Archer, S04E09
Archer and Lana staked out a hotel to observe some North Koreans rumored to want to illegally buy some uranium, and she and Archer posed as a newlywed couple. Cyril was convinced by Cheryl and Pam that he should go to the hotel too in order to keep tabs on Lana in case that she fall into bed with Archer again.
Although I understood that Lana would have rather pretended to do anything but be Archer's wife, she looked good in the bridal gown and hair accessories she was wearing at their check-in. Archer was all too happy to play the role of her husband and enjoy the luxuries of their honeymoon suite instead of doing their actual job. He made it seem like he'd be thrilled if he could call Lana his wife. I felt bad for Lana who felt like she was getting a preview of her worst-scenario future (although, she could definitely do worse than Archer). I can't foresee a marriage between them that Lana didn't regret, considering there are too many cons to even dating Archer (or casually sleeping with him). They definitely have a mutual attraction and care about each others' safeties, but they are so terrible together.
I liked a lot of the action scenes in this story. One of such was when Archer had to save Lana from falling off the building. It was his fault, so I hope he would do everything in his power to keep her from being a splatter on the ground. I just hate that he has to throw saving her life in her face. It makes her seem like some kind of helpless woman who's prone to making simple mistakes that turn out to be deadly. It's more like she gets distracted by Archer and unwittingly gets herself into trouble.
My favorite scene was when they saw their targets in the elevator. Lana got kicked in the chest, but Archer pulled out some cool-looking moves when he like kicked the guy into the wall. I feel like their haven't been a lot of good fighting scenes lately, and there were quite a few good ones in this story. I even sort of liked when Cyril had smoked the room with the fire extinguisher and Lana and Archer were kicking butt among the chaos. I'd rather see that than see Archer bugging Lana about the coat on his fingernails not being dried.
I wonder what Lana had decided when she was climbing the hotel, though. Did she think that she was just going to settle down with Cyril after all and stop making herself semi-available to Archer? I mean, she hasn't really been involved with anyone for a while, so perhaps Archer always thinks that one day she'll just come crawling back to him. Cyril had blown things with her, but at least he's sort of a normal human being. However, when Lana found out he was just spying on her, she threw out her decision. I really would like to know what kind of conclusion she had arrived at before.
It's kind of funny that this time instead of Mallory being behind their mission, it was sort of Krieger. He was the one trying to sell uranium. I really think ISIS should concentrate on doing more shady things since they're already doing them. Right now they're simply pretending that they're a do-gooder organization when they do more harm than good most of the time.
I think I liked this episode because it had pretty good fighting scenes. It feels like they haven't had any hand-to-hand combat in a while. There have been plenty of shootings and such, but sometimes I like to see close-range fights. It was also interesting that Lana had so much to think about when she played Archer's wife and came to some unknown decision about her relationships. However, Cyril's spying prevented us from knowing what that was. Although I'm not hoping for Lana and Archer to get back together anytime soon, I feel like Lana's inability to escape her bond with Archer is going to make her walk down the aisle for him some day in the future.
Although I understood that Lana would have rather pretended to do anything but be Archer's wife, she looked good in the bridal gown and hair accessories she was wearing at their check-in. Archer was all too happy to play the role of her husband and enjoy the luxuries of their honeymoon suite instead of doing their actual job. He made it seem like he'd be thrilled if he could call Lana his wife. I felt bad for Lana who felt like she was getting a preview of her worst-scenario future (although, she could definitely do worse than Archer). I can't foresee a marriage between them that Lana didn't regret, considering there are too many cons to even dating Archer (or casually sleeping with him). They definitely have a mutual attraction and care about each others' safeties, but they are so terrible together.
I liked a lot of the action scenes in this story. One of such was when Archer had to save Lana from falling off the building. It was his fault, so I hope he would do everything in his power to keep her from being a splatter on the ground. I just hate that he has to throw saving her life in her face. It makes her seem like some kind of helpless woman who's prone to making simple mistakes that turn out to be deadly. It's more like she gets distracted by Archer and unwittingly gets herself into trouble.
My favorite scene was when they saw their targets in the elevator. Lana got kicked in the chest, but Archer pulled out some cool-looking moves when he like kicked the guy into the wall. I feel like their haven't been a lot of good fighting scenes lately, and there were quite a few good ones in this story. I even sort of liked when Cyril had smoked the room with the fire extinguisher and Lana and Archer were kicking butt among the chaos. I'd rather see that than see Archer bugging Lana about the coat on his fingernails not being dried.
I wonder what Lana had decided when she was climbing the hotel, though. Did she think that she was just going to settle down with Cyril after all and stop making herself semi-available to Archer? I mean, she hasn't really been involved with anyone for a while, so perhaps Archer always thinks that one day she'll just come crawling back to him. Cyril had blown things with her, but at least he's sort of a normal human being. However, when Lana found out he was just spying on her, she threw out her decision. I really would like to know what kind of conclusion she had arrived at before.
It's kind of funny that this time instead of Mallory being behind their mission, it was sort of Krieger. He was the one trying to sell uranium. I really think ISIS should concentrate on doing more shady things since they're already doing them. Right now they're simply pretending that they're a do-gooder organization when they do more harm than good most of the time.
I think I liked this episode because it had pretty good fighting scenes. It feels like they haven't had any hand-to-hand combat in a while. There have been plenty of shootings and such, but sometimes I like to see close-range fights. It was also interesting that Lana had so much to think about when she played Archer's wife and came to some unknown decision about her relationships. However, Cyril's spying prevented us from knowing what that was. Although I'm not hoping for Lana and Archer to get back together anytime soon, I feel like Lana's inability to escape her bond with Archer is going to make her walk down the aisle for him some day in the future.
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