Note: Archer Animation Director Bryan Fordney will be dropping in this afternoon so please direct all general and/or episode specific questions @Bryan in the comments thread.
Before we get to Lucas Troy I want to mention how nice it was for “The Wind Cries Mary” to kick things off with some classic ISIS work environment humor that many fans feel the show has gotten away from recently. Just a solid mix of Pam’s peer review versus shootouts in the snowy wilderness.
So of course Adam Reed flipped the fratboy codependent lifestyle on its head, pinballing between sexual ambiguity, Olyphant dropping killer mom/phrasing/bro jokes, and ”a singular same sex attraction.” We should have expected no less. Troy and Archer bro-ing out was, predictably, fantastic, but Archer’s continued escalating reactions to Troy’s less than rampage-y intentions are what made the episode for me. The subtle “goddamn, dude” response to the deathbed confession was just perfect. Never forget: “Bros before apparent threats to national security.”
Highlights followed by spectacular Chet Manley GIFs…
- “The Wind Cries Mary” is a nod to the Hendrix song and I’m sure someone much smarter than me knows exactly. My stab is that it’s a nod to Curtis Mayfield’s influence on Hendrix. I’m probably impossibly wrong though. (UPDATE: Answer in the thread. Spoiler: I’m dense.)
- I defy you not to use “dick holster” in a sentence in the near future.
- Lonely, chubby kid Archer cutaways are the best cutaways.
- A Kenny Loggins acoustic set is scientifically proven to help bring people to their senses.
- When you page Doctor D.B. Cooper no one shows up, correct?
- Gun librarian Rodney is a fun addition to the ISIS staff for “mustache on a penis” lines alone.
- Here’s the “Fly by Night” album cover for comparison’s sake. Van #4, by my count.
- “Vermont has to have liquor stores” is my new favorite way to allude to how much Vermont sucks.
- How ironic is it that in an Archer guest spot Olyphant provided every male UPROXX commenter with the perfect description of their feelings towards him?
- Other assorted pop culture references: Munsters’ House, Predator, Entmoots.
- And was that an acoustic Kenny Loggins ring tone?
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Watching Blood Test and caught a line. Archer: Cyril, medicine cabinet. Big bottle of coconut suntan lotion.
Oh, and lots of Mullato Butts.
thanks to lucas troy, i now know what i look like in archer animation.
El Camino full of Rampage…yes.
Not a better Rampage vehicle out there.
Gotta love the Frisky Dingo carry-over jokes. Deactivating the alarms of just-crushed cars, irradiated ants, awesome ringtones (though of course Mulatto Butts > Cat Party), half crushed men pouring their hearts out to their “singular same sex attractions” (you stay gold Lucas Troy), and of course, Mr. ****ing Ford. And while it’s not necessarily a Frisky Dingo reference, I love that they have continued the Tolkien references. From FD, before Ronnie got crushed he felt “like hobbit on eagle” and was worried that they would “never make to battle of five armies.” Also Frodo T. Baggins (oh God a Teabaggins right under my nose!) claiming to be a halfling (he relies on stealth!). I can’t recall all of the Archer references, but of course you had Dwarven technology and the recent Entmoots (excellent). I’m eagerly awaiting Archer insurance jokes and a Fred Dryer (Hunter?) appearance. “Do we love carry over jokes from FD, Barry? We sure do Other Barry.”
I enjoyed this comment on many levels.
Oh just spotted another one while rewatching the episode! “Gay as a tangerine” (Killface notes this about Simon, as Mallory does about Lucas). God this show rules.
Lovin’ the good times .gif.
I know I’m late to the party here, but I was really happy with the peer review angle. Finally bringing some of the office angst back to the show.
Also, that wasn’t exactly a “bromance”…
Oh, it totally was, good sir. It totally was.
you guys r insant FX
pretty magnificent. i love that olyphant has been doing some of the fx comedies lately
“Get it out of your head! Predator only hunts in tropical jungles….I hope.”
So great.
Or LA…. like that bad sequel with Murtagh!
I’m too lazy to scroll through almost three hundred comments, but did anyone else think that the coating the inside of the glass was a nod to Mags on Justified and what she’d do with the moonshine jars?
I thought of this as well.
This show keeps getting better and better
Agreed. It’s really amazing that there’s been no drop off in quality at all. They’ve found a perfect mix of callbacks and new jokes, and the little details (piggy in the pocket etc), make it extremely re-watchable.
Thank goodness for these comments or I would have totally missed skinny Pam and her pile of ribs. If Happy Endings continues, will Alex’s rib addiction lead to a similar fate?
Kreiger just gets better and better!
First of all, it’s Dr. I can solve your ant problem.
Kreiger is the best.
Lana’s targeting philosophy is “Spray-n-Pray”??? LOL love it!!!
He nailed it. Bad at shooting and only carries two mags. Pretty much every person on screen with a gun ever
Vermont Rules! Fuck Archer in the ass…. again.
Seriously though, great episode. You can’t go wrong with an Entmoot.
I wonder if anywhere near me is hiring gun librarians.
I miss Mulatto Butts.
I guess he already got that Kenny Loggins acoustic set, huh? I miss mulatto butts too…. but like the new one too.
We all miss Mulatto Butts
It’s the superior ring tone.
For my birthday I asked for an El Camino full of rampage but all I got was an bright orange dick holster by Jockey.
+1
But it is pumpkin season.
“Dick-holster” tee hee.
Of course which holster is not specified.
Seemed pretty clear since Cheryl was talking at the time.
Don’t know if it’s been said yet but, Archer and Troy sittin in a tree R-A-M-P-A-G-E
Is it still okay to say ‘winning’? Because this ^^^^^^, ladies and gents, is fucking WINNING.
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMPAGE!
Excellent, truly excellent.
I need to watch Terms of Enragement again….
Favorites of the episode: Ent moot references and awkward car ride home.
“Aww, Piggly 2″ made me laugh
Voicemail prank was amazing. I really wish I could actually pull those off
All you need is an air horn, and a hatred of the people who call you.
No one but creditors actually call me.. I think I need to go to walmart..
Even though I was looking for it, damn Krieger’s van still slayed me.
How long do you think it’ll last before being destroyed? That seems to be the pattern! I give it 6 episodes at the most. LOL
I feel like its so early in the season, this van will last longer than average. Plus: owl tits have to be good for at least surviving an extra episode or two.
I knew Van by Night had to happen eventually. It was as glorious as I had hoped.
Best parts for me: return of Archer’s paranoia about predators, the new voicemail prank and the irradiated ants nod to Frisky Dingo.
Plus Troy got crushed in a similar fashion as Ronnie! I count that as another FD call back.
They’re replaying the series on Adult Swim. I really liked Frisky Dingo. And I’m looking forward to the Sealab nod
When? Nothing on my smart search comes up for Archer except the FX ones.
He means FD, not Archer.
I just think that last night punted the “character I want to hang with” ball to Krieger. Radioactive ants, mad science and gun running. Why not I say? YOLO! WOOO, I hate myself.
Van by Night 4 life!
The “Van by Night” gag was easily my favorite part of this episode (well, other than the sexually confused Timmy O guest spot)
Uproxx housekeeping matter-there needs to be an Ocelot badge.
Babu!?!
Does the Lemur have a name?
That fox eared asshole.
@TBone The Lemur is called Reggie I believe.
He’s helping Woodhouse shoot up in my avatar, but I couldn’t crop it enough to make it look right.
@JTRO That’s reggie the Lemur! Ocelots don’t have tiny hands.
If they do that, then certainly there must be an ostrich bade.
Ostrich badge*.
Or a mini-pig badge. Or LSD bear badge. Or radiated ants badge.
@Joelski I swear, I’m really close to having an “IRRADIATED ANTS” pin actually made.
Look at it’s tufted ears!
I think meant to post that elsewhere…
GD it Uproxx, I had no idea this Q & A was even happening! But I’ll keep coming back. Can’t stay mad at a website that supplies me with so many fantastic GIFs.
Also, something else with capital letters… damnit, I had something for this…
KL playing DZ?
That can’t be the end of Troy. He wouldn’t be the first character to have his body horribly mangled only to come back stronger, faster, and worth far more money.
And then trapped on a space station, impotently hurling assassins at his greatest foe
…too specific?
Maybe he’ll come back gay for Barry.
“Do you think we’ll see Troy again, Barry?”
“We could always use a cyborg partner, Other Barry.”
all i’ve got is lana’s face on the drive home. what a great episode! olyphant was icing on the peer-reviewed cake.
Cyril looked pretty car-sick himself, but Lana was the best!
I love that Krieger is wearing the Weapon X helmet while trying to get the ant-based strength. Fantastic.
‘makes sense though.
I am happy that radioactive ants continues to be a running gag in this and “Frisky Dingo.”
I got a very strong Ant-Man vibe off the helmet. What? No Hank Pym fans?
/gives self wedgie
I also got that, El Cunado.
Also, was anyone else shocked by Buzzcut New Agent Archer?
It took me a second to recognize him. Was he recruited out of the Marines or something?
@Holy Shit Snacks Malory probably makes all the new male spies shave their heads because it brings back fond memories of all the GI’s she banged in World War 2.
Skinny Pam was a kind of jarring image, as well. Was NOT expecting that, what with the dairy living.
I did NOT see Skinny Pam. Kudos on that catch, BH34!
Skinny Pam did have a huge plate of ribs, while everyone else had what appeared to be a thin slice of diet key lime pie.
But when does Skinny Pam get the Lord Byron backpiece tattooed?
I need to rewatch it and look for Skinny Pam in that scene.
I loved Lana’s smaller buzzcut afro.
I hope there is a flashback episode with Lucas Troy in the pipeline somewhere.
“Lucas Troy in the pipeline” – I think that already happened.
That’s what your mom said, bro.
Classic you.
“Said your mom”
A great episode, the best part being Archer’s ringtone for Lana
Caught me off guard at first, but that’s the only ringtone that could replace Mulatto Butts and not be blasphemous.
Troy reeeeeeeally looked like Patrick Dempsey…
Troy and Archer on a raaampage
Congratulations, you win.
I fucked up. I missed this episode. The first time in 4 seasons. I have failed.
I think you should treat this as a blasphemous experience and whip yourself to ward off sin.
Self-Flagellated all morning.
@brian I haven´t noticed till this episode the level of work you guys put in the backgrounds like the trees and the cars when archer is talking on the phone with troy. Good work!
Verified
Our background artists do some amazing work. Lots of crazy stuff to feast your eyes upon this season. I hope you like deserts.
Classic you.
I watch episodes all the time with the intention of just watching the background but I always get sucked back into the story no matter how many times I’ve seen an episode.
Pumpkin Season? Is that a thing?
“•How ironic is it that in an Archer guest spot Olyphant provided every male UPROXX commenter with the perfect description of their feelings towards him?”
- WHO TOLD YOU!?!
Also, air horn voicemail greeting WILL happen. Chubby Archer cutaways are my crack cocaine. They were also a shameful omission by all of us in the “best running gags” discussion last week.
Another great running gag….not only Krieger selling ISIS weaponry to gangbangers, but apparently always the same 3 gangbangers….
While I just finished watching the e[pisode, and it was great, the lack of homoerotic snowmobile montages was a bit disappointing. Guess there’s always next episode.
Oooooooooooooooohhhh……
I was really hoping that Archer’s “pet trouble with Woodhouse” had something to do with the pet goat from Space Race Part 2.
I was more than a little disappointed that I didn’t actually get to see Archer hunting his lemur down.
But I got over it.
Ha that lemur is hosed
Oh Reggie. You and your heroin & Mingus. (can I have my flair now?)
I hope that in my dying breath I have the ability to make a “your mom” joke.
That look on Lana’s face at the end…she’s never been more uncomfortable.
I think that’s the most shocked anyone in this show has looked about anything, which is saying something
Hardest I’ve ever laughed at this show was the extended look of horror on her face.
It was so subtle and so brilliant
That concerned look on her face seemed so out of character for Lana, but was also very aesthetically pleasing.
What got me was the way Archer is holding the bottle with both hands.
This was a chilling scene. Lana’s eyes. Great stuff.
I have never laughed out loud at any tv show in my life for as long. All three of them were absolutely priceless.
@Bryan Is there a particular sequence of animation that is hardest to do?
Verified
Underwater horse race.
Who would be riding them? The offspring of Jacques Costeau and Laffit Pincay? The winningest jockey in all of horse racing?
I thought that was Willie Shoemaker.
Did anyone else notice that the licesne plate on the El Camino was “SPY GUY”?
Noticed it and mentioned it to my wife. yes, my wife watches Archer. It’s a solid marriage.
Same here. Justified too.
We married well.
You both are two lucky gentlemen, I tip my hat to you both.
Just the tip?
I feel like I’ve cheated as I couldn’t wait for my wife and have already watched it.
Can we get the radio?
@Bryan Is that Agent Pak (Waka-waka) between Cyril and Cheryl/Carol/Cristal?
Also, who let Calpurnia sit at the table?
Third also – Pam goin’ BEAST MODE on those ribs!
Pam with no back tattoo. Too.
Was that definitely Pam? @Bryan: Verdict?
Also, bug fan of Lana’s afro in that picture.
Verified
It’s Pam!
*big fan
You can be a fan of bugs, too, UU.
Totally missed that.
Yeah, I noticed thin Pam with no back tattoo and that really bothered me for some insane reason.
The way Pam talks, and the rough life she’s lived, you’d think the tattoo would have been already been there. I feel something is amiss. Gotta go watch El Secuestro again.
More detail: Pam’s skinnier, and the guy at the other end of the table is the guy who’s a mole in the pilot. Amazing.
I like to think that Archer yelling at the end was only him realizing he will never remember the experience of being boned by Timothy Olyphant.
@Bryan: How much input do you get into Krieger’s vans?
Verified
It’s … written in the script. And… the backgrounds director MIGHT have something to do with it.