# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/41 "2013-03-01T16:03:01Z")
I’m very glad they didn’t make the Skytanic connection out loud. This was an episode where the pacing felt off and the incongruity of the office vs the field was striking and worked as a disservice. I also didn’t care much for the smooth metal bowl “joke”. There is much more worth parodying in a kitchen. Still love it though. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/42 "2013-03-01T17:12:35Z")
If we’re still interested in “most current cultural references” in Archer, I’m pretty sure that celebrity chef reality shows are a product of the mid to late 2000’s (aughts?). The bumpers were probably the best part of this episode, as well as Archer’s unexpected competence as a chef (modulo the smooth metal bowls). ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/43 "2013-03-01T18:28:14Z")
Some important intel, Cheryl will not spit in your face when she is giving you a handie. That’s good to know. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/44 "2013-03-01T19:40:55Z")
I wonder if that was the first on-air animated orgasm in US network TV history… ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/45 "2013-03-01T19:46:24Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Some important intel, Cheryl will not spit in your face when she is giving you a handie. That’s just what she says so you know she’s not easy. She’ll totally do it afterwards anyway. > [@Smeghead](#): > > I wonder if that was the first on-air animated orgasm in US network TV history… Hell, it’s not even the first on-air orgasm for this show. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/46 "2013-03-01T20:12:24Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > The bumpers were probably the best part of this episode, as well as Archer’s unexpected competence as a chef (modulo the smooth metal bowls). Possibly a callback to his surprising competence at making spaghetti sauce. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/47 "2013-03-01T20:15:27Z")
It was also the second time (to my knowledge) that they used “aubergine”, but this time as a noun rather than an adjective. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/48 "2013-03-01T21:21:56Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Hell, it’s not even the first on-air orgasm for this show. Starting at [~53 seconds](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMZgXY90JqY) ;). ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/49 "2013-03-02T20:52:55Z")
I don’t get Cheryl’s “It’s going all ABBAB” or whatever line. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/50 "2013-03-02T23:05:51Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > I don’t get Cheryl’s “It’s going all ABBAB” or whatever line. It’s something Archer said earlier in the episode referring to Cyril. Always Be Berating And Belittling. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/51 "2013-03-08T04:17:43Z")
Well now we know what happened to “Bilbo”, and also that they are showing the episodes out of order. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/52 "2013-03-08T04:19:27Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Well now we know what happened to “Bilbo”, and also that they are showing the episodes out of order. They are? Explain. For me, this was perhaps the funniest episode this season. Seems like they’ve finally hit their stride again. (Also, amusing: In the closed captioning, Bilbo is identified as… “Bilbo”. :D) ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/53 "2013-03-08T04:23:53Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > They are? Explain. One of the earlier episodes referenced Malory killing Bilbo. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/54 "2013-03-08T17:52:02Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > One of the earlier episodes referenced Malory killing Bilbo. But, Bilbo was a twin. Maybe the twin was in this episode? Even still, it does seem out of order. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/55 "2013-03-08T20:26:30Z")
Not quite sure what happened there at the end. Am I meant to assume that Mallory set the whole thing up from the start so the coyotes would pay her the money she wanted to redecorate her office? Because even for _her_ that’s crossing the line between everyday villiany and cartoonish supervilliany. I worry that the characters are starting to get too Flanderized (remember when Pam actually cared about her job instead of being an oversexed pothead?) ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/56 "2013-03-08T20:57:09Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Not quite sure what happened there at the end. Am I meant to assume that Mallory set the whole thing up from the start so the coyotes would pay her the money she wanted to redecorate her office? That’s basically how I read it. Incidentally, was the old lady w/ the machine gun supposed to be the “real” coyote? ---
**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:** [March 8, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/57 "2013-03-08T22:05:14Z")
Yes, but the hot young woman was her daughter, the coyotette, the cub, la princesa jóvena… ETA: ah, I thought you meant the middle-aged woman driving the truck. Granny Yokum in the station wagon was just cover. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/58 "2013-03-08T22:22:09Z")
I’m not sure how I felt about this episode. It was meh for me. I didn’t really laugh, but I wasn’t bored. Things I liked: Archer actually stacking rocks. The incompetent vet. Kreiger. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/59 "2013-03-09T01:29:30Z")
The look between the two gay border agents when one of them says “well blow me!” was fucking priceless. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2013, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519/60 "2013-03-15T10:18:05Z")
This week’s episode absolutely cracked me up. Great pacing and lots of funny moments. Favorite bits; - Pam humping her gyro - Krieger and Piggly 3 - Mallory getting one-upped once again by Trudy Beakman - Cheryl and Pam eating cake and talking about penicillin - Cheryl wanting to have sex on top of a tranqed-out tiger - “I’m coming, Cyril!” “Bet that’s the first time you’ve said that, right?” and Lana’s glare in response. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-4-thread/650519.md?page=4)