Archer
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Summary
Archertakes a trip across the pool for Season 14 , Episode 3 , " Plaque Removal , " which find Archer , Zara , and Lana provide muscle for a British museum that call for its artifacts protect in transportation . There ’s a infamous thief on the loose who ’s stealing sacred items and one particular acquisition , a consecrated gilt Nigerian memorial tablet , is suspect of being the next target . The conservator call up that the gang has what it charter to stop them should the regretful take place , but the possible curse consociate with it puts everyone on edge , particularly Archer .
The banter between Archer and Interpol agent Zara Khan , which created some of thefunniest moment in season 14 ’s first episodes , continues throughout the episode and provides a crackling energy . Lana is the straight woman for most of their shenanigans , but it ’s bully to see her back in the field and bonding with another strong distaff agentive role . Naturally , there are joke about British finish , and even a few nod to theIndiana Jonesfranchise with the stolen artifact , but for fans who intend all the merriment is happening on the continent , Pam , Cyril , and the rest of the authority gang have plenty of hijinks assessing the Modern stave .
10Pam Trying To Learn An English Accent
Right out of the gate , Pam impress an English emphasis sets the tone for the installment , with her magnified endeavour at reduplicate the way English people talk with unimaginative phrases like,“Top oxygen ' the mornin ' to ya , guvna!“Zara takes criminal offence at being reduced to a single archetype , and explain that English multitude sound dissimilar regionally . Archer , with casual cruelty that does n’t miss a beat , responds to her outrage with,“It does n’t count as sickening when it ’s from a really white-hot country,“a statement which questions why Archer is still grant to go on international missions .
9Archer Failing To Hit On The British Museum Curator
shock no longtime fans , Archer right away get to flirt with the curator of the British museum who ’s contract their services . Rather than being impressed with her cerebral curiosity or the fact that she ’s classy and cultured , he ca n’t discontinue marvel what she would see like without glasses , noting that without them,“she ’s a British 8 , which is like an American 5 , and a Canadian 10.“Needless to say , she is n’t impressed , and while she does give in to a little flirtation of her own by and by in the episode , it ’s only to get what she need from Archer and then leave him high and teetotal .
8Pam, Cheryl, and Cyril Assessing The New Employees
While Archer , Zara , and Lana are protect the artefact , Pam has been tax with in reality taking her theatrical role as HR Director seriously and assessing the raw employees . When confronted with the stack of paperwork this implicate , she recruits Cheryl and Cyril to help her with conducting employee interview and critical review . mirthfulness ensues as none of them have any template to work with , so all of their interview questions and criteria are wildly different , and to top it off , they only get through a fraction of their task list .
7Lana Using The Mission To Get Her Daughter Into A Posh British School
While hold Lana on the commission is fun for the fan , she has a firm motivation for gain the regard of the curator for the British museum ; they ’re on the table of the classy British school she wants her daughter to attend . Abbiejean " A.J. " Archer has really become more of Lana ’s child than Archer ’s - all he wants to do is train her so she can come after in his stride , while Lana require her to get an education . see Lana compromise her convictions to suck up to the curator is adequate parts screaming and a little distressing .
6The Indiana Jones Reference In The Transport Truck
Sure enough , while Archer and the curator are in the tape drive motortruck with the brass , the thief gains entry despite Zara and Lana accompany behind on motorcycles . When the agents face up him , he inform them that he ’s take the artefact back to Nigeria because"this does not belong in a museum"and cracks his bullwhip . The inverted comma and whip are a direct reference to whenever famous earth - trot archaeologist Indiana Jones would purloin a gem and declare that it " belong in a museum"rather than in the hands of the refinement that create it .
5Archer’s Take On The Law Of “Finders Keepers”
The thief ends up duping Archer and the gang by making off with the plaque and leaving them with a fake , prompting a discourse about " finders custodian " at a local pub as they lick their wound . While Lana and Zara have a serious give-and-take about colonialism , imperialism , and the British Empire ’s notorious reputation for filch artifact from land it conquer , Archer finds a random dry pint of beer and wonders if the legal philosophy about " finders keepers " applies . He resolve that it does , and drinks a unknown ’s deglutition despite the protestations of his companions .
4Archer Wondering If Hobbits Are Real
While at the pub , Archer ’s brain is blown when the curator bid him up to one of the rooms above the pothouse . To him , it ’s a catch made in heaven , and he wonders about all the other fantastic affair that could be possible in England , know for a chivalric period filled with mythological creatures like unicorn and dragons . While this might notrank among the best episode ofArcher , it ’s hysterical to listen to Archer make the leap that if bedrooms exist above bars , then the Hobbits from J. R. R. Tolkien ’s fantasy seriesThe Lord of the Ringsmust also be real .
3Archer Blaming His Bedroom Issues On An Ancient Curse
After Archer and the conservator share a nighttime of warmth , it becomes apparent that he was n’t able to perform in the bedroom as well as he ’d hoped . He blame this on the artifact ’s swearword , even though he ’d been questioning of its power previously , and uses it as an self-justification . This compel him to bump the Nigerian plaque with even more urging , so that he can rid himself of the perceived affliction and get back to being the stud poker that he thinks he is , but no one around him seems to validate .
2The Return Of Beauregard The Dolphin Puppet
After finally assessing all the fresh employee , Pam resolve to give everyone a raise despite the fact that Lana already did that the previous week . Cyril remind her that with capital baron come great obligation , and as the HR Director , she ’ll need to be the one to break it to them that the acclivity is n’t happening . To help her in this uncomfortable job , Pam decides to rely on her most trusted instrument for hour mediation - Beauregard the dolphinfish tool , because nothing softens the blow of finding out a ascent is n’t come like get a line bad news from a tiny talking dolphin .
1Archer Admitting If Curses Aren’t Real, He’s Just Impotent
Once Archer and Co. corner the thief , they ultimately decide to let him go , only later realizing that the curse might have just been an innovation used to get the artefact safely render to Nigeria out of fright over its incredible ability . Lana and Zara point out that if curses are n’t real after all , then Archer ’s issues in the bedroom ca n’t be pick on the supernatural . In true fashion , Archer decide that execration are indeed existent , on a pillowcase by case fundament , and only as they pertain to him and impotency , which is the sort of irreverent logic that only makes it more unfortunate thatArcheris terminate after 14 years .
