THE SPY WHO LOVED HIMSELF! 'ARCHER' RETURNS!

A man who just loves his bazookas! ARCHER is back to his inept best. Image: FX.

He may enjoy the perks of being a jet-setting spy for the top-secret ISIS organisation, but boozed out, sexed out agent Sterling Archer-still the very antithesis of James Bond, who shined so very, very brightly in last years fiftieth anniversary year- isn't really interested in that whole business of breaking into underground volcano bases, tackling all those assassin and nefarious baddies plotting to take over the world and the idea of possibly getting killed. And do you know how much clothes dry cleaning costs these days?!

Nope, the big jerk just wants to be a bigger jerk than ever as the fourth season of the hit animated comedy begins, his adventures in space and living on a jungle island the previous year clearly having not made any impact on his attitudes and lifestyle at all. There;s also that imperious, all dominating mother of his still in his life, Malory (Jessica Walter), who just won't go away, either. Plus his colleagues in the spying game who hate him just as much as his enemies do. So, perhaps it is better to be out and about blowing things up after all...

Bang - YouTube
Archer on FX - The New Mission - YouTube
Archer's Perfect Day - YouTube

Cheryl's Perfect Day - YouTube
Pam's Perfect Day - YouTube
Malory's Perfect Day - YouTube
Lana's Perfect Day - YouTube
Cyril's Perfect Day - YouTube

Suffering from a bout of amnesia early on, getting used to a new step-father, getting submersed in a likely spoof Thunderball-esque underwater two parter later in the run, and featuring special guest star JUSTIFIED's Timothy Olyphant in its second episode as one of the egotist spy's best friends turned rival, ARCHER is getting more sophisticatedly dirty and wickedly funnier with each season. Hitting the airwaves States-side on the US FX channel from yesterday, it's thirteen episode run will surely be picked up for UK transmission soon enough...