Archer, S03E07
This time Archer does something unexpected. It's not that he got a hangover or seemed to have spent a night with a random stripper. I anticipated that when he opened the bathroom door to reveal the rumored stripper that she might be dead. That would have been an extremely unoriginal event and thankfully I was wrong. Unfortunately, it turned out that he had slept with Pam. Um, gross!! I might have pretended to overlook their hookup if Pam's first scene wasn't her crapping out the contents of her stomach. Ugh. She's is so disgusting! I'm done talking about this weird development.
What I did like was the return of Barry, who is voiced by Dave Willis. I'm a huge fan of his ever since I got hooked into Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Now anytime I hear his voice, I can't help but laugh. He's a genius at sounding like a jerk. Also, I like that Barry is sort of an archenemy of Archer's. I'm sure that Archer doesn't quite consider Barry's existence for the most part, but perhaps after this episode he will. After all, while Archer was getting his last Pam fix, his possible father was murdered.
I'm not all that convinced that Nikolai is Archer's father, though. It's possible, but I think it's more likely it's someone else who resembles Archer more. It was nice to see Archer and Nikolai semi-bonding for a few minutes before Archer abandoned him. I rather like that Barry had a fork frozen in a block of ice and popped it in the microwave so that the sparks would set off a gas explosion. It was so odd that it was interesting. Also, I like that Barry was simply doing a "goof" and didn't take killing Nikolai too seriously; it seemed it wasn't intended to be the ultimate payback for Archer.
Barry's planning something else, but we just don't know what yet. I'm looking forward to it. I hate to root for Archer, but of course, if he died, there would be no show. That's an inescapable truth. However, I don't have to hope for Barry to be destroyed. He may very well be my favorite character (although I'm biased with my love of Dave Willis), but he surely shakes things up. And this show has needed a little kick for a while.
Besides the battle between Archer and Barry, I wonder if we will ever see Seamus again? He's Cyril's kid, but Archer seems to love him. That story wouldn't be relevant for next week's episode, but I just wanted to throw it out there. If anything, I'd love to get a little more closure upon the mystery of Archer father. Even if they just want to pretend it was Nikolai out of respect for the dead, I'd be satisfied.
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