If your parenthetical reference to 4 women isn't paying homage to Lana's status as a quadroon, then shame on you.  If it is, props on the subtlety. 

Beautiful.

Archer has always paid homage to Reed's other work, but I got an intense Frisky Dingo vibe from this episode more than any other previous one, for exactly the reason you point out: the cartoonishness of it all.  Prior to this episode, it felt like the plots and the gags were in a good equilibrium.  This episode felt…

Along those same lines, Ironsides' delivery of "No one care, Figgis. You're only invited to round out the numbers," deserves a nod.  Everyone else was playing over the top stereotypes, but Ray was committed to the character . . . well after the cop left.

I'd still categorize Louis as comedy, but of a very different sort.  I have no idea how to analyze why Archer fans seem to be Louis fans for that very reason, other than to speculate that they might both tap into a sense of humor that craves something out of the mainstream.

Pod 6 is jerks.

"Does that set a high bar for the show going forward? Of course it does."

Caravan, He was not referring to any conflict between MNF and the show, he was drawing attention to the fact that during every playoff game Fox aired they advertised the show at each commercial break,  by live reads, by pop-up animations, and sometime by quick spots during passing plays during the few seconds the ball…

I don't know what a pint is, but I think he loses about 8 gills a week