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Archer

Dial M for Mother

Season 1, Episode 10, Aired Mar 18, 2010

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In the first season finale, questions about the identity of Archer's real father lead him into a trap---and a confrontation with Malory. Meanwhile, Lana learns of all of Cyril's past indiscretions and decides to get even.

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GUEST STAR
Rene Auberjonois

Mannfred
GUEST STAR
Kat Cressida

Uta

H. Jon Benjamin

Sterling Archer
Judy Greer

Cheryl/Carol
Amber Nash

Pam Poovey
Chris Parnell

Cyril Figgis
Aisha Tyler

Lana Kane
Jessica Walter

Malory Archer

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The paternity of Archer's father is questioned, and no more inter-office relations, oh no!

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By Neksmater, Mar 19, 2010

Malory makes Pam put up a notice of no more inter-office fraternizations after she hears that Cyril cheated on Lana last week with the French woman. Meanwhile, after Malory doubts that Nikolai is definitely Archer's father he hires the German guy and the lady from "Killing Utne" to implant a microchip in his brain and make him come to the USSR to get a paternity test. Mayhem ensues and the technology goes a little long. Lana also plots her vengeance against Cyril's infidelity by banging everyone in ISIS on his desk and Pam vows to get laid before the deadline of no more relations. Oh and Sheryl and Krieger take their relationship to the next level, choking wise.moreless
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- Uta is wearing an "Excelsior" shirt, referring to the airship from the earlier episode "Skytanic".
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- When Archer is strapped to the table, we can see his foot has a scar. This is the spot where Lana has shot him twice, in "Skorpio" and "Skytanic".
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- Pam's name written in graffiti, which is a recurring theme that pops up in several other Archer episodes, appears twice in this episode. We see it on the bathroom stall that Cyril is in, as well as on the stairway down to McSurley's bar.
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- The model number for the mind control chip shows on the screen as 934-TX. This is a code that has been used in previous Archer episodes, as well as on another Adam Reed show, Sealab 2021.
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- This is the first appearance of Trinette's son, the "wee baby" Seamus. Trinette says to Mannfred that his father knows Krav Maga. This foreshadows the plot of the season two episode "Blood Test".
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QUOTES (12)
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- (Men are waiting in line to have sex with Lana) Cyril: (to Ray) Why are you even here? Ray: Hello? (holds up number) Cyril: But you're gay! Ray: Girl, please. Nobody's that gay.
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- (Krieger demonstrates choking robot crushing a pool ball) Cheryl: Sploosh! Krieger: Yep. Cheryl: That's what I'm talking about! Krieger: Yep, yep, yep. (grips Cheryl's neck with robot) Cheryl: Wait, you think it's safe? Krieger: (pause) No. (Cheryl grins as robot begins to clamp down)
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- Lana: And what is that supposed to mean? Cheryl: Figure it out, Truckasaurus.
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- (Lana is learning about Cyril's multiple affairs) Lana: Okay, we've got the French chick, and Carol, and anybody else, Ram-bone? Cyril: (evasive) Uh, no... Jane: (walking by) Hi, Cyril. (laughing and coughing) Cyril: Well... Lana: Scatterbrain Jane?! Really? Cyril: Well, see, she had just been diagnosed with breast cancer... Lana: Oh right, I forgot, your dick's full of radiation and mastectomy coupons. Cyril: Boy, you are just so determined not to be cool about this. Lana: Yup!
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- Archer: ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND? (throws glass tumbler into decanter) Malory: I must be, because it looks like you just destroyed my Steuben bar set. Archer: Well you just destroyed my innocence! Malory: Oh Please! That Brazilian au pair did that when you were thirteen. Archer: Twelve.
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- Malory: This is why I can't have nice things. Archer: Why, because you shoot them? Malory: Serves you right. You nearly scared me to death! Archer: Well, you obviously weren't THAT scared, judging by your grouping. (They both look at shots in Archer's chest) Malory: Ha! Guess the old gal's still got it! All six, right in the ten range. Archer: Hooray!
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- (Talking about who Archer's father might be) Archer: Who else? Malory: Gene Krupa. Archer: (shocked) What?? The drummer... Malory: (interrupting) No wait, not Krupa the other one, the one with the teeth... Buddy Rich. Archer: Oh my... Malory: I could never say no to a drummer. Archer: Could you say no to anybody? Malory: (slaps him, glowering) I said no to plenty.
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- Lana: (to Cyril) Seriously, you cheated on me with Carol? Cheryl/Carol: (passing by) Cheryl! Lana: (to Cyril) Exactly.
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- (Malory is awakened by a noise, pulls out gun) Malory: Who's there!? What do you want!? (turns on laser sight) Because all you're gonna get is holes... I mean... holes in you! Not my holes... (flash of lightning reveals Archer in a bloodstained coat) Malory: (gasps) Sterling!? Sterling: (creepy voice) Hello mother... Malory: (angry) Where the hell have you been!? Sterling: I don't know. (pulls out a large knife) Malory: What... And why do you have a cleaver!? Sterling: I don't know.
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- Archer: I'm hungry. Malory: So lick that coat. You smell like a... Archer: Grill cheese. Malory: What? Archer: Grill me a cheese. Malory: I'm not grilling you a cheese! Archer: (begins sobbing)
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- Lana: (over office intercom) Uh, attention? Hi, this is Agent Kane. And if you want to have ball-slappy sex with me on Cyril's desk, please line up and take a number. (A large crowd of men appear before Lana's office, with Pam shoving her way through.) Pam: You heard the lady! (holds up a piece of paper with "1" written on it) Take a number!!
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- Brett: No. Pam: Yes! Brett: No. Pam: Have sex with me! Brett: No. Pam: Please? Brett: No! Pam: (gesturing with the dolphin hand-puppet towards his crotch) Aww, come on.. Brett: Pam... Pam: (still with dolphin) Nobody will ever know... Brett: Yeah... I'd know.
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- Original International Air Dates: United Kingdom: April 22, 2010 on FIVER
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- Brett: Dude, swear to god, she gave me a Jane Hathaway, right on my chest. (Cyril gets visibly upset) My man knows what I'm talking about! Malory: (walking by) Doesn't anyone work around here? And Cyril, I am so disgusted with you right now, I just want to vomit. Brett: That's exactly what I said to Lana! Jane Hathaway was a major character on the TV show The Beverly Hillbillies. She was Mr. Drysdale's loyal secretary, but was very ethical and objected to his greedy schemes. She became close friends with the Clampett family. A "Jane Hathaway" is not a real sex act, but one that Brett is presumably making up to disgust Cyril.
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- (discussing Archer's potential fathers) Malory: Gene Krupa... no wait, not Krupa, the other one, the one with the teeth... Buddy Rich.
  Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich were both famous and influential American jazz drummers, mostly famous in the 1930s and 40s during the big band era. And as Malory says, she could never say no to a drummer.
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- Pam: 36 guys? It's like Schindler's List up in here! And I'm like that little Gandhi dude… Schindler's List is a 1993 biographical drama film about a man who helped his Jewish workers survive Nazi Germany. Ben Kingsley plays Schindler's accountant in the film, and is also famous for starring in the 1982 film Gandhi.
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- The funeral for "John Fitzgerald Archer" is a reflection of former President John Fitzgerald Kennedy's funeral. Malory and Archer's outfits and posing look like Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and John F. Kennedy, Jr. In addition, Archer believes his father's nickname was Black Jack, which was the name of the horse who appeared at JFK's funeral as a symbol of a fallen leader.
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- Cheryl: I'm sorry Krieger, but it's over. So here's all your Creedence Clearwater albums back. Krieger: And now, a sad moon is on the rise. Creedence Clearwater Revival was an American rock band from the 1960s and 70s. One of their hit songs was "Bad Moon Rising".
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- Lana: (to Pam, after agreeing to have sex with her) I'm gonna pretend you're Alex Karras.
  Alex Karras is a former football player who was on the Detroit Lions in the 1960s, and also played the adoptive father on the 1980s sitcom Webster. Presumably, Lana is implying that Pam's build is similar enough to that of a male football player.
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- (Malory posing with her bare leg on the desk)
  Cyril: Ms. Archer, you're trying to seduce me... aren't you?
  
  The scene and Cyril's line are references to the 1967 film The Graduate. In it, an older woman named Mrs. Robinson seduces a young recent college graduate into an affair.
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- Cyril: (sitting on the toilet loading a gun) 7-6-2 millimeter, full, metal, jacket.
  This line, intonation, and the setting of the scene are a direct reference to the film Full Metal Jacket when Private Pyle goes crazy during basic training.
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- Malory pulls a gun from under the book Greenmantle by John Buchan, which is about a man in British intelligence in WW1. According to Archer creator Adam Reed, Greenmantle was one of his inspirations for the show.
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