REVIEW: ARCHER “Space Race, Part I”

Guest Cast Dave Fennoy: Cmdr. Kellogg Bryan Cranston: Anthony Drake

Spoilers Below

ISIS is going to space! But, no one is even close to being an astronaut, so they have to go through a rigid amount of training and medical under the digress of Anthony Drake(and Dr. Krieger, when he has you under an aesthetic.)  Their mission?  To go into space to prevent a disaster in space! No one’ exactly thrilled to wanna go, except maybe Malory who is just looking to bang out Anthony. Turns out they have to get into the International Space Station to rangle up a bunch of mutineers.

The trip to the station is anything but kosher as Archer keeps shooting the crew including that of Pam of whom he smuggled on board(along with Cheryl) for ya know an “emergency”. Things get worse when they reach their destination as they are under attack from space pirates, but thankfully Archer(after being locked up for his actions) returns to save the day only to learn that Drake and Kellogg are the mutineers!

First, I want to give a shout out to Floyd Productions, as space looks gorgeous! I mean they really out did them selves in this episode and should be given some sort of raise or medal, not that they don’t always do great work both on Archer and Unsupervised, but tonight was exceptional. Overall, Archer is cruising into an Emmy award winning season, every other show(animated or otherwise) should take notes that THIS is how you integrate guest stars into an already stellar cast. No matter WHO it is. Burt Reynolds, Patrick Warburton, and now seasoned veteran Bryan Cranston have all meshed SO well with the cast that it just seems so seamless. The Simpsons does guest spots all the time, but is very hit or miss, Saturday Night Live is television for hobos, South Park doesn’t even bother with guest stars, Archer is setting standards in EVERY facet of animated television. The writing, superb. The cast, the best. The animation, stellar. The network, on board. And next week, the finale.

(8.0 out of 10)