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Arrested Development
The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.
- Created by:
- Mitchell Hurwitz
- Cast:
- Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Will Arnett, Michael Cera
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United States of America
- Network:
- FOX, Netflix
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 1
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 7.7Pilot
2003-11-02 · 22mMeet the Bluths. In the pilot, Michael decides to take a job in Arizona after being passed over by George Sr. for head of the Bluth Company. George Sr. is jailed, and the family realizes they need Michael.
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E02
Episode 2
★ 8.1Top Banana
2003-11-09 · 23mMichael puts George Michael in charge of the Bluth Bannana Stand, and his son subsequently burns down the stand. Elsewhere, Tobias auditions for a commercial, and Lindsay inadvertantly gets the part.
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E03
Episode 3
★ 7.9Bringing Up Buster
2003-11-16 · 23mMichael spends quality time with Buster. George Michael auditions for a school play to get closer to Maeby. Gob breaks up with his girlfriend and has nowhere to go.
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E04
Episode 4
★ 7.9Key Decisions
2003-11-23 · 22mGob decides to lock himself in his father's prison for 24 hours to get back in with the alliance, and to spend quality time with his father. Michael takes Gob's girlfriend to an awards show, and Buster inadvertently flirts with his mother's rival.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 8.1Charity Drive
2003-11-30 · 22mMichael and Lindsay try to prove their charitable sides to each other. Gob demands George Michael's respect, and Buster continues avoiding Lucille 2.
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E06
Episode 6
★ 8.1Visiting Ours
2003-12-07 · 22mMichael sets up an "intimate conjugal visit" for his parents, while it is revealed that George Sr. had an affair with Kitty, his secretary who recently slept with Gob. Tobias and Lindsay see a marriage counselor.
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E07
Episode 7
★ 7.8In God We Trust
2003-12-14 · 22mMichael attempts to fire the family's incompetent, but likeable attorney. George Michael impresses Maeby with a muscle suit for a "Living Classics" pagent. Tobias has a psychological affliction where he is unable to take off his clothes.
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E08
Episode 8
★ 7.9My Mother, the Car
2003-12-21 · 22mMichael loses his short-term memory, which Lucille uses to her advantage. Gob attempts to use the family yacht before Michael sells it. George Michael and Maeby attempt to see an R-rated movie about cousins having an affair. Buster and Lucille 2 take "the next step".
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E09
Episode 9
★ 8.2Storming the Castle
2004-01-04 · 22mMichael cannot go through with his plan to break up Gob and Marta. A thug magician wants to take Gob's "legs". Maeby wears all leather to get back at her mother, and Lucille decides to confront Buster's relationship with Lucille 2.
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E10
Episode 10
★ 8.7Pier Pressure
2004-01-11 · 22mBuster realizes that medical marijuana will help cure Lucille 2's vertigo, and pays George Michael to get it for him from Gob. Lindsay sends Maeby to spend a day with Lucille to punish her for bad grades. Michael thinks George Michael is on drugs and attempts to teach him a lesson.
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E11
Episode 11
★ 8.2Public Relations
2004-01-25 · 22mWhen George Michael is a rejected by a private school due to the family's reputation, Michael hires a publicist from his gym who he's been flirting with to change the public perspective of the Bluths. Meanwhile, Tobias is sent to Boston to reclaim his medical license.
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E12
Episode 12
★ 8.3Marta Complex
2004-02-08 · 22mWhen Lucille throws an anniversary party for Tobias and Lindsay on Valentine's Day, Michael gives an impassioned speech about love. This makes Marta realize she has feelings for him and Lindsay realize she wants a divorce. Meanwhile, Buster decides to move out of the penthouse and Lucille revels in living alone for the first time.
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E13
Episode 13
★ 8.1Beef Consommé
2004-02-15 · 22mAfter learning that Marta has feelings for him, Michael goes to her and they decide to get permission from Gob before taking things to the next level. Meanwhile, Lindsay and Tobias finally get to the heart of his "never-nude" problem and George Sr. faces his first hearing.
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E14
Episode 14
★ 8.3Shock and Aww
2004-03-07 · 22mMichael falls for his George Michael's ethics teacher, whom his son also has a crush on. Meanwhile, Lucille adopts a 14-year old Korean boy, and George Sr.'s "Caged Wisdom" tapes have given him a new admirer.
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E15
Episode 15
★ 8.0Staff Infection
2004-03-14 · 22mWhen Michael discovers his family has been receiving paychecks without working, he forces them all to get jobs within the company. Lindsay questions his management skills, and Tobias checks himself in at George Sr.'s prison to research a film role.
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E16
Episode 16
★ 8.4Altar Egos
2004-03-17 · 22mMichael attempts to have a one-night stand with an attorney whom he doesn't know is not only blind, but the prosecutor who is trying to put his father in jail. Also, Gob gets married on a dare, Maeby pretends to be a girl with a made up disease, and George Sr.'s admirer turns out to be an undercover SEC agent who has truly fallen for him.
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E17
Episode 17
★ 8.5Justice Is Blind
2004-03-21 · 22mGob steals a file on the government's case against the Bluth Company that Maggie had given to Michael. Tobias is sent to Maggie's house to get evidence, George Michael tries to prove Maeby's fraud, and Lindsay fights to remove the Ten Commandments from the courthouse lawn.
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E18
Episode 18
★ 8.1Missing Kitty
2004-03-28 · 22mGob attempts to make good on his promise to make the family yacht disappear. Meanwhile, Lindsay and Maeby try to track down Lindsay's grandmother, Tobias seeks George Sr.'s respect, and Michael attempts to fire Kitty, who claims to have information that could bring down the company.
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E19
Episode 19
★ 8.0Best Man for the Gob
2004-04-04 · 22mGeorge Sr. uses Gob's bachelor party as an opportunity to set up his accountant in a compromising position so that he can blackmail him. Meanwhile, Michael tries to prove he's a fun guy, and the Funkes reunite their family folk-music band.
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E20
Episode 20
★ 8.1Whistler's Mother
2004-04-11 · 22mMichael deals with numerous requests for some unfrozen money, and chastises Lucille for being too coddling with Buster. Lindsay decides to protest the war to boost her self esteem while Tobias and Gob decide to start a coffee company.
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E21
Episode 21
★ 8.4Not Without My Daughter
2004-04-25 · 22mMichael takes Maeby to work with him on Take Your Daughter to Work Day. After being slighted by Michael, Tobias, George-Michael and Gob all go to the mall to prove that they are just manly. Oscar takes Lucille and Buster to Annyong's soccer game.
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E22
Episode 22
★ 8.5Let 'Em Eat Cake
2004-06-06 · 22mIn the first season finale, George Sr. has a heart attack, and Maeby is jealous when George Michael likes another girl. Meanwhile, Lindsay decides to leave Tobias until a book he wrote a long time ago becomes a gay bestseller, and Buster and Annyong compete over women.
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Jason Bateman
Michael Bluth
Portia de Rossi
Lindsay Bluth Fünke
Will Arnett
Gob Bluth
Michael Cera
George Michael Bluth
Alia Shawkat
Maeby Fünke
Tony Hale
Byron 'Buster' Bluth
David Cross
Tobias Fünke
Jeffrey Tambor
George Bluth Sr.
Jessica Walter
Lucille Bluth
Ron Howard
Narrator