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{{Episode infobox
 
|title = White Nights
 
|title = White Nights
 
|series = [[Archer]]
 
|series = [[Archer]]
 
|season = 2
 
|season = 2
 
|episode = 12
 
|episode = 12
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|production = XAR02012
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|writer = Adam Reed
 
|air date = April 14, 2011
 
|air date = April 14, 2011
|previous = [[Jeu Monegasque]]
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|previous = [[Jeu Monégasque]]
|next = [[Double Trouble]]|image = WhiteNights.png}}
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|next = [[Double Trouble]]
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|image = WhiteNights.png
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}}
   
 
"'''White Nights'''" is the twelfth episode of the [[season 2|second season]] of ''[[Archer]]''.
 
"'''White Nights'''" is the twelfth episode of the [[season 2|second season]] of ''[[Archer]]''.
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==Plot==
 
==Plot==
[[Sterling|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]].
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[[Sterling|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|Barry Dylan]].
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==Trivia==
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*The episode title, "White Nights," is a reference to the 1985 motion picture "[[Wikipedia:White Nights (1985 film)|White Nights]]",<ref>{{Imdb|White Nights (1985)|http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090319/}}</ref> starring Gregory Hines and Mikhail Baryshnikov. This can also be a reference to White Nights - phenomenon when during northern summer evening twilight is followed by morning twilight and full darkness never happens. Although such thing does not happen in Moscow, but widely associated with St. Petersburg.  It could also be a reference to a short love story by Fyodor Dostoevsky. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Nights_(book) White Nights] is also the name of  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menachem_Begin Menachem Begin]'s memoir of his year in a Soviet prison camp after being arrested by the NKVD in Lithunia while fleeing the Nazi invasion of Poland. Given Adam Reed's frequent literature references, Dostoevsky's short story seems right, but Archer's brief stint/torture in KGB custody links to Begin's memoir. Given how tightly Archer is written and produced, it wouldn't be surprising if the title references both.
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*The submachinegun [[Katya Kazanova]] uses is a PPSh-41, a World War II-era Soviet weapon, almost universally considered one of the best submachineguns designs of the war period and widely distributed to Soviet-aided insurgents and revolutionaries during the Cold War. The sound effect used, however, is inaccurate, as one of the most recognizable traits of the '41 is its fairly high rate of fire, about 900 rounds per minute.
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* Moscow skyline is pictured incorrectly, showing St Basil church from a place where it can't be seen and overcrowding skyline with churches and spires, most likely as a parody of practice of using well-known landmarks to establish locations.
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* Before jumping from the C-130 Hercules, the map on the back of the dossier Archer looks over is of New Orleans, possibly connecting this episode to "[http://archer.wikia.com/wiki/Pipeline_Fever Pipeline Fever] ."
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* Word "Директор" on Jakov's door means "Director", but KGB chiefs are actually called "Chairmen"
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* Archer's interrogation by the [[KGB]] is nearly identical to the torture training exercise administered by [[Crenshaw]] in "[[Mole Hunt]]," which Archer ridiculed at the time. During this episode, he wishes he had taken it more seriously.
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* Archer walking around with glass in his feet is likley a reference to the 1988 movie "Die Hard".
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==Gallery of Images==
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{{Imagecat-eps|Screenshots from Episode 2.12 "White Nights"}}
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Here is a sample of four images from the gallery: <gallery widths="124" captionalign="left">
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FinnishSkydiver.JPG|I am a Finnish skydiving enthusiast
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ISIS Pilot 1.JPG|This is to share. Look at me, ''to share''!
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BarryFalling.jpg|[[Barry]] ruining [[Sterling]]'s wardrobe
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KGBHQ.png|[[wikipedia:Lubyanka Building|Lubyanka]]
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</gallery>
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==References==
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The episode title, "White Nights," is likely a reference to Barry and Sterling's team-up.
 
   
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Revision as of 02:33, 4 April 2014

Template:Episode infobox

"White Nights" is the twelfth episode of the second season of Archer.

Plot

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.

Trivia

  • The episode title, "White Nights," is a reference to the 1985 motion picture "White Nights",[1] starring Gregory Hines and Mikhail Baryshnikov. This can also be a reference to White Nights - phenomenon when during northern summer evening twilight is followed by morning twilight and full darkness never happens. Although such thing does not happen in Moscow, but widely associated with St. Petersburg.  It could also be a reference to a short love story by Fyodor Dostoevsky. White Nights is also the name of  Menachem Begin's memoir of his year in a Soviet prison camp after being arrested by the NKVD in Lithunia while fleeing the Nazi invasion of Poland. Given Adam Reed's frequent literature references, Dostoevsky's short story seems right, but Archer's brief stint/torture in KGB custody links to Begin's memoir. Given how tightly Archer is written and produced, it wouldn't be surprising if the title references both.
  • The submachinegun Katya Kazanova uses is a PPSh-41, a World War II-era Soviet weapon, almost universally considered one of the best submachineguns designs of the war period and widely distributed to Soviet-aided insurgents and revolutionaries during the Cold War. The sound effect used, however, is inaccurate, as one of the most recognizable traits of the '41 is its fairly high rate of fire, about 900 rounds per minute.
  • Moscow skyline is pictured incorrectly, showing St Basil church from a place where it can't be seen and overcrowding skyline with churches and spires, most likely as a parody of practice of using well-known landmarks to establish locations.
  • Before jumping from the C-130 Hercules, the map on the back of the dossier Archer looks over is of New Orleans, possibly connecting this episode to "Pipeline Fever ."
  • Word "Директор" on Jakov's door means "Director", but KGB chiefs are actually called "Chairmen"
  • Archer's interrogation by the KGB is nearly identical to the torture training exercise administered by Crenshaw in "Mole Hunt," which Archer ridiculed at the time. During this episode, he wishes he had taken it more seriously.
  • Archer walking around with glass in his feet is likley a reference to the 1988 movie "Die Hard".

Gallery of Images

There are 31 screenshots and images from "White Nights" on this Wiki, visit the category page for a complete gallery.

Here is a sample of four images from the gallery:

References