Arrested Development

It was Sunday morning and Michael was busy making Cornballs, a Bluth family favorite since George Sr. unsuccessfully tried to market the product in the late '70s. Unsuccessfully because without fail, the hot oil burned whoever was making the Cornballs. George Michael came down and Michael eagerly discussed their Sunday bike ride, but George Michael wasn't so keen on going.

Gob trots in, fresh from another fight with Marta, the Spanish language soap star who is his sometimes girlfriend. Gob will be staying with Michael for awhile but doesn't get the high five he was looking for on that one. Lindsay says that's because Michael feels bad for suffocating his son. Teenagers need to roam free! Speaking of teenagers, Tobias finds out that his daughter Maeby is auditioning for the school play. Tobias believes that Maeby is reaching out toward her actor father, when in fact she's reaching out to a boy at school named Steve Holt. Coincidentally, George Michael is also trying out for the play to get the chance to kiss his cousin.

Worried his son was slipping away, Michael bought him a new bike. Worried that he might never slip away, Lucille was beginning to resent Buster's constant presence. With funds at a low, his studies were permanently on hold, meaning he was around the house an awful lot. Lucille calls Michael and chides him for not spending more time with his brother. Give Buster a job at the company or something.

At school, Tobias drops in on a horrified Maeby. Who is even more horrified when it's revealed that Tobias is the play's new director. Tobias himself is horrified by the lack of chemistry between George Michael and Maeby and thinks he has hit upon something. George Michael is gay. In a stroke of genius, Tobias gives George Michael Steve's role, and gives Steve Maeby's role of Beatrice.

Michael drops by to visit his father to see what to do about his son and realizes he has to let his kid go. Michael then tries to adjust to less time with George Michael by spending more time with Buster. That ends poorly when Buster crashes his bike.

Frustrated by Tobias' direction, George Michael quits the play. Which Tobias salvages by casting Maeby as the lead male opposite Steve Holt as the lead female. Over at Bluth Co., Lucille caught word from Lindsay that Buster said she was withholding and barges into the office to take Buster back home. She then advises Michael to hold tight to his son like she does with Buster, but he decided to take a more restrained tack.

In the end, Maeby discovered she didn't like kissing Steve Holt, and Michael returned home to find a contrite George Michael ready to Cornball with his old man. Naturally, the hot oil burns Michael.