Arrested Development

Michael Bluth arrives home to find his mother in a state of agitation. She's concerned that Lucille Austero is making a power play by buying up shares of Bluth Co. Michael asks his son if he wants to put together the date basket he got after bidding on Sally Sitwell at the recent charity auction. Since he tried to deliver the basket to Sitwell industries and was told Sally wasn't in – even though he saw the back of somebody's blonde head in the conference room – he had decided to cancel their date. However, it was actually Stan trying on a new wig.

Tobias had received the same package but, wanting to make sure everything would be to Lindsay's liking, inadvertently used up his free body chocolate and hotel stays by checking them out. So Michael gave Tobias his basket. At the office, Gob tells Michael he thinks Lucille 2 is making a move with her shares because when he was at her place recently, somebody hung up when he answered the phone. The caller ID indicated that it was Stan Sitwell, who was also interested in Lucille 2. Michael begins to think that Sitwell and Lucille 2 are working on a business deal. Michael asks Lindsay to go over to Sitwell's company and see what she can find out.

Meanwhile, in the attic of the model home, George Sr. had gotten himself wedged underneath the furnace while chasing a sourball that had rolled out of his pocket. Eventually, Michael rescued him and mentioned his fears of Lucille 2. George Sr. realizes that the company needs money and suggests bringing in Jack Dorso. Jack Dorso was a friend of George Senior's father, who first achieved success in the '40s as part of the radio and film serial, Red McKibbon and Bullet, Nazi Hunters. The actor who played Red McKibbon was eventually arrested for his Communist sympathies, and Jack made one failed attempt at going solo as Bullet. After that, he opened a series of gyms, an idea that he stole from Red during a prison film. Jack annually performed feats of strength on his birthday, but sadly lost the use of his legs on his 70th birthday when he tried to squat 350 pounds. George Sr. warns Michael that Jack always wants something in return and told him to ask Lucille if she'd be willing to take another bullet for the family.

So the family gathered at Lucille's to solicit Uncle Jack, who wasn't really their uncle. Jack arrives, being carried by his muscular assistant, Dragon. So Michael made his request to Jack, who makes it fairly clear that if Michael set Jack up with Lindsay, he'd bail out the company. Michael, knowing that Lindsay was attracted to Dragon, set up a romantic weekend for Jack and Lindsay, who thought the romantic weekend was with Dragon, not Jack.

Buster, meanwhile, had decided to pursue Lucille 2 once more. So he and Gob decided to spy on Lucille and Sitwell. And when Maeby told Michael that Tobias had left with his romantic gift basket, he headed for the hotel to cut off Tobias. Seeing Jack, Dragon and Lindsay arriving, Michael took off on the romantic horseride with Tobias. So now, Michael, Tobias, Lindsay, Jack, Dragon, Buster, Gob, Lucille 2 and Stab Sitwell were all enjoying – to varying degrees – the getaway package at the hotel.

In the massage tent, Michael was trying to tell Tobias that Lindsay wouldn't be showing when Gob and Buster pounced in, announcing that they saw Lindsay with Jack and Dragon. Then the group jumped in on Lucille 2 and Sitwell. Realizing that Lucille and Stan were romantically entangled, not fiscally, Michael tried to stop his whole plan. Buster, upset that Gob was actually sleeping with Lucille 2, not spying on her for the company as he claimed, starting fighting Gob. And Lucille 2, upset at the family's tricks, decided that she would indeed now sell her shares.

On the next Arrested Development...

Uncle Jack buys the company, but makes some changes of his own; Tobias listens to a day's worth of his own words, to see what Michael was referring to, and he realizes there is something distinct about the way he speaks.