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"Skin Game" is the eleventh episode of the third season of Archer.
Plot
Archer is faced with a dilemma when his murdered fiancée, Katya, miraculously reappears... in Krieger's lab.[1] Archer has to combat his past traumatic experiences with an Electrolux while deciding whether or he can deal with the fact that his fiancée is now a cyborg.
The conflict comes to a head when Barry returns to kill Archer and the rest of ISIS.
Trivia
- The end of the episode, when Barry and Katya ride off on the bus, is a reference to the end of the film The Graduate, when Elaine and Benjamin ride off in the bus.
- The Russian word "mudak" literally translates as "testicle", but would be used in the same sense as the English word "asshole".
- The "wetsuit" in Krieger's apartment may be a reference to the novel/movie "Silence of the Lambs", in which the serial killer Buffalo Bill creates a suit made out of human skin from his female victims in order to look like a woman himself. This is supported by Archer's comments about it being made of skin, as well as the fact that the suit is clearly designed for a woman, just like the suit from Silence of the Lambs.
- While looking for the bathroom in Krieger's apartment, Sterling walks by a room where dozens of pine air fresheners hang from the ceiling. This may be a reference to the movie "Se7en", during which the serial killer John Doe ties a man to a bed for one year, representing the Deadly Sin of sloth. The man rots and the air fresheners cover the smell. This would go along with other references to Krieger being a serial killer.
- Katya's costume in Kreiger's appearance is reminiscent of Milla Jovovich's 'thermal bandage' costume as Leeloo (Leeloominaï Lekatariba Lamina-Tchaï Ekbat De Sebat) in the movie "The Fifth Element".
Quotes
- Archer: "Ugh! What is that? I've never smelled that smell in America."
- Krieger: "I live in a... transitional neighborhood."
- Archer: "As the crack dealers moved to nicer ones?"
- Archer: "I hate surprises. I mean, except surprise fellatio ... That, I like. The non-'Midnight Cowboy' kind."
- Krieger: "Don't be nervous, I'm not going to rape you."
- Archer: (Upon seeing Krieger's "wetsuit")"JESUS CHRIST! But you were gonna flay me like a perch?!"
- Krieger: "What? No, that's a wetsuit!"
- Archer: "Of human flesh?"
- Krieger: "Neoprene. I'm a certified diver."
- Archer: "Why is it skin-colored?"
- Krieger: "Well, it's not if you're black."
- Archer: "What is it with serial killers and skin?"
- Krieger: "I'm not a... serial killer."
- Archer: "Wait, why'd you emphasize 'serial'?
- Krieger: "I did whaaaat? Are we doing--? Did I mention I have a surprise for you?"
- Woodhouse: "I took the liberty of poaching you an egg."
- Katya: "Is not much of a liberty considering that you are going to polish my vagina."
- Woodhouse: "No. No, it isn't."
- Lana: "I think if you're looking for insight into why Archer is... Archer, you need to jump in a time machine and have a threesome with Oedipus and Sigmund Freud."
- Katya: "Hey, spasibo for nothing."
- Lana: "Well, I don't really have a roadmap for my ex finding your robo-gina in the sink."
- Cheryl: "BAWK, BAWK! THERAPY CRANES! BAAAWWWWK!"
- Cyril: "You were gonna marry her before."
- Archer: "Before she wasn't a cyborg."
- Cyril: "She's still kind, and smart, and insanely hot."
- Archer: "Hmm, yeah. And even though it's detachable, that vagina is, like, mind-shattering."
- Cyril: "Oh, yeah? What, does it vibrate, or--" (Archer slaps Cyril)"Ow! Ow! Damn it! You--you started it!"
- Archer: "That's my fiancée you're talking about!"
- Cyril: "Really?"
- Archer: "I can look past our differences, Cyril, I'm a much bigger man than you think. Plus, it'll drive mother crazy. Plus, yes, it vibrates."
- Archer: (After hearing Malory break things in her office)"And it's a win-win. Plus, it vibrates."
- Archer: "Ray, don't you have, like, a priest outfit or...?"
- Ray: "No, I wore it to Fetish Night at The Snug, and it's covered in--"
- Archer: "Okay! Ugh!
- Ray: "--Red wine, ass!"
- Barry: "Is anybody gonna ask how and why I knew to show up here?"
- Archer: "Is...? Okay, I'll bite."
- Barry: "By tracking the satellite signal from Katya's internal hard drive which Doctor Dipshit over there bought from the KGB."
- Archer: "What--? KRIEGER!"
- Krieger: "Yeah, but... the savings."
- Barry: "Like, eighty bucks you saved."
Archer (Calls out in the dark) "Barry!"
Cheryl: "Polo!"
Archer: "Shut up!"
Gallery of Images
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References
- ↑ "Skin Game". TheFutonCritic.com. Retrieved February 28, 2012.