Archer is an American animated comedy series created by Adam Reed for the FX network. The first four seasons are set at the International Secret Intelligence Service (ISIS) and surround suave master spy Sterling Archer as he deals with global espionage; a domineering, late middle-aged mother/boss, Malory Archer; his ex-girlfriend, Agent Lana Kane; and accountant Cyril Figgis. [1]
The fifth season, titled Archer Vice, follows Archer and his entourage as they resort to drug dealing, having been caught by the FBI operating an illegal espionage operation in the seasons' opening. The sixth season chronicles the group working as contract hires for the CIA until they commit the ultimate screw-up. Out of work, the ISIS ensemble moves to Los Angeles and pursues private investigation work at the Figgis Agency in the seventh season. This concludes with Archer being shot, which sets the plot for the following seasons (8–10) in which he is in a coma. In seasons 11–14, the show returns to its original spy-agency format.
The fourteenth and final season premiered on August 30, 2023 [2] and ended with a three-part series finale titled Archer: Into the Cold , which aired on December 17, 2023. [3] During the course of the series, 145 episodes of Archer aired over fourteen seasons between September 17, 2009 and December 17, 2023.
Season | Episodes | Originally released | |||
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First released | Last released | Network | |||
1 | 10 | September 17, 2009 | March 18, 2010 | FX | |
2 | 13 | January 27, 2011 | April 21, 2011 | ||
3 | 13 | September 15, 2011 | March 22, 2012 | ||
4 | 13 | January 17, 2013 | April 11, 2013 | ||
5 | 13 | January 13, 2014 | April 21, 2014 | ||
6 | 13 | January 8, 2015 | April 2, 2015 | ||
7 | 10 | March 31, 2016 | June 2, 2016 | ||
8 | 8 | April 5, 2017 | May 24, 2017 | FXX | |
9 | 8 | April 25, 2018 | June 13, 2018 | ||
10 | 9 | May 29, 2019 | July 31, 2019 | ||
11 | 8 | September 16, 2020 | October 28, 2020 | ||
12 | 8 | August 25, 2021 | October 6, 2021 | ||
13 | 8 | August 24, 2022 | October 12, 2022 | ||
14 | 11 | 8 | August 30, 2023 | October 11, 2023 | |
3 | December 17, 2023 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "Mole Hunt" | Adam Reed | September 17, 2009 | XAR01001 | 0.91 [4] |
2 | 2 | "Training Day" | Adam Reed | January 14, 2010 | XAR01002 | 1.82 [4] |
3 | 3 | "Diversity Hire" | Adam Reed | January 21, 2010 | XAR01004 | 1.23 [4] |
4 | 4 | "Killing Utne" | Adam Reed | January 28, 2010 | XAR01003 | 0.87 [4] |
5 | 5 | "Honeypot" | Adam Reed & Tony Carbone | February 4, 2010 | XAR01005 | 0.62 [4] |
6 | 6 | "Skorpio" | Adam Reed | February 11, 2010 | XAR01006 | 0.76 [4] |
7 | 7 | "Skytanic" | Adam Reed | February 18, 2010 | XAR01007 | 0.87 [4] |
8 | 8 | "The Rock" | Adam Reed & Boswell Cocker | March 4, 2010 | XAR01008 | 0.72 [4] |
9 | 9 | "Job Offer" | Adam Reed | March 11, 2010 | XAR01009 | 1.08 [4] |
10 | 10 | "Dial M for Mother" | Adam Reed | March 18, 2010 | XAR01010 | 0.76 [4] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
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11 | 1 | "Swiss Miss" | Story by : Mehar Sethi Teleplay by : Adam Reed | January 27, 2011 | XAR02002 | 1.53 [5] |
12 | 2 | "A Going Concern" | Adam Reed | February 3, 2011 | XAR02006 | 1.11 [6] |
13 | 3 | "Blood Test" | Adam Reed | February 10, 2011 | XAR02001 | 1.12 [7] |
14 | 4 | "Pipeline Fever" | Story by : Boswell Cocker Teleplay by : Adam Reed | February 17, 2011 | XAR02007 | 0.99 [8] |
15 | 5 | "The Double Deuce" | Adam Reed | February 24, 2011 | XAR02004 | 1.00 [9] |
16 | 6 | "Tragical History" | Adam Reed | March 3, 2011 | XAR02005 | 1.02 [10] |
17 | 7 | "Movie Star" | Adam Reed | March 10, 2011 | XAR02003 | 1.02 [11] |
18 | 8 | "Stage Two" | Adam Reed | March 17, 2011 | XAR02008 | 0.93 [12] |
19 | 9 | "Placebo Effect" | Adam Reed | March 24, 2011 | XAR02009 | 1.09 [13] |
20 | 10 | "El Secuestro" | Adam Reed | March 31, 2011 | XAR02010 | 1.32 [14] |
21 | 11 | "Jeu Monégasque" | Adam Reed | April 7, 2011 | XAR02011 | 1.01 [15] |
22 | 12 | "White Nights" | Adam Reed | April 14, 2011 | XAR02012 | 1.21 [16] |
23 | 13 | "Double Trouble" | Adam Reed | April 21, 2011 | XAR02013 | 1.01 [17] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
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24 | 1 | "Heart of Archness: Part I" | Adam Reed | September 15, 2011 | XAR03001 | 1.17 [18] |
25 | 2 | "Heart of Archness: Part II" | Adam Reed | September 22, 2011 | XAR03002 | 1.10 [19] |
26 | 3 | "Heart of Archness: Part III" | Adam Reed | September 29, 2011 | XAR03003 | 1.19 [20] |
27 | 4 | "The Man from Jupiter" | Adam Reed | January 19, 2012 | XAR03005 | 1.31 [21] |
28 | 5 | "El Contador" | Story by : Tesha Kondrat Teleplay by : Adam Reed | January 26, 2012 | XAR03006 | 1.12 [22] |
29 | 6 | "The Limited" | Adam Reed | February 2, 2012 | XAR03007 | 1.06 [23] |
30 | 7 | "Drift Problem" | Adam Reed | February 9, 2012 | XAR03008 | 1.22 [24] |
31 | 8 | "Lo Scandalo" | Adam Reed | February 16, 2012 | XAR03004 | 1.20 [25] |
32 | 9 | "Bloody Ferlin" | Adam Reed | February 23, 2012 | XAR03010 | 1.27 [26] |
33 | 10 | "Crossing Over" | Adam Reed | March 1, 2012 | XAR03009 | 1.07 [27] |
34 | 11 | "Skin Game" | Chris Provenzano & Adam Reed | March 8, 2012 | XAR03011 | 1.04 [28] |
35 | 12 | "Space Race: Part I" | Adam Reed | March 15, 2012 | XAR03012 | 1.16 [29] |
36 | 13 | "Space Race: Part II" | Adam Reed | March 22, 2012 | XAR03013 | 1.33 [30] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
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37 | 1 | "Fugue and Riffs" | Adam Reed | January 17, 2013 | XAR04001 | 1.61 [31] |
38 | 2 | "The Wind Cries Mary" | Adam Reed & Chris Provenzano | January 24, 2013 | XAR04003 | 1.58 [32] |
39 | 3 | "Legs" | Adam Reed | January 31, 2013 | XAR04004 | 1.58 [33] |
40 | 4 | "Midnight Ron" | Adam Reed & Tesha Kondrat | February 7, 2013 | XAR04005 | 1.28 [34] |
41 | 5 | "Viscous Coupling" | Adam Reed | February 14, 2013 | XAR04006 | 1.15 [35] |
42 | 6 | "Once Bitten" | Adam Reed | February 21, 2013 | XAR04007 | 1.70 [36] |
43 | 7 | "Live and Let Dine" | Adam Reed | February 28, 2013 | XAR04008 | 1.52 [37] |
44 | 8 | "Coyote Lovely" | Adam Reed | March 7, 2013 | XAR04002 | 1.53 [38] |
45 | 9 | "The Honeymooners" | Mike Arnold & Adam Reed | March 14, 2013 | XAR04009 | 1.17 [39] |
46 | 10 | "Un Chien Tangerine" | Adam Reed & Mike Arnold | March 21, 2013 | XAR04010 | 1.37 [40] |
47 | 11 | "The Papal Chase" | Story by : Eric Sims Teleplay by : Adam Reed | March 28, 2013 | XAR04011 | 1.38 [41] |
48 | 12 | "Sea Tunt: Part I" | Adam Reed | April 4, 2013 | XAR04012 | 1.30 [42] |
49 | 13 | "Sea Tunt: Part II" | Adam Reed & Rick Cleveland | April 11, 2013 | XAR04013 | 1.61 [43] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
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50 | 1 | "White Elephant" | Adam Reed | January 13, 2014 | XAR05001 | 1.65 [44] |
51 | 2 | "A Kiss While Dying" | Adam Reed | January 20, 2014 | XAR05002 | 1.17 [45] |
52 | 3 | "A Debt of Honor" | Adam Reed | January 27, 2014 | XAR05003 | 1.13 [46] |
53 | 4 | "House Call" | Adam Reed | February 3, 2014 | XAR05004 | 1.13 [47] |
54 | 5 | "Southbound and Down" | Adam Reed & Ben Hoffman | February 24, 2014 | XAR05005 | 1.05 [48] |
55 | 6 | "Baby Shower" | Adam Reed | March 3, 2014 | XAR05009 | 0.95 [49] |
56 | 7 | "Smugglers' Blues" | Adam Reed | March 10, 2014 | XAR05006 | 0.87 [50] |
57 | 8 | "The Rules of Extraction" | Adam Reed | March 17, 2014 | XAR05007 | 1.08 [51] |
58 | 9 | "On the Carpet" | Adam Reed | March 24, 2014 | XAR05008 | 0.91 [52] |
59 | 10 | "Palace Intrigue: Part I" | Adam Reed | March 31, 2014 | XAR05010 | 0.92 [53] |
60 | 11 | "Palace Intrigue: Part II" | Adam Reed | April 7, 2014 | XAR05011 | 0.87 [54] |
61 | 12 | "Filibuster" | Adam Reed | April 14, 2014 | XAR05012 | 1.07 [55] |
62 | 13 | "Arrivals/Departures" | Adam Reed | April 21, 2014 | XAR05013 | 0.68 [56] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
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63 | 1 | "The Holdout" | Adam Reed | January 8, 2015 | XAR06001 | 1.51 [57] |
64 | 2 | "Three to Tango" | Adam Reed | January 15, 2015 | XAR06002 | 0.90 [58] |
65 | 3 | "The Archer Sanction" | Adam Reed | January 22, 2015 | XAR06003 | 0.88 [59] |
66 | 4 | "Edie's Wedding" | Adam Reed | January 29, 2015 | XAR06004 | 1.23 [60] |
67 | 5 | "Vision Quest" | Adam Reed & Ben Hoffman | February 5, 2015 | XAR06005 | 0.98 [61] |
68 | 6 | "Sitting" | Adam Reed | February 12, 2015 | XAR06006 | 0.81 [62] |
69 | 7 | "Nellis" | Adam Reed | February 19, 2015 | XAR06007 | 1.08 [63] |
70 | 8 | "The Kanes" | Adam Reed | February 26, 2015 | XAR06008 | 1.08 [64] |
71 | 9 | "Pocket Listing" | Adam Reed | March 5, 2015 | XAR06009 | 0.92 [65] |
72 | 10 | "Reignition Sequence" | Adam Reed | March 12, 2015 | XAR06010 | 1.07 [66] |
73 | 11 | "Achub Y Morfilod" | Adam Reed & Mike Arnold Story inspiration from a rousing tale by : Matthew Rhys | March 19, 2015 | XAR06011 | 0.84 [67] |
74 | 12 | "Drastic Voyage: Part I" | Adam Reed & Casey Willis | March 26, 2015 | XAR06012 | 0.79 [68] |
75 | 13 | "Drastic Voyage: Part II" | Adam Reed & Casey Willis | April 2, 2015 | XAR06013 | 0.72 [69] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
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76 | 1 | "The Figgis Agency" | Adam Reed | March 31, 2016 | XAR07001 | 1.07 [70] |
77 | 2 | "The Handoff" | Adam Reed | April 7, 2016 | XAR07002 | 0.75 [71] |
78 | 3 | "Deadly Prep" | Adam Reed | April 14, 2016 | XAR07003 | 0.79 [72] |
79 | 4 | "Motherless Child" | Adam Reed | April 21, 2016 | XAR07004 | 0.79 [73] |
80 | 5 | "Bel Panto: Part I" | Adam Reed | April 28, 2016 | XAR07005 | 0.68 [74] |
81 | 6 | "Bel Panto: Part II" | Adam Reed | May 5, 2016 | XAR07006 | 0.83 [75] |
82 | 7 | "Double Indecency" | Adam Reed | May 12, 2016 | XAR07007 | 0.76 [76] |
83 | 8 | "Liquid Lunch" | Adam Reed | May 19, 2016 | XAR07008 | 0.70 [77] |
84 | 9 | "Deadly Velvet: Part I" | Adam Reed | May 26, 2016 | XAR07009 | 0.76 [78] |
85 | 10 | "Deadly Velvet: Part II" | Adam Reed | June 2, 2016 | XAR07010 | 0.71 [79] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
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86 | 1 | "No Good Deed" | Adam Reed | April 5, 2017 | XAR08001 | 0.74 [80] |
87 | 2 | "Berenice" | Adam Reed | April 12, 2017 | XAR08002 | 0.50 [81] |
88 | 3 | "Jane Doe" | Adam Reed | April 19, 2017 | XAR08003 | 0.47 [82] |
89 | 4 | "Ladyfingers" | Adam Reed | April 26, 2017 | XAR08004 | 0.48 [83] |
90 | 5 | "Sleepers Wake" | Adam Reed | May 3, 2017 | XAR08005 | 0.44 [84] |
91 | 6 | "Waxing Gibbous" | Adam Reed | May 10, 2017 | XAR08006 | 0.38 [85] |
92 | 7 | "Gramercy, Halberd!" | Adam Reed | May 17, 2017 | XAR08007 | 0.31 [86] |
93 | 8 | "Auflösung" | Adam Reed | May 24, 2017 | XAR08008 | 0.42 [87] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
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94 | 1 | "Strange Pilot" | Adam Reed | April 25, 2018 | XAR09001 | 0.51 [88] |
95 | 2 | "Disheartening Situation" | Adam Reed | May 2, 2018 | XAR09002 | 0.44 [89] |
96 | 3 | "Different Modes of Preparing the Fruit" | Adam Reed | May 9, 2018 | XAR09003 | 0.36 [90] |
97 | 4 | "A Warrior in Costume" | Adam Reed | May 16, 2018 | XAR09004 | 0.41 [91] |
98 | 5 | "Strange Doings in the Taboo Groves" | Adam Reed & Mike Arnold | May 23, 2018 | XAR09005 | 0.33 [92] |
99 | 6 | "Some Remarks on Cannibalism" | Adam Reed | May 30, 2018 | XAR09006 | 0.37 [93] |
100 | 7 | "Comparative Wickedness of Civilized and Unenlightened Peoples" | Adam Reed | June 6, 2018 | XAR09007 | 0.29 [94] |
101 | 8 | "A Discovery" | Adam Reed | June 13, 2018 | XAR09008 | 0.35 [95] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
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102 | 1 | "Bort the Garj" | Adam Reed | May 29, 2019 | XAR010001 | 0.45 [96] |
103 | 2 | "Happy Borthday" | Adam Reed | June 5, 2019 | XAR010002 | 0.29 [97] |
104 | 3 | "The Leftovers" | Mark Ganek | June 12, 2019 | XAR010003 | 0.34 [98] |
105 | 4 | "Dining with the Zarglorp" | Shane Kosakowski | June 19, 2019 | XAR010004 | 0.24 [99] |
106 | 5 | "Mr. Deadly Goes to Town" | Mark Ganek | June 26, 2019 | XAR010005 | 0.29 [100] |
107 | 6 | "Road Trip" | Mike Arnold | July 10, 2019 | XAR010006 | 0.25 [101] |
108 | 7 | "Space Pirates" | Kelly Galuska | July 17, 2019 | XAR010007 | 0.26 [102] |
109 | 8 | "Cubert" | Adam Reed & Tesha Kondrat | July 24, 2019 | XAR010008 | 0.23 [103] |
110 | 9 | "Robert De Niro" | Adam Reed | July 31, 2019 | XAR010009 | 0.25 [104] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
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111 | 1 | "The Orpheus Gambit" | Chad Hurd | Mark Ganek | September 16, 2020 | XAR011001 | 0.38 [105] |
112 | 2 | "Bloodsploosh" | Pierre Cerrato | Mike Arnold | September 16, 2020 | XAR011002 | 0.31 [105] |
113 | 3 | "Helping Hands" | Casey Willis | Shana Gohd | September 23, 2020 | XAR011003 | 0.24 [106] |
114 | 4 | "Robot Factory" | Matt Thompson | Matt Roller | September 30, 2020 | XAR011004 | 0.29 [107] |
115 | 5 | "Best Friends" | Chi Duong Sato | Matt Roller | October 7, 2020 | XAR011005 | 0.31 [108] |
116 | 6 | "The Double Date" | Marcus Rosentrater | Shane Kosakowski | October 14, 2020 | XAR011006 | 0.36 [109] |
117 | 7 | "Caught Napping" | Justin Wagner | Mark Ganek | October 21, 2020 | XAR011007 | 0.33 [110] |
118 | 8 | "Cold Fusion" | Casey Willis | Mark Ganek | October 28, 2020 | XAR011008 | 0.31 [111] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
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119 | 1 | "Identity Crisis" | Matt Thompson | Shane Kosakowski | August 25, 2021 | XAR012001 | 0.25 [112] |
120 | 2 | "Lowjacked" | Pierre Cerrato | Shana Gohd | August 25, 2021 | XAR012002 | 0.23 [112] |
121 | 3 | "London Time" | Justin Wagner | Brittany Miller | September 1, 2021 | XAR012003 | 0.28 [113] |
122 | 4 | "Photo Op" | Casey Willis | Asha Michelle Wilson | September 8, 2021 | XAR012004 | 0.19 [114] |
123 | 5 | "Shots" | Matt Thompson | Matt Roller | September 15, 2021 | XAR012005 | 0.23 [115] |
124 | 6 | "Dingo, Baby, Et Cetera" | Chi Duong | Mark Ganek | September 22, 2021 | XAR012006 | 0.23 [116] |
125 | 7 | "Colt Express" | Yusuke Sato | Alison Silverman | September 29, 2021 | XAR012007 | 0.21 [117] |
126 | 8 | "Mission: Difficult" | Megan Johnson | Mark Ganek | October 6, 2021 | XAR012008 | 0.19 [118] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
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127 | 1 | "The Big Con" | Justin Wagner | Mark Ganek | August 24, 2022 | XAR013001 | 0.29 [119] |
128 | 2 | "Operation: Fang" | Matt Thompson | Matt Roller | August 31, 2022 | XAR013002 | 0.27 [120] |
129 | 3 | "Saturday" | Pierre Cerrato | Asha Michelle Wilson | September 7, 2022 | XAR013003 | 0.31 [121] |
130 | 4 | "Laws of Attraction" | Omaka Schultz | Brittany Miller | September 14, 2022 | XAR013004 | 0.35 [122] |
131 | 5 | "Out of Network" | Megan Johnson | Matt Roller | September 21, 2022 | XAR013005 | 0.27 [123] |
132 | 6 | "Bank Run at Mr. Bank's Bank" | Kim Feigenbaum | Alison Silverman | September 28, 2022 | XAR013006 | 0.22 [124] |
133 | 7 | "Distraction Action" | Casey Willis | Miles Woods | October 5, 2022 | XAR013007 | 0.22 [125] |
134 | 8 | "Dough, Ray, and Me" | Stephen Slesinski | Mark Ganek | October 12, 2022 | XAR013008 | 0.22 [126] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) | |||||
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Season | ||||||||||||
135 | 1 | "The Anglerfish Stratagem" | Pierre Cerrato | Mark Ganek | August 30, 2023 | XAR014001 | 0.28 [127] | |||||
136 | 2 | "30 for 30" | Kim Feigenbaum | Matt Roller | August 30, 2023 | XAR014002 | 0.25 [127] | |||||
137 | 3 | "Plaque Removal" | Matt Thompson | Asha Michelle Wilson | September 6, 2023 | XAR014003 | 0.22 [128] | |||||
138 | 4 | "Chill Barry" | Omaka Schultz | Mark Ganek | September 13, 2023 | XAR014004 | 0.15 [129] | |||||
139 | 5 | "Keys Open Doors" | Justin Wagner | Miles Woods | September 20, 2023 | XAR014005 | 0.17 [130] | |||||
140 | 6 | "Face Off" | Megan Johnson | Matt Roller | September 27, 2023 | XAR014006 | 0.15 [131] | |||||
141 | 7 | "Mission Out of Control Room" | Casey Willis | Asha Michelle Wilson | October 4, 2023 | XAR014007 | 0.13 [132] | |||||
142 | 8 | "Breaking Fabian" | Stephen Slesinski | Matt Roller | October 11, 2023 | XAR014008 | 0.19 [133] | |||||
Series finale | ||||||||||||
143 | 9 | Archer: Into the Cold | Pierre Cerrato & Casey Willis | Mark Ganek | December 17, 2023 | XARR14009 | 0.27 [134] | |||||
144 | 10 | XARR14010 | ||||||||||
145 | 11 | XARR14011 | ||||||||||