Given that this is the penultimate episode of Archer Vice, I find myself entertaining the idea that next season’s announced return to espionage would include the Isis gang turning this country into their own new dysfunctional office space where Sterling could have crazy adventures as spying for His Majesty’s Secret Service. But bah, who am I kidding? Cyril couldn’t keep the lights on for more than three weeks, especially with the Krieger triplets running around with a nuclear missile aimed at potentially millions of citizens or, worse, the Upper East Side! Fortunately, “Filibuster” is not one of those. From the word go, I was genuinely surprised to see the return of Gustavo and Juliana in the cells next to Archer, which provided some great insight into not only Sterling’s need to swing, but also his still ever growing comfortability with his own bi-curiosity (we never saw him turn down moving Gustavo over a cell). Obviously, he like all viewers would prefer to have Cherlene one wall over, but she is as about as trustworthy as Shane the Tiger, a grumpy fellow in need of a good meal (farewell, Fred Armisen!). All the comedic shenanigans about who’s on who’s side and that even with an entire country at his back, Cyril is still cast deep in Archer’s shadow, can make it easy to overlook the ending. First, there is the revelation that Slater, the coolest kid in school this side of J.D., was actually transporting weapons to the rebels instead of the dictator. I bet Sterling feels like an ass. Albeit, not as much as he does for discovering that the Fed who busted Isis was really CIA. I suspect that their entire dissolution was an agency scam, facilitating the storied return of Isis next season. Oh, and Lana’s water broke! …Yes, we should bring back phrasing into the rotation. Quotes from the DAAAANGGGGGGER ZOOOOOOONNNNEEEEE! ARCHER: Ehhh? -LANA: But spoiler alert, Vader ends up killing Palaptine. CHERLENE: But only for three days, right? Then he moves the rock and comes out of his caver stronger than ever. PAM: Then he shuts off a tractor beam, releasing the Jews from captivity. MALLORY: Wait, yes that sounds familiar. Gospel of Luke? KRIEGER: I am not a vampire! MALLORY: Doesn’t matter to the stake. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that’s your thing!
