Archer: Season 1

2009 · 10 episodes · ★ 7.4

What Season 1 of Archer

Archer is set in New York, at the ISIS spy agency. Its lead, Sterling Archer, is a charismatic and extremely self-centered agent who lives with his mother, Malory, the boss who runs the agency with an iron fist, and his ex-girlfriend, field agent Lana Kane. The cast also includes Ray Gillette, Cyril Figgis, and Pam Poovey, who are all fighting to come out on top. Personal tensions weigh just as heavily as the agency's assignments. When ISIS funds run dry and clash with the accountant, Archer resorts to a scheme to cover up his expenses.

10episodes

Sep 17, 2009premiered

Mar 18, 2010Latest episode

3.7 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Mole Hunt
Sep 17, 2009 · 22 min · ★ 7.1
Archer is in trouble with his Mother and the Comptroller because his expense account is way out of proportion to his actual expenses. So he creates the idea that a Mole has breached ISIS and he needs to get into the mainframe to hunt him down (so he can cover his tracks!). All this leads to a surprising ending.
Directed by: Mack Williams · Written by: Adam Reed · Starring: George Coe, Peter Newman, Shelly Desai, Keith Szarabajka
1x02 Training Day
Jan 14, 2010 · 22 min · ★ 7.4
Lana's residual lust for Archer prompts Malory to promote Cyril to field agent. Archer then trains his new competition as only he can, whilst Malory frets over her own past and her son's future.
Written by: Adam Reed · Starring: George Coe, Maggie Wheeler
1x03 Diversity Hire
Jan 21, 2010 · 22 min · ★ 7.5
Owing to a rash of agent deaths (the result of Sterling's carelessness), ISIS can't meet government diversity standards. Enter the gruffly elegant Conway Stern, an "onyx" agent who wears a Star of David around his neck. Conway is "a diversity double whammy," gushes Malory, but that and his secret-agent skills aren't the only reasons she hired him.
Written by: Adam Reed · Starring: Coby Bell
1x04 Killing Utne
Jan 28, 2010 · 22 min · ★ 7.1
Malory hosts a dinner party for the UN intelligence chairman, Torvald Utne, in an effort to get a new weapons contract for ISIS. Unfortunately, a group of rival assassins have targeted Mr. Utne for elimination.
Written by: Adam Reed · Starring: Lucky Yates, George Coe, René Auberjonois, Jeffrey Tambor
1x05 Honeypot
Feb 4, 2010 · 22 min · ★ 7.2
Malory's career is threatened when a sensitive videotape falls into the hands of a rogue (and roguish) Cuban agent, so she calls on Archer’s expertise in seduction to turn the tables on her blackmailer.
Starring: Lucky Yates, Adam Reed, George Coe, Peter Newman
1x06 Skorpio
Feb 11, 2010 · 22 min · ★ 7.7
Archer must rescue Lana from the clutches of Skorpio, the infamous arms dealer. Meanwhile, Cyril fears not only for his girlfriend's life, but her succumbing to the seductive nature of Archer's heroics.
Written by: Adam Reed · Starring: Lucky Yates, Peter Newman, Rafael Ferrer
1x07 Skytanic
Feb 18, 2010 · 22 min · ★ 8.5
When a bomb threat jeopardizes the maiden voyage of the luxury airship Excelsior, Archer and the ISIS crew must battle the clock (and each other) to avert disaster.
Written by: Adam Reed · Starring: Adam Reed, David Anthony Pizzuto, Stephen Stanton
1x08 The Rock
Mar 4, 2010 · 22 min · ★ 7.2
After ISIS loses yet another lucrative contract to rival agency ODIN, Malory assigns Archer and Lana to embarrass ODIN by stealing a priceless diamond from their biggest client.
Written by: Adam Reed · Starring: Lucky Yates, Adam Reed, Jeffrey Tambor
1x09 Job Offer
Mar 11, 2010 · 22 min · ★ 7.3
When Archer takes a higher-paying job at rival agency ODIN, Malory will stop at nothing to get him back.
Written by: Adam Reed · Starring: Dave Willis, Adam Reed, George Coe, Jeffrey Tambor
1x10 Dial M for Mother Season Finale
Mar 18, 2010 · 22 min · ★ 7.5
Questions about the identity of Archer's real father lead him into a perilous trap... and an explosive confrontation with Malory.
Written by: Adam Reed · Starring: Lucky Yates, Adam Reed, Maggie Wheeler, René Auberjonois