These are what we call the 'YMMV items.' Things that some people find in this work. We call them 'your mileage might vary' because not everyone sees these things in the same way. This starts discussions in the trope lists, a thing we don't want. Please use the discussion page if you'd like to discuss any of these items.
YMMV: Archer
Better on DVD: The Running Gag and Call Back quotient gets higher and higher the longer the show goes on, so you're going to miss a lot of jokes if you don't watch them in order.
Malory and the heads of various rival organizations, including ODIN and the KGB.
The Honey Pot seems to be a fairly common tactic used by ISIS.
Genius Bonus: Every episode is littered with really obscure literary and cultural references. For example; Pam has The Destruction of Sennacherib by Lord Byron tattooed on her back.
This is a trademark of Adam Reed shows, since Frisky Dingo and Sealab2021 are similarly littered.
One example in particular is Archer's flashback to boarding school where he, as a young boy, sits alone in athletic sweats by an empty field, holding a lacrosse stick. That not even the kids at boarding school would play lacrosse with him was kind of heartwrenching.
Magnificent Bastard: Gillette actually refers to Lana with this moniker after she explains her plan involving all the employees of ISIS getting bragging rights about sleeping with her...which they never actually get to do.
Security cameras filmed Archer switching blood samples to get out of the paternity suit over the Wee Baby Seamus. The test turned out positive anyway, so Barry altered the security footage and let Archer get nailed in court. And since Archer waived his rights...
Cyril, of all people, became a Magnificent Bastard (at least, temporarily) in the episode "El Contador".
Moral Event Horizon: As of the second episode of the second season Archer has put a faulty Russian Mind Control device in Len Trexler's brain and may have caused permanent brain damage. Even he feels bad about it.
In Double Deuce Archer wins "Father of the Year" for Letting the Wee Baby Seamus eat the celery from his bloody Mary, play with his straight razor, and drink his Martini.
Giving him a tattoo was probably over the line.
The second season finale could be considered this for Barry after his attempted murder of Archer results in the death of Archer's fiancee Katya.
And if that didn't get you for Barry, just wait until he kills Jakov in season three.
And if THAT didn't somehow do it, Barry screwing his revived wife (long story) in front of Archer. probably does. Okay, Barry is a dick.
Malory crosses it in season 3 flashbacks. In one episode it's revealed that when Archer was a child she swindled all of his Halloween candy in a game of poker, then got him drunk and berated him for not being able to hold his alcohol. In another episode it's revealed she bought him a bike for his 8th birthday, then arranged to have it stolen to teach him a lesson. There's a reason Archer is so messed up.
One True Pairing: Lana/Cyril. Subverted on the show with Lana/Archer as far as Lana's hatred for Archer leading to her SHOOTING HIM TWICE and only getting him life-saving medical treatment after his mother OKed it.
Season Two has them start backpedaling a bit with Sterling/Lana. They sleep together again, and Sterling comes very, very close to telling her he loves her. Second season in general had a lot of Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other moments for Sterling and Lana... and only subverted about half of them.
Squick: There is a lot of often-disturbing sexual activity/references in the show. This is bound to pop up at any time.
Sterling's attitude towards any sexual implications involving his mother.
Tear Jerker: In "Crossing Over", Barry kills Jakov and deliberately sets up the circumstances to be as heartwrenching as possible. You weren't expecting this trope to come up in this show, now were you?
