Talk:List of Archer episodes

Season 2 premiere date
this is wrong, isn't it? changed season 2 premiere date in table on top to 2011 (since that is what source says and rest of page says) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.252.254.2 (talk) 22:01, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, that was a typo on my part.   X  eworlebi (t•c) 22:04, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Why are there two # columns?
It seems like this column was duplicated for no reason? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.27.176.249 (talk) 16:04, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Standard practice; The second column is the number of episodes for that season, and will reset to "1" at the beginning of Season 2, while the first column is the total count for the series, and will continue on from "10" to "11" when Season 2 begins. Every TV show page I know of does it this way  KnownAlias   contact  17:00, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

The three extra episodes are part of season 3
Not season 2. Could someone fix this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.231.14.128 (talk) 22:27, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

I tried moving Heart of Archness Part 1 and adding Pt 2 and 3 to S3 (the episodes mentioned above), but it was reverted. I had a legit citation, The Futon Critic. Paradox295 (talk) 21:07, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Look at the production codes and the press release from FX...it is season 3, no questions asked 206.127.180.142 (talk) 13:26, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Yet, it's still being listed as S3. Can someone who's on the pro-S2 side explain? We generally go by the DVDs, and the S2 DVDs won't have these. Otherwise we'd have pre-cancellation Futurama in 5 different seasons Paradox295 (talk) 22:02, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
 * No, it's not. At the Comic-Con is was announced that the remaining three episodes are among the second season, see here. TV Guide counted these episodes for the second season, see here. We go not generally by the DVD, because we order the episodes after the broadcast from the network. See List of iCarly episodes. -- Serienfan2010 (talk) 22:14, 16 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Uhh, as I already said. Futurama goes by the DVDs. As does Arrested Development and a lot of other shows. FX's site lists it as a "Special Assignment", so that doesn't help. iTunes, however, lists it as S3. So that's as official as it's gonna get. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paradox295 (talk • contribs) 16:26, 17 September 2011 (UTC)


 * At the very least, FX listing it as a "Special Assignment" means its definitely not part of Season 2. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.75.103.63 (talk) 21:18, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Please ad a source, that FX listing these episodes as a "Special Assignment". Meanwile it could be aired as a "Special Assignment", but is is put to the second and not to the third season. -- Serienfan2010 (talk) 01:47, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/archer/episode.php?season=3 It says "Special Assignment." However, if you check the URL, it says season=3 206.127.180.142 (talk) 07:16, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

It's season 3. All you have to do is look at the production code. And the comic con source (which is one source not the OFFICIAL production codes) literally says "FX is airing a three-episode mini-arc in the fall to wrap season 2" Which doesn't necessarily mean wrap up the season production wise, merely that its continuing from and concluding season 2's cliffhanger ending. Wow. Lots of season premieres conclude the cliffhanger of the previous season and wrap up the story. People are taking a comic con comment too literal when it's referring to story details not season production schedules. Not to mention the OFFICIAL FX website having these episodes with a season 3 URL, not listing these episodes in their season 2 episode guide, AND listing "Double Trouble" as the season two finale). Finally, if you look at the press release for when FX renewed Archer for a second season (use google and you'll find it in two seconds) the FX press release for season 2 specifically says it was picked up for 13 episodes NOT 16 (whereas press releases for when season 3 was picked up specifically state 16 episodes). I don't know how much more official confirmation you need that these are season 3 episodes. Plus, Amazon and iTunes are selling the episodes as part of season 3 and IMDB lists it as season 3. There seems to be more things pointing towards it being part of season 3, whereas the whole season 2 argument revolves around the single comic con article where for all we know the journalist may have misunderstood what they meant by the special assignment "concluding" season 2. 207.237.208.153 (talk) 02:26, 20 September 2011 (UTC)


 * regardless of the correct answer the current situation that says the three episode are part of season 2 but lists them under s03 is ridiculous. the situation is made no better by the fact that s03 is specified as 2012/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.105.212.184 (talk) 15:34, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Well looking at the episode list at http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/archer/episode.php, The Man From Jupiter is listed as the season premiere, or S03E01, El Contador is listed as episode 2, etc. The Heart of Archness is not mentioned anywhere. So wherever we put Heart of Archness, can we fix the regular episodes of season 3 to their proper episode numbers? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.181.81.44 (talk) 01:11, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree, Heart of Archness was announced as a special to tide us over until season 3, it's getting it's own DVD release, I don't get why the only two options that have occured to anyone is season 2 or season 3, that's a false dichotomy, it was explicitly a mid-season special. What's the point of saying it's part of either season when it wasn't played as part of either season.121.73.221.187 (talk) 20:57, 28 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Whereas the production numbers show it is part of season 3. 203.51.60.3 (talk) 03:55, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Whereas that is OR/Synth, find a relevant reliable source that draws that conclusion and you'll have yourself a reference. Production codes are behind the scenes information relating to production, their purpose is not to be a defining order, look at production codes for the X-Files 5th & 6th season for instance, all over the place compared to the correct order.121.73.221.187 (talk) 11:41, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Season 3 color
The season 3 purple colouring needs to be changed, dark purple and dark text? Even with good eyesight that is making my eyes water when I try to read it, for the color blind its probably impossible. Darkwarriorblake (talk) 14:32, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Season 3 finale
I think that source calling March 22's episode the finale must be incorrect. The order for Season 3 was for 16 episodes–3 of which were the Heart of Archness episodes, and the remaining 13 to be in what we're calling 'the bulk of Season 3'. On March 22, it'll just be 10 episodes for the 'bulk'; 3 will still be outstanding. The last episode of of Season 3 should be the 39th overall, not the 36th.

Because there's a citation I'll leave the text as it is there now, but we should be on the look-out for corrections. DigiFluid (talk) 02:44, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

I guess there's the possibility that there will be another 3 part "special assignment" later in the year. There is certainly something wrong with the numbers, but I guess all we can do is speculate at this point and not make changes. 203.51.60.3 (talk) 03:59, 4 March 2012 (UTC)


 * I'm starting to think that's a safe bet. The preview for next week at the end of last night's episode specifically said that it was going to be the season finale. And since our numbers don't add up....makes sense. DigiFluid (talk) 01:49, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

I see some misguided soul has taken it upon themselves to change it to 13 and act like the sources cited say so–which they do not. Sigh. DigiFluid (talk) 23:23, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Alright, I just fixed this. Restored it to 16 (per the citation I restored) and removed the citations "saying" that it was 13 episode season (the citations in place said no such thing). Have also removed a completely made-up statement in the Season 3 section commenting on "writing difficulties" being the culprit for fewer episodes than ordered--for which there was no citation, and someone had put a CN tag on it. DigiFluid (talk) 13:03, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Adam Reed explained the scheduling issues here: http://www.avclub.com/articles/adam-reed-walks-us-through-archers-third-season-pa,72917/ 150.125.32.102 (talk) 15:59, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Season 3 files for download
This is relative to the files available for download on the internet and incorrect information regarding the number of the episodes. I'll paste this slightly edited bit found on a forum and just confirmed by myself.

Back in September 2011, the first three episodes of season 3 were aired and posted online by the usual release groups. Then, in January 2012, when the season resumed (on ep04, naturally), the release groups started counting again with s03e01. This is most probably related to the discussion you see above (regarding which ep is actually s03e01) and (IMHO) the recurring mistake in numbering the episodes in the actual article page (restarting s03 with #1).

Upon the release of episode 9, though, the groups corrected the counting and named it s03e12. Now, this means there are two files named s03e01-03 each, then s03e04-08 (which should actually be counted as s03e07-11), and then s03e12. The files named s03e09-11 simply do not exist. Or so it seems.

The occasional downloader must pay attention to the date of the posting, so as not to confuse (for example) the files s03e01 from Sep and s03e01 from Jan (which is actually s03e04). - 187.20.66.97 (talk) 21:57, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Season 3 Region 2 Release date
According to amazon.co.uk (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Archer-Season-H-Jon-Benjamin/dp/B0083UFDNI/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1353344213&sr=1-1) this is released March 25th 2013. Can someone add this to the table? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.195.239.238 (talk) 16:59, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Episode S04E05's Title
According to FX's own episode guide, the title for episode S04E05 (405 in my own preferred numbering scheme) is "Viscous Coupling" rather than "Vicious Coupling." This can be confirmed here: http://www.fxnetworks.com/archer/episodes

Furthermore, there's a much more detailed discussion about this on the talk page here: http://archer.wikia.com/wiki/Viscous_Coupling

Thanks in advance for making the appropriate correction(s). 96.253.121.49 (talk) 11:33, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Spoilers?
I just glanced at the page and noticed S04E07's description was a lot more than it used to be and told me a lot more than I really needed to know about an episode I haven't seen yet. Some people have different ideas of what's a spoiler and what isn't, so rather than be hasty and edit that I thought to just bring it to the attention of experienced Wikipedia users and leave it up to their discretion. 70.173.18.116 (talk) 09:23, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
 * First off, most all summaries that had been on the page were WP:COPYVIO because they were copy and pasted published preview summaries (ones that TV Guide uses etc.) Thus, those short summaries had to go. For episodes that don't have individual pages, summaries can be between 100-300 words, so this summary is fine.  And second, Wikipedia does not deal with spoilers.  All summary and plot information is fair game to be included in the summary. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 15:13, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
 * well you've ruined the page, so congratulations on that. the episode summaries that tv guide etc. use are published without copyright. it's really easy to just delete things. Flagpolewiki (talk) 12:22, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Ruined the page? I'm providing an accurate account of what occurred in the episode. Once again, Wikipedia does not deal with spoilers and is not required to put any tags or warnings say there are. This isn't a fan wiki or forum; everything is fair game. And as you are a new user Flagpole, I would take the time to read up on some of the guidelines of Wikipedia. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 16:57, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
 * The page was a useful resource. removing the episode guides, for whatever reason, has butchered it. Flagpolewiki (talk) 14:03, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you for bringing the spoiler page to my attention. Since I'm not a serious user I admittedly haven't gone over all of the rules and such. I'm glad that I took no action. 70.173.18.116 (talk) 08:04, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Season 4 Episode: Coyote Lovely in wrong place
Watching season 4 in order as it was aired is fine until you get to Coyote Lovely, aired as Episode 8. It should be Episode 2 and everything moved forward.


 * NOTE: Careful! Spoilers if you have not yet watched!


 * 1: I noticed that Ray is suddenly in a wheelchair again (he got his bionic legs in "LEGS" aired as Ep 3), this is where I realised "Coyote Lovely" has to be Ep. 2 because in "The Wind Cries Mary" he is still in the chair and also is at the tech station that the 'fat guy' should be (see third point) talking with both Archer near the beginning and Mallory near the end;


 * 2: We hear the reference to the nerve gas, Mallory and Krieger, in the air vents and see nerve gas later with both Lana and Archer in different episodes, and more references with Mallory and Krieger;


 * 3: And the big thing is that in "Coyote Lovely", the fat hobbit tech (forgot his name, if he even has one) dies and from that moment on throughout the season there is no-one in the tech/command room. But if watched as aired, in "Once Bitten" Krieger says "that was the fat guy you killed" to Mallory as he is trying to work the equipment at the station that the 'fat guy' worked at, originally aired two episodes before we actually see him die in "Coyote Lovely"

--GWKBoyd 04:42, 24 May 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jitztheferret (talk • contribs)
 * It is in the proper spot in the template. Episodes are placed based on air date. If you look in the table, you will actually see that it was the second episode produced for the season, indicating the observations you had. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 05:34, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

Season 1 : Several Original Air Dates are Incorrect
The Original Air Dates are incorrect according to both IMDB and the website referenced for the U.S. Viewership for each episode, TV by the Numbers < HERE >.

Starting with episode 3: Diversity Hire all episodes until episode 7: The Rock are off by 7 days.

I corrected the table found on Archer_(season_1) but I have no idea how to access the template used for the table on this page. MrCue888 (talk) 04:11, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Episode Count
There's been a lot made of Archer hitting 100 episodes but the episode count on this webpage seems to jump 10 episodes between Season 7 and Season 8. Can anyone explain this? I'm very perplexed as to what is going on as everyone seems to be saying Archer has hit 100 episodes but the math says otherwise. Daniel322111 (talk) 04:36, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

After review I noted that each pages episode count did not separately count episodes that premiered as several joint full-length episodes. As in, three-part episodes were counted as just one episode; this resulted in an episode count that was short approximately 10 episodes. I've gone through all the separate episode pages to fix this error. If anyone with more time/expertise wants, the tables in each season's page could use seperate boxes and summaries for each part of these multi-episodes. In the meantime I've left them grouped in one row as they were before but just corrected the episode count. Daniel322111 (talk) 05:21, 26 June 2018 (UTC)