History Recap / ArcherS6E1TheHoldout

* ContinuityNod: Pam and Cheryl went through excruciating lengths to replicate the ISIS office before it was blown up that they even replicated ''Brent's bloodstain'' on the spot he died.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Archer manages to call Sato's wife and the latter is implied to have reunited with her and their daughter after so long.

* SnapBack: Provided with painstaking detail by Pam and Cheryl's redecoration of the office. They even replaced the ''blood stain'' from where Brent was killed. Pam's also pudgy again, which she explains is because she kicked the cocaine habit and started binge eating to compensate.

* AgonyOfTheFeet: Sato lets Archer walk into a tiger trap and he takes a punji spike through the foot.

* ForTheEvulz: Cheryl and Pam redecorate the office to look exactly as it was before it was blown up. Just to rub it in, they trick Malory into thinking it's a state of the art, gorgeous facility with the use of a hologram.

* OldSoldier: Sato appears to be pretty goddamn old. He still manages to give Archer a run for his money in hand-to-hand when they first meet. No to mention surviving alone on the island for [[AnachronismStew however long it's been since World War II]].

Archer is sent into the jungle to salvage a crashed plane and make contact with a Japanese World War II veteran. Malory visits the office after a multi-million dollar renovation from Cheryl and Pam, only to find that it looks exactly the same as it did before.

* InevitablyBrokenRule: Lana confronts Archer that if he has any hope of sharing responsibility of AJ with her, she would need to cover some ground rules. Archer points out that whatever these rule will be will more than lately be broken.

* PrivateMilitaryContractors: Though the main cast return to espionage work thanks to Malory last season, they are no longer under the ISIS agency's name since the shutdown after the FBI raid (as [obscured] logos are being moved or torn down). Instead, they are now contractors working for the CIA. Behind the scenes, the showrunners chose to drop the ISIS name to be DistancedFromCurrentEvents.

* PrivateMilitaryContractors: Though the main cast return to espionage work thanks to Malory last season, they are no longer under the ISIS agency's logo since the shutdown after the FBI raid (as said [obscured] logos are being moved or torn down). Instead, they are now contractors working for the CIA. Behind the scenes, the showrunners chose to drop the ISIS name to be DistancedFromCurrentEvents.

* PrivateMilitaryContractors: Though the main cast return to espionage work thanks to Malory last season, they are no longer under the ISIS agency's logo (as said [obscured] logos are being moved or torn down). Instead, they are now contractors working for the CIA. Behind the scenes, the showrunners chose to drop the ISIS name to be DistancedFromCurrentEvents.

* BadassGrandpa: Sato appears to be pretty goddamn old. He still manages to give Archer a run for his money in hand-to-hand when they first meet. No to mention surviving alone on the island for [[AnachronismStew however long it's been since World War II]].

* BadassGrandpa: Sato appears to be pretty goddamn old. He still manages to give Archer a run for his money in hand-to-hand when they first meet.

* Hypocrite: Archer spends the whole episode complaining that Lana made him a father without his knowledge or consent. While his point is valid, the hypocrisy comes in when you recall that he's spent every moment since he learned of the pregnancy trying to ingratiate himself in the baby's life. (Asking to be the godfather, proposing to Lana so the baby will have a father, learning about possible pregnancy complications, becoming certified as a doula, etc.)

* Hypocrite: Archer spends the whole episode complaining that Lana made him a father without his knowledge or consent. While his point is valid, the hypocrisy comes in when you recall that he's spent every moment since he learned of the pregnancy trying to ingratiate himself in the baby's life. (Asking to be the godfather, learning about possible pregnancy complications, becoming certified as a doula, etc.)