# Archer Season 4 thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519 "2013-02-16T18:02:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/21 "2013-02-23T00:10:47Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > Nice attention to detail. Young Sterling has a cardboard box Smokey and the Bandit Firebird. “I thought that was Richard Petty”. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/22 "2013-02-23T00:56:14Z")
I really think that was the best episode this season. Having James Mason meet Archer was a nice touch. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/23 "2013-02-23T01:08:28Z")
While watching it I wondered how many people would get the **Heaven Can Wait** reference. My friend watching it with me got **The Natural** but not that one. Of course nothing will beat the **Magnum P.I.** reference from an older episode. That one made me an instant fan. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/24 "2013-02-23T01:14:21Z")
The hoodie tipped me off. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/25 "2013-02-24T00:47:05Z")
I thought it was an OK episode. One of the things I did like was when Cyrill was a vaguely competent field agent. Hopefully they’re setting up for something great next week. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/26 "2013-02-24T01:52:33Z")
It was a nothing episode with some amusing moments, particularly Carol/Cheryl’s incongruous (and apparently unwitting) competence. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/27 "2013-02-24T09:43:04Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > It was a nothing episode with some amusing moments, particularly Carol/Cheryl’s incongruous (and apparently unwitting) competence. I have a feeling Cheryl is the gypsy woman she’s always quoting, coming out of some sort of psychic fugue state. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/28 "2013-02-25T07:14:44Z")
One thing that caught me off guard: when did Mallory murder the head done? ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/29 "2013-02-25T14:14:11Z")
What’s her face laying into Lana was hilarious…“What? Oh was I speaking out loud?” And yes, I thought the “Heaven Can Wait” and “The Natural” references were really funny. “Oh come on, what’s next? Is Mr. Gower gonna slap me deaf?” ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/30 "2013-02-25T21:25:36Z")
“James Mason… James Mason!” “Maybe that’s his Lorne Greene.” ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/31 "2013-02-26T06:56:33Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > One thing that caught me off guard: when did Mallory murder the head done? My household can’t remember either. I wonder if it happened off screen? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/32 "2013-02-26T08:05:27Z")
Well, [the guys at the\* Archer\* wiki seem equally mystified by the fate of “Bilbo”](http://archer.wikia.com/wiki/Bilbo), as he is occasionally known. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/33 "2013-02-28T17:51:10Z")
Episode 8: _Live and Let Dine_ (28 Feb 2013) Archer, Lana, and Cyril go undercover in celebrity chef Lance Casteau’s hellish kitchen. Trivia: The title of this episode is a reference to the James Bond film, “_Live and Let Die_.” Casteau is a French-speaking village in Belgium, although here it may also be a reference to Jacques Cousteau. I’m particularly looking forward to this one as I just recently read _Live and Let Die_ but I suspect that the only reference to the Fleming novel will be the punny title. I’m rereading all the Fleming Bonds just for the hell of it. (I still prefer Alistair MacLean.) Resolved: [Live and Let Die](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqFIc-NeHSk) is the best Bond theme song of all time. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/34 "2013-02-28T20:39:43Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > Resolved: [Live and Let Die](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqFIc-NeHSk) is the best Bond theme song of all time. Hahaha, no. Not in this world in which we live in, it’s not. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/35 "2013-02-28T21:00:36Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Hahaha, no. Not in this world in which we live in, it’s not. I fan-wank the lyrics to the more grammatical, “ever-changing world in which _we’re living_.” Not entirely sure that it’s not sung that way sometimes. ETA: Ah, I’ve seen we’ve already covered this: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=293690](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=293690) ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/36 "2013-03-01T03:12:04Z")
Holy crap, is that Bourdain’s voice? ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/37 "2013-03-01T05:05:11Z")
Didn’t Mallory pull this exact same stunt with the Skytanic? ---
**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:** [March 1, 2013, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/38 "2013-03-01T11:51:39Z")
> [@bmoak](#): > > Holy crap, is that Bourdain’s voice? Yes. > [@alphaboi867](#): > > Didn’t Mallory pull this exact same stunt with the Skytanic? Also yes. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/39 "2013-03-01T14:44:21Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > I fan-wank the lyrics to the more grammatical, “ever-changing world in which _we’re living_.” Not entirely sure that it’s not sung that way sometimes. > > ETA: Ah, I’ve seen we’ve already covered this: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=293690](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=293690) It isn’t, but it should have been - if McCartney would’ve put down the joint for five minutes while writing. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/40 "2013-03-01T14:47:59Z")
I suppose it wouldn’t be classic Mallory if she only did it once. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519.md?page=3)