The Conclusion of the Archness Arc. Archer and his fellow prisoners attempt to escape from the Pirate Fortress. Meanwhile, Malory plays hardball in ransom negotiations.
This episode provides examples of:
- Belligerent Sexual Tension: Noah and Bucky point this out to Archer and Lana after the latter two have a heated argument onboard the chopper.Noah: Oh. My. God. Just screw already!Bucky: Seriously.
- Counting Bullets: Parodied. Bucky points out that neither of them knows how many shots he fired. Archer just ejects the magazine from the gun he seized and checks it.
- Every Helicopter Is a Huey: The stolen escape chopper is actually a Huey.
- Eye Scream: Noah accidentally stabs Rip in the eye with his spoon shiv.
- Implied Death Threat:Noah: Hey, can I run up to my hovel and grab the only extant copy of my dissertation?
Archer: Noah? Still got four bullets.
Noah: Ugh, do you know what "extant" means?
Archer: Do you know what "license to kill" means? - Internal Reveal: Lana and Ray finally find out that Archer was on the island willingly.
- More Dakka: Lana opens up with an M60.
- The Password Is Always "Swordfish": Once again, the password is "guest."
- Punctuated Pounding: Archer's rant while he unloads on Bucky.Archer: All I wanted [punch] was to mourn [punch] the murder of my crazy-hot Russian fiancee by becoming a [punch] pirate king! But I guess that was [punch] too much [punch] to ask! So Mother can keep [punch] her stupid ransom because [punch] I [punch] don't [punch] need her! What I [punch] do [punch] need is some frickin' [punch] crab [punch] shampoo!
- Skewed Priorities: Archer would rather let Ray die from a gunshot wound than miss a pirate lacrosse game.
- Shout-Out:
- What Did I Do Last Night?: Cyril has no idea what the password is to the account to which he embezzled what appears to be all of ISIS's money.
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Wheelchair Woobie: Ray is reduced to this after surviving a gunshot.
