Archer (TV Series) Archer Vice: Arrival/Departure (2014) User Reviews

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[Edvis-1997 · 8/10 · 19 May 2021]

For jokes about daddy and ending(because it was very good) can't give it less than 8.

Archer Vice: Keeps the strengths but not consistent enough in this rather unnecessary reboot

[bob the moo · 23 October 2016]

Much like the wonderful 'Always Sunny', the strength in Archer is not its plotting, but rather its selfish and colorful characters. So it was a strange decision then to not only reboot the series away from the spy business, but also to run all the episodes along a season-long thread. In some shows this is the best direction, but in this case I am not so sure it really worked. As a season-long narrative it didn't really compel, and as much as it provided a thread to follow, it remained the random moments and the call-backs, which still delivered the goods.

The consistency of the characters and their behavior is what makes the season work; the drug-trade thread perhaps provides a decent frame to it, but not too much more than that. The writing lacked the high hit rate of laughs of previous seasons, with the plotting taking more time, but it was still funny. The delivery of the voice cast is as good as ever, with the best lines well done. The return to the spy game suggested by the finale will hopefully see a return to the core of the show but without the baggage of the previous four seasons. This fifth season will be good enough to please fans, but not bring enough to justify this reboot continuing beyond the one run.