I don't even want to give away as much as this week's episode preview does, so let me just say that tomorrow night's all-new Archer is, um, technology driven. By Doctor Krieger standards anyway. Which means questionable ethics, questionable science, questionable nurse choice, and -- of course -- the awakening of Archer's crippling fear of machines. Just let the banner image do your imagining for you.
So for a primer our friends at Floyd County were Fort Kickass enough to help me research the show's extensive and colorful history with all forms of science and technology, most of which is Krieger-related. You know, just in case a discussion about fisting robots breaks out at your next dinner party. In chronological order...
In Season 1's "Killing Utne" we get our first ever glimpse into Krieger's totally sane experimentation habits during routine. And the Archer universe was never the same.
In the Season 1 finale, "Dial M for Mother" we meet another of Doctor Krieger's most practical inventions. Spoiler: it's far superior to being choked by a child.
Also in "Dial M for Mother" the Russians implant a microchip in Sterling's brain that makes him want to kill Malory. In the process grilled cheese requests were forever changed.
In Season 2's "Movie Star" Archer controls Krieger Sniper Bots that Lana shoots down to impress Lana's amazing movie star shadow, Rona Thorne. Seriously, what is that voice?
In Season 2's "Tragical History" Cyril loads George Spelvin's computer virus into the ISIS mainframe and we're greeted with the finest pirate-parrot computer virus tune the world has ever known.
Also in "Tragical History" we're introduced for the first time to Krieger's hologram girlfriend, who "is so real the State of New York is allowing him to legally marry her."
In Season 2's "A Going Concern" Archer discovers the Russian microchip and has Krieger insert it into ODIN's Len Trexler in order to make Len fall out of love with Malory. No rabbits were hurt in the making of this episode.
In Season 2's finale, "Double Trouble," the KGB make Barry Dylan a cyborg and Cyborg Barry exacts his revenge on Archer by crashing Archer's wedding and killing the bride. Classic Barry.
In Season 3's "El Contador" Pam hallucinates Ray as a wheeled gundam after drinking Krieger's special "tea" in order to pass a company drug test. This needs an action figure, like yesterday.
In Season 3's "Drift Problem" Sterling receives a birthday spy car, complete with a sexy female computer voice that narrates the Dodge Challenger's features, including guns, being bulletproof, and a fully stocked dashboard bar. It's not an El Camino but it did the trick for a very brief period of time.
In Season 3's "Skin Game" Krieger reveals to Archer that he has resurrected Katya as a cyborg. And vagina sink cleaning follows. Yup.
Consider yourself prepared for tomorrow night.
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Domo arigato Fister Roboto.
I will forever think of the “my cherry blossoms are wilting” line when a woman talks about her aging.
Kreiger is hands down my favorite character on the show. I cannot wait.
“I thought you said to start slacking off?”
It’s never not good to hear the Hunch Hunch What What song!
No radioactive ants? For shame! But like I can stay mad at you folks, come on! Let’s go get a sno-cone or something that’s going to go straight to our hips!
For the sake of manageable research, stuck with S1-3, but yeah, that is a pretty glaring omission on my part.
Team #Antstrength
I think you forgot to mention the Corinthian leather in the Challenger
Corinth is famous for it’s leather.
or the GPS genie
Also the fact that it wasn’t a fully stocked (unless you count ice tea) bar since drinking while driving is irresponsible (atleast when he first gets it)
Yes upon learning it was apple juice he immediately throws the glass out the window in the middle of the street..Classic!
Because throwing glasses out the window is his equivalent of Malory’s dropping a glass
And also the equivalent of him dropping Malory’s glasses.
I still want to know what the red button on the Challenger does.
It kills everyone. Duh.
Yes, but how?
It just does.
Didnt Kreiger make those gloves for Pams bum shock fights?
“Helloooo game changer.”
So excited for more Krieger related episodes.
My team, “Fister Roboto” won the fantasy football league this year! Krieger is the bomb!
“Hunt hunt, what what?
THE GOLD
“But it doesn’t just fist” kills me every time. I think I have watched season one like 7 times already and it always kills me. And Krieger and Pam have only gotten 50x better since…
What’s the song from the Pirate Computer Virus from? It sounds so familiar.
“Krieger San, I no judgah you.” “WELL YOUR MOTHER SURE AS HELL DOES!”
Still it’s a better love story than Twilight.
“Yes, Confederacy forever” during the union episode may be the show’s most underrated line
I don’t remember the last time I anticipated an episode of anything this much
S: What else does it do??!
K: Press that red button.
S: Wait, it’s not going to kill everyone, is it?
K: Press that blue button.
I still have the pirate virus song as my ringtone.
His relationship. Let’s hope society can “deal with it” this time around.
Krieger is the best.
No mention of Pigley or Goatley?
No Formula K (if only Danny would have stopped running)?
I like to think that Fister Roboto came as a result of his groundbreaking experiments involving food and his penis.
Yes.