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Arrested Development

Righteous Brothers

Season 2, Episode 18, Aired Apr 17, 2005

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Gob hides George Sr. while the model home's plumbing is checked; George Michael helps Ann protest Maeby's new movie; Tobias takes a liking to Kitty after Michael asks him to keep an eye on her.

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Andy Samberg

Stage Manager
GUEST STAR
Rob Huebel

Dave Williams
CAMEO
Marc Cherry

himself

Jeffrey Tambor

George Bluth Sr.; Oscar Bluth (season 2+)
Portia de Rossi

Lindsay Bluth Fünke
David Cross

Tobias Fünke
Ron Howard

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Jason Bateman

Michael Bluth
Jessica Walter

Lucille Bluth

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How much can you cram into twenty minutes?

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By francklloyd, Dec 11, 2007

Over the years sitcoms have become shorter by a few minutes, but thank heavens for Arrested Development which gets the best out of its twenty minutes of fun. How many storylines are there in here? Come to think of it, how many different types of humour? On the one hand there is satire: it pokes fun at racism and political correctness, the law, the movie business and even religious fanaticism. And then there is the slapstick of Buster and Oscar, the absurd, surreal humour of Tobias, the gentle comedy of George Michael's predicament, the irony of the narrator, ... All of this whizzes by at breakneck speed, sometimes in scenes just a few minutes long. (This cannot have been a cheap show.) As such, you can watch it over and over again and discover new things. This must have been a labour of love or someone really worked too hard.moreless
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By jimbo_001, May 31, 2006

Franklin returns in this terrific season finale which is incredibly well written, especially the conflict between Gob and Michael about Gob's attempt at a CD, and the turns this episode make are very unexpected, such as George Sr performing a selfless act, turning himself in so that Michael and Gob learned about family, right before framing Oscar as himself and escaping, proving that brothers aren't always as important.

George Michael's dream finally comes true, making out with the cousin he's wanted to since the pilot, before Gob interrupts them with an all too literal statement "Dad's going to be crushed".

Overall, the episode's twists right up until the end are a fantastic way to end the season, George Sr secretly being a hypocrite while teaching a valuable lesson.moreless
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Michael gets arrested in a mixup, George manages to escape (once again), Oscar gets arrested when they believe he is George.

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By jackslevin, Oct 23, 2005

Excellent episode. This show always manages to entertain in the most interesting ways. The arrest of Michael and why it happened was absolutely classic. The sequence where we got to see how George made Oscar into himself was also absolutely classic. This episode shows how dumb the TV audiences are for not watching this show. This is the best bit of comedy out there and yet it draws miniscule ratings compared to Two and a Half Men, Desperate Housewives and even not so well rated shows like According to Jim and George Lopez. This episode truly sums up why Arrested Development is the best show on TV.moreless
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TRIVIA (7)
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- The narrator said "It was weird" to describe George Sr. and Gob's kiss, just like he did with Lindsay and Tobias' kiss in "My Hand to God".
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- The Ten Commandments have returned to the courthouse, even though we saw them being torn down.
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- When Michael is on the phone with his mother, a sign can be read saying "Attention: Do Not Ask The Guards For Change".
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- The Friday night movie is 'Soapdish', which George Sr. had said in "Queen for a Day" led to a knife fight.
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- George Michael first made the comment, "I like the way they think," about the French in "My Mother The Car" as he remembered the kissing cousins in Les cousins dangereux.
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- George Michael reprises the sad 'Christmas Time Is Here' song and walk from "Good Grief".
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- The song Gob sings, "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You," was Bryan Adams' biggest hit.
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QUOTES (10)
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- Michael: We're brothers. We shouldn't be fighting. We cannot afford to lose each other. Gob: I can't. I already lost a brother today. Michael: Franklin? Gob: Well, I didn't lose him. But he's all puckered and white. Michael: On the plus side, you can take him to lunch at the club now. Gob: That's the kind of joke he would have loved!
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- Gob: Oh, no. Gob: (as Franklin with English accent) You've ruined the act, Gob.
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- Gob: Great news! Dad wasn't crushed to death! Michael: Was there a risk of that?
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- Michael: Go ahead and tell Gob that I'll be telling the cops that it was him in the truck so he'll be joining me here. I've got a nice hard cot with his name on it. Lucille: You'd do that to your own brother? Michael: I said "cot".
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- Buster: (to Lucille) You lied to me! You said my father was my father, but my uncle is my father. My father is my uncle!
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- Gob: And guess what else ... Dad kissed me! Michael: How? He looked pretty unconscious in that picture. Gob: I didn't say he was totally into it!
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- Gob: Dad's gonna be crushed! George Michael: You don't have to tell him!
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- Oscar: (about his hair) Why won't it grow back!?
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- (Singing) Gob: It ain't easy being white. Franklin: It ain't easy being brown. Gob: All this pressure to be bright. Franklin: I got children all over town! Gob: Sometime ... (spoken) hey, where'd the guy go?
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- Marc Cherry: It's a satire!
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NOTES (10)
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- John Michael Higgins receives the "With" credit.
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- Judy Greer receives the "And" credit.
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- For this entire season, the show won the 2005 TCA (Television Critics Association) Award for "Outstanding Achievement in Comedy", and, it was nominated for the: -2005 Emmy Award for "Outstanding Comedy Series" and "Oustanding Casting for a Comedy Series". -2005 Teen Choice Award for "Choice V-Cast". -2005 TCA (Television Critics Association) Award for "Program of the Year". Plus, Jason Bateman ("Michael") won the 2005 Satellite Award for "Outstanding Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical", and was nominated for the 2005 TCA (Television Critics Association) Award for "Individual Achievement in Comedy".
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- This episode won the 2005 Emmy Award for "Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series". Also, Jeffrey Tambor was nominated for "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series" (also for "Burning Love").
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- Chuck Martin is the first member of the writing staff to direct an episode.
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- This episode had a parental advisory before it began, which simply read "Viewer discretion is advised."
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- Originally scheduled to air April 24, but moved to April 17 when it was announced that the show's episode order would be cut to 18 episodes.
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- The cutting down time of the movie is another reference of the series' season being cut short.
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- Marc Cherry created the ABC series, Desperate Housewives, and worked together with Mitch Hurwitz, Rich Rosenstock and John Levenstein as a writer on The Golden Girls.
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- Rating: 4.3/6
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ALLUSIONS (2)
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- Michael says he thought Gob wanted $5,000 for a Franklin mutual fund and not Franklin, which is referring to the fourth-largest U.S. mutual fund company, Franklin Resources.
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- Gob's CD with Franklin is titled "Franklin Comes Alive" which is an allusion to the album of Peter Frampton, "Frampton Comes Alive".
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