Geekssential #12: Archer

I’m a huge James Bond fan. I grew up watching Sean Connery and Roger Moore lend their unique styles to the character that is perhaps the greatest spy ever created. I’ve enjoyed film after film, and was thrilled when the reinvention of Bond as a brutal, realistic person rolled around with Daniel Craig’s debut.

But that doesn’t mean all my spies have to be serious. Case in point: Archer.

Sterling Archer is the top spy with ISIS, an elite intelligence organization run by his mother, Mallory. He’s...