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Arrested Development: Forget Me Now

 

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9.2 Superb
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Air Date

Monday October 3, 2005

Production Code

3AJD03

Episode Summary

Michael tries to hide Rita from his family with disastrous results; Lindsay waits hand and foot on the Bluths' new lawyer; George attempts escaping via balloons; Tobias tries to help Buster gain some self-confidence; George Michael confronts Steve Holt about Maeby.

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    10 Perfect

    Best part of this show.. hide show

    Who would have thought that analyis and therapist would have been put together to make "analrapist". I thought this series definately made the highlight of the whole show. All 3 seasons are funny, but this one definately took the cake for this. It's just so wrong to look at his business card. Tobias Funke (Funky) Analrapist. Found a shirt online that had the business card, but had a few people who had never seen Arrested Development before and they just give me funny looks :D Actually, I'm going to go rewatch this episode right now, just to watch that scene.

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    10 Perfect

    soooo funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hide show

    this one is soo funny bob lob law (bob-bla-bla) well his name is funny anyway.and tobis and gob r oo funny atually everyone is fnny on the show thats why i like it so much not only one person is funny everyone is!!! and rita is crazy was is with her!!!!!!!!!!!!! they sould really come back with the show same writers and cast please!!!!!! fox thats your only goood show and you took it off!!! yo really messed up now abc is on top!

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    8.9 Great

    Analrapist? hide show

    It seems to me that any self-respecting psychiatrist wouldn't have taken quite so long to get to work on little Buster, but it seems the good Dr. Funke is quite as up on things as most, so it is only now that he gets around to "analraping" the youngest of the Bluth siblings. Standing up to Lucille is a good start; once he's tackled that he can work on functioning in any sort of social setting and not being mentally handicapped. Those might take a little longer.

    It's nice to see that Michael can keep a girlfriend longer than one episode, particularly when that someone is as lovely as Charlize Theron. I see this relationship going somewhere wonderful, if his family doesn't overdose her on rufies first.

    And kudos to whoever thought of having George Sr. communicate via surrogate, and a big hand for casting Bob Einstein in role. It is yet another instance of Arrested Development demonstrating its complete mastery of comic timing.

    Bonus: the American-themed British restaurant? Genius.

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    9.9 Superb

    There may be reason behind not introducing Rita to the Bluths hide show

    The best of season three so far, Forget Me Now has Michael’s brilliant plan of stating that he doesn’t have a family, though Rita knows this to be false, though still doesn’t remember after meeting the family since she was drugged and beaten by the Bluths, a fact that surprisingly didn’t go down well with Michael.

    Michael actually explaining the title of the show was a very funny moment, especially when the Narrator makes it more obvious by saying “That’s the name of the show!”

    The “Next time” scene was classic, Gob simply saying “I will” and making it incredibly funny, making it a great end to a hilarious episode.

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    10 Perfect

    God bless this show, it's even funnier now than it ever was before. hide show

    This has to be a candidate for the best episode of Arrested Development EVER. The entire cast is so damn good, but if I had to pick a favorite, it'd be Will "Gob" Arnett. His work in this episode may represent a series high, from his leering delivery of "We're nice!" to his final scene, as he drugs himself with a Forget-Me-Now so that he won't remember his Very Special Father/Son Moment with Steve Holt (STEVE HOLT!). Simply put, this is easily the funniest show on TV.

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  • Wee Britain's only American-themed restaurant is called Fat Americans, and their over-sized doggie bags read, "I'm still eating at Fat Americans." []
  • In one scene, George Sr. is eating an ice cream sandwich while laying on a bed and watching a man in a chair tied wtih balloons on television. The scene quickly cuts to the Larry, the surrogate. When it cuts right back to George Sr., he's no longer is eating the ice cream sandwich and a Laptop is in front of him. []
  • The seal on Rita's back had a yellow bow tie, the same color tie as the one that bit off Busters hand. []
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  • The game George Senior is watching in the first scene is a Missouri Valley Conference baseball game between Creighton University and Wichita State University.

    It is somewhat strange that George Senior would be watching a game between two mid-major baseball teams out of Wichita and Omaha given that there would really be no reason for this game to be aired or even cared about in Orange County, California. []
  • The phrase "forget me now's" are roofies. This is referenced several times (both in the past and present) when a character needed to be knocked out. []
  • Buster: I have so many people to thank.
    Upon receiving his medal, Buster pulls out index cards from his breast pocket. Though upside-down, the top card reads: And most of all Mother (choked up). []
More Notes
  • Buster: Tobias was just analraping me. Then, Michael barged in and kicked us out so we could shred all the evidence. []
  • Gob: Buster knocked her out; I only gave her the roofie! []
  • Lucille: It's probably because a seal bit off his hand. The army has taken to giving medals for being food. []
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Allusions

  • Among the film scripts that Maeby is reading is one titled "Losing It!" by Judd Apacow. In red ink, it is crossed out and retitled "The 14-Year-Old Virgin." This is likely a nod to Judd Apatow, a writer and producer of the film, "The 40-Year-Old Virgin." []
  • Wee Britain is more than likely a reference to the show Little Britain. []
  • Scott Baio (Bob Loblaw) is the third Happy Days alum to work on Arrested Development, after Ron Howard and Henry Winkler. []
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