Archer
Archerseason 4 sequence 7 witness the ring have aKitchen Nightmareof their own . alive undercover agent comedyArcherdebuted in 2009 and follows the egotistical , womanizing and alcoholic title character . The show is stand for as a takeoff of 1960s undercover agent movies and TV shows likeGet Smart , with a dash of the Roger Moore - era James Bond movies thrown in . While Archer is ofttimes suck into world - relieve missions , the series milk much of its clowning from the interpersonal relationships between the spy and his psychoneurotic workmate .
Archerquickly attract a cult pursue thanks to its witty committal to writing and fantabulous voice cast , include H. Jon Benjamin ( Bob ’s Burgers ) , Judy Greer and Chris Parnell . Creator Adam Reed has mixed up the formatting ofArchermore than once , including time of year 5’sArcher Vice- aMiami Viceparody - and the season 7 finale left Archer in a coma . This allowed later seasons to experiment with noir inArcher : Dreamlandor sci - fi withArcher : 1999 . Even in his coma - induced fancy , Archer still ca n’t seem to get along with his mother Mallory or co - worker .
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The long - running series even crossed over with realism TV preparation shows inArcherseason 4 sequence 7 " go And Let Dine . " The setup has Archer , Lana , Ray , and Cyril go undercover at the restaurant of famous chef Lance Casteau ( guest genius Anthony Bourdain ) due to a threat being leveled at the Albanian ambassador , who is due to dine there . add to the accent is the camera crew watch them around for Casteau ’s showB**tard Chefrecording their every move and each one of his fade insult .
Archerseason 4 episode 7 " Live And rent Dine " is basically an extended travesty of shows likeHell ’s Kitchen , with Anthony Bourdain ’s Casteau being a demonic version of sweary chef host like Gordon Ramsay . The episode is at its best with the interplay between Archer , Casteau , and Lana , with the latter being tax with answering the restaurant ’s sound and letting customer know its booked ten months in advance . Archer takes naturally to his role as a arrhythmic political boss too . It also turns out Mallory has been trying to get a mesa at this eatery for ages - and was responsible for the " anonymous " character assassination threat for that very reason .
Archerseason 4 episode 7 " Live And lease Dine " is at last a lightweight episode with a gimmicky premise , but Anthony Bourdain ’s committed performance combined with the show ’s acidic tone makes it work . There ’s also a eddy terminate that is n’t hard to figure out as the episode unfolds , though it does suggest maybe Archer has untapped potential as a chef .
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