Thursday, January 17, 2013

Archer: Season 4 Episode 1: “Fuque and Riffs”



Welcome back to the Danger Zone!  Archer returns in one of my favorite sequences the show has ever done.  Not only does the super meta opening incorporate Bob’s Burgers (the other show H. Jon Bejamin voices), but also includes a slick reference to A History of Violence.  It all ends in a glorious blood bath that starts off Season 4 with a bang.

The rest of the episode doesn’t quite live up to the opening, but is still pretty damn fun.  I forgot how much I missed all of the non-Archer characters in Archer until they started reappearing and adding to the craziness (Did anyone notice Krieger stuffing a piglet into his pocket?).  The plot of the opener made me question if I remembered everything that happened last season, but explained everything in the end.  As Archer starts to remember and recall the insanity of the past couple of seasons, so do we.  Let the mayhem continue.  Ostrich!

9/10

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