Ray has a confrontation with a plant monster, and Archer and Lana must confront their own libidos.
Here’s our review…
Archeris the thinking mans animated comedy.
This style is certainly working.
Pocket Listing is so physical that its downrightThree Stooges-esque at times in the best possible way.
Pocket Listing is sophomoric, and at times a little gross, but its also downright wonderful.
Save for Sitting, no other episode boasts a better percentage of hits vs. misses for dialogue.
Everyone is on from moment one.
Slater presents the mission to bug Prince Fawad Fawaz via real estate opportunity as Operation Because I Said So.
Mallory blames affirmative action for a foreign monarchs wealth.
Damn you all to hell!
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Kriegers penchant for getting hit with the tranquilizer is a nice runner throughout the episode.
Pocket Listing also puts two ofArchersrunning jokes to excellent use.
One is Cheryls immense wealth.
It would be hard to find a way to get the office secretary in these larger than life plots.
Another running gag is Pam and Archers budding friendship.
The episodic nature ofArchermeans that it exists outside of time and a traditional season structure.
Its a finale kind of development.
But believe it or not, were only four weeks away from the finale.
It makes this episode undeniably better, however, and thats all that matters for now.
Archer, being Archer decides to jeopardize the entire mission to bed a Queen.
Its not his goal to make Lana jealous, but thanks to Cyrils penchant for poor timing it does.
Lana in turn decides to seduce the prince.
The mission is utterly ruined, but in true happy-go-lucky Archer fashion, hes still somehow won.
*This includes a duchess, to which Pam responds: YOUR MOMS DOG?
THE WIFE OF A DUKE?
Pocket Listing is a pretty stellar episode of Archer because it doesnt worry about holding back.
STRAY THOUGHTS
Krieger has a camera in every bathroom.
Slater just seems to be realizing just how depraved the people hes enlisted to work for him really are.
His spot must have been taken up by the giant plant Ray does battle with.
Pam is so on point in this one: Youre Moaning Lisa?
Girl with a Pearl Necklace?
So is Archer for that matter: Lana Cougar Mellencamp.
Rating:
4.5 out of 5
