2009 | March 18, 2010 | December 28, 2010 | ||
2 | 13 | January 27, 2011 | April 21, 2011 | December 27, 2011 | ||
3 | 13 | September 15, 2011 | March 22, 2012 | January 8, 2013 | ||
4 | 13 | January 17, 2013 | April 11, 2013 | January 7, 2014 | ||
5 | 13 | January 13, 2014 | April 21, 2014 | January 6, 2015 | ||
6 | 13 | January 8, 2015 | April 2, 2015 | March 29, 2016 | ||
7 | 10 | March 31, 2016 | June 2, 2016 | March 28, 2017 | ||
8 | TBA | April 05, 2017 | TBA | TBA |
Episode Guide
Season 1: 2009-2010
- Main article: Season 1
Screenshot | Title | Original Air Date |
Production Code | Season Episode # | Overall Episode # |
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"Mole Hunt" | September 17, 2009 | AR01001 | 1 | 1 | |
Sterling Archer is questioned by his boss and mother, head of ISIS, Malory, about discrepancies in his expense account. Meanwhile, they begin searching for a mole in their company. | |||||
"Training Day" | January 14, 2010 | AR01002 | 2 | 2 | |
Sterling begins training Cyril to become an ISIS field agent when Malory promotes him from being a comptroller. | |||||
"Diversity Hire" | January 21, 2010 | AR01004 | 3 | 3 | |
A new field agent makes a splash at ISIS, but Archer and Lana suspect there may be something all too perfect about their new diversity hire. | |||||
"Killing Utne" | January 28, 2010 | AR01003 | 4 | 4 | |
Malory hosts a dinner party for the UN intelligence chairman, Torvald Utne, in an effort to get a new weapons contract for ISIS. Unfortunately, a group of rival assassins have targeted Mr. Utne for elimination. | |||||
"Honeypot" | February 4, 2010 | AR01005 | 5 | 5 | |
Malory's career is threatened when a sensitive videotape falls into the hands of a rogue (and roguish) Cuban agent, so she calls on Archer's expertise in seduction to turn the tables on her blackmailer. | |||||
"Skorpio" | February 11, 2010 | AR01006 | 6 | 6 | |
Archer must rescue Lana from the clutches of Skorpio, the infamous arms dealer. Meanwhile, Cyril fears not only for his girlfriend's life, but her succumbing to the seductive nature of Archer's heroics. | |||||
"Skytanic" | February 18, 2010 | AR01007 | 7 | 7 | |
When a bomb threat jeopardizes the maiden voyage of the luxury airship Excelsior, Archer and the ISIS crew must battle the clock (and each other) to avert disaster. | |||||
"The Rock" | February 25, 2010 | AR01008 | 8 | 8 | |
After ISIS loses yet another lucrative contract to rival agency ODIN, Malory assigns Archer and Lana to embarrass ODIN by stealing a priceless diamond from their biggest client. | |||||
"Job Offer" | March 11, 2010 | AR01009 | 9 | 9 | |
Barry extends an employment offer to Lana after seeing some of her actions in Paris. However, due to a misunderstanding, Sterling believes the offer was given to him. Archer then takes a higher-paying job at ODIN and Malory will stop at nothing to get him back. | |||||
"Dial M for Mother" | March 18, 2010 | AR01010 | 10 | 10 | |
Questions about the identity of Archer's real father lead him into a perilous trap... and an explosive confrontation with Malory. | |||||
Season 2: 2011
- Main article: Season 2
Screenshot | Title | Original Air Date |
Production Code | Season Episode # | Total Episode # |
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"Swiss Miss" | January 27, 2011 | XAR02002 | 1 | 11 | |
In yet another attempt to secure funding for ISIS, Malory drags her agents to the luxury winter resort town of Gstaad to protect a German billionaire's daughter from a kidnapping threat. But Archer soon finds out the real threat is his protectee: an underage nymphomaniac who will stop at nothing to bed the world's greatest spy. | |||||
"A Going Concern" | February 3, 2011 | XAR02006 | 2 | 12 | |
After Malory is wiped out in a Ponzi scheme, she hatches a scheme of her own: selling ISIS - lock, stock and snack machines - to archrival spy agency ODIN. Archer and the rest of the ISIS employees, rightfully fearing for their jobs, must use every trick in the book (ISIS Field Manual, 3rd Edition) to try to stop the sale. | |||||
"Blood Test" | February 10, 2011 | XAR02001 | 3 | 13 | |
Trinette tries to accuse Archer as to being the father of her baby son, Seamus. Archer tries as much as he can to get out of paying child support if the paternity test passes, but begins growing a bond with the child. | |||||
"Pipeline Fever" | February 17, 2011 | XAR02007 | 4 | 14 | |
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. | |||||
"The Double Deuce" | February 24, 2011 | XAR02004 | 5 | 15 | |
Secrets of Woodhouse's past make him the seeming target of an assassin. Archer gets mildly concerned about it. | |||||
"Tragical History" | March 3, 2011 | XAR02005 | 6 | 16 | |
Tired of his colleagues constantly calling him a failure, Cyril agrees to help George Spelvin, a mysterious computer security expert, inject a pirate virus into the ISIS mainframe so Cyril can defeat the virus and be seen as a hero. | |||||
"Movie Star" | March 10, 2011 | XAR02003 | 7 | 17 | |
As research for an upcoming role, Hollywood starlet Rona Thorne shadows Lana, and Archer can not help but to compete for the movie star's attention. | |||||
"Stage Two" | March 17, 2011 | XAR02008 | 8 | 18 | |
Archer finds out after a test that he has stage two breast cancer. | |||||
"Placebo Effect" | March 24, 2011 | XAR02009 | 9 | 19 | |
When Archer discovers that the pills he has been taking for his breast cancer are counterfeit, he goes on a hunt to destroy the criminals who did this to him. | |||||
"El Secuestro" | March 31, 2011 | XAR02010 | 10 | 20 | |
Pam gets kidnapped when she is mistaken for Cheryl by bandits who are after her wealth. | |||||
"Jeu Monégasque" | April 7, 2011 | XAR02011 | 11 | 21 | |
Malory brings Archer, Ray, and Lana to Monte Carlo when she tries to stop one of her sex tapes from being released. Archer loses all of the blackmail money by gambling and has to get it back. | |||||
"White Nights" | April 14, 2011 | XAR02012 | 12 | 22 | |
Archer searches for his father's identity behind the Iron Curtain, where he falls in love and runs into trouble, requiring the rescue efforts of ODIN agent Barry Dylan. | |||||
"Double Trouble" | April 21, 2011 | XAR02013 | 13 | 23 | |
Suspicion and jealousy arise at ISIS as Doctor Krieger works to finish a top-secret project, and Archer brings a mysterious former KGB agent named Katya Kazanova home to meet Malory. | |||||
Season 3: 2011-2012
- Main article: Season 3
Screenshot | Title | Original Air Date |
Production Code | Season Episode # | Total Episode # |
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"Heart of Archness: Part I" | September 15, 2011 | XAR03001 | 1 | 24 | |
After the death of his fiance, Archer goes missing for three months. Malory sends a former agent named Rip Riley to find him and bring him back. With Archer's resistance, he ends up stranding them out at sea and mixing them up with pirates. | |||||
"Heart of Archness: Part II" | September 22, 2011 | XAR03002 | 2 | 25 | |
Archer becomes leader of a pirate island and is enjoying the high life until a disgruntled islander calls mutiny. With Archer, his first mate Noah, and Rip Riley now trapped on the island, Ray and Lana go out to look for him. | |||||
"Heart of Archness: Part III" | September 29, 2011 | XAR03003 | 3 | 26 | |
Archer, Lana, Ray, Rip Riley and Noah attempt to escape the Pirate Fortress of Pangu Island, meanwhile Malory hardballs the negotiation for their ransom. | |||||
"The Man From Jupiter" | January 19, 2012 | XAR03005 | 4 | 27 | |
Burt Reynolds starts dating Archer's mom and boss, Malory. Archer tries to sabotage Malory and Burt's relationship while being chased by a Cuban hit squad | |||||
"El Contador" | January 26, 2012 | XAR03006 | 5 | 28 | |
Cyril is promoted to field agent, while Malory institutes a strict drug testing policy for her employees. Neither of which sit well with the staff at ISIS. As Cyril is promoted to field agent, he accompanies Sterling and Lana to South America to collect on a bounty of $1,000,000 on Román Calzado. Ray, Cheryl, and Pam know they will not pass the drug test, so they enlist Doctor Krieger to help them pass. | |||||
"The Limited" | February 2, 2012 | XAR02007 | 6 | 29 | |
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police enlist the help of ISIS to transport a captured Canadian terrorist. | |||||
"Drift Problem" | February 9, 2012 | XAR03008 | 7 | 30 | |
Archer's surprise birthday present—a high-tech, souped-up spy car—leads to all sorts of other surprises as the car is stolen when Malory warns Sterling not to lose the car. | |||||
"Lo Scandalo" | February 16, 2012 | XAR03004 | 8 | 31 | |
Malory has the ISIS agents come to her apartment when she asks for help to dispose of the body of the Italian Prime Minister. | |||||
"Bloody Ferlin" | February 23, 2012 | XAR03010 | 9 | 32 | |
Archer must help Ray save his younger brother from a crooked sheriff in the backwoods of West Virginia. | |||||
"Crossing Over" | March 1, 2012 | XAR03009 | 10 | 33 | |
Archer's sex life compromises his effectiveness as an agent. When Nikoli Jackov defects to the United States, he is accidentally killed by Archer's drunken incompetence when he fails to guard the safe house. | |||||
"Skin Game" | March 8, 2012 | XAR03011 | 11 | 34 | |
Archer is faced with a dilemma when his murdered fiance, Katya, miraculously reappears... in Krieger's lab. | |||||
"Space Race: Part I" | March 15, 2012 | XAR03012 | 12 | 35 | |
Archer and his colleagues at ISIS voyage to the final frontier in an effort to prevent a catastrophe on the International Space Station. | |||||
"Space Race: Part II" | March 22, 2012 | XAR03013 | 13 | 36 | |
Archer and his colleagues at ISIS wish they had never voyaged to the final frontier in an effort to prevent a catastrophe on the International Space Station. | |||||
Season 4: 2013
- Main article: Season 4
Screenshot | Title | Original Air Date |
Production Code | Season Episode # | Overall Episode # |
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"Fugue and Riffs" | January 17, 2013 | XAR04001 | 1 | 37 | |
Archer has amnesia and decides the only cure is a spa weekend. | |||||
"The Wind Cries Mary" | January 24, 2013 | XAR04003 | 2 | 38 | |
Archer and his former best friend are holed up in the Vermont wilderness, fighting hard to come out on top. | |||||
"Legs" | January 31, 2013 | XAR04004 | 3 | 39 | |
Archer's fear of cyborgs hits home when Krieger offers to make robotic legs for Gillette. | |||||
"Midnight Ron" | February 7, 2013 | XAR04005 | 4 | 40 | |
The beginning of beautiful hatred between Archer and his new stepfather plays out as the two are chased by gangsters. | |||||
"Viscous Coupling" | February 14, 2013 | XAR04006 | 5 | 41 | |
Archer's former fiance wants him to save her cyborg boyfriend who is trapped in outer space. Archer wants...other things. | |||||
"Once Bitten" | February 21, 2013 | XAR04007 | 6 | 42 | |
Archer gets bitten in a special place by a snake. | |||||
"Live and Let Dine" | February 28, 2013 | XAR04008 | 7 | 43 | |
Archer, Lana, and Cyril go undercover in celebrity chef Lance Casteau's hellish kitchen. | |||||
"Coyote Lovely" | March 7, 2013 | XAR04002 | 8 | 44 | |
Archer goes to the Mexican border to find a notorious coyote. | |||||
"The Honeymooners" | March 14, 2013 | XAR04009 | 9 | 45 | |
Archer and Lana pose as newlyweds to stop a sale of enriched uranium. | |||||
"Un Chien Tangerine" | March 21, 2013 | XAR04010 | 10 | 46 | |
Archer and Lana extract an agent from Morocco only to find out his bark is worse than his bite. | |||||
"The Papal Chase" | March 28, 2013 | XAR04011 | 11 | 47 | |
Archer must rescue the Pope from an assassination plot using Woodhouse as a decoy. Operation Bad Habit is a go. | |||||
"Sea Tunt: Part I" | April 4, 2013 | XAR04012 | 12 | 48 | |
A mission to retrieve a missing hydrogen bomb gets dicey when ISIS runs into an underwater research center run by a rogue captain. | |||||
"Sea Tunt: Part II" | April 11, 2013 | XAR04013 | 13 | 49 | |
ISIS continues to negotiate with Captain Murphy who is threatening to launch his nerve gas armed missiles at several U.S. cities. | |||||
Season 5: 2014 (Archer Vice)
- Main article: Season 5
Screenshot | Title | Original Air Date |
Production Code | Season Episode # | Overall Episode # |
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"White Elephant" | January 13, 2014 | XAR05001 | 1 | 50 | |
ISIS is raided and disbanded by the U.S. government when it transpires that the agency was never sanctioned by them. | |||||
"Archer Vice: A Kiss While Dying" | January 20, 2014 | XAR05002 | 2 | 51 | |
Disguised as a doctor and nurse, Archer and Lana take twenty kilos of cocaine, hidden in plaster covering Pam's entire body, to a deal with an unknown buyer. | |||||
"Archer Vice: A Debt of Honor" | January 13, 2014 | XAR05003 | 3 | 52 | |
The gang decides to use the counterfeit money to buy guns but Pam takes it instead to buy amphetamines from the Yakuza. | |||||
"Archer Vice: House Call" | January 13, 2014 | XAR05004 | 4 | 53 | |
As the gang discusses their diminishing coke supply and sending Pam to rehab, an FBI agent knocks on the door. | |||||
"Archer Vice: Southbound and Down" | January 13, 2014 | XAR05005 | 5 | 54 | |
Archer pays for an extravagant tour bus to get the gang to Texas for Cherlene's debut performance. | |||||
"Archer Vice: Baby Shower" | January 13, 2014 | XAR05009 | 6 | 55 | |
With Krieger operating an online pharmacy to distribute the cocaine to buyers, the gang has the free time to throw a neglected Lana a baby shower. Archer takes Pam along for backup on a trip to the Tuntmore Hotel to secure a very special shower gift: a performance by Kenny Loggins. | |||||
"Archer Vice: Smugglers' Blues" | January 13, 2014 | XAR05006 | 7 | 56 | |
Without Malory's knowledge or permission, Archer takes some of the cocaine to South America, dragging Cyril and Ray along. | |||||
"Archer Vice: The Rules of Extraction" | January 13, 2014 | XAR05007 | 8 | 57 | |
When the jeep carrying them crashes, Archer, Cyril and Ray have to navigate their way through a jungle river, forcing Archer to confront his fear of crocodiles. | |||||
"Archer Vice: On the Carpet" | January 13, 2014 | XAR05008 | 9 | 58 | |
Archer avoids crash landing in a dangerous swamp only to come face-to-face with a shady arms dealer. | |||||
"Archer Vice: Palace Intrigue: Part I" | January 13, 2014 | XAR05009 | 10 | 59 | |
Archer and the rest of the ISIS gang are the guests of Gustavo Calderon and his wife Juliana. Calderon is a big fan of Cherlene, but Juliana is a bigger fan of Archer. | |||||
"Archer Vice: Palace Intrigue: Part II" | January 13, 2014 | XAR05010 | 11 | 60 | |
Archer tries to keep his fling with the dictator's wife a secret while Krieger bonds with his clone-brothers. | |||||
"Archer Vice: Filibuster" | January 13, 2014 | XAR05011 | 12 | 61 | |
Cyril becomes the new president of San Marcos, Cherlene becomes the first lady of country music, and Archer becomes a resistance fighter. | |||||
"Archer Vice: Arrivals/Departures" | January 13, 2014 | XAR05012 | 13 | 62 | |
Archer helps Lana with the delivery of her baby, while Krieger and Ray try to prevent the launch of a deadly nerve gas rocket. Cyril is dethroned as 'leader' of San Marcos, Malory negotiates an underhanded deal with the CIA to reactivate ISIS, and the father of Lana's baby is finally revealed. | |||||
Season 6: 2015
- Main article: Season 6
Screenshot | Title | Original Air Date |
Production Code | Season Episode # | Overall Episode # |
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The Holdout | January 8, 2015 | XAR06001 | 1 | 63 | |
Archer must salvage a crashed plane in the Season 6 premiere. | |||||
Three to Tango | January 15, 2015 | XAR06002 | 2 | 64 | |
An agent from the past causes tension between Archer and Lana. | |||||
The Archer Sanction | January 22, 2015 | XAR06003 | 3 | 65 | |
An assassin targets Archer, Lana and Ray. | |||||
Edie's Wedding | January 29, 2014 | XAR06004 | 4 | 66 | |
Pam takes Archer to her sister's wedding. | |||||
Vision Quest | February 5, 2015 | XAR06005 | 5 | 67 | |
The gang get to work early in a bid to spend quality time together. | |||||
Sitting | February 12, 2015 | XAR06006 | 6 | 68 | |
Archer babysits AJ for a weekend. | |||||
Nellis | February 19, 2015 | XAR06007 | 7 | 69 | |
A rescue mission turns into an out-of-this-world visit to Area 51. | |||||
The Kanes | February 26, 2015 | XAR06008 | 8 | 70 | |
Lana introduces Archer to her parents. Archer introduces Lana's parents to high-speed chases. | |||||
Pocket Listing | March 5, 2015 | XAR06009 | 9 | 71 | |
Slater has the gang swindle the Durhani royal family and Gillette lends a hand. | |||||
Reignition Sequence | March 12, 2015 | XAR06010 | 10 | 72 | |
An office romance is interrupted by the Russians. | |||||
Achub Y Morfilod | March 19, 2015 | XAR06011 | 11 | 73 | |
Archer and Lana travel to Wales for a romantic getaway of aiding separatists. | |||||
Drastic Voyage: Part I | March 26, 2015 | XAR06012 | 12 | 74 | |
Part 1 of 2. Archer and the gang get ready for an incredible adventure. | |||||
Drastic Voyage: Part II | April 2, 2015 | XAR06013 | 13 | 75 | |
The conclusion of the Season 6 finale sees the end of the gang's most incredible voyage. | |||||
Season 7: 2016
- Main article: Season 7
Screenshot | Title | Original Air Date |
Production Code | Season Episode # | Overall Episode # |
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The Figgis Agency | March 31, 2016 | XAR07001 | 1 | 76 | |
Archer breaks into a mansion to restore the honor of a Hollywood starlet. | |||||
The Handoff | April 7,2016 | XAR07002 | 2 | 77 | |
Archer and Lana make a handoff while the others listen to the best voicemail ever. | |||||
Deadly Prep | April 14, 2016 | XAR07003 | 3 | 78 | |
A business opportunity arises at a prep school reunion. | |||||
Motherless Child | April 21,2016 | XAR07004 | 4 | 79 | |
A mysterious stranger surfaces and asks Archer to help him find his birth mother. | |||||
Bell Panto: Part I | April 28, 2016 | XAR07005 | 5 | 80 | |
Part 1 of 2. A fundraiser goes awry due to party crashers. | |||||
Bel Panto: Part II | May 5, 2016 | XAR07006 | 6 | 81 | |
Archer and Lana go missing as a hostage situation gets out of control. | |||||
Double Indecency | May 12, 2016 | XAR07007 | 7 | 82 | |
Who's sexier, Cyril or Krieger? Pam or Cheryl? Only one way to find out... A bar fight breaks out! | |||||
Liquid Lunch | May 19, 2016 | XAR07008 | 8 | 83 | |
Sterling and Slater cause a rift between Sterling and Lana. | |||||
Deadly Velvet: Part I | May 26, 2016 | XAR07009 | 9 | 84 | |
The Figgis Agency is hired by Ellis Crane to protect Veronica Deane on the set of Deadly Velvet. | |||||
Deadly Velvet: Part II | June 2, 2016 | XAR07010 | 10 | 85 | |
Things get even deadlier for Archer and the gang on the set of Deadly Velvet. | |||||
Season 8: 2017
- Main article: Season 8