Espionage

Archer – 30 for 30

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  • Title: Archer – 30 for 30
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Completing the two-part season premiere, “30 for 30” continues to play on the rivalry between Archer (H. Jon Benjamin) and Zara Khan (Natalie Dew) as they compete to take down members of Vanguard in their secret base. Although eventually Lana (Aisha Tyler) arrives for support, after a chaotic consumer airline trip involving Cheryl (Judy Greer) and Cyril (Chris Parnell), the success of the mission falls on Archer, Zara, Ray (Adam Reed), and Pam (Amber Nash) who must race out of the secret base after the Vanguard’s leader is killed. Plenty of wacky and chaotic fun ending with Zara getting the upper hand with Archer and joining the Agency.

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Archer – The Anglerfish Stratagem

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  • Title: Archer – The Anglerfish Stratagem
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Archer returns for its fourteenth season with a fun season premiere sending Archer (H. Jon Benjamin), Ray (Adam Reed), and Pam (Amber Nash) to Paris to assist with an Interpol case to take down an organization of jewel thieves known as the Vanguard. Archer is immediately suspicious of Zara Khan (Natalie Dew) whose methods of using them to help perform two robberies of her own lead him to believe she will no doubt turn on them given the first opportunity. Let’s just say he’s had worse hunches.

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Citadel – Infinite Shadows

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  • Title: Citadel – Infinite Shadows
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The theme of trust and secrets slowly being revealed makes up the majority of Citadel’s third episode. “Infinite Shadows” offers a flashback into the first meeting between Mason Kane (Richard Madden) and Nadia (Priyanka Chopra Jonas) on a mission in the Alborz Mountains to retrieve a deadly virus a decade ago. Now ten years later, in one of Citadel’s former safehouses, the questions of trust the spies asked each other years ago are as relevant today as they were then. Meanwhile, Manticore tortures Bernard Orlick (Stanley Tucci) for information and access into Citadel technology. 

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Scarecrow and Mrs. King – The ACM Kid

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  • Title: Scarecrow and Mrs. King – The ACM Kid
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Wayback Wednesday takes us to 80s Washington, D.C. and the unusual partnership between a housewife and a spy. Witnessing a kidnapping and the gunning down of an agent by spies, Lee (Bruce Boxleitner) discovers a single witness to the crime in the kidnapped couple’s teenage son Aleksei (Meeno Peluce). However, Aleksei proves difficult to control. Soon in over his head with the boy, who neither he nor the agency know is the wiz kid the spies were after this entire time to break into the computers of a secure facility involved in the launch of a new satellite, Scarecrow enlists Amanda (Kate Jackson) for help.

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Citadel – Spies Appear in Night Time

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  • Title: Citadel – Spies Appear in Night Time
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Where the show’s first episode introduced us to the world of Citadel and Manticore, the second episode fills in some important gaps. First, we learn the reason for Mason Kane (Richard Madden) as both he and his partner Nadia (Priyanka Chopra Jonas) had their memories wiped automatically when Citadel fell. Luckily for them, there are backup memories which can fill them back. After retrieving the case, which has both the memories and other intelligence Manticore is after, Mason goes in search of Nadia. Turns out even without his memories, Mason still makes a pretty good spy. Unfortunately for him, his memories are lost but Nadia is able to activate hers before the pair of them are wiped out by one of the Manticore twins.

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