To begin this episode, Malory is in the middle of a discussion about food with the crew. For an unknown reason, she does not want pickled foods in the fridge anymore.
After this initial discussion, Slater introduces the company’s newest mission: to take down the Durhani royal family.
Fahad Fawaz, prince of Durhan recently accepted an internship on Wall Street and is on the search for a new residence.
It’s been arranged for him to tour the Tunt Manor, Cheryl’s home. It’s a fake market listing to lure the prince nearby.
Slater’s plan is to steal Fawaz’s data by distracting his mother and bodyguards so he can tranquilize him, retrieve the data and leave before he wakes up unaware of what happened.
Krieger expresses his skepticism on how well the plan to tranquilize him will work, and in turn Slater tranquilizes him. When Krieger comes to a few moments later he exclaims, “Damn you all to hell!”
When the gang arrives at the mansion, their respective roles are decided.
Cheryl will act as the real estate agent and show the prince and his mother Yasmin around the property.
Archer and Cyril are dressed as butlers and Archer dons a noticeably fake moustache, but somehow it works.
Ray is dressed in camo and wears facepaint as he will be in the plan conservatory.
Pam and Lana are wearing traditional maid outfits.
While Cheryl is showing the family around, Archer and Pam run into each other and Pam asks about the status of he and Lana’s relationship after he makes a sexual comment about Yasmin.
As he begins explaining his thoughts on the situation, he suddenly questions why he’s choosing to tell Pam of all people this.
“Oh, my god. Pam, I think you’re my best friend,” Archer says.
In an attempt to make Archer jealous, Cyril tells Archer of Lana’s plan to seduce Fawaz, a remark in which Archer punches him in the face for and runs off to locate Lana.
While on the tour, Pam tries to convince Yasmin to come upstairs with her while Lana convinces Fawaz to “take the scenic route” with her.
Archer goes to the stakeout room which houses all of the camera screens Slater had Krieger place in the house and finds where Lana is.
He tranquilizes Krieger again as well as Slater and then destroys all of the screens in a fit of rage.
During all of this, Ray is trapped in the conservatory fighting what looks like a venus fly trap on steroids, which he loses an arm to.
When Slater and Krieger wake back up, they find the wreckage of Archer’s fit and notice the tranquilizer is missing.
Meanwhile Lana is lying on a bed in lingerie in one of the numerous bedrooms in the mansion when Fawaz enters and immediately gets nervous.
As Lana and Fawaz are talking, he collapses onto the floor and Lana thinks she gave him a stroke, but it turns out Archer tranquilized him.
Archer is surprised by her appearance, and an argument erupts between the two about who’s not over who, which ends with them making out and Fawaz waking up and Yasmin and the rest of the gang entering.
Archer tranquilizes Fawaz again and includes Yasmin this time too.
As the guards are heard coming up the stairs, the gang exits through the secret passage that runs through the mansion.
Wishing to continue their moment of passion, Archer and Lana encourage everyone to leave without them so they can be alone.
Unknown to them, Krieger watches them on the screen in the camera room.
When the gang is all back together in the office, Malory grills them all for screwing up, as usual, on the mission.
Archer ends the episode with his class humor, saying, “I think Ray deserves a hand.”
‘Archer’ – Season 6 Episode 9 – ‘Pocket Listening’ – Recap
By Ashlyn Rollins
March 6, 2015
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