Monday November 7, 2005
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Michael must deal with a huge mole problem in order to salvage a major real estate deal with Japanese investors. In an effort to help Michael, Gob and Buster (Tony Hale) team up with George Sr.'s surrogate, Larry (guest star Bob Einstein), to devise a plan and save the deal, but their plan falls apart in a big way. Meanwhile, Tobias (David Cross) mistakes a CIA agent for a CAA agent and inadvertently betrays the family, and Michael makes Rita a proposal she can't refuse. Frankie Muniz makes a cameo as himself.
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A disappointing episode that shows the programme is losing its edge. Nothing can really surprise you anymore and when that element of surprise disappears, there is not that much left. The introduction of the English characters took away too much from the regular members of the Bluth family. Both Gob and Buster are underused. Tobias runs the risk of looking like a complete idiot, Lucille does little more than a cameo. At one time Michael was the sane center of the show, but love seems to have taken away his brain cells.
There are a few moments of brilliance. The joke of the boom showing just when the characters fear being bugged was both daring and original.
Nothing can save us but Gamera. hide show
Last week: The Godfather. This week: Japanese monster movies. Maybe snuff films are next on the list. Or a nice zombie story, those are always good for a chuckle.
I think this whole Tobias being a closet homosexual thing is being pushed to the breaking point. An "accidental" slip here or there is one thing, but staring at some guy's moles in the locker room? Come on now, Dr. Funke, you're not fooling anyone. Tobias being openly gay could even be kind of fun for the show. Perhaps he and Lindsay could both go after the same guy, or maybe Maebe (get it?) could make a movie about growing up with a gay father. What hasn't gotten old (yet) is the surrogate. There's so much potential for humor in that guy. If this is the end of Larry the surrogate, then I suppose it was a pretty good run. Now they just need to get rid of Rita before that joke gets stale. Although finding humor in the mentally handicapped is a pretty bold move, even for Arrested Development.
Also, giant mole + jetpack guy = greatness. The Japanese aren't as easy to offend as some people, but belittling such a cultural trademark as the giant monster films would most likely end whatever investment opportunity they were looking at.
All the plots combine at the end to make it an amazing episode. hide show
Everything comes together at the end of this episode, all of the plots combining into one, Tobias misunderstanding the concept of a “mole”, Michael telling George Michael about a present at the same time George Sr’s jetpack arrives, George Michael coming to the only plausible conclusion, Gob building a tiny town, believing that his father was helping and the Japanese investors arriving.
There are some excellent jokes in this episode such as Larry not doing sarcasm, Buster using the surrogate, Tobias’ mole suit and the mystery of the insider.
Overall, this is a very entertaining instalment of Arrested Development with a startling end of Michel proposing.
Proof that this is the greatest comedy to come out of America EVER. hide show
What a great episode. Michael begins to suspect that his english girlfriend is an insider trying to get dirt on the bluths... as we already expected. However the twist at the end made me look back at the last few episodes and realise how clever the show really is... and how dumb I was for missing the clues.
Tobias is enlisted to become a mole for the CIA, but again... being the dimwit hie is... he thinks he is auditioning for a part, and dresses up as a mole, while George Michael tries to build a jet pack, leading to an accidental Japanese fight over a model city that although a bit over the top... concluded the japanese transaction perfectly.
The end with Annyong was great... wish he appeared in the show more. I know there wasn't much to his character... except to annoy Buster and repeat that Annyong/ Hello joke every episode... but I still feel like theres something missing when he's not around.
Can't wait to see what happens when Michael find out Rita's secret... I love this show... why, why why must it end?
Does exactly what it says on the tin! hide show
This was a prime example of Arrested Development, probably the best american comedy at the moment. I really can't believe how americans can't be following this show? I think it may be a bit to smart and clever for them? Maybe they need a laughtrack going every 15 seconds to make it more popular. It sure is sad to hear this show is being cancelled, and hopefully some other network picks it up and turns it into a cult classic.
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