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So...when you say her Irish accent is the worst, are we talking, like, David Boreanaz the worst? Or maybe more of a Johnny Depp bad? Just curious.

Also, any list that includes Emma Peel is fine by me!

Tell the truth. You watch Archer, you just put that bit in about not watching it to Troll the Pajibans. Well played Joanna, well played.

you dont watch archer??? RAAAAAAAAMPAGE!!!

I was in love with "The Americans" and then Kerri Russel met a local security guard while almost causing nuclear winter. The it was obvious this might be the strongest 1st season I've seen in quite a while.

I hope there is a twist at the end of season 1, where history changes, and the Russians start winning ala "Red Dawn". Why not?

wait, what;s bad about adam baldwin? i thought he wasn;t related to the crazy baldwin brothers....

No Ros Meyers from Spooks = LIST VOID.

Agreed. This list is dead to me.

I love "Archer" and I love all of you for the "Archer" quotes.
Or maybe that's just the scotch talking.

Notable omissions:

Robert Vaughn/David McCallum, "Man From U.N.C.L.E." Is there a better spy name than Napoleon Solo?

Peter Graves, "Mission: Impossible"

Pandering, I say! I feel like the Lucas North character was a weak spot in 'Spooks', despite the specific and substantial charisma of Mr Armitage. The two strongest were those portrayed by Hermione Norris (even though Roz was often annoyingly nihilistic) and Matthew MacFayden. They were still at least somewhat aligned with the human race and believable, which made the stakes higher. It's what made the first few seasons breathless.

Plus Matthew Macfadyen took his shirt off sometimes.

Man from UNCLE? Peter Phelps from Mission: Impossible? The Middleman and Wendy Watson? Torchwood?

I would not have torched you for excluding Spooks altogether. I've seen seven seasons of that show. None of them are good, and most of them are shit (although some of the acting is alright).

"John Casey — “Chuck”: John Casey was so delightful he made me want to forget everything I knew about Adam Baldwin. "
I know, right?

Archer and The Avengers will always been 1 and 2.

No Kale Ingram from Rubicon?

Or Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin from The Man From U.N.C.L.E?

Or Steve Austin from The Six Million Dollar Man?

I don't think enough people watched Rubicon to know Kale Ingram. I loved it and would have watched a whole show about Kale going about his daily life. You could probably learn more about being a spy watching Kale pick up his dry cleaning than from 2 seasons of Michael Westen's voice over.

What? No Jim Caviezel as Ninja Jesus?

http://www.tvequals.com/wp-con...

God, I love this show. I gorged on the first season in just a few days and now I'm jonesing for the second season which unfortunately they don't stream online so I have to wait for the DVDs. ARGH!

It will be worth the wait. I can guarantee it.

I am surprised by the lack of Pamela Anderson as Vallery Irons in this lineup.

Garak the tailor, formerly of The Obsidian Order.

when i was young i really wanted to be john steed. classy dresser, great spy, witty and urbane and, undoubtedly, got to help mrs. peel in snd out of her catsuits.
um, i'm gonna be in my bunk...

Every picture of Yvonne Strahovski is sexy. She was incredible in Chuck, which I've been rewatching lately. I completely buy her being a spy (though not some of the outfits she fights in). Her and Zach Levi have incredible chemistry. I'm not sure how much range she has. But she should never be out of work.

Also, it's hard for a lefty like me to like Baldwin that much (his twitter feed was too much). He's basically Casey, minus being an actual spy (that we know of). So it's kind of incredible they were able to make Casey a likable character. In short, I really love Chuck. But I'm debating whether to buy and rewatch the final season. I don't remember it too fondly.

I also watched a lot of these two shows as a kid. I regret nothing.

Oh Bruce Boxleitner, you were so dreamy *sigh* I really liked Jan-Michael Vincent too but he started getting terminal squint by the time Airwolf aired.

Don't you know how to drive a stick?!

Old School

Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?

Joey, have you ever been in a Turkish prison?

Joey, have you ever seen a grown man naked?

Joey, you ever hang around a gymnasium?

"Well, what can you do with a comb and some tissue paper? "

I can make...a mean motherf*cking kazoo. Or possibly give someone a thoughtfully-wrapped gift of a comb. Or make like, six little plastic stick-man paratroopers. Or make a cat toy for a sick, neglected ocelot. It's like Meow-schwitz in there.

I think you are going to need cellophane for that Kazoo---tissue paper---not so much

No Lena Olin as Spy Mommy? She was the awesome. Way better than Vaughn.

You left out Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp. I loved him.

Wait, what bad things do you know about Adam Baldwin??

Apparently, after he joined twitter, people realized he was an overbearing right wing nut-job type, just like how seeing John Cusack on twitter exposed him as being obnoxious as all hell.

Oh. Well, that's bearable. As long as he doesn't come out with anything homophobic or xenophobic I can live with that.

Xenophobic? You decide.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-H...

"I may become your father in law, that's just fine, but I will not be used as a charming little anecdote you tell your friends at a cocktail party so they can see what a quaint, old fashioned guy Danny really is. Are we clear? Good. Then welcome to the family."

Oh Daddy Bristow, I miss you so.

Mr Keri Russell is strangely sexy.

Fiona is not a spy.

And Pam is the real badass of "Archer." And Keri Russell is awesome in "The Americans."

Pam's not really a spy either though. ;)

I somehow feel that Joanna has arrived at SXSW completely unprepared. I mean, Seth is inevitably going to accidentally kill a prostitute, and Joanna's going to say "but I thought you said she was a call girl" and when Dustin yells "dammit Joanna, once you kill them, they're all hookers" and she's not even going to get the joke. And I don't want her to feel like an outsider when she's helping the team dig a grave in the desert outside of Austin.

As long as they have a mini-fridge to bury her in, they don't need no stinkin' rugs.

(I am so going to regret this call-back because I'm the only one that remembers these kind of things. And where's L.O.V.E. when you need them?)

I'll bet she didn't even bring a rug.

And now i have to spend my first friday off in forever devising some bizarre punishment for you. So dont be surprised if you end up eating a bunch of spiderwebs.

Milk comes from Mexicans? Oh my God, what's cereal made from?

You know what not watching Archer does? It puts you in the danger zone!

you stole my comment! Call Kenny Loggins.

Kick-ass Kommie Keri has been an excellent surprise.

You don't watch Archer? What the Sh*t Lana??!?!?

Lana: PLEASE tell me that's a smoke grenade.

Archer: Okay. (long pause) It's not, though.

Archer's pauses are a work of art in their own

Mallory: Swear to God, you people make me want to pump nerve gas through the vents.
Krieger: Just say the word.

I wish Krieger and Dr. Spaceman could do a buddy movie. With Krieger animated and Dr. Spaceman live.

"Science is whatever we want it to be." - Leo Spaceman

Pam: And that's the reason I never have sex with my coworkers. That... and no one ever lets me.
Krieger: I've had good results with ether.

Cyril: How did you know where I was?
Lana: When we first started going out, I may have... injected a tracking device into your body.
Cyril: In my body?
Lana: Baby? Hon?
Cyril: No, no, now that is a breach of trust, Lana.
Lana: Do you really want to open this can of trust-breachy worms right after I just caught you and my ex-boyfriend with a dead hooker in the trunk?
Cyril: I do not.
Lana: You do not.

Thank you, all, for the Archer quotes. Brilliant. Love Archer...too much.

My pleasure. I've just been rewatching the series. It's consistently hilarious and clever.

Cyril: When would you use an underwear gun?
Archer: Hopefully never. But say you're in a Caribbean bungalow, and you're kind of high, an exotic woman on the bed. Now is she just the high-priced whore you asked for? Or is she an... assassin?
Cyril: I don't know.
Archer: Oh, here's room service. Who ordered champagne?
Cyril: Ah. How should I know?
Archer: Exactly. You're baked. You can't remember. But since when does it take three huge surly Jamaican guys to deliver one bottle of champagne?
Cyril: Ohhh. Because they're assassins too?
Archer: Or... maybe one guy's a new waiter. The second one's training him, and the third's from maintenance, finally off his lazy ass to fix the A.C.
Cyril: Oh, yeah. I guess that could happen.
Archer: Point is, you come out of the john waving this around... no one's gonna bug you for a tip.

Just the tip?

Phrasing!

Sterling: If you don't want to see two robots smashing each other with cop cars and shit as they fight each other through the streets of Manhattan...
Krieger: Stop. My penis can only get so erect.

I am always disappointed when the HR ladies at my job are not Pam.

I'd yell at you for not watching Archer, but I'm really hungry and tired. All I've had today are like six gummy bears and some scotch.

Archer: For I am a sinner in the hands of an angry God. Bloody Mary, full of vodka, blessed are you among cocktails. Pray for me now and at the hour of my death, which I hope is soon. Amen.

Did you have an after-meal whore with those gummy bears?

I still get emotional whenever I see a picture of Jack Bristow. And everytime he chooses to sink with the Titanic my heart shatters into a million pieces. I also refuse to see movies where he plays the bad guy. JACK.BRISTOW.IS.NOT.THE.BAD.GUY.

NOT EVER.

At first, he was just badass, but then Spy Mommy showed up and he suddenly became sexy and I didn't know what to do with all my feelings. And Spy Mommy was hella sexy too. And then Isabella Rossellini showed up. And then Sydney wore the red lingerie. And Vaughn took off his shirt. Well...it was a difficult time for me is what I'm saying.

The fact you don't see Archer confuses, astounds and worries me. Archer is the cure for just about any ailment you may be suffering from.

"Dammit Lupe! This is America! It's implied!"

"I have to go, but if I find one dog hair when I come back, I'll rub sand into your dead little eyes. I also need you to buy sand. I don't know if they grade it, but... coarse." - Archer

This is my favorite. And when he rips the black turtleneck. Now I have to go watch the pilot again.

Associating MacGyver with anything before duct tape make me think you're a Russian sleeper agent...

Tissues? please