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Line 3: {{Use mdy dates\|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox television \| image = Arrested Development.svg \| image_size = 250 \| image_alt = The words "Arrested Development" in red and black lettering \| genre = {{Plainlist\| * [[Sitcom]] * [[Surreal humour\|Absurdist humor]]<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Leston \|first=Ryan \|title=The Black Comedy That Inspired The Russo Brothers' Arrested Development Run \|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/929373/the-black-comedy-that-inspired-the-russo-brothers-arrested-development-run/ \|website=/Film \|date=July 17, 2022 \|access-date=January 29, 2023 \|archive-date=January 29, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129074736/https://www.slashfilm.com/929373/the-black-comedy-that-inspired-the-russo-brothers-arrested-development-run/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Black comedy]]<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Leston \|first=Ryan \|title=The Black Comedy That Inspired The Russo Brothers' Arrested Development Run \|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/929373/the-black-comedy-that-inspired-the-russo-brothers-arrested-development-run/ \|website=/Film \|date=July 17, 2022 \|access-date=May 22, 2024 \|archive-date=January 29, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129074736/https://www.slashfilm.com/929373/the-black-comedy-that-inspired-the-russo-brothers-arrested-development-run/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> }} \| camera = [[Single-camera setup\|Single-camera]] \| runtime = {{Plainlist\| * 22 minutes (seasons 1–3) * 23–48 minutes (seasons 4–5) }} \| creator = [[Mitchell Hurwitz]] \| showrunner = Mitchell Hurwitz \| executive_producer = {{Plainlist\| * [[Brian Grazer]] * [[Ron Howard]] * [[David Nevins (television producer)\|David Nevins]] * [[Mitchell Hurwitz]] * [[Jim Vallely]] * [[Troy Miller (film producer)\|Troy Miller]] }} \| producer = {{Plainlist\| * Victor Hsu * Barbie Feldman Adler Line 35 ⟶ 36: * Michael Cera }} \| starring = {{Plainlist\| * [[Jason Bateman]] * [[Portia de Rossi]] Line 46 ⟶ 47: * [[Jessica Walter]] }} \| composer = [[David Schwartz]] \| narrated = [[Ron Howard]] \| country = United States \| language = English \| company = {{Plainlist\| * [[Imagine Entertainment\|Imagine Television]] * [[Mitchell Hurwitz\|The Hurwitz Company]] * [[20th Century Fox Television]] }} \| network = [[Fox Broadcasting Company\|Fox]] \| network2 = [[Netflix]] \| first_aired = {{Start date\|2003\|11\|2}} \| last_aired = {{End date\|2006\|2\|10}} \| first_aired2 = {{Start date\|2013\|5\|26}} \| last_aired2 = {{End date\|2019\|3\|15}} \| num_seasons = 5 \| num_episodes = 84 \| list_episodes = List of Arrested Development episodes }} '''''Arrested Development''''' is an American ~~television~~ [[satire\|satirical]] television [[sitcom]] created by [[Mitchell Hurwitz]]. It aired on [[Fox Broadcasting Company\|Fox]] for three seasons from November 2, 2003, to February 10, 2006, followed by two seasons on [[Netflix]]; season four being released on May 26, 2013, and season five being released on May 29, 2018, and March 15, 2019. ''Arrested Development'' follows the Bluths, a formerly wealthy, [[dysfunctional family]]. It is presented in a [[Serial (radio and television)\|serialized format]], incorporating handheld camera work, [[voice-over]] narration, archival photos, and historical footage, and maintains numerous [[running gag]]s and [[catchphrase]]s. [[Ron Howard]] served as both an executive producer and the [[omniscient narrator]] and, in later seasons, appears in the show as a fictionalized version of himself. Set in [[Newport Beach, California]], the series was filmed primarily in [[Culver City, California\|Culver City]] and [[Marina del Rey, California\|Marina del Rey]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://blogs.ocweekly.com/stickaforkinit/2013/05/bluth_banana_stand_tour.php \|title=Sign the Petition to Bring Bluth's Original Frozen Banana Stand "Home:" Update \|website=[[OC Weekly]] \|first=Matt \|last=Coker \|date=May 15, 2013 \|access-date=June 21, 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907074547/http://blogs.ocweekly.com/stickaforkinit/2013/05/bluth_banana_stand_tour.php \|archive-date=September 7, 2014 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Arrested Development'' received critical acclaim. It won six [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s and a [[Golden Globe Award]], and attracted a [[cult following]].<ref name="tv">{{cite web \|url=http://www.tv.com/news/three-times-the-arrested-development-5534/ \|title=Three times the Arrested Development \|last=Mahan \|first=Colin \|publisher=[[TV.com]] \|date=March 26, 2007 \|access-date=July 29, 2007 \|archive-date=April 21, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421161717/http://www.tv.com/news/three-times-the-arrested-development-5534/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> It has been widely regarded as one of the greatest TV shows of all time.<ref>{{cite magazine \|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-lists/best-tv-shows-of-all-time-1234598313/arrested-development-7-1234598967/ \|title=The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time \|magazine=Rolling Stone \|first=Alan \|last=Sepinwall \|date=September 26, 2022 \|access-date=November 1, 2022 \|archive-date=November 1, 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101052814/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-lists/best-tv-shows-of-all-time-1234598313/arrested-development-7-1234598967 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Time 100">{{cite news \|url=http://entertainment.time.com/2007/09/06/the-100-best-tv-shows-of-all-time/slide/arrested-development-2/#arrested-development-2\|title=All-Time 100 TV Shows\|last=Poniewozik\|first=James\|date=September 6, 2007\|magazine=[[Time (magazine)\|Time]] \|access-date=March 4, 2020 \|author-link=James Poniewozik\|archive-date=October 10, 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010150120/http://entertainment.time.com/2007/09/06/the-100-best-tv-shows-of-all-time/slide/arrested-development-2/#arrested-development-2\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine \|title=The New Classics: TV \|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2007/06/18/new-classics-tv \|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] \|access-date=February 5, 2012 \|date=June 18, 2007 \|archive-date=July 16, 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716041112/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C20207339%2C00.html \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.ign.com/lists/top-100-tv-shows/14 \|title=IGN's Top 100 TV Shows of All Time \|publisher=IGN \|date=August 24, 2011 \|access-date=June 8, 2012 \|archive-date=January 22, 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122164958/http://www.ign.com/lists/top-100-tv-shows/14 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="101 Best Written TV Series">{{cite web\|url=https://www.wga.org/writers-room/101-best-lists/101-best-written-tv-series/list\|title=101 Best Written TV Series\|website=Writers Guild of America West\|date=June 2, 2013\|access-date=May 13, 2023\|archive-date=April 29, 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429170702/https://www.wga.org/writers-room/101-best-lists/101-best-written-tv-series/list\|url-status=live}}</ref> It influenced later [[Single-camera setup\|single-camera]] comedy series such as ''[[30 Rock]]'' and ''[[Community (TV series)\|Community]]''.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/oct/04/arrested-development-defining-sitcom \|title=Arrested Development: the defining sitcom of our times \|last=Donaghy \|first=James \|website=The Guardian \|date=October 4, 2011 \|access-date=January 23, 2015 \|archive-date=April 21, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421135743/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/oct/04/arrested-development-defining-sitcom \|url-status=live }}</ref> Despite the positive critical response, ''Arrested Development'' received low ratings and viewership on Fox, which canceled the series in 2006. In 2011, Netflix licensed new episodes and distributed them on its streaming service.<ref name="netflix revival">{{Cite magazine \|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/11/18/arrested-development-netflix/ \|title='Arrested Development' officially back! Revived series coming to Netflix \|last=Hibberd \|first=James \|magazine=Entertainment Weekly \|date=November 18, 2011 \|access-date=February 29, 2012 \|archive-date=February 12, 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212122125/http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/11/18/arrested-development-netflix/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> These episodes were released in May 2013.<ref name="may26">{{cite news \|last=Itzkoff \|first=Dave \|title=New 'Arrested Development' Season Coming to Netflix on May 26 \|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/04/new-arrested-development-season-coming-to-netflix-on-may-26/ \|access-date=April 4, 2013 \|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] \|date=April 4, 2013 \|archive-date=April 7, 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407024033/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/04/new-arrested-development-season-coming-to-netflix-on-may-26/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> Netflix commissioned a fifth season of ''Arrested Development'', the first half of which premiered in May 2018, and the second half in March 2019.<ref name="VarietyTamborS5">{{cite news \|last=Birnbaum \|first=Debra \|title=Jeffrey Tambor to Appear in ''Arrested Development'' Season 5 \|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/jeffrey-tambor-arrested-development-season-5-netflix-1202798529/ \|access-date=May 5, 2018 \|work=Variety \|date=May 4, 2018 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001333/https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/jeffrey-tambor-arrested-development-season-5-netflix-1202798529/ \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://tvline.com/2017/05/17/arrested-development-renewed-season-5-at-netflix-premiere-2018/ \|title=''Arrested Development'' Officially Renewed for Season 5 at Netflix \|first=Michael \|last=Ausiello \|author-link=Michael Ausiello \|website=TVLine \|access-date=May 17, 2017 \|date=May 17, 2017 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001342/https://tvline.com/2017/05/17/arrested-development-renewed-season-5-at-netflix-premiere-2018/ \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.polygon.com/tv/2018/5/7/17326992/arrested-development-season-5-release-date-trailer-netflix \|title=Netflix's first ''Arrested Development'' season 5 trailer is all callbacks \|first=Allegra \|last=Frank \|date=May 7, 2018 \|access-date=May 7, 2018 \|website=[[Polygon (website)\|Polygon]] \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001308/https://www.polygon.com/tv/2018/5/7/17326992/arrested-development-season-5-release-date-trailer-netflix \|url-status=live }}</ref> The show was due to be removed from Netflix in March 2023 but will remain on the service until 2026.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Ryan \|first=Drew \|date=March 24, 2023 \|title='Arrested Development' No Longer Leaving Netflix Until 2026 Following New Deal \|url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/arrested-development-no-longer-leaving-netflix-march-2023/ \|access-date=May 7, 2023 \|website=What's on Netflix \|language=en \|archive-date=May 7, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507162656/https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/arrested-development-no-longer-leaving-netflix-march-2023/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> Line 85 ⟶ 86: === Filming techniques === ''Arrested Development'' uses several elements ~~which~~that were rare at the time for American live-action sitcoms. It was shot on location and in HD video (at 24 frames per second) with multiple cameras, parodying tactics often employed in documentary film and reality television, straying from the "fixed-set, [[studio audience]], [[laugh track]]" style long dominant in comedy production.<ref name="Lotz">{{cite book \|last=Lotz \|first=Amanda D. \|title=The Television Will Be Revolutionized \|year=2007 \|publisher=NYU Press \|pages=[https://archive.org/details/televisionwillbe0000lotz/page/232 232]–33 \|url=https://archive.org/details/televisionwillbe0000lotz \|url-access=registration \|isbn=978-0-8147-5232-6}}</ref> The show makes heavy use of [[Cutaway (filmmaking)\|cutaway gags]], supplementing the narrative with visual punchlines like security camera footage, Bluth family photos, website screenshots, archive films, and flashbacks.<ref name=Lotz /> An omniscient third-person narrator (producer Ron Howard) ties together the multiple plot threads running through each episode, while humorously undercutting and commenting on the characters.<ref name="Mittell">{{cite book \|last=Mittell \|first=Jason \|title="Previously On: Prime Time Serials and the Mechanics of Memory", ''Intermediality and Storytelling'' \|year=2010 \|publisher=Walter de Gruyter \|page=86 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lYUYCe-4neMC&pg=PA86 \|isbn=978-3-11-023773-3}}</ref> ''Arrested Development'' developed [[Metafiction\|self-referentiality]] through use of [[in-~~jokes~~joke]]s that evolved over multiple episodes, which rewarded longtime viewership (and in turn may have discouraged new viewers and contributed to the show's ratings difficulties).<ref name=Lotz /> ~~Due~~Because toof scheduling conflicts,<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Heritage \|first=Stuart \|date=March 15, 2019 \|title='A lumbering zombie': Arrested Development bows out on a low \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/mar/15/arrested-development-bows-out-on-a-low-lumbering-zombie-netflix \|access-date=March 26, 2024 \|work=The Guardian \|language=en-GB \|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Northrup \|first=Ryan \|date=February 8, 2022 \|title=Will Arnett Reflects On Arrested Development Season 4 & 5 Fan Backlash \|url=https://screenrant.com/arrested-development-season-4-5-backlash-will-arnett/ \|access-date=March 26, 2024 \|website=[[Screen Rant]] \|language=en \|archive-date=December 12, 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212184715/http://screenrant.com/arrested-development-season-4-5-backlash-will-arnett/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> the fourth season used a different format with longer episodes focusing on one character.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine \|last=Franich \|first=Darren \|date=May 7, 2018 \|title=The 'Arrested Development' remix is impressive, but pointless: EW review \|url=https://ew.com/tv/2018/05/07/arrested-development-season-4-remix-review/ \|access-date=March 26, 2024 \|magazine=Entertainment Weekly \|language=en \|archive-date=March 26, 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326175826/https://ew.com/tv/2018/05/07/arrested-development-season-4-remix-review/ \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|last=Matar \|first=Joe \|date=May 7, 2018 \|title=Arrested Development Season 4 Remix Review: Fateful Consequences \|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/arrested-development-season-4-remix-review-fateful-consequences/ \|access-date=March 26, 2024 \|website=[[Den of Geek]] \|language=en-US \|archive-date=March 26, 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326175826/https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/arrested-development-season-4-remix-review-fateful-consequences/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> The season was later re-edited to be more ~~inline~~in line with the format of the other seasons.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Petski \|first=Denise \|date=May 1, 2018 \|title='Arrested Development' Season 4 Is Getting A Remix \|url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/arrested-development-season-4-remix-release-mitch-hurwitz-1202380474/ \|access-date=March 26, 2024 \|website=Deadline \|language=en-US \|archive-date=March 26, 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326175826/https://deadline.com/2018/05/arrested-development-season-4-remix-release-mitch-hurwitz-1202380474/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> === Cancellation and revival === [[File:The Cast of Arrested Development does the Chicken Dance.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|alt=Actors from ''Arrested Development'' dancing on a stage\|The cast does the "chicken dance" at the ''Arrested Development'' reunion on October 2, 2011.]] During the series' [[Arrested Development season 3\|third season]] in 2006, despite months-long rumors of ''Arrested Development'' having been picked up by the cable television network [[Showtime (TV network)\|Showtime]],<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://~~www.~~variety.com/~~article~~2006/scene/markets-festivals/hurwitz-takes-a-hike-1117940467/~~VR1117940467~~ \|title=Hurwitz takes a hike \|last=Adalian \|first=Josef \|work=[[Variety (magazine)\|Variety]] \|date=March 26, 2007 \|access-date=July 29, 2007 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001312/https://variety.com/2006/scene/markets-festivals/hurwitz-takes-a-hike-1117940467/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> creator Hurwitz declined to move the show to another network.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/R-I-P-Arrested-Development-critics-fave-2500890.php \|work=San Francisco Chronicle \|title=R.I.P., Arrested Development \|access-date=March 28, 2006 \|first=Tim \|last=Goodman \|date=March 27, 2006 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001431/https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/R-I-P-Arrested-Development-critics-fave-2500890.php \|url-status=live }}</ref> Hurwitz said, "I had taken it as far as I felt I could as a series. I told the story I wanted to tell, and we were getting to a point where I think a lot of the actors were ready to move on."<ref>{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2006/03/31/why-daddy-let-arrested-development-die \|title='Development' Hell \|last=Snierson \|first=Dan \|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] \|date=March 30, 2006 \|access-date=October 26, 2007 \|archive-date=September 13, 2007 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070913102701/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1178690,00.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> He said that he was "more worried about letting down the fans in terms of the quality of the show dropping" than he was about disappointing fans by not giving them more episodes. He also said, "If there's a way to continue this in a form that's not weekly episodic series television, I'd be up for it". After the series cancellation, Fox Entertainment Group sold the initial 53-episode run for syndication. In a first for its kind, the syndication involved a three-year deal with [[Microsoft]]'s nascent internet video streaming service [[MSN Video]] (now Bing Video) before the series would go on to cable channel [[G4 (American TV network)\|G4]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/arrested-development-in-internet-syndication-deal-1.584189 \|title=Arrested Development in internet syndication deal \|website=[[CBC.ca]] \|date=July 27, 2006 \|access-date=January 15, 2023 \|archive-date=January 15, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115033346/https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/arrested-development-in-internet-syndication-deal-1.584189 \|url-status=live }}</ref> Line 98 ⟶ 99: On October 2, 2011, the cast of ''Arrested Development'' reunited for a panel at [[The New Yorker Festival]] in New York.<ref>{{cite magazine \|url=https://video.newyorker.com/watch/arrested-development-a-bluth-reunion \|title="Arrested Development": A Bluth Reunion \|magazine=The New Yorker \|date=May 1, 2013 \|access-date=May 30, 2018 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001355/https://www.newyorker.com/video/watch/arrested-development-a-bluth-reunion \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna44597451 \|title='Arrested Development' cast will reunite for festival \|publisher=TODAY.com \|first=Kimberly \|last=Potts \|date=September 20, 2011 \|access-date=September 26, 2011 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926214742/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44597451/ns/today-entertainment/t/arrested-development-cast-will-reunite-festival/ \|archive-date=September 26, 2011 \|url-status=live }}</ref> At the panel, Hurwitz declared his intention of producing a truncated fourth season as a lead-in to a film adaptation.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/10/03/a-new-season-of-arrested-development \|title=A New Season of Arrested Development?! \|last=Goldman \|first=Eric \|publisher=IGN \|date=October 2, 2011 \|access-date=October 2, 2011 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001452/https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/10/03/a-new-season-of-arrested-development \|url-status=live }}</ref> Six years after the series had been canceled by Fox, filming for a [[Arrested Development season 4\|fourth season]] began on August 7, 2012.<ref name="S4 production">{{cite news \|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/07/arrested-development-jason-bateman-photo_n_1752807.html \|title='Arrested Development': Jason Bateman Tweets First Photo From Filming \|work=The Huffington Post \|date=August 7, 2012 \|access-date=August 7, 2012 \|first=Chris \|last=Harnick \|archive-date=August 11, 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811142138/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/07/arrested-development-jason-bateman-photo_n_1752807.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> Fifteen episodes of the show's revival season were released simultaneously on [[Netflix]] on May 26, 2013.<ref name="may26" /> Although it received generally favorable reviews,<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/arrested-development/season-4/ \|title=Arrested Development: Season 4 \|website=Metacritic \|access-date=July 21, 2024 }}</ref> it was far less well-received than prior seasons, leading to Netflix to re-edit the season in 2018.<ref name=":0" /> Netflix confirmed on May 17, 2017,<ref>{{cite web \|last=Sandberg \|first=Bryn Elise \|date=May 17, 2017 \|title='Arrested Development' Officially Renewed for Season 5 at Netflix \|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/arrested-development-officially-renewed-season-5-at-netflix-1004529 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517173227/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/arrested-development-officially-renewed-season-5-at-netflix-1004529 \|archive-date=May 17, 2017 \|accessdate=May 17, 2017 \|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> that a [[Arrested Development season 5\|fifth season]] was expected to be released on ~~their~~its service in 2018, with filming taking place from August 2017 to November 2017.<ref>{{cite web \|last=Elavsky \|first=Cindy \|date=August 20, 2017 \|title=Celebrity Extra \|url=http://naples.floridaweekly.com/news/2017-08-10/Arts_%28and%29_Entertainment_News/Good_news_about_Good_Behavior.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824012828/http://naples.floridaweekly.com/news/2017-08-10/Arts_%28and%29_Entertainment_News/Good_news_about_Good_Behavior.html \|archive-date=August 24, 2017 \|accessdate=August 23, 2017 \|publisher=[[King Features]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|last=Roberts \|first=Katie \|date=November 16, 2017 \|title=Alia Shawkat Says 'Arrested Development' Season 5 Is Done, Will Still Feature the Border Wall \|url=https://www.moviefone.com/2017/11/16/alia-shawkat-arrested-development-season-5-done-border-wall/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219090348/https://www.moviefone.com/2017/11/16/alia-shawkat-arrested-development-season-5-done-border-wall/ \|archive-date=February 19, 2018 \|accessdate=February 18, 2018 \|website=Moviefone}}</ref> ''Arrested Development'' was set to be removed from Netflix on March 15, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Staff \|date=February 13, 2023 \|title=Netflix Removing 'Arrested Development' \|url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/netflix-removing-arrested-development-original-seasons-1235521721/ \|access-date=March 26, 2024 \|website=Variety Australia \|language=en-AU \|archive-date=June 29, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629115210/https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/netflix-removing-arrested-development-original-seasons-1235521721/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> However, ~~following~~after a last -minute deal, Netflix retained the streaming rights.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Chan \|first=J. Clara \|date=March 24, 2023 \|title='Arrested Development': Netflix Gains Exclusive Streaming Rights to All Seasons \|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/arrested-development-netflix-streaming-rights-1235360608/ \|access-date=March 26, 2024 \|website=The Hollywood Reporter \|language=en-US \|archive-date=March 26, 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326175826/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/arrested-development-netflix-streaming-rights-1235360608/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> == Characters == Line 110 ⟶ 111: Michael's father, [[George Bluth Sr.]] ([[Jeffrey Tambor]]), is the patriarch of the family and a corrupt real estate developer who is arrested in the first episode. George goes to considerable lengths to manipulate and control his family in spite of his imprisonment, and makes numerous efforts to evade justice.<ref name="ew review 2">{{cite magazine \|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1008472,00.html \|title=Arrested Development Review \|magazine=Entertainment Weekly \|first=Gillian \|last=Flynn \|date=December 20, 2004 \|access-date=June 15, 2012 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001320/https://ew.com/article/2004/12/20/arrested-development-4/ \|url-status=dead }}</ref> His wife, and Michael's mother, [[Lucille Bluth\|Lucille]] ([[Jessica Walter]]), is ruthlessly manipulative, materialistic, and hypercritical of every member of her family, and constantly drinks alcohol.<ref name="ew review 1" /> Her grip is tightest on her youngest son, [[Byron "Buster" Bluth]] ([[Tony Hale]]), who is overeducated on various random subjects but lacks emotional intelligence or common sense. Buster is also a [[mother's boy]] who has dependency issues and is prone to [[panic attack]]s.<ref name="ew review 1" /> Michael's older brother is [[George Oscar Bluth II]] ([[Will Arnett]]), known by the acronym "Gob", which is pronounced in the series like the Biblical figure Job ({{IPAc-en\|dʒ\|oʊ\|b}}).<ref name="ew review 1" /> An unsuccessful professional magician whose business and personal schemes usually fail or become tiresome and are quickly abandoned, Gob is competitive with Michael ~~over women~~ and bullies Buster.<ref name="ew review 1" /> Michael's twin sister, [[List of Arrested Development characters#Lindsay Bluth Fünke\|Lindsay]] ([[Portia de Rossi]]), is spoiled and materialistic, continually seeking to be the center of attention and ~~leaping on~~espousing various social causes for the sake of vanity.<ref name="av club pilot">{{cite web \|last=Murray \|first=Noel \|date=June 1, 2011 \|title=Extended Pilot/Top Banana \|url=https://www.avclub.com/~~articles/~~arrested-development-extended-~~pilottop~~pilot-top-banana~~,56759/~~-1798168461 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001413/https://tv.avclub.com/arrested-development-extended-pilot-top-banana-1798168461 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|access-date=June 17, 2012 \|website=The A.V. Club}}</ref> In the finale, it is revealed that she and Lucille are sisters.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Owen \|first=Aled \|date=September 19, 2023 \|title='Arrested Development' Bluth Family Tree Explained \|url=https://collider.com/arrested-development-bluth-family-tree/ \|access-date=March 26, 2024 \|website=Collider \|language=en \|archive-date=September 28, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928235620/https://collider.com/arrested-development-bluth-family-tree/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> She is married to [[Tobias Fünke]] ([[David Cross]]), a discredited psychiatrist-turned-aspiring actor.<ref name="ew review 1" /> Tobias is a self-diagnosed "never-nude" (a disorder comparable to [[gymnophobia]]), whose language and behavior have heavily homosexual overtones to which he seems oblivious and which are the center of much tongue-in-cheek comedy throughout the series.<ref name="av club pilot" /><ref name="Eps 7 and 8">{{cite web \|url=https://www.avclub.com/~~articles/~~arrested-development-my-mother-the-~~carin~~car-in-god-we-~~trust,57897/~~tr-1798168654 \|title=My Mother The Car/In God We Trust \|website=The A.V. Club \|first=Noel \|last=Murray \|date=June 22, 2011 \|access-date=June 17, 2012 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001314/https://tv.avclub.com/arrested-development-my-mother-the-car-in-god-we-tr-1798168654 \|url-status=live }}</ref> Their daughter, Maeby, is a rebellious teen with an opportunistic streak, who seeks to defy her parents for the sake of attention, and otherwise pursues boys and power, and furthers her complicated relationship with George Michael.<ref name="ew review 1" /> === Recurring cast === Line 124 ⟶ 125: * [[John Beard (news anchor)\|John Beard]] as [[List of Arrested Development characters#John Beard\|himself]], a fictional version of himself as a news anchor reporting on the characters' antics.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/arrested-development-john-beard-1066288/ \|title=Meet Arrested Development's Unlikely Star: Newscaster John Beard \|first=Michael \|last=Schneider \|website=TV Guide \|date=June 5, 2013 \|access-date=June 7, 2018 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001317/https://www.tvguide.com/news/arrested-development-john-beard-1066288/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Mae Whitman]] as [[Ann Veal]], George-Michael's stern Christian girlfriend, often forgotten or disparaged by Michael<ref name="IBT" /> (Ann was first played by [[Alessandra Torresani]].) * [[Patricia Velasquez]] as [[Marta Estrella]], Gob's girlfriend who eventually reciprocates Michael's infatuation with her and ends up causing conflict between the two brothers. (Marta was first played by [[Leonor Varela]])<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.avclub.com~~/articles~~/the-darrin-effect-20-jarring-cases-of-recast-roles~~,2380/~~-1798214427 \|title=The Darrin Effect: 20 jarring cases of recast roles \|website=The A.V. Club \|date=July 14, 2008 \|access-date=August 1, 2012 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001325/https://www.avclub.com/the-darrin-effect-20-jarring-cases-of-recast-roles-1798214427 \|url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Steve Ryan (actor, born 1947)\|Steve Ryan]] as [[J. Walter Weatherman]], a one-armed amputee, and a former employee of George Sr.; Weatherman appears in flashbacks in several episodes where, as hired by George Sr., he would teach the Bluth children lessons by participating in staged accidents where he would "lose" his (prosthetic) arm.<ref name="IBT" /> * [[Charlize Theron]] as [[Rita Leeds]], an intellectually disabled British woman who becomes Michael's female companion.<ref>{{cite magazine \|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1158373,00.html \|title=Best of Bluth \|author=Snierson, Dan \|magazine=Entertainment Weekly \|date=February 10, 2006 \|access-date=August 1, 2012 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001325/https://ew.com/article/2006/02/10/best-arrested-development/ \|url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Judy Greer]] as [[Kitty Sanchez]], George Bluth Senior's assistant, lover and partner-in-crime.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://crushable.com/entertainment/judy-greer-birthday-kitty-sanchez-arrested-development-say-goodbye-to-these-929/ \|title=Judy Greer's Best Moments As Kitty Sanchez on Arrested Development \|author=Zutter, Natalie \|publisher=Crushable \|date=July 20, 2012 \|access-date=August 1, 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920012700/http://crushable.com/entertainment/judy-greer-birthday-kitty-sanchez-arrested-development-say-goodbye-to-these-929/ \|archive-date=September 20, 2012 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Ed Begley, Jr.]] as [[Stan Sitwell]], the owner of Sitwell Enterprises, a rival company to the Bluth Company.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iIlIAAAAIBAJ&pg=3526,535264 \|title=Time May Be Running out for 'Arrested Development' \|author=Owen, Rob \|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette \|date=February 11, 2005 \|access-date=August 1, 2012 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001358/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iIlIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FXEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3526%2C535264 \|url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Christine Taylor]] as [[Sally Sitwell]], Stan Sitwell's daughter and a consistent love interest for Michael.<ref>{{cite web \|url=~~http~~https://~~articles~~www.mcall.com/2013-/05-/25/~~entertainment/mc~~actress-christine-taylor-~~arrested~~loved-~~development~~getting-~~20130525_1_episodes~~arrested-~~zoolander-michael-cera~~again/ \|title=Actress Christine Taylor loved getting 'Arrested' again \|website=The Morning Call \|first=Amy \|last=Longsdorf \|date=May 25, 2013 \|access-date=September 13, 2014 \|archive-date=September 13, 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913061942/http://articles.mcall.com/2013-05-25/entertainment/mc-christine-taylor-arrested-development-20130525_1_episodes-zoolander-michael-cera \|url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Justin Lee (actor)\|Justin Lee]] as [[Annyong]], the adopted Korean son of Lucille and George Sr.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/archive/2012/05/actor-justin-lee-and-one-warm-night \|author=Yue, Victoria \|title=Actor Justin Lee and 'One Warm Night' \|website=[[Hyphen (magazine)\|Hyphen]] \|date=May 9, 2012 \|access-date=August 1, 2012 \|archive-date=July 18, 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718100611/http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/archive/2012/05/actor-justin-lee-and-one-warm-night \|url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Julia Louis-Dreyfus]] as [[Maggie Lizer]], an attorney and compulsive liar who has a recurring relationship with Michael.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Idato \|first=Michael \|title=Arrested Development \|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/tv-reviews/arrested-development/2006/02/08/1139074268513.html \|access-date=October 6, 2012 \|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald \|date=February 9, 2006 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001412/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/arrested-development-20060209-gdmxhz.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> Line 136 ⟶ 137: * [[Amy Poehler]] as [[Wife of Gob\|Gob's unnamed and frequently forgotten wife]], who married Gob as the final in a long line of escalating dares.<ref>{{cite magazine \|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/lists/arrested-development-the-funniest-running-jokes-20130523/gobs-dare-marriage-19691231 \|title='Arrested Development': The Funniest Running Jokes \|magazine=Rolling Stone \|date=May 23, 2013 \|access-date=September 13, 2014 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001351/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-lists/arrested-development-the-funniest-running-jokes-48542/gobs-dare-marriage-43111/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Jane Lynch]] as [[List of Arrested Development characters#Cindi Lightballoon\|Cindi Lightballoon]], a government mole who tries to gather incriminating information from an incarcerated George Sr. but ends up falling in love with him instead.<ref>{{cite magazine \|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20433079_20860693,00.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221025847/http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0%2C%2C20433079_20860693%2C00.html \|archive-date=December 21, 2014 \|title=Jane Lynch: 10 Cool Characters \|magazine=Entertainment Weekly \|first=Margaret \|last=Lyons \|date=October 8, 2010 \|access-date=September 13, 2014 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Ron Howard]] as a [[List of Arrested Development characters#Ron Howard\|fictionalized version of himself]], a movie producer who offers to adapt the ~~Bluths~~Bluths’ lives into a movie.<ref>{{Cite magazine \|last=Barrett \|first=Annie \|date=May 25, 2013 \|title=New 'Arrested Development': EW's huge, tiny Season 4 recap \|url=https://ew.com/article/2013/05/25/new-arrested-development-episodes-recap/ \|access-date=March 26, 2024 \|magazine=Entertainment Weekly \|language=en}}</ref> * [[Isla Fisher]] as [[Rebel Alley]], Ron Howard's fictional daughter and love interest of both Michael and George Michael.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=May 29, 2018 \|title=The Celebrity Cameos In 'Arrested Development' Season 5 Part 1 Include New Faces, Returning Favorites & A Famous Hollywood Family \|url=https://www.bustle.com/p/the-celebrity-cameos-in-arrested-development-season-5-part-1-include-new-faces-returning-favorites-a-famous-hollywood-family-9214059 \|access-date=March 26, 2024 \|website=Bustle \|language=en \|archive-date=March 26, 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326175827/https://www.bustle.com/p/the-celebrity-cameos-in-arrested-development-season-5-part-1-include-new-faces-returning-favorites-a-famous-hollywood-family-9214059 \|url-status=live }}</ref> Line 146 ⟶ 147: {{Main\|Arrested Development season 1}} George Bluth Sr., patriarch of the wealthy Bluth family, is the founder and former CEO of the successful Bluth Company which markets and builds [[McMansion\|mini-mansions]] among many other activities. His son [[List of Arrested Development characters#Michael Bluth\|Michael]] serves as manager of the company, and, after being passed over for a promotion, decides to leave both the company and his family. Just as he makes this decision, however, George Sr. is arrested by the [[United States Securities and Exchange Commission\|Securities and Exchange Commission]] for defrauding investors and gross spending of the company's money for "[[embezzlement\|personal expenses]]". His wife [[Lucille Bluth\|Lucille]] becomes CEO, and immediately names as the new [[President (corporate title)\|president]] her extremely sheltered youngest son [[Buster Bluth\|Buster]], who proves ill-equipped, as his only experience with business is a class he took concerning 18th century agrarian business. Furious at being passed over again, Michael secures another job with a rival company and plans on leaving his family behind for good. Realizing that they need Michael, the family asks him to come back and run the company, which Michael scoffs at until he sees how much the family means to his teenaged son George Michael. To keep the family together, Michael asks his self-centered twin sister Lindsay, her husband Tobias and their daughter Maeby to live together in the Bluth [[model house\|model home]] with him and George Michael.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.avclub.com/~~articles/~~arrested-development-extended-~~pilottop~~pilot-top-banana~~,56759/~~-1798168461 \|title=Extended Pilot/Top Banana \|website=[[The A.V. Club]] \|last=Murray \|first=Noel \|date=June 1, 2011 \|access-date=July 29, 2012 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001329/https://tv.avclub.com/arrested-development-extended-pilot-top-banana-1798168461 \|url-status=live }}</ref> Throughout the first season, different characters struggle to change their identities. Buster works to escape from his mother's control by bonding with brothers Michael and Gob as well as with love interest Lucille Austero, Lucille Bluth's neighbor and chief social rival.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.avclub.com/~~articles/~~arrested-development-visiting-~~ourscharity~~ours-charity-drive~~,57508/~~-1798168592 \|title=Visiting Ours/Charity Drive \|website=The A.V. Club \|last=Murray \|first=Noel \|date=June 15, 2011 \|access-date=July 29, 2012 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001400/https://tv.avclub.com/arrested-development-visiting-ours-charity-drive-1798168592 \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[George Michael Bluth\|George Michael]] nurses a forbidden crush on his cousin [[Maeby Fünke\|Maeby]], while continually trying to meet his father's expectations. Lindsay's husband [[Tobias Fünke\|Tobias]] searches for work as an actor, with the aid of [[Carl Weathers]].<ref name="Eps 11 & 12">{{cite web \|url=https://www.avclub.com/~~articles/~~arrested-development-public-~~relationsmarta~~relations-marta-complex~~,58449/~~-1798168819 \|title=Public Relations/Marta Complex \|website=The A.V. Club \|last=Murray \|first=Noel \|date=July 6, 2011 \|access-date=July 29, 2012 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001451/https://tv.avclub.com/arrested-development-public-relations-marta-complex-1798168819 \|url-status=live }}</ref> Michael falls in love with his screw-up older brother [[Gob Bluth\|Gob]]'s neglected girlfriend [[List of Arrested Development minor characters#Marta Estrella\|Marta]], and is torn between being with her and putting "family first".<ref name="Eps 11 & 12" /> After seeing Michael physically fight with Gob, Marta realizes that they do not share the same family values and she leaves them both.<ref name="Eps 13 & 14">{{cite web \|url=https://www.avclub.com/articles/beef-consommeshock-and-aww,59124/ \|title=Beef Consommé/Shock and Aww \|website=The A.V. Club \|last=Murray \|first=Noel \|date=July 20, 2011 \|access-date=July 29, 2012 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001342/https://tv.avclub.com/arrested-development-beef-consomme-shock-and-aww-1798168971 \|url-status=~~live~~dead }}</ref> To spite Buster, Lucille [[Korean adoptee\|adopts a Korean]] son whom she calls "Annyong" after she mistakes the Korean word for "hello" as his name.<ref name="Eps 13 & 14" /> Through an escalating series of dares, Gob marries a woman he just met, played by Will Arnett's then real-life wife [[Amy Poehler]], but cannot get an [[annulment]] because he refuses to admit that he did not consummate the marriage.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.avclub.com/articles/best-man-for-the-gobwhistlers-mother,60533/ \|title=Best Man for the Gob/Whistler's Mother \|website=The A.V. Club \|last=Murray \|first=Noel \|date=August 17, 2011 \|access-date=July 29, 2012 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001338/https://tv.avclub.com/arrested-development-best-man-for-the-gob-whistler-1798169299 \|url-status=~~live~~dead }}</ref> [[Kitty Sanchez\|Kitty]], George Sr.'s former assistant and mistress, tries to [[blackmail]] the company. She is caught in the Bluth family [[yacht]]'s explosion, as used in one of Gob's magic acts, but survives with a cooler full of damning evidence labeled [[Saddam Hussein\|"H Maddas"]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.avclub.com/~~articles/~~arrested-development-staff-~~infectionmissing~~infection-missing-kitty~~,59548/~~-1798169059 \|title=Staff Infection/Missing Kitty \|website=The A.V. Club \|last=Murray \|first=Noel \|date=July 27, 2011 \|access-date=July 29, 2012 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001406/https://tv.avclub.com/arrested-development-staff-infection-missing-kitty-1798169059 \|url-status=live }}</ref> After previous failed attempts, and a brief religious stint in Judaism, George Sr. finally escapes from prison by faking a heart attack. It is also revealed that George Sr. committed "light [[treason]]" by using the company to build mini-palaces for [[Saddam Hussein]] in Iraq.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.avclub.com/articles/not-without-my-daughterlet-em-eat-cake,60740/ \|title=Not Without My Daughter/Let 'Em Eat Cake \|website=The A.V. Club \|last=Murray \|first=Noel \|date=August 24, 2011 \|access-date=July 29, 2012 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001422/https://tv.avclub.com/arrested-development-not-without-my-daughter-let-e-1798169367 \|url-status=~~live~~dead }}</ref> === Season 2 (2004–05) === {{Main\|Arrested Development season 2}} Because of his father's latest prison break deception (a faked heart attack), Michael decides to leave his family and move to [[Phoenix, Arizona]] with George Michael but discovers that he cannot leave the state due to the Bluth Company being under investigation and him having to go to jail as a replacement for his father. Lucille appoints Gob the new Bluth Company president, but since Gob proves utterly incompetent, the position's real duties revert to Michael. During the rest of the season Gob serves as figurehead president; Michael is still under scrutiny for George Sr.'s illegal activity.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.avclub.com/~~articles/~~arrested-development-the-one-where-michael-~~leavesthe-one-where~~leaves-~~they~~t-~~bui,75790/~~1798173078 \|title=The One Where Michael Leaves/The One Where They Build a House \|website=The A.V. Club \|last=Murray \|first=Noel \|date=June 6, 2012 \|access-date=July 29, 2012 \|archive-date=November 5, 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105155631/http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-one-where-michael-leavesthe-one-where-they-bui,75790/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> George Sr. is not, in fact, gone. After faking his death in [[Mexico]] by paying off the cops, George Sr. returns to the family model home, where George Michael discovers him hiding in the [[attic]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.avclub.com/~~articles/amigosgood~~arrested-development-amigos-good-grief~~,80886/~~-1798173176 \|title=¡Amigos!/Good Grief \|website=The A.V. Club \|last=Murray \|first=Noel \|date=June 13, 2012 \|access-date=July 29, 2012 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001401/https://tv.avclub.com/arrested-development-amigos-good-grief-1798173176 \|url-status=live }}</ref> To protect his son from legal implications, Michael hides George Sr. in Gob's prop Aztec Tomb, orchestrates a diversion, and tells the family that George Sr. has escaped once more. Throughout the rest of the season, Michael sneaks George Sr. provisions, and George Sr. keeps tabs on the Bluth family through the ventilation system. George Sr. also faces an onslaught from the outside world; the press begins looking for him in [[Iraq]], fumigators surround the house while he's still in the attic, and Kitty returns to steal a sample of his [[semen]] to make her own Bluth baby. Buster meanwhile joins the army, but escapes serving in Iraq when his hand is bitten off by a loose [[Pinniped\|seal]] (a play on "Lucille") Gob had mistakenly trained to develop a taste for mammal flesh. Buster is refitted with a sharp [[Transradial prosthesis\|hook]], which he copes with poorly and often brandishes dangerously in social situations.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.avclub.com/~~articles/~~arrested-development-out-on-a-limb-~~part-1hand~~hand-to-god-~~part-2,82719/~~1798173612 \|title=Out on a Limb/Hand to God \|website=The A.V. Club \|last=Murray \|first=Noel \|date=July 25, 2012 \|access-date=July 29, 2012 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001410/https://tv.avclub.com/arrested-development-out-on-a-limb-hand-to-god-1798173612 \|url-status=live }}</ref> During Buster's long psychological recovery, he bonds with George Sr.'s stoner twin brother Oscar, who moves in with Lucille in an attempt to rekindle a past love affair. Uncle Oscar slowly reveals himself as Buster's presumptive biological father. Eventually, George Sr. takes revenge on the adulterous Oscar and Lucille by kidnapping Oscar, knocking him unconscious, exchanging appearances with him, and sending him to prison in his place.<ref name="S02E18">{{cite episode \|title=[[Righteous Brothers (Arrested Development)\|Righteous Brothers]] \|season=2 \|number=18 \|airdate=April 17, 2005 \|series=Arrested Development \|network=Fox}}</ref> Lindsay and Tobias continue their disastrous open relationship. Lindsay tries—but fails—to secure a lover, while Tobias paints himself blue each night in a futile attempt to join the [[Blue Man Group]].<ref>{{cite episode \|title=Afternoon Delight \|season=2 \|number=6 \|airdate=December 19, 2004 \|series=Arrested Development \|network=Fox}}</ref> When Lindsay kicks him out of the house, Tobias disguises himself as a singing British nanny named "Mrs. Featherbottom" (an idea he gets from the film ''[[Mrs. Doubtfire]]'') so he can watch over his daughter Maeby. The family sees right through this incompetent disguise, but they humor Tobias since—in the guise of Mrs. Featherbottom—he does their chores.<ref>{{cite episode \|title=The Immaculate Election \|season=2 \|number=14 \|airdate=March 20, 2005 \|series=Arrested Development \|network=Fox}}</ref> Line 179 ⟶ 180: {{Main\|Arrested Development season 4}} Filming for a fourth season to be released on Netflix began on August 7, 2012, more than six years after the series had been canceled by Fox.<ref name="S4 production" /> The season consists of 15 new episodes,<ref name="may26" /> all debuting at the same time on [[Netflix]] on May 26, 2013, in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Latin America, and the Nordic countries.<ref>{{cite press release \|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2013/04/04/netflix-to-launch-new-season-of-arrested-development-on-may-26-83302/20130404netflix01/ \|title=Netflix to Launch New Season of 'Arrested Development' on May 26 \|publisher=Netflix \|date=April 4, 2013 \|access-date=April 5, 2013 \|archive-date=June 15, 2013 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615221614/http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2013/04/04/netflix-to-launch-new-season-of-arrested-development-on-may-26-83302/20130404netflix01/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> Several actors who had recurring roles in the original series returned to reprise their roles, including [[Carl Weathers]] as himself, [[Henry Winkler]] as Barry Zuckerkorn, [[Ben Stiller]] as Tony Wonder, [[Mae Whitman]] as Ann Veal, [[Scott Baio]] as Bob Loblaw, [[Judy Greer]] as Kitty Sanchez, and [[Liza Minnelli]] as Lucille Austero; while new characters are played by [[Debra Mooney]], [[John Slattery]], [[Tommy Tune]], [[Terry Crews]], [[Isla Fisher]] and [[John Krasinski]].<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/31/arrested-development-scott-baio-season-4_n_1847644.html \|title='Arrested Development': Scott Baio Joins Season 4 \|work=The Huffington Post \|first=Chris \|last=Harnick \|date=August 31, 2012 \|access-date=September 9, 2012 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001441/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/arrested-development-scott-baio-season-4_n_1847644 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Liza-Minnelli-Arrested-Development-1052798.aspx \|title=Keck's Exclusives: Liza Minnelli Gets ''Arrested''! \|website=TV Guide \|first=William \|last=Keck \|date=September 8, 2012 \|access-date=September 9, 2012 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001410/https://www.tvguide.com/news/liza-minnelli-arrested-development-1052798/ \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/11/arrested-development-mae-whitman_n_1873340.html \|title='Arrested Development': Mae Whitman 'Definitely' Making Appearance \|work=The Huffington Post \|first=Leigh \|last=Weingus \|date=September 11, 2012 \|access-date=September 16, 2012 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001344/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/arrested-development-mae-whitman_n_1873340 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/news/a406122/arrested-development-isla-fisher-terry-crews-for-season-four.html \|title='Arrested Development': Isla Fisher, Terry Crews for season four \|website=Digital Spy \|first=Greg \|last=Laing \|date=September 14, 2012 \|access-date=October 4, 2012 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001352/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a406122/arrested-development-isla-fisher-terry-crews-for-season-four/ \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last=O'Neal \|first=Sean \|title=Yep, Ben Stiller is also returning to ''Arrested Development'' \|url=https://www.avclub.com~~/articles~~/yep-ben-stiller-is-also-returning-to-arrested-~~deve,93053/~~developm-1798236576 \|access-date=February 27, 2013 \|work=The A.V. Club \|date=February 27, 2013 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001434/https://news.avclub.com/yep-ben-stiller-is-also-returning-to-arrested-developm-1798236576 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine \|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/04/29/arrested-development-john-krasinski/ \|title='Office' star John Krasinski to appear on 'Arrested Development' – Exclusive \|magazine=Entertainment Weekly \|first=Sneirson \|last=Dan \|date=April 29, 2013 \|access-date=April 29, 2020 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001346/https://ew.com/article/2013/04/29/arrested-development-john-krasinski/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[Kristen Wiig]] and [[Seth Rogen]] appear as Lucille and George Sr., respectively, in flashbacks. All episodes of the season occur over approximately the same stretch of time, but each focuses on a different character. Information on events depicted in a given episode is often partial and filled in during a later episode.<ref>{{cite news \|title=A Family Streamed Back to Life \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|last=Hale \|first=Mike \|date=May 26, 2013 \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/27/arts/television/arrested-development-on-netflixcom.html \|access-date=May 27, 2013 \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001427/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/27/arts/television/arrested-development-on-netflixcom.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> Line 207 ⟶ 208: Tim Stack of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' praised the series, saying "Is it beating a dead horse to once again state that this underappreciated gem is the best sitcom on TV? Too bad. ''Arrested Development'' is the best sitcom on TV!"<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/12/ew.dvd.sisterhood/index.html?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924053714/http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/12/ew.dvd.sisterhood/index.html?_s=PM%3ASHOWBIZ \|archive-date=September 24, 2014 \|title=EW DVD review: 'Sisterhood' charming, uplifting \|date=October 12, 2005 \|access-date=November 21, 2005 \|publisher=CNN \|url-status=dead }}</ref> David Bianculli from the ''[[New York Daily News]]'' stated "If you're not watching this series on Fox, the least you can do is buy it on DVD. You'll love it, and it's such a dense show (in the best sense of the word) that it rewards repeated viewing. Like ''[[Scrubs (TV series)\|Scrubs]]'' and [[The Office (UKBritish TV series)\|the British version]] of ''[[The Office]]'', it is the sort of show that truly deserves to be seen uninterrupted, several episodes at a time, for maximum enjoyment. The laughs-per-minute quotient here is insanely high, making it great value as a home library purchase."<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2005-11-07/entertainment/18306930_1_complete-second-season-disks-complete-series \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730151616/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2005-11-07/entertainment/18306930_1_complete-second-season-disks-complete-series \|archive-date=July 30, 2012 \|work=Daily News \|location=New York \|first=David \|last=Bianculli \|title=Box sets that make great gifts \|date=November 7, 2005 \|access-date=November 21, 2005}}</ref> Alison Powell of ''[[The Guardian]]'' said "As Hollywood agents worry about the demise of the town's lowing cash cow, the multi-camera, staged sitcom, here to save the day is ''Arrested Development'', a farce of such blazing wit and originality, that it must surely usher in a new era in comedy."<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2005/mar/12/comedy.television \|title=A family affair \|work=The Guardian \|access-date=November 24, 2005 \|date=March 12, 2005 \|first=Alison \|last=Powell \|location=London \|archive-date=November 17, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001439/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2005/mar/12/comedy.television \|url-status=live }}</ref> [[Gillian Flynn]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' named ''Arrested Development'' the best television show of 2005 and said in her review that "As oddball as ''Arrested'' is, it's also humane. A flawless cast—from Will Arnett's breathy, bombastic Gob to Jessica Walter's boozy Lucille—grounds it, aided by Ron Howard's affable narration. The center of sensibility is good son Michael (Jason Bateman) and his even better son, George Michael (Michael Cera). Bateman and Cera give the best reacts around—the former all weary exasperation, the latter adorably bunny-stunned. Together, they're the sweetest, awkwardest straight men on the smartest, most shockingly funny series on TV ... which is likely canceled, despite six Emmy wins. It's a perversion not even the Bluths deserve."<ref>{{cite magazine \|title=2005's best (and worst) TV \|magazine=Entertainment Weekly \|issue=856–857 \|date=December 30, 2005 \|author=Flynn, Gillian}}</ref> In 2012, ''Entertainment Weekly'' listed the show at No. 2 in the "25 Best Cult TV Shows from the Past 25 Years", praising its "fast, delirious, interlocking jokes that don't pander to the masses; winky gags (e.g. fake preview scenes for the following week's episode); and a cast of absurd characters".<ref>"25 Best Cult TV Shows from the Past 25 Years". ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''. August 3, 2012, p. 37.</ref> In 2013, the [[Writers Guild of America]] ranked it No. 16 on their list of the 101 Best Written TV Series.<ref~~>{{cite~~ ~~web\|url=https://www.wga.org/writers-room/101-best-lists/101-best-written-tv-series/list\|title~~name="101 Best Written TV Series\|website=Writers Guild of America West\|date=June 2, 2013\|access-date=May 13, 2023\|archive-date=April 29, 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429170702/https://www.wga.org/writers-room/101-best-lists/101-best-written-tv-series/list\|url-status=live}}<"/~~ref~~> ==== Revival ==== Line 258 ⟶ 259: * {{Netflix title}} * {{IMDb title}} * {{curlie\|Arts/Television/Programs/Comedy/Sitcoms/Arrested_Development\|''Arrested Development''}} {{Arrested Development}} Line 292: [[Category:Nonlinear narrative television series]] [[Category:Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series winners]] [[Category:Primetime Emmy ~~Award-winning~~Award–winning television series]] [[Category:Television series about cousins]] [[Category:Television series about dysfunctional families]]