Switch Hitter

Season 2, Episode 7, Aired
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The Bluth's rival development company hires Gob, who finds the company president a father figure, in preparation for the Bluth-Sitwell softball game; Lindsay hallucinates from taking anti-depressants.
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  • Like irony? This is your show.

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    By montaigne61, Aug 23, 2006 Report Abuse
    Irony. "The use of words to imply other, and usually the opposite of, their literal or intended meaning." Not coincidence, but real irony, just like those old Greek guys used to do. It's almost a forgotten art today, especially on the cultural wasteland that is broadcast television. And this show had it in spades; no wonder it was cancelled so long before its time. Observe: idiotic Gob, who makes a habit of embarassing the family, insists that, "no one makes a laughing stock of this family without my help!" What could Michael possible have said to top that? Nothing, that's what. So, the annual softball game between the Bluth and Sitwell companies is coming up. Stan Sitwell, an ostensibly kind and generous man, approaches Michael with a business deal, but George Sr. suspects that it's a ploy to find out their starting lineup. Soon, Gob leaves the Bluths to join the Sitwell company where he finds the father he never had in his new boss. But is Stan genuinely a kind, caring man, or is he simply taking manipulation to a higher level than the Bluths are capable of? He did win the softball game. Altough how much of that can be attributed Gob and how much to Teamocil is anyone's guess.moreless

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  • Bluth company softball game... more serious than you would think!

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    By jimbo_001, May 30, 2006 Report Abuse
    While this clearly isn't the best episode of the series, it is a very interesting one as the boys defy their father, even if it is over a softball game.

    Gob brings a lot to this episode in a very funny manner especially his version of sportsmanship, knocking players over and acting like a buffoon. Ann is also funny, her skills on the field not nearly as good as George Michael had talked her up.

    Maeby getting a fake job is a hilarious concept and a plot that is still valid today as she continues to work there.

    Overall, this episode has some hilarious moments but it isn't the best plot in the series.moreless

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    • Michael: Where's Sitwell? Gob: Sorry. I told him to screw off. But get this, he offered me a job. Michael: What? (flashback) Gob: Well, I'm not waiting on my brother. I pass. You look surprised. Sitwell: I'm sorry. I must've put it on too high. (fixes eyebrow) But you were right. It was a bad offer and you were smart enough not to take it. You got gumption. You speak your mind. That means you're good enough to work for me. Edit
    • (Sitwell is at the model home, talking with Michael about making one of the houses they build be affordable for a low-income underprivileged family; Gob is disgusted by this idea and is yelling at him:) Gob: One of this guy's eyebrows fell in the candy beans. Sitwell: I always carry a spare. Gob: Well, I hope you also carry a spare bowl of candy beans. Edit
    • (Michael has invited Stan Sitwell to the model home) Lucille: That hairless freak is coming here? None of his hair is real, you know. Gob: You mean the guy we're meeting with can't even grow his own hair? Come on! Michael: It's called alopecia, and I'd appreciate it if we could all be sensitive to it, okay? Edit

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    • Maeby suggests Jude Law for her script, Old Man and the Sea.
      Old Man and the Sea is an Ernest Hemmingway novel. Jude Law is a British actor who has starred in such films as The Holiday, The Aviator, AI, The Talented Mr. Ripley, etc. Edit
    • Buster marches with the drill sergeant in his face like the opening credits of "Gomer Pyle, USMC". He has a goofy look on his face, but does not stick his tongue in and out like Gomer. The sequence is brief, due to Buster being moved from combat training to USO duty. Edit

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