Sterling Archer, the world's deadliest spy, lives for espionage. In this incredibly humorous animation, he along with his co-workers sabotage one another's missions and lives just for fun. From espionage to drug dealing and private investigating, they take you into depth of their dysfunctional lives and friendship. Archer is an animated, half-hour comedy that revolves around an international spy agency and the lives of its employees. Although their work of espionage, reconnaissance missions, wiretapping and undercover surveillance is daunting and dangerous, every covert operation and global crisis is actually just another excuse for the staff to undermine, sabotage and betray each other for personal gain. The series features the voices of H. Jon Benjamin as the highly skilled and incredibly vain master spy "Sterling Archer;" Aisha Tyler as Archer's fellow agent and ex-girlfriend, "Lana Kane;" Jessica Walter as Archer's domineering mother and spy agency director, "Malory Archer;" Chris Parnell as the easily intimidated comptroller-turned secret agent "Cyril Figgis;" Judy Greer as Malory's loquacious, dingbat secretary, "Cheryl;" Amber Nash as the discordant director of human resources, "Pam Poovey;" Adam Reed as the gay voice of reason, "Ray Gillette;" and Lucky Yates as the spy agency's possibly mad scientist/ possibly clone of himself, "Krieger." Cartoons are for kids. Or are they? Archer definitely falls into the latter and that's a good thing. This is a half hour animated series with a lot of sexual innuendo and a touch of violence here and there about a super-spy with the suave looks of James Bond and the air-headed lack of deductive reasoning of "The Pink Panther's" Inspector Clouseau. What makes the Sterling Archer character so funny is the fact that he really believes he's a lot smarter than he actually is. He's a clueless wonder in a black turtleneck. While the other main characters are great (sexy spy/former love interest Lana, steel hearted mother/head of Isis Malory, numbers-man/nerd extraordinaire Cyril), it's the secondary characters in this show that make me laugh out loud, particularly "any way the wind blows" ball buster Pam and the hilariously demented head scientist, Krieger. What makes this show truly amusing is clever writing, excellent graphics, and wonderful voice work. Every new episode is funny and I hope FX will keep re-newing this animated comedy for years to come. Loved seasons 1 - 4 … So it seems like I am not alone in thinking this… why break what doesn't need fixing. Season 4 was great! This new twist on plot and change of basis has completely thrown the timing off in this show. The jokes are off cue and lacking the sharp wittiness of the previous seasons. <br/><br/>I keep waiting for the show to kick in to the same gear of old but it looks like this is a throw away season. If you are new to the show I would highly recommend seasons 1 - 4 on NetFlicks but you might wan to skip season 5. Let's hope for a return to good old days in season 6!<br/><br/>One word to the network paid reviewers on the web. Get some ethics. Real people love this show for what it was not what it has come become. Raise the IQ level back up and so will the ratings.
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