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Marta ComplexEpisode Number: 12 Season Num: 1 First Aired: Sunday February 8, 2004 Prod Code: 1AJD11 |
When Lucille throws an anniversary party for Tobias and Lindsay on Valentine's Day, Michael gives an impassioned speech about love. This makes Marta realize she has feelings for him and Lindsay realize she wants a divorce. Meanwhile, Buster decides to move out of the penthouse and Lucille revels in living alone for the first time.
| Writer: | John Levenstein, Jim Vallely |
| Director: | Joe Russo (I) |
| 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: | BW Gonzalez (Lupe), Liza Minnelli (Lucille Austero), Patricia Velasquez (Marta) |
| Guest Star: | Marco Pelaez (Marco), Oliver Patrick Sandino (Amable), Casey Sandino (Cortesio), Carlos Albert (Diego), Carl Weathers (Himself) |
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There is the first indication that Maeby might not be George Michael's biological cousin, a concept that would come up several more times over the span of the series.
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Some of the candy hearts in the dish that George Michael picks through irregularly read “Dress Up,” “Vogue” and “Guess Again.”
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Although it doesn’t yet officially recognize Never Nudism, the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 4) does recognize Neuroleptic-Induced Parkinsonism, Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome and Nicotine Withdrawal.
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Buster "realized Marta was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen." Michael had that exact revelation in "Key Decisions."
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In the scene in which Buster tells Gob that 'hermano' means brother in Spanish, the refrigerator can be seen. On it, being held up by one magnet, are both George Michael's A- and a note saying "I finished the milk." These are both references to "Pier Pressure."
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Tobias: No, no, no, there’s a shower scene? I have to be nude?
Carl Weathers: Hey, you don’t shower with your clothes on, now, do you? (edit) Marta: Well, as you said, finding out who you really are, it can be painful, but you can’t live a lie.
Michael: No, I can’t, but some people find a way to make that work. (edit) Tobias: 14 years of lies. Yes, I’m the doctor. The perfect husband. The big manly man. The big strong daddy. Do you know the last time that I made love to my wife?
George Michael: No.
Tobias: I’ll tell you when.
George Michael: No, don’t. (edit) Gob: I’m gonna speak very carefully in case she’s with you.
Michael: You’re right.
Gob: Right about what? She’s there? What’s going on? Who’s with you? If it’s Marta, say “nobody.”
Michael: Nobody.
Gob: Well, now I don’t know what’s going on! (edit) Narrator: And suddenly Buster realized Marta was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.
Buster: I’ve been dating an old lady. (edit)
Carl Weathers: Hey, you don’t shower with your clothes on, now, do you? (edit) Marta: Well, as you said, finding out who you really are, it can be painful, but you can’t live a lie.
Michael: No, I can’t, but some people find a way to make that work. (edit) Tobias: 14 years of lies. Yes, I’m the doctor. The perfect husband. The big manly man. The big strong daddy. Do you know the last time that I made love to my wife?
George Michael: No.
Tobias: I’ll tell you when.
George Michael: No, don’t. (edit) Gob: I’m gonna speak very carefully in case she’s with you.
Michael: You’re right.
Gob: Right about what? She’s there? What’s going on? Who’s with you? If it’s Marta, say “nobody.”
Michael: Nobody.
Gob: Well, now I don’t know what’s going on! (edit) Narrator: And suddenly Buster realized Marta was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.
Buster: I’ve been dating an old lady. (edit)
Response to above goof about Bruno. Seems to me that George Sr. is pretty buddy buddy with the guards and Bruno is probably the nickname of the guard.
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George Sr. asks a prison guard named Bruno if the hole is available, yet this specific guard's uniform says "C. Smith".
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Lucille: Lucille! Guess who's coming to dinner!
Lucille's comment about Carl Weathers is a reference to the 1967 classic in which, a young woman brings home a black fiance. (edit)
Lucille's comment about Carl Weathers is a reference to the 1967 classic in which, a young woman brings home a black fiance. (edit)
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