# Archer. New season starts tonight **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 25, 2018, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-new-season-starts-tonight/813118 "2018-04-25T20:53:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-new-season-starts-tonight/813118/1 "2018-04-25T20:53:47Z")
Sploosh! Set on an island in the South Pacific and Archer now is a pilot. Sounds like [this](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_the_Gold_Monkey) old TV show. Any body else remember that show? As Battlestar Galactica was to Star Wars, that was to Raiders of the Lost Ark. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-new-season-starts-tonight/813118/2 "2018-04-26T03:48:10Z")
I don’t even have to click the link to know you’re talking about Tales of the Golden Monkey. I remember liking that show. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-new-season-starts-tonight/813118/3 "2018-04-26T12:48:07Z")
What did everyone think? Not a lot of laughs, but is seems like it was more a scene setter episode. One advantage of these coma episodes is that they can reset the characters; they can dial Cheryl’s crazy way down and then over the course of the season ramp it back up; without that reset, there really isn’t anywhere to go with her character. I love how they handled the talking bird, “just get over it.” ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-new-season-starts-tonight/813118/4 "2018-04-26T13:22:19Z")
I really liked it - much more than “Dreamland.” Nice touch with the narration by Pam at the beginning, “sometimes I wonder if he’s dreaming…then I remember that I don’t give a shit.” Krieger as “Crackers” had me rolling - “yes, he can talk…let’s not make a big deal out of it…” ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-new-season-starts-tonight/813118/5 "2018-04-27T10:30:02Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > What did everyone think? Not a lot of laughs, but is seems like it was more a scene setter episode. One advantage of these coma episodes is that they can reset the characters; they can dial Cheryl’s crazy way down and then over the course of the season ramp it back up; without that reset, there really isn’t anywhere to go with her character. I love how they handled the talking bird, “just get over it.” WHY DOES HE TALK?!!! …parrot? ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-new-season-starts-tonight/813118/6 "2018-04-27T12:32:11Z")
I liked it, though I agree it was more exposition/season setup than outright humor. I’m wondering how long the party separation will last. “Fuchs?” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-new-season-starts-tonight/813118/7 "2018-04-29T02:47:29Z")
Previous thread: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=852445](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=852445) The season premiere was mildly amusing but could’ve been better. Still, I’ll keep watching, if only for Krieger as a parrot and Ray as a Claude Rains-esque French cop.