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Let 'Em Eat Cake (1)

Episode Number: 22    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Sunday June 6, 2004    Prod Code: 1AJD21
In the first season finale, George Sr. has a heart attack, and Maeby is jealous when George Michael likes another girl. Meanwhile, Lindsay decides to leave Tobias until a book he wrote a long time ago becomes a gay bestseller, and Buster and Annyong compete over women.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Mitchell Hurwitz, Jim Vallely
Director: Paul Feig
Star: Jeffrey Tambor (George Bluth Sr. / Oscar Bluth),  Portia de Rossi (Lindsay Bluth Fünke),  David Cross (Tobias Fünke),  Ron Howard (Narrator),  Jason Bateman (Michael Bluth),  Jessica Walter (Lucille Bluth),  Will Arnett (George "Gob" Bluth II),  Michael Cera (George Michael Bluth),  Alia Shawkat (Mae "Maeby" Fünke),  Tony Hale (Byron "Buster" Bluth)
Recurring Role: Henry Winkler (Barry Zuckerkorn),  John Beard (Himself),  Justin Lee (Annyong Bluth)
Guest Star: Judy Greer (Kitty),  Stacey Grenrock-Woods (Trisha Thoon),  Matt Walsh (The D.A.),  Alessandra Toreson (Ann),  Ian Roberts (The Literal Doctor)

Notes

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This episode received the 2005 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series. (edit)
Kitty accidentally dipped her new breast (see 1-18 "Missing Kitty) into her coffee, staining her shirt. (edit)
The gay French-named bookstore where The Man Inside Me is given a prominent display is named the Livres aux Folles (Books of a Feather). (edit)
Incorrectly titled "Let Them Eat Cake" in the Season One DVD set. (edit)
Tobias' book reading schedule (seen just before he gives his book reading) is for the following dates: Saturday, Sunday, Here, There, Another Place, Another Time, Everywhere, Monday, Monthly. (edit)

Quotes

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Gob: Don't you worry. It'll take a lot more than a heart attack to kill that old bear. (starts sobbing) Old bear! He likes the honey! He never got a chance to see my bee business take off.
Michael: C'mon now. Dad's gonna be around another thirty years, Gob. Your business, uh, might not.
Gob: You're a good brother, Michael. Heart attack never stopped old big bear! (edit)
Gob: I’m in charge now. I speak for this family. I mean ... I could if you wanted me to. I’d rather not, obviously. Don’t know what I’d say. Why do I have to be the one? I don’t need this. Why does this have to become my problem? No, I’m out. Forget it. Find somebody else. I’m sick of it. I’m sick of doing everything for this family. (edit)
Gob: The zero hour, Michael. It's the end of the line. I'm the firstborn. Sick of playing second fiddle. Always third in line for everything. Tired of finishing fourth. Being the fifth wheel. There are six things I'm mad about, and I'm taking over. (edit)
Gob: Oh. Good. Well, I’ll start my own business. How hard can it be? (Buzzes) Bzz! We’ll see who brings in more honey. (Buzzes and walks off)
Michael: He's thinking about bees again. (edit)
Lindsay: Is that a shot at me?
Gob: Probably.
Lindsay: Because, for your information, I have a job.
Michael: Really? What kind of job?
Lindsay: Beads!
Gob: Bees?!
Lindsay: Beads.
Gob: Beads?!
Michael: Gob's not on board. (edit)

Trivia

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The "customers who bought this book also bought" section of Amazon's page for Tobias' The Man Inside Me includes Tobias' Families With Low Self-Esteem video, George Sr.'s Caged Wisdom, a Girls With Low Self Esteem video, and The
Low-Carb Gay, Bi, and Transgender Diet
, listed as authored by B. Zuckerkorn. (edit)

Allusions

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Let 'Em Eat Cake

"Let Them Eat Cake" is the usual translation of Marie Antoinette's response during the height of a bread shortage in Paris. She is (incorrectly) quoted as joking, "If they have no bread, then let them eat cake!" ("S’ils n’ont plus de pain, qu'ils mangent de la brioche."). Marie Antoinette was the wife of the French King Louis XVI and was executed publicly during the French Revolution. (edit)
Livres aux Folles

The gay French-named bookstore where The Man Inside Me is given a prominent display is probably named after the French movie "La Cage aux Folles" (1978) - a very famous gay movie.
"The Birdcage" is the American remake of that movie. (edit)
n/a: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The registered nurse on duty at the hospital is named Ratched, like the infamous antagonist from the 1975 Best Picture-winning movie and the Ken Kesey novel it was based on. (edit)
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Let 'Em Eat Cake (1)
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George Sr flees the country while Michael and son flees the city
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Let 'Em Eat Cake (1)
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A climax to end the first season
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