1. Now the story of a wealthy family
who lost everything...Copy !req
2. and the one son
who had no choice...Copy !req
3. but to keep them all together.Copy !req
4. It's Arrested Development.Copy !req
5. It was Sunday morning,
and Michael was making cornballs.Copy !req
6. A Bluth family favorite since
George Sr. unsuccessfully...Copy !req
7. tried to market the device
in the mid-'70s.Copy !req
8. Time to pull out the basket
and we dig into some hot...Copy !req
9. - Son of a bitch!
- Oh, look what you did!Copy !req
10. - You plopped it!
- I'll plop you!Copy !req
11. It was a ritual Michael shared with his son...Copy !req
12. before their weekly
bike ride to Balboa Island.Copy !req
13. Be careful! Don't touch that.
Never touch that.Copy !req
14. I'm looking forward to our ride today.
We better go extra hard
to work off these cornballs.Copy !req
15. Or, you could not eat the cornballs
and let your kid lead his own life.Copy !req
16. Please. He loves this. Am I right?Copy !req
17. Actually, uh, I can't really go today.Copy !req
18. - How's that?
- My bike needs a tune-up or something.Copy !req
19. Let's not blame the bike, okay?Copy !req
20. It's the poor carpenter that blames
his shoddy tools for the... Ow!Copy !req
21. Christ!Copy !req
22. - That stupid cornballing piece of...
- You okay?Copy !req
23. - So I'm gonna go, okay?
- Yeah, yeah. It's fine.Copy !req
24. It's good.
That's okay. Have fun.Copy !req
25. - Getting too old for his daddy?
- No. He'll be fine.Copy !req
26. And I would buy him a faster bike
if we weren't trying to save every...Copy !req
27. - Did you go shopping?
- Oh, yeah. Don't worry about it.Copy !req
28. - Excuse me.
- I paid for it myself.Copy !req
29. - With what?
- Company credit card.Copy !req
30. - You're returning that.
- But...Copy !req
31. - Get a job.
- Michael. Hey, the Cornballer.Copy !req
32. I thought these things
were only legal in Mexico.Copy !req
33. In fact, the Cornballer
wasn't legal anywhere.Copy !req
34. But George Sr. continued
to market it there successfully.Copy !req
35. - Muy delicioso.
- Es verdad.Copy !req
36. - Where'd you come from?
- I had another big fight with Marta.Copy !req
37. Gob had been having an
on-again, off-again relationship...Copy !req
38. with Marta, a Spanish-language
soap opera star.Copy !req
39. It looks like I'm going to be
staying here for a while.Copy !req
40. No, it doesn't. It doesn't look like that.
I've got a full house here, Gob.Copy !req
41. He's just in a bad mood, Gob,
because his son feels suffocated by him.Copy !req
42. - Suffocated? Really?
- Yes, Michael. He's a teenager.Copy !req
43. He's probably got a little girlfriend,
and, well, let's face it...Copy !req
44. - you are overbearing.
- Maybe I should be more like
you when it comes to parenting.Copy !req
45. No borders. No limits. "Go ahead,
touch the Cornballer. You know best."Copy !req
46. Michael, if I could stick my
pretty little nose in here for one second.Copy !req
47. When I was a psychiatrist...
and this is before I became an actor...Copy !req
48. - You're still not an actor.
- Lovely.Copy !req
49. I saw a lot of this type of behavior...Copy !req
50. and I think what you're experiencing is
your son's very normal need...Copy !req
51. to distance himself from
his overbearing father.Copy !req
52. Am I touching something?
Hot! Hot, hot. Hot.Copy !req
53. - Be careful.
- Hot.Copy !req
54. - You all right?
- Hot.Copy !req
55. Now, take my daughter, for example.Copy !req
56. She lives her life...Copy !req
57. and I get the pleasure of
guessing what that might entail.Copy !req
58. Now watch this. Maeby, where are you
off to on this glorious Sunday afternoon?Copy !req
59. - She won't tell me.
- I'm going to audition for a play.Copy !req
60. Well, that time it didn't work.
What play?Copy !req
61. It's for high school.
You can't audition.Copy !req
62. I was totally wrong.Copy !req
63. She's reaching out to her actor daddy.
Does anyone have an ice pack?Copy !req
64. In truth, Maeby was reaching
out to a boy named Steve Holt...Copy !req
65. who was auditioning for
the lead in the school play.Copy !req
66. "I would kiss before I spoke."Copy !req
67. Maeby decided to audition as well...Copy !req
68. Iooking for a chance
to get closer to Steve.Copy !req
69. And then we actually
get to kiss, right?Copy !req
70. George Michael also chose to audition...Copy !req
71. Iooking for a chance
to get closer to his cousin Maeby.Copy !req
72. "I would kiss before I spoke."
Then there's a kiss, right?Copy !req
73. - Louder.
- And then there's a kiss, right?Copy !req
74. - Later, the cast list was posted.
- Steve Holt!Copy !req
75. - Steve Holt!
- Stand-in for Steve Holt?Copy !req
76. Steve Holt!Copy !req
77. Michael went to get his son
a new bike to keep him from slipping away...Copy !req
78. while Michael's mother was giving up hope
her son Buster would ever leave her side.Copy !req
79. Zip me up.Copy !req
80. Usually at this time of year...Copy !req
81. Buster would return to
his post-graduate studies.Copy !req
82. But without the resources to afford it...Copy !req
83. his summer vacation
was extending into the fall.Copy !req
84. Mom! Mom!Copy !req
85. And Lucille was beginning to resent it.Copy !req
86. What?Copy !req
87. Hi, Mama, it's Linds.Copy !req
88. It'll fly out on its own.
Why are you calling me? What do you need?Copy !req
89. Very nice, Mom.
I don't need anything.Copy !req
90. My daughter needs
some new school clothes.Copy !req
91. Buster!Copy !req
92. - It's a bird.
- I know it's a bird. I'm on the phone.Copy !req
93. - It walked on my pillow.
- Look, I have a child that
costs me money too, you know.Copy !req
94. - Why can't you get a job?
- What is it with this family and working?Copy !req
95. Michael just gave me the exact
same lecture in front of everybody.Copy !req
96. Everybody? Who's everybody?Copy !req
97. - Who's everybody?
- You know, the kids, Gob, Tobias, everybody.Copy !req
98. He didn't invite Buster.Copy !req
99. Buster's his brother too.
What's wrong with Buster?Copy !req
100. And even as she asked
the question, Lucille realized...Copy !req
101. that perhaps it was time to
let her own baby bird fly away.Copy !req
102. - Why do I have to take him?
- Because he's your brother.Copy !req
103. You run around with everyone else,
going on bike rides, making cornholes.Copy !req
104. - Mom, listen...
- Everyone's laughing, riding
and cornholing except Buster.Copy !req
105. And I know he's not the sharpest knife
in the drawer, but he's sensitive, Michael...Copy !req
106. and you could pretend
to be interested in him.Copy !req
107. Fine. He can hang out,
but he's going to work, okay?Copy !req
108. This is not going to be
a day at the beach.Copy !req
109. Th-That's cool. Mom packed me
a change of clothes.Copy !req
110. So Buster stayed and Michael
made him build the new bike.Copy !req
111. - It's in the big box in my office. Hey.
- Michael.Copy !req
112. Gob, what are you doing here,
and why are you in a bathrobe?Copy !req
113. What's he doing here?
Why is he in his bathing suit?Copy !req
114. Mom dropped me off
to spend time with Michael.Copy !req
115. Spend time with Michael,
or to serve her own menopausal needs?Copy !req
116. She's always got to wedge herself in
the middle of us, so she can control everything.Copy !req
117. Yeah.
Mom's awesome.Copy !req
118. Maybe we should call her.Copy !req
119. - So why are you in your robe?
- I camped out in the boardroom last night.Copy !req
120. What with you kicking me
out of your house...Copy !req
121. there are few places left
that you have that I can stay.Copy !req
122. Hmm. Well, you can't stay here either.Copy !req
123. Let me ask you something.Copy !req
124. Is this a business decision, or is it personal?Copy !req
125. 'Cause if it's business,
I'll go away happily.Copy !req
126. But if it's personal, I'll go away.
But I won't be happy.Copy !req
127. It's personal.Copy !req
128. I am so sorry.Copy !req
129. Michael's son, meanwhile, was
waiting with his cousin for first rehearsal.Copy !req
130. - I'm surprised you tried out for this.
- Yeah. I just love the theater.Copy !req
131. That's great. I'm just doing it
to kiss Steve Holt.Copy !req
132. Well, actually, I think I'm gonna quit.
Yeah, theater's dead.Copy !req
133. But, he's always going to be at football
practice, so I'm gonna have to kiss the stand-in.Copy !req
134. But, no. No. I love the theater...Copy !req
135. and I gave my word, so I'm back in.Copy !req
136. Tobias, meanwhile,
stopped by the school.Copy !req
137. - I know why you're doing this.
- Dad. What are you doing here? Go away.Copy !req
138. Yes, because the director
might be here soon, right? Oops. Too late.Copy !req
139. He's already here.Copy !req
140. Hello, everyone,
and welcome to the theater.Copy !req
141. I am Dr. Tobias Fünke...Copy !req
142. and I will be your new director.Copy !req
143. Oh, my God.Copy !req
144. Tobias had gotten the directing
job by meeting with the school principal.Copy !req
145. And you tell me you've got
some P.E. teacher directing?Copy !req
146. That just makes me wanna
puke all over your head, sir.Copy !req
147. Give me a chance
to tell the Bard's tale...Copy !req
148. and I give you my word
on humble knee...Copy !req
149. whence you shall not say
it wasn't e'er to be.Copy !req
150. - Jerry, you cool with this?
- Sure. Let the little fruit do it.Copy !req
151. - Huzzah!
- As the days went by...Copy !req
152. Buster's apprenticeship was proving
more trying than Michael had anticipated.Copy !req
153. We're excited. We want your business.Copy !req
154. And, uh, everybody at the Bluth Company...Copy !req
155. Here I go again.Copy !req
156. And just when
he could take no more...Copy !req
157. And we're back on track. And we're focused.Copy !req
158. And, Buster...Copy !req
159. you can't do that
in the snack room, pal?Copy !req
160. Mom told me to
stay away from microwaves.Copy !req
161. And besides, this is gonna be...Copy !req
162. the most bitchingly fast bike
in all of Orange County.Copy !req
163. - Really?
- Your son is gonna love it.Copy !req
164. Well, I guess 3:40 is as good a time
as any to call it a day.Copy !req
165. So Michael left for the high school
hoping to reconnect with his son...Copy !req
166. while Tobias's attempt to reconnect with
his daughter hit a snag.Copy !req
167. Stop! Stop it. It's all wrong.Copy !req
168. - But we were just about to do the kiss...
- Kiss. I know.Copy !req
169. It doesn't work. Look, you are
playing adults with fully...Copy !req
170. Pick that up, please.
With fully formed libidos...Copy !req
171. not two young men
playing grab-ass in the shower.Copy !req
172. Would you hold the work, please? Oh, Michael.Copy !req
173. - Dad, wh...
- So, you're in a play, huh?Copy !req
174. I'm not.Copy !req
175. - I quit.
- Maeby.Copy !req
176. - Why didn't you tell me?
- It's not really important.Copy !req
177. - I'm just a stand-in.
- And you're ashamed?Copy !req
178. Well, this should
cheer you up. Hmm?Copy !req
179. I left work early. I thought maybe
we'd go for a ride today.Copy !req
180. - No, I can't go on a bike ride right now.
- Why, because of the play?Copy !req
181. - You're just a stand-in.
- No, no. It's not the play. It's just...Copy !req
182. You know, I can't go on a million bike rides
whenever you want me to.Copy !req
183. Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
Hey, is it about a girl?Copy !req
184. - No! It's not. Just drop it, Dad.
- You can tell me.Copy !req
185. What, is Lindsay right?
Am I really suffocating him?Copy !req
186. Well, they're different people every day,
teenagers. Hormones all ablaze.Copy !req
187. Except, of course,
when they're onstage when I need it.Copy !req
188. No, he said it wasn't about a girl.Copy !req
189. Maybe he really is pulling away.Copy !req
190. Not a girl?Copy !req
191. Of course.Copy !req
192. Methinks a Cupid I shall play.Copy !req
193. Mm. Mmm. Mmm.Copy !req
194. Tobias came up with
a new plan for the play...Copy !req
195. - and a way to connect to George Michael.
- I know why you're in the play.Copy !req
196. - What?
- Watch this.Copy !req
197. Okay, everybody.
Well, we've lost a leading lady...Copy !req
198. but did you know in Shakespeare's day
that the women's roles...Copy !req
199. were played by men?Copy !req
200. Fancy that.Copy !req
201. Hmm.Copy !req
202. George Michael,
you know Steven's lines, yes?Copy !req
203. - Sort of.
- Fine. Then you are my Benedict.Copy !req
204. - And Steven Holt... Where is Steven Holt?
- Steve Holt!Copy !req
205. Yes. Get ready for the acting challenge
of your sweet young life, fair lady.Copy !req
206. For you are my Beatrice.Copy !req
207. Beatrice!Copy !req
208. Let's take it from "Peace,
I will stop thy mouth."Copy !req
209. Now we'll see if some sparks fly.Copy !req
210. As George Michael
contemplated kissing his rival...Copy !req
211. Michael sought his father's advice.Copy !req
212. - You think you never hurt me?
- What are you talking about?
When have I ever rebelled?Copy !req
213. - I never see you anymore, Michael.
- You're in prison.Copy !req
214. And I was here yesterday.Copy !req
215. Oh, yeah. That's-That's... I'm sorry.Copy !req
216. I couldn't break away from the poker game.
Capital "G" was down to his boxers.Copy !req
217. - Strip poker?
- Yeah, and it's tough.Copy !req
218. We can really
only play about two hands.Copy !req
219. Listen...Copy !req
220. Let him go. Let your son go.Copy !req
221. I can't do that, Dad. He needs me.Copy !req
222. Michael, you don't want to make
the same mistake your mom made with Buster.Copy !req
223. - Yeah, boy. What happened there?
- I really don't know.Copy !req
224. Maybe it was the 11 months
he spent in the womb.Copy !req
225. The doctor said there were claw marks
on the walls of her uterus, but...Copy !req
226. he was our miracle baby, you know?Copy !req
227. And l-I was just too burned out
on raising you guys to care.Copy !req
228. So, he turned out a little, uh, soft.Copy !req
229. A little doughy.Copy !req
230. I don't know. Maybe-Maybe it was my fault.Copy !req
231. Maybe I just ignored the guy.Copy !req
232. Wow. We're just blowing
through nap time, aren't we?Copy !req
233. Yeah, I gotta let my son go.Copy !req
234. Lindsay, meanwhile,
still had the dress...Copy !req
235. - and she was starting to get
some positive reactions to it.
- Look at you.Copy !req
236. I am.Copy !req
237. So she decided to hide it
in the attic crawl space.Copy !req
238. Are you crazy? I'm a magician.
I make my living with my hands.Copy !req
239. - And if I'm going to be staying here...
- Staying here?Copy !req
240. What, did that Mexican throw you out?Copy !req
241. She's not "that Mexican," Mom.
She's my Mexican.Copy !req
242. And she's Colombian or something.
Anyway, it's over.Copy !req
243. - You've got three days.
- Hey.Copy !req
244. If I can't find a horny immigrant by then,
I don't deserve to stay here.Copy !req
245. Oh!Copy !req
246. Back at the model home,
Michael was adjusting to...Copy !req
247. the absence of his son,
by enjoying the company of his brother.Copy !req
248. You know, I'm in pretty good shape.Copy !req
249. You could be eating my dust
all day, slowpoke.Copy !req
250. And Buster was starting
to give as good as he got.Copy !req
251. Yeah. And you might be eating...Copy !req
252. Well, let's hope it doesn't come to that.Copy !req
253. Hey, Tobias. How's my son doing?Copy !req
254. Oh, well, he didn't want to
rehearse today...Copy !req
255. but I do think I have a handle
on what he's going through.Copy !req
256. I wish I could say the same for Steve Holt.
I don't know what the hell her problem is.Copy !req
257. - Her?
- Oh, uh, I'm sorry.Copy !req
258. I say that because I switched the parts,
but, it's still...Copy !req
259. off.Copy !req
260. Perhaps if she dressed as a woman.Copy !req
261. - She?
- Oh, for the love of God. She's playing a woman.Copy !req
262. Look who's back.Copy !req
263. - I'm exhausted.
- Neiman's again, huh?Copy !req
264. I've been going to the thrift store,
but I'm going to find a way to keep that dress.Copy !req
265. Things didn't work out with Mom.Copy !req
266. It was utterly macabre.Copy !req
267. Zip me up.Copy !req
268. She always makes everything about her.Copy !req
269. She's the last person I ever want to
need something from.Copy !req
270. Well, she likes to be needed, just as
long as it doesn't cost her anything.Copy !req
271. It's like she gets off
on being withholding.Copy !req
272. - Whoa. Buster.
- Look who's got something to say.Copy !req
273. I'm Mom, and I wanna shoot down everything
you say so I feel good about myself.Copy !req
274. Look who's ragging on the old lady.Copy !req
275. - Hey, hey.
- Finally.Copy !req
276. 'Cause I'm an uptight...Copy !req
277. Buster!Copy !req
278. You old horny slut!Copy !req
279. Well, no one's gonna top that.Copy !req
280. And Tobias had found
the perfect wardrobe for his leading man.Copy !req
281. The red dress he discovered
in the attic crawl space.Copy !req
282. Assuming Michael had found and returned it...Copy !req
283. - Lindsay called her mother, hoping to
get money for a new one.
- What?Copy !req
284. - Hi, Mama. It's Linds.
- Get a job.Copy !req
285. Look. Just hear me out. It's Maeby's dress.
It was stolen from her locker.Copy !req
286. They beat her up,
and, uh, took all her clothes.Copy !req
287. - Send her over. I'll take her shopping.
- Buster was right.Copy !req
288. You get off on being
withholding, don't you?Copy !req
289. - Buster said that?
- That's right.Copy !req
290. - My Buster?
- Not anymore, apparently.Copy !req
291. While Lucille
was missing her youngest son...Copy !req
292. - Michael was finally enjoying his company.
- Zip me up.Copy !req
293. And while Buster did build a faster bike...Copy !req
294. - Whoo!
- he neglected to build the brakes.Copy !req
295. I'm flying!Copy !req
296. Buster?Copy !req
297. And George Michael had news for Maeby.Copy !req
298. So, I quit the play.
I don't really like plays.Copy !req
299. Also, I think your dad thinks I'm gay.Copy !req
300. - Oh. He thinks everyone's gay.
- Do you wanna get a soda?Copy !req
301. I can't. I'm actually back in the play.
We're in the middle of dress rehearsal now.Copy !req
302. - But I thought Steve had your part.
- Steve did have Maeby's part.Copy !req
303. And Tobias had given Maeby a new part.Copy !req
304. So you want me to play the man?Copy !req
305. Yes. Don't you see?
l-I cast the parts all wrong.Copy !req
306. It was Daddy's fault.Copy !req
307. And I still get to kiss Steve, right?Copy !req
308. It's gonna be a huge disaster.
I'll get you tickets.Copy !req
309. And Michael tried to salvage
what was left of the day...Copy !req
310. - with what was left of his brother.
- I'm a little shaky, but...Copy !req
311. - but we're here to work.
- Michael.Copy !req
312. - but we're here to work.
- Michael.Copy !req
313. - Mom.
- What are you doing here?Copy !req
314. Oh. Hello, Buster.
Here's a candy bar.Copy !req
315. - Oh...
- No. I'm withholding it.Copy !req
316. Look at me getting off.
How dare you turn Buster against me.Copy !req
317. - What are you talking about?
- I know what you've all been saying.Copy !req
318. But I'm not going to let you destroy
my relationship with my son...Copy !req
319. just because you don't have one
with yours right now.Copy !req
320. Wait a minute.
Me and my son are fine...Copy !req
321. and that is not what this is.Copy !req
322. Buster is a grown man.
He can make his own decisions.Copy !req
323. - Why don't you ask Buster what he wants.
- Michael. I wanna go with Mom.Copy !req
324. - You said that she shoots you down.
- I was trying to fit in.Copy !req
325. You were flying today, buddy.Copy !req
326. Yes, I was flying...Copy !req
327. but a little too close to the sun.Copy !req
328. You let him go in the sun?
Get in the backseat. I'll be right out.Copy !req
329. Front seat, Mom. I sit in
the front seat now. Mmm?Copy !req
330. Let me tell you something, Michael.
You have to fight for your family.Copy !req
331. If you were smart, you'd grab your son
before he slips any further away.Copy !req
332. Well, I disagree, Mom.Copy !req
333. I'm not gonna control George Michael.Copy !req
334. I'm gonna let him
decide for himself what's best.Copy !req
335. Mm-hmm. Well, you better hope...Copy !req
336. that little bird decides to
fly back into your house.Copy !req
337. Because they usually don't.Copy !req
338. So, uh, can we go now?Copy !req
339. Yeah.Copy !req
340. And George Michael watched
as Maeby shared the kiss...Copy !req
341. that should've been his with
a boy he almost had to kiss.Copy !req
342. But, to Maeby's surprise,
she did not enjoy kissing Steve Holt.Copy !req
343. You smell like my mom.Copy !req
344. Michael returned to the model home
to find his son in the kitchen.Copy !req
345. - You're home.
- Yeah. I was waiting for you.Copy !req
346. - I thought we could make some of these.
- Sure.Copy !req
347. I'm sorry about what I said at the school.
It was out of line.Copy !req
348. I shouldn't have poked my nose into your life.Copy !req
349. - My life?
- I know that you're growing up.Copy !req
350. Yeah, but, Dad, you're, like,
the most important part of my life.Copy !req
351. That's a little cornball.Copy !req
352. - I don't mind.
- I don't mind either, buddy.Copy !req
353. - Watch your...
- Mother of God!Copy !req
354. Oh! Every damn time!Copy !req
355. Oh! This is a big one. Oh!Copy !req
356. On the next
Arrested Development.Copy !req
357. Tobias gets a review
of his Shakespeare play.Copy !req
358. I didn't get into this business to please
sophomore Tracy Schwarzman, so...Copy !req
359. onward and upward!Copy !req
360. On...Copy !req
361. Why, Tracy? Why?Copy !req
362. And Buster is back
where he belongs.Copy !req
363. - Mom!
- What is it?Copy !req
364. I can't get down.Copy !req