Television Archer S14 - The Final Season

[Greatoneshere]

1 hour ago, Kal-El814 said:

I'm watching it, I just don't have much to say.

 

The show still makes me chuckle, but it's suffering from Simpsons syndrome; it used to be a parody of spy schtick, then it pivoted to other genres, now it's just lampooning itself. Lots of people have regressed back to their early season selves. Archer doesn't have a disability anymore, Cyril is an insecure wimp again, Pam is in love (this is fine of course, but she hasn't been insecure about being worthy of love since season 1). The bait and switch with Ray's loyalty didn't work at all. Archer in therapy could have been interesting but ultimately kinda fizzled. Etc.

 

I get that not every episode can be Stage 2, but it's still a shadow of itself.

 

I don't disagree - but a shadow of Archer is still a lot better than most other adult animated comedy shows. The chemistry amongst the cast is next level. The jokes still land, even if they are less frequent. The animation and action scenes have improved considerably. But I am ready to have the show end and have the team make something new.

[Kal-El814]

27 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said:

 

I don't disagree - but a shadow of Archer is still a lot better than most other shows. The chemistry amongst the cast is next level. The jokes still land, even if they are less frequent. The animation and action scenes have improved considerably. But I am ready to have the show end and have the team make something new.

 

Yeah, the animation has really come a long way. It was always stylish but they've really upped it.

[Greatoneshere]

The upcoming season 14 of Archer has been announced to be the show's last. I think it's time, and I think it's great they know ahead of time so they can hopefully wrap it all up and go out on a high note. Curious what Adam Reed and company will do next, he must be wanting to write a new show with new characters pretty badly at this point. 

 

Archer’s superspy adventures are finally coming to an end after the series’ 14th season

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There’s no word yet on how the series may end

 

[Greatoneshere]

Just a reminder that the final season of Archer, season 14, started airing yesterday. It was a two-episode premiere (it's a two-parter) with one episode releasing every Wednesday following for a total of the usual 8 episodes a season. I just watched it and it's good! It's a lot of setup since they add a new character to the team now that Lana is Mallory, Archer needs a new Lana, but I enjoyed a number of the lines even if exposition and story building take priority. The A.V. Club is pretty bullish on the final season, reviewing it they gave it a full A for the season, so hopefully the final season ends strong. If someone could update the OP to reflect this is now season 14, the final season, that'd be awesome. Anyone else watching the final season? I can't believe it's been 14 years since the first season aired in 2009.

 

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Archer season 14 review: The best the show has been in years

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The addition of Natalie Dew's super-spy Zara for the FXX comedy's final season is exactly the shake-up the series needed

 

[chakoo]

I've been reading good impressions on it. I might have to check it out (need to find out which streaming platform has it in canada).

 

[Greatoneshere]

36 minutes ago, chakoo said:

I've been reading good impressions on it. I might have to check it out (need to find out which streaming platform has it in canada).

 

 

A quick Google search said Hulu, but I'm not Canadian, there could be caveats.

[TheLeon]

I'm still multiple seasons behind. They aren't particularly long seasons, so I could get caught up for the end, but I've got a lot on my TV plate.

 

And yeah, it's a little crazy to realize this show has been on for nearly my entire adult life (it premiered just after I turned 19).

[Jason]

8 minutes ago, TheLeon said:

I'm still multiple seasons behind. They aren't particularly long seasons, so I could get caught up for the end, but I've got a lot on my TV plate.

 

It feels sort of stupid but one of the things that discourages me from trying to jump back in is at this point I have no idea where I was in the show before I drifted off from it.

[dualhunter]

3 hours ago, chakoo said:

I've been reading good impressions on it. I might have to check it out (need to find out which streaming platform has it in canada).

 

 

Netflix has 13 seasons, Prime 5.

 

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[Greatoneshere]

Well, we're now halfway through the season and the show is pretty solid this season. There aren't as many huge laugh out loud jokes but the episodes are at least fun and breezy. It was nice to see Ray back for episode 4 after not appearing in episode 3 and we got Barry back again (I assume one last time, unless they put good Barry into a robot body that then joins the team). The season isn't treating itself like it's the final season of the show, and with just 4 episodes left I'm curious when a plotline leading to a final ending is gonna show up. It would be very Archer for the show to simply not care and everyone just keeps doing their thing at the agency right through the series finale.