A Busted Elevator Leads To Bonding (Sorta …) On This Week’sArcher

After episodes that’ve seen Archer visit Borneo , Argentina , the Alps , and deepest Wisconsin , “ Vision Quest ” crams all of its action ( and almost every regular character ) into the office ’s rupture lift . It ’s a brilliant idea that leads to some of the show ’s funniest exchange to date . Spoilers in the lead !

As we afford , everyone ’s bleary - eyed and grumbling ( except Krieger , who ’s jittery as hell and fondle a thermos bottle ) as they haul ass to a orphic , mandatory 7 am merging . There ’s a bit of prognosticate ( Lana : “ Keep your step-in on ! ” Pam : “ I ’m one step ahead of you … or am I ? ” ) and a throwback to last week ( Ray : “ Oh no , it ’s Maximum Overdrive all over again ! ” ) needs , now that the entire office ( except for Malory ) is squeeze into uncomfortably close portion out oxygen , the lift wheezes , shudders , and comes to a unregenerate halt . “ We ’re stuck at the top … I HOPE ! ” Archer intones .

What unfold over the next 20 minutes , in more or less real time , is claustrophobic survival repulsion and Colorado - worker aggression at its most laughable and hilarious . The usual stuck - lift tactics die , of course ; prying the door undefendable allows the between - floors group a peek into their darkened office , where useless golem Milton putter , making stacks of goner . The emergency telephone does n’t make for ( “ Typical ! ” ) , and cell service of process is a no - go ( thanks to Krieger , who installed an RF jammer on the cap of the lift “ so people would leave office star at their phone and talk to each other ! ” ) . Also , the trap door on the roof is locked from the exterior , for reasons known only to Cyril , who admits to taking groovy interestingness in elevator … you know , as a hobby ( “ I candidly have no response to that , ” Archer admits ) .

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So what ’s the next step ? Panicking about thirstiness seems about right-hand , though the gang ’s been run aground for five minutes , transcend , at this point . Archer recall they should ration out whatever food is uncommitted ( see , he was lost at sea once and ate all the nutrient while the other guy was gone , so he know the protocol ) , but nobody ’s really got any provisions other than Pam , who aloud gobble her bear - hook pastry rather than share . She ’s also , of class , carry a bottle of malt liquor liquor ( “ This is a fawty , shawty ! ” ) , which pass away down the hatch posthaste . Burrrrrpp .

shoehorn into this discussion of famishment , rapid - ardor yuks galore : an mired takedown of Cyril ’s jumper singlet ( precede to an unexpected muteness of the Lambs reference , and Archer ’s eventual apology for wanting to habituate the garment as a table textile : “ It ’s cashmere ! There are rule ! ” ) Cheryl / Carol ’s suggestion that she might be a mind - reader , base on her unearthly power to suss out what everyone wishes they were doing decent that very second ( Lana : “ I ’m not addicted to berate people ! ” Saint Cyril : “ I ’m not hook to masturbating ! ” ) Ray ’s colouring material blindness . Krieger ’s perchance - belike clone - ness . A running jape about whether or not all of this military action is take place in Soviet Russia . Archer ’s declaration that “ We postulate to have a serious talk aboutphrasing . ” And the realization that all assembled have seen Pam ’s vagina … and Lana ’s , too .

Amid all this , troubleshooting continues . Ray ’s able to get one bar on his phone by wedging his arm through the crack in the door , but the 911 operator ( who addresses him as “ ma’am , ” to Archer ’s consummate delight ) thinks he ’s a trick telephoner . Just when the billet drop into all - out bash ( three words : detailed voicemail hoax ) , Malory arrive and cause the lift to open . ( Best obscure reference in the episode is the visual court tothis famous movie prospect . ) Though the viewer may suspect , along with the characters , that Malory ’s arranged for the elevator to sting as part of some elaborate squad - edifice exercise , it seems that was n’t the plan at all . Nope , the plan was for everybody to gather ’ turn and watchVision Quest . Though that certainly would ’ve been a valuable soldering experience ( at 7 am , no less ) , we ’d have leave out out on all the howling dialog that came before . Literally ! And … scene .

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