Mallory’s farewell was excellent. I think that must be said.

@thegregnorton

5 ай бұрын

Agreed

@Ghidorah382

24 күн бұрын

What if Mallory was in Archer into the cold

@realseanyrox

13 күн бұрын

Imagine if the final scene was exactly like hers. He leaves the letter but he joins her on the beach and they're just drinking together! Sploosh!

Into the cold was such a good finale, from Slater knowing who Archers father is, to Pam and Archer being a duo and going out on their own. It was what I wanted

@rosellabespinoza

4 ай бұрын

I always knew they'd end up together ❤

@ProbablyNotLegit

3 ай бұрын

Its not on Netflix yet :/

@shadowchu419

2 ай бұрын

I wish we would have learned who his father was, even if archer didn’t. Just to finally answer a long running question.

@spongebobroundpants4378

Ай бұрын

It was a huge let down

@whoozyyy

21 күн бұрын

It was a terrible finale, you can tell the writers don’t understand the show.

I loved your take on Mallory and Jessica, there was definitely a void in the cast without the "Idiots!" or searching for gin. I enjoyed how Lana transitioned into the Mallory character through season 14, and seeing just how Mallory became the type of person that she was.

you said everything every good archer fan was thinking. first 4 seasons are gold, season 5-8 are fun, 9-12 were hard to get through but the final season/episodes were seriously great and a return to the first few seasons in spirit. no one could replace jessica and i'm glad they didn't try to, you could feel her absence but lana and archer really stepped up and the show bringing back katya and slater was great.

Man archer got me thru some rough times in my life and the cast will be missed I never watched it on tv I purchased the season passes and binge watched the seasons on days off work definitely the only show that’s kept me going back and invested in the characters I still fall asleep to it playing in the back ground kinda wish they made a Movie

I don't hate season 14 but I do personally dislike that it felt like they just added a new character in lieu of continuing their character growth like how they almost entirely forgot that Cyril can be competent in spy shit too

I loved Archer S1-8. Wasn't the biggest fan of S9, 10 or 11 but 12, 13 & 14 picked it up for me.

@ProbablyNotLegit

3 ай бұрын

It stings that Jessica Walter died so soon after they brought it back

@aroonramjeeawon1410

Ай бұрын

word

@korenmoscovich4681

7 күн бұрын

Season 10 is amazing - I admittedly love sci-fi so probably biased

I remember having a blast watching the first five seasons but suddenly stopped loving it around season 8

@thegregnorton

5 ай бұрын

I do think that people get tired of the shows they like Because yeah, archer has had some quality dips, but personally, it never got bad Sometimes we just need breaks lol

@lifeisberserk9566

4 ай бұрын

At least seasons 12 to 14 felt like classic Archer again I'd say skip to season 11 after he wakes up from the coma

@jacobwilliams5808

4 ай бұрын

Same here man.

@Briggie

4 ай бұрын

Honestly the show lost me at the coma seasons. One was fine, but multiple and I lost interest.

Season finale was disappointing. 13 years of a build-up between Archer and Lana just for it to end that way

@probra282

3 ай бұрын

idk I disagree. I don't think it was meant to be a goodbye for them. Just more of a see you around. We just won't see them

@Sasha-vb3mh

3 ай бұрын

@@probra282 You may be right. I am holding out hope for a movie some time in the future

@kevinprzy4539

2 ай бұрын

fr, I hated the ending.

@10willdude

6 күн бұрын

I haven't watched the finale yet, but while there were times throughout the show where I was rooting for archer and lana, I also increasingly felt that it wasn't 'their' story. If anything, malory was right when she said it was her and stirling's story, and so far while she is so missed in the later seasons, I have really enjoyed seeing him trying to figure out his life without her.

Post-Coma Archer was actually good. Not the same as the first 4 seasons but really solid. I don’t agree with the finale being so bittersweet. Archer and Lana not ending up together was awful.

The last few seasons were amazing, I'm sad it ended but at the same time it was an amazing journey, I dropped in the "coma" phase but gave it a second try and it was so worth it! Loved your video, even tho I seem to love/dislike different aspects, you made valid points, keep it going!

@thegregnorton

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much

I love rewatching the first 7 seasons.

@thegregnorton

5 ай бұрын

The whole series works, but damn the early stuff 🔥

The only logical conclusion to the whole story was Archer ended up in bed with Barry.

@thegregnorton

5 ай бұрын

Yes, thank you

Great video bro, it feels refreshing hearing about good forgotten shows.

Omg that's exactly where I stopped watching as well maybe it was because deep down if 😢it was over or not I couldn't see it move on without Archer...I recently started binging the series mid December after YEARS of falling behind and man what a RIDE!! I just finished the series today and christ what a beautiful masterful ending I mean that jetpack scene alone, even Katbar??! What a way to say goodbye and I'm so thankful I stumbled into this gem so long ago...

I always saw the trailers to this sho when I was watching tv as a teen. I never got into it because it reminded me of that one of the show that had the same art style and it was pretty trash. It wasn't until last year when I finally gave it a chance and god damn am I glad to have given it that. This show deserved and earned 14 seasons. Well written, well acted, had the elbow in it, properly adult yet not too up it's own ass, actually funny without feeling like it's in a time bubble, then has a finale that works in closing out the series in a good way and makes me feel melancholic for having to leave these people that I'm going to miss. I got back into Home Movies thanks to Archer's VA being Coach McGuirk even and it's way better as an adult. I thank the team and the website I watch my toons on for this show and your video for being the epilogue I needed. Fuckin Happy Next Year.

Excellent video as always dude! 👌Once again as you already know, I've never watched Archer (and yet I think Jon Benjamin is excellent, so between this and Bob's Burgers, it makes no sense) but I think it's wild that it lasted 14 years and was able to reinvent itself so much, it definitely seems like it has a pretty unique history. Maybe now that it's over I'll check it out one day!

@thegregnorton

5 ай бұрын

I think its worth giving a shot, but I will say I'd rather you watch Bob's, its by fav of the two Thanks as always for watching!

Hi! Thanks for this newsy & So Accurate assessment! 57-y/o guy here, & I'm not sure if you're "getting" ALL of Archer...? It's loaded w/references to '70s movies & TV shows! Seasons 1-9 are the best (to me), b/c they capture these so well! I'm told Adam Reed was like that, however. Isis references "The Shazam-Isis Hour" ('73-4), & actor Michael Ray played Billy Batson (who becomes Cap'n Marvel). Babu was the name of a goofy genie in "Jeannie," a '73-4 cartoon (its opening credits are on YT, maybe some eps). The ocelot is a puzzle; I'm thinking it came from an earlier TV show called "Honey," based on a series of bks about a gal spy, who had one. S7 opens/ends w/Archer floating dead in a pool, a nod to the well-known film "Sunset Blvd." There's lots o' mention of "The Boys from Brazil," of course, & refs to "Planet of the Apes" ('68). When Pam whispers of Cheryl, "She doesn't remember any of it," it seemed like a line from "The Exorcist." S10, Archer: 1999, is a lift from a TV show titled "Space: 1999." There're also nods to "Charlie's Angels" in 1 season's ad breaks. S8 is a total nod to '40s detective stories (Phil Marlow & others, like The Big Sleep); it's a classic on its own! The show was just riddled w/refs to literature & otr shows.And it's funny! I laffed so hard at his baby's tattoo I blacked out! Woo-hoo! :-)

Glad to see a good video from another fellow Greg

@thegregnorton

5 ай бұрын

Lets gooooooo

such a really good video

i dont know why, but this show ending made me feel some type of way

Lots of people seem upset archer and lana didn't end up together. Really? Archer has grown as a character in various ways but at no point did i think it was telegraphed that he would really go that way, and it isn't even really their story, it never has been. Malory was right when she said it was her and Archer's story, and him finding his own path in her absence seems like a satisfying resolution to me.

The only thing I hate is not knowing who Archer's father is

I loved the whole series besides the last two seasons and the finale, i feel like they disregarded the directions of the dynamics of the show with the charachters which i was very invested in but still a great journey top to bottom

To be honest, I would have preferred the finale never happened. It was a severe disappointment. 1. They overdid it with bringing in every single character shoved in the last minute, in a very rushed fashion. 2. Archer just walking out on the family was ridiculous. He handled no longer being able to see his daughter like it was nothing big. 3. After all the work put into Archer and Lana finally being a couple, showing Archer even mature and grow during moments with Lana...they crapped on it. Just gone. 4. The random Barry-Katya sex scene was pointless. Crude and surprising in a bad way, I never found it "interesting". It was like they hurried to crap on a lot of stuff, gave very little to characters as a send off in their rush to shove as many as possible into the ending...and the ending just felt unsatisfying. Like someone promising me a feast and as you sit and wait for the hosts to be done with their speeches, mandatory "thank yous" to individuals that felt pretty short and soulless, you were handed a plate of half-cooked $1.00 ramen noodles, as the dinner you paid $50.00 for. I was hugely disappointed and wished it never happened. Maybe I'm the minority but I'm not going to pretend it was "awesome" just because everyone was in it and I'm not going to pretend it was "interesting" just because it was surprising. Surprising doesn't mean good. I was surprised when I took a dump and it hurt like heck, making me scream and then when I whipped my @$$ there was blood in the toilet paper. That doesn't make it good, interesting or something I would commend. So all in all, I heavily disagree with the strongly complimentary analysis you threw in and I didn't feel like even you really knew why you were complimenting it. You simply said "it was interesting", "I think it fit." But that's just my opinion.

@thegregnorton

4 ай бұрын

I think the idea of me not knowing why I was complimentary of it is an odd take. While it may not have been a deep dive into it, I think the video as a whole details my returning to the series and my point of view on it as a whole. I see your points on why it didn't work for you, and they make sense. The special did not hit me that way, and I don't think either of our takes devalue the other. We can each only speak to our own, but can not act like either on them are right

@azraelknightquest5754

4 ай бұрын

@@thegregnorton I feel like your answers just weren't convincing, brother. Your explanations not thorough like other analysis you've done. I'm not at all trying to be rude or devalue YOU, specifically. I would argue your analysis of Archer for the most part was well done and your handling of the loss of Jessica Walters and the character Mallory Archery exceptional and classy. But towards the end, I felt like you WANTED to like the season finale so much you weren't accepting it was lackluster on a deeper level. If anything I said felt insulting or devalueing to your opinion or skill, I apologize. Perhaps my irritation at how the finale was handled showed too much or the lack of tone in text once against left my comments too open to interpretation. But I just really felt it was disappointing and frustratingly lackluster. And when it came time to find reasons why you thought something was interesting or well done, your responses lacked the depth and feels of previous opinions. Then again, maybe it's all up to perception and we're both miscommunicating. But mad respect to you for handling my disagreement so respectfully and politely.

@thegregnorton

4 ай бұрын

I appreciate you enjoying the rest of the analysis, and you are partially right. I wanted to like it because I don't walk into watching anything without wanting to enjoy it. That said, if I didn't like it, I would have said so lol I didn't love it, it wasn't the best, but I think it was solid and enjoyable. I could have talked more on my feelings, but at the time, I thought I had. Oh well Have a good one

@spongebobroundpants4378

Ай бұрын

I needed to Read this comment

@user-xb3kv1dm2c

22 күн бұрын

Personally I think him inheriting Isis would have made a better storyline to begin with. The addition of the Pakistani chick was unnecessary, I’m Pakistani myself. I never once felt ohhhh pls add someone to represent me. I was wondering where my eggs woodhouse is since woodhouse died. Like it or not this show is sort of a man’s fantasy. It’s not meant to be all inclusive. Imagine adding the cbum and Arnold to euphoria and the next seasons were about them lifting weights and Sean Strickland shooting guns. I’ll tell my kids archer ended the season he got shot in the pool. “Well kids sometimes you just get shot in a pool by hot women after living like a G.”

I just found out that that was final season and now I'm sad becouse of it. I don't see that coming why they end it

Id love to see season breakdowns from you as you rewatch it would be fun to hear your thoughts on each episode something that people dont do

@thegregnorton

5 ай бұрын

If I get enough demand for it I just might do it

I'm not really sure if they handled malories step away right. It felt kind of quick and gave the feeling of "malory is out there but she just abandoned everyone". The only time I felt sad was when "in memorial of" came, so I think that, that feeling should have came from a in universe perspective. So her death both in universe and in real life would have brought it together, just as Woodhouses death did.

We both fell off at around the same time. While I didn't find season seven as endlessly rewatchable as the first six seasons, the biggest reason I didn't stick with it is because this is when it got dropped from Netflix. I figured I'd catch up again someday, but I still haven't gotten around to it.

@thegregnorton

4 ай бұрын

I hear it is still on netflix in Canada Sincerely, a Canadian

The new season is a pivot but I didn't see anything that horrible with it. The last episode's bit of season 14 was pretty fun how they jump back and forth the A story and B story with the ending word from the previous scene. The new character doesn't standout as much but I figure if they made her stand out it would be too much of a pivot perhaps on the next seasons.

@thegregnorton

5 ай бұрын

I've seen people complain she's too much like archer, but... thats the joke? Ya know

@Kspice9000

5 ай бұрын

Honestly I think new character should have been a guest star spot. Trying out various different actors in the role.

@LorenzoC36

5 ай бұрын

@@Kspice9000 nah that's taking the trailing seasons of "the office" route. Those seasons were brutal, they didn't know what to do and so they threw everything at it.

Hey, fellow lefty guitarist! Good video, I really enjoyed it.

@thegregnorton

5 ай бұрын

Nobody ever commented on the guitars before lol Thanks for watching

I hope years from now one day Adam and more original writers meet up with some new writers and either show the chase and eventual assimilation of archer into the "not spy" industry or flash forward and now his daughter is tracking him and she's better than him but he has the experience I'm just really gonna miss this show it was my "Office" when I was growing up

I know this is the end but i still wish there was a 2-3 part movie on answering questions. Where's Len Trexler? What was on the tape with Nikolai Jakov? Where's Conway Stern? Wheres Seamus and you think a lot of the bad guys got their guns from Rodney?

@electrobob992

11 күн бұрын

WHO was conway's boss. Sure we can assume it was Slater, but I have a feeling they could have TOTALLY revealed it to be Archer's father the whole time. While Trexler... Considering Odin got sold out to Fabian. He probably is living at a home, after he sold it for a head of lettuce for his rabbit.

PaM! thats my girl! Love the vice arc and the dreamland

sucks its over, was a fantastic show.

The return of Boris was my favorite.

@kingdancekiller

4 ай бұрын

“Da da daaaaaa”

14 years and I have never sat down and watched a full episode...

@thegregnorton

5 ай бұрын

I can't say why, but this makes sense to me lol

First 4 seasons were great. But i agree with what u said. Seasom 5 i watched and a bit of season 6 but for some reason i stopped watching and i havent thought of it in forever. Till i saw this vid

@thegregnorton

5 ай бұрын

Well, if you get back in, I hope you enjoy And if not, I hope you enjoy whatever else you do

Can anyone explain the final scene where he talking with Lana and his daughter? It sounds like Lana accepts the mission to catch him and turn him over and archer is accepting the fate. Can someone clarify?

@thegregnorton

3 ай бұрын

Essentially But they also know that she will purposefully never catch him, meaning she keeps getting paid and he keeps doing his spy shit

Season 14 is absolutely awful. They spent the entire show emasculating Archer and ruining his character. Zara was a completely unnecessary character. Unlikable, unfunny and pointless. At least there are 13 good seasons to watch. R.I.P Archer.

Season 8 even tho it was a coma season it was the end

Great series, it's just a shame that Archer and Lana didn't become a couple in the end!!!

Why no one told whos Samus real father is

Every single scene with Zara can be summed up with: SHUT THE HELL UP, ZARA

They Have to bring it Back.... idc they HAVE to bring it TF back.

The only things that make crying, now archer have a relationship with his daugther, we should have a first episode around relationship, apart of that o really enjoy the episode

Well, maybe I'll watch archer now...

@thegregnorton

5 ай бұрын

I mean, why not?

Phrasing

I still have the final season on my watch list.

@thegregnorton

5 ай бұрын

Worth it if you've been a fan so far

@maliciousfry

5 ай бұрын

@@thegregnorton It's been a really fun show. The meta way they bring up old jokes got kinda stale but after the dream seasons it got back into the groove of things. The final season isn't a huge priority and the way FXX aired it without much fanfare really concerned me. With your push I might just look at it again. Thanks for the reminder that it existed!

The noir season was the only one that was slwo for me. I loved the rest. My least favorite is mallorys last episode becuase every line she has is a repurposed soundbite from previous seasons. :(

While the season finale was decent it could’ve been waaay bettter which is why I’m hoping this isn’t the end. Some of the main cast deserved better send offs

So ends the greatest show ever made.

The first three seasons are a 10/10 for me... But it fell off really hard after that, I finished up to season 6 then i dropped it.

The the hell is his dad lol

Uhhhh they only said it was only the season finale. And it wouldnt be the first time the said series finale only to bring it back.

@thegregnorton

5 ай бұрын

No, it was billed as series finale. There's even interviews about it ending That said, I do agree they can continue. I say at the end, I think could go the route of event specials in particular

I never really liked Slater and I know a lot of people didn’t either. Like, after being blacklisted, Slater lies of paying 20k for preventing WW3 by killing a man

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

Who's cutting Onions??? 😭😭😭

I honestly thought slater was still goign to tbe the villian but a b plot was going to ray/tatia/barry vs other barry/conway/slater(maybe modifed)?. felt liek a missed oppurtunity not to have archer/lana/ in the a plot, carol/pam & figis/krieger/zara in the b plot, and the cyborgs playing zone across the epidsode. its liek the show forgot to make ray a badass.

Into the cold?

I remember watching archer before ISIS terror group began and I was like "Oh no way some archer fa- Nnnnnn, oooooohh shiiiiit....." also its funny the show addressed that though lol. Itd be a risky joke to keep calling their agency isis lolx

I gave up because of the coma seasons

@electrobob992

11 күн бұрын

I do wish they had answered some questions like. Who was Archer's father. Who was Barry's Mother and Father. Why didn't they make use of Hans later on *She had that ONE episode, could have been used more given how smart she was* What happened to Veronica Dean and her lawyer? *We can assume Mallory went on a rampage and killed her, but still*

I’d like to think Archer has his happy ending with Pam Barry and Katya,he never really changed or at least barely did but if he went out he left with his lover and his two best friends (two are the same person) ,still the egotistical half assed hero who get sometimes gets the job done and even if he isn’t a spy he does whatever he wants still waiting on adventure and some people wanted him and Lana to be together but we all know they’ed never work out and Archer may never know who his father is but he doesn’t need to because we all just have let go take what we can and find something else and find our own adventure until there’s nothing left

Please let archer and katya’s son be smarter than his old man

@KonEl17

4 ай бұрын

Son isn't she a full robot or cyborg with no reproductive organs?

@Ghidorah382

4 ай бұрын

@@KonEl17 the reproductive organs are bionic

@KonEl17

4 ай бұрын

@@Ghidorah382 lmao for real? Let be Krieger to do some shit like that lmao

@bryfunkenstein

4 ай бұрын

Archer already has a 'son' which they don't talk about much but Archer has his named tattooed on his back

Archer is a good series but I perfer Case Closed: One Truth Prevails (Detective Conan)!!!

It honestly died after they put him in a coma, it was so terrible with the dumb 'fantasy' seasons. I, like many stopped watching the show when they had the noir, the "danger island" and whatever other dumb ideas they came up with. The first few seasons were fantastic I remember, I still lived with my old roommates at the time. It was just a great show and it was before woke stupidity started taking hold of pop culture. I see your guitar/bass in the background, a lefty eh? That's cool bro, it's rare you see a left handed guitarist...well one that doesn't give in to having to learn to play a right-handed instrument lol. I know from working at Guitar Center that it ain't cheap to play left-handed, it's like they taxed you guys for being lefty's. That's really cool though man, and totally off topic haha but I immediately saw those when you were talking.

Tbh, I kinda wish they had made more coma seasons. I really liked the genre leaps and alt versions of the cast.

@thegregnorton

5 ай бұрын

Thats so interesting, I've nit heard anyone say that before

@ptero93

4 ай бұрын

I wish we could've seen them in the wild west and in a medieval fantasy setting

@KonEl17

4 ай бұрын

I agree I loved watching the setting changes it made sense for Archer mind, and I love Pam and Archer as a duo.

Kind of think this show would have done better if it just wrapped things up before they needed to take their little… detour. Just wtf was the show by then?

@thegregnorton

5 ай бұрын

While I agree, it must be hard in an industry like this to say no to work

Sad to see it go but it has not been funny in a long time either. I watched it more out of loyalty. First 3-4 seasons were brilliant. I don't know if they lost their best writers, PC culture forced them to tone it down, etc, but it lost all that made it so damn funny and irreverent around season 5 and on.

Way to say literally nothing