TV-MA, 13 20-min. episodes
Creator: Adam Reed
Directors: Adam Reed
Writers: Adam Reed, Tesha
Kondrat, Chris Provenzano,
Voices: H. Jon Benjamin,
Judy Greer, Amber Nash, Chris Parnell, Aisha Tyler, Jessica Walter, Adam Reed, Lucky
Yates
Guest voices: David Cross,
Patrick Warburton, Dave Willis, James Hong, George Coe, Burt Reynolds, Joaquim
de Almeida, Dave Fennoy, Robb Wells, Neal Holman, Heaven MacPherson, George
Takei, Luciano Palermi, Lloyd Sherr, Paula Malcomson, Jack McBrayer, Michael
Rooker, Peter Newman, Ji Li, Ona Grauer, Bryan Cranston, Brett Butler, Maggie
Wheeler
If the adult cartoon comedy
spy series “Archer” is anything, it’s consistent. Its lead character is
consistently misogynistic, stupefying, and offensive. It’s other characters are
consistently weird, perverse, and offensive. Its stories are consistently
violent and offensive. And it’s consistently funny.
Neither the second or third
seasons seem to have lived up to the originality of the first season, but that’s
probably because it was the first time I experienced this perverse take on the
spy genre. Yes, it makes Austin Powers seem tame. For those who can stomach it,
however, it is quite rewarding.
This season did distinguish
itself with two multi-part stories. The season opened in September of 2011 with
a three-episode teaser arc where Archer finds himself the leader of a band of
modern day pirates. With guest voice artists Patrick Warburton and David Cross,
this story arc had a particularly snarky and sharp bite to it. The season ends
with a two-part story arc in space that I suppose owes something to James Bond’s
“Moonraker”. With guest voice artist Bryan Cranston from “Breaking Bad” playing
a major role, this was also one of the series’ particularly funny story lines.
Burt Reynolds even contributed his voice to one episode playing himself, one of
Archer’s misogynistic heroes.
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