Explain Isis (the terrorist group) to me as if you were Sterling Archer (Agent of I.S.I.S.) and I was Isis (ancient Egyptian goddess of health, marriage, and wisdom).

Original Post by u/BluesTenorSax

INT. MALORY'S OFFICE. MALORY, STERLING, LANA, CYRIL, RAY, PAM, CHERYL, and KRIEGER are gathered around.

STERLING: Mother, what is so goddamn important that you had to call us in on a Sunday!?

MALORY: Me? What is so goddamn important that you prioritize it over your job, mister?

STERLING: I ... wait, is that a real question?

MALORY: I don't want to be here any more than you do. Ron and I were supposed to attend a charity benefit at the Met.

LANA: What charity?

MALORY: Oh who knows, they're all the same. But Trudy Beekman...

EVERYONE sighs. They've all heard this story before.

PAM: Why is it always about Trudy Beekman? Just because that old bag does something doesn't mean you have to one-up her.

CHERYL: Yeah, if Trudy Beekman jumped off of a bridge, would you?

MALORY: (Coldly) No, I'd just watch her fall into the icy depth with a coy smile.

EVERYONE gasps. The room is taken aback

RAY: Jesus Christ!

STERLING: I know, right? And you guys wonder why I have trust issues. Maybe because I was breastfed by Jordan Graham.

A beat of silence. Nobody understands the reference.

STERLING: Really? Am I the only one who reads the paper?

LANA: Anyway, mind telling us why we're here?

MALORY: Yes.

She cues up their mission on the large TV screen behind her.

MALORY: This is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. He is the supreme leader of ISIS.

CHERYL: Is that your boss?

MALORY: What?

PAM: I always thought you ran the show around here.

RAY: She does, but the vodka runs her.

MALORY: Shut up. No, ISIS is a militant Islamic faction...

STERLING: Wait, are we Muslim? Because this place is, like, 80% booze and sodomy.

PAM: And pork.

KRIEGER: Aww, Pigley...

MALORY: It's a different ISIS!

CYRIL: Yeah, guys. Like how PDA can mean "Personal Digital Assistant" or "Public Display of Affection."

STERLING: Or in your case, "Please Die, Asswipe."

LANA: Jesus...

STERLING: You're right. Mean enough, but not clever. Come back to me. I'll totally have one.

MALORY: Good God. We are ISIS, the spy agency, and they are ISIS, an exceedingly violent group fighting to create an Islamist state in the middle east. There's a bounty on al-Baghdadi and I'm collecting it.

RAY: Sooooo, you're not even gonna pretend that you'll share it with us for going on a suicide mission to Iraq?

MALORY: Why, so you can spend it all on club drugs and a bunch of hairless Puerto Rican men?

RAY: Hey! ...That actually sounds pretty fantastic.

PAM: Yeah it does.

MALORY: Ugh. Just stop talking. Everyone. I need you all to find a way to take down ISIS.

CYRIL: I think your son's drinking has been doing that for years.

STERLING: And I've already shot Brett like ten times. What more can I do?

MALORY: No! Dammit! Not us! Them!

PAM: Are we USIS and they're THEMSIS?

KRIEGER: No, I think they're ISIS too.

CHERYL: The call is coming from inside the house!

MALORY: What is with you people? Do you need flash cards or something!?

STERLING: Proud Dick Accepter!

EVERYONE turns to him. He looks at Cyril.

STERLING: Because you're gay. And you proudly accept dicks with your body ... you dick.

OPENING CREDITS

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