Archer (2009 TV Series) - Season 1 - Episode 5

Season 1 introduces the main characters and establishes the dysfunctional ISIS spy agency dynamics. Sterling Archer is introduced as the world’s deadliest spy living for espionage, working with his domineering mother Malory and dealing with ex-girlfriend Lana Kane and comptroller Cyril Figgis. The season features Archer’s expense account problems leading to a mole hunt story, diversity hiring with Conway Stern, protecting a Swiss billionaire’s daughter in “Honeypot” where the real threat is an underage nymphomaniac, and the ISIS selling to ODIN scheme in “Job Offer”. The series establishes its dark humor, pop culture references, and the staff’s tendency to undermine, sabotage, and betray each other while their dangerous spy work takes a back seat to their dysfunctional relationships.