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Archer (2009) series

Discussed in 8 episodes · 11 film takes
PKA Score 5.6/10
Kyle
6.3/10
7 takes
Woody
6.2/10
2 takes
Taylor
3.9🦉/7
2 takes
IMDb 8.6
PKA rates this 3.0 lower than critics

Sentiment over time — how their takes changed across episodes

LovedNeutralHatedPKA 312PKA 425PKA 538PKA 652PKA 765PKA 312: +0.85 (1 take)PKA 327: +0.80 (1 take)PKA 331: +0.60 (1 take)PKA 332: -0.75 (2 takes)PKA 334: -0.08 (2 takes)PKA 601: +0.42 (2 takes)PKA 765: -0.75 (2 takes)
Each dot is one episode’s average take (bigger = more takes that episode). Toggle a host to isolate their arc. Voice-verified film/show opinions only.

Every time it came up

▶ PKA 327 @ 3:03:23 — Painkiller Already #327
Discussion of animated show ratings; hosts note Archer is low-rated but highly enjoyed by them
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Archer and rick and morty are probably my two favorite on this list and they're two of the lowest ranked”
▶ PKA 331 @ 1:20:29 — Painkiller Already #331
Woody excited about the show closing out
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“And Archer, I'm super prepared for that. I want to see how Archer is going to close out.”
▶ PKA 334 @ 1:00:45 — Painkiller Already #334
Discussion of the final season of Archer where the main character is in a coma and events take place in a dream sequence, with Kyle expressing strong disapproval of this narrative choice.
Woody ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“Boo to Archer. The thing is, I've liked seasons, Taylor in particular, that Taylor didn't like. I've liked all the seasons up until now, and I find it to be repugnant by its very nature.”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I love the cocaine season. I loved it too.”
Kyle · unverified▼ negative · news/off-topic, not scored
“They took his last season. It shit. They took Bob Burgers off Netflix.”
▶ PKA 312 @ 3:30:13 — Painkiller Already #312
Discussion of Archer as superior animated show with attention to detail and callbacks
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“It was a really cool thing to find after having already watched all those episodes, to find that out after the fact.”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Archer's a great, great show. Have you seen its Australian knockoff on Netflix?”
▶ PKA 332 @ 3:05:38 — Painkiller Already #332
Tucker discusses season 8 of Archer, expressing dissatisfaction with the show's direction and declining joke quality
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“I got so tired of every single because like you were saying, like the joke per minute thing going down, like early in the series, it seemed like there were a lot of unique original ones.”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“I do not like this season and I won't spoil anything. The writing has been on the decline for several seasons now.”
Tucker · unverified▼ negative
“jokes per minute, like, like, like just break that down. If you did that in a graph, it's way off as time goes by.”
▶ PKA 765 @ 3:35:21 — PKA 765: What Taylor Kept From His Marriage
Discussion about Archer series decline after moving away from spy agency setting and the coma dream seasons
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“put him in a coma for like three or maybe even four whole seasons. And they did every every season was a different coma dream he was having where where all the characters were in completely new settings and they were all”
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“Archer is a show that was awesome for three seasons and then went off the all the writers on Archer clearly were like, We don't want to write about this ISIS group anymore. We're going to have him like get concussed ever”
▶ PKA 704 @ 1:02:37 — PKA 704 W/ Vinwiki Chris: Cliff Jumping With Cars, Grizzly Bear
Discussion of Archer animated series, its humor, character dynamics, and how creative formula works across different seasons with different themes
Kyle · unverified▲ positive
“Archer I thought was one of the funniest shows that has been on TV in my lifetime it's just they they lost the plot when I don't remember what season it was”
Christopher · unverified▲ positive
“the formula works with these dysfunctional people that all collectively together can kind of like you said Mr MCU their way into stuff”
▶ PKA 601 @ 1:08:29 — PKA 601 W/ Josh Wolf: Josh Changes Woodys Life, Sky King, Taylor
Kyle discusses new season of Archer where main character comes out of coma, contrasts with previous seasons during coma
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“i clicked the other day and they just started a new season i guess where he comes out of the [ __ ] coma and i'm gonna watch more of it now”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“i hated it and so i they didn't watch for like three years because they did like three seasons of make-believe um like because he's in the coma”