# "Arrested Development-- \*\*2-Hour Season Finale\*\*" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 8, 2006, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506 "2006-02-08T04:29:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/61 "2006-02-11T03:24:54Z")
Other fun points of interest: -Bud Cort. šŸ˜ƒ -The Saddam lookalike pleading ā€œI am not Saddam! Saddam has a scar! I have no scar! I am no scar! Iā€™m no scar! Dot com!ā€ (Was that Tambor as the fake Saddam?) -Condoleeza Rice Way. -The US soldier teaching the Iraqi soldier how to tazer GOB. ā€œGo ahead, try it again.ā€ -The burning Bush. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/62 "2006-02-11T03:28:43Z")
> [@Happy Lendervedder](#): > > The body of work they put out over 52-odd episodes 1. There are two ways you could know this: 1. Count the episodes. 22 in the first season, 18 (cut down from 22) in the second, 13 in the third. 2. ā€œHow long has [your love of Maeby] been going on?ā€ ā€œUm, about 53 weeks.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/63 "2006-02-11T03:43:14Z")
Lindsey being adopted is a bit too Armand Tanzarian for me. How old are Maebe, George Michael and Ann? 16, 15 and 18? Seems kinda odd. Hilarious, though. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/64 "2006-02-11T03:46:02Z")
Iā€™m a little depressed now. But that was two very funny hours of TV. I think the joke I laughed at the hardest was Buster speaking Arabic to the cabbie - and then explaining to Michael that traffic was backed up all the way to Knottā€™s Berry Farm. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/65 "2006-02-11T03:48:57Z")
> [@Happy Lendervedder](#): > > And how funny is it that the first thing Lindsay wanted to do when she found out she was adopted was to hook-up with/marry Michael? šŸ˜ƒ Iā€™m posting way too much to this thread, but Iā€™m on a sort of AD buzz right now. Iā€™d just like to point out that a few months ago I started a thread on incestuous relationships on AD. I offered a bunch of cites, one of which was Lindsay and Michaelā€™s drunken confessions to each other, and their resulting closeness. A few posters expressed doubt that anything incestuous was implied. Iā€™d now like to bask in the warm glow of my insight. šŸ˜› Question: On browsing through IMDB, I noticed a little show Iā€™d never seen called Veronica Mars. Whatā€™s it about? I saw that Michael Cera and Alia Shawkat were both in an episode called The Rapes of Graff. Whatā€™s up with that? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/66 "2006-02-11T03:50:40Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Iā€™d just like to point out that a few months ago I started a thread on incestuous relationships on AD. I offered a bunch of cites, one of which was Lindsay and Michaelā€™s drunken confessions to each other, and their resulting closeness. A few posters expressed doubt that anything incestuous was implied. Iā€™d now like to bask in the warm glow of my insight. šŸ˜› I thought of those posts when all that stuff happened. But Iā€™m not sure how that qualifies as insight, though; it was more like a prognostication. Itā€™s not like they revealed there had been something incestuous going on. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/67 "2006-02-11T03:53:47Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Iā€™m a little depressed now. Iā€™m not. Iā€™ve just watched the funniest television since Lucy worked on the assembly line. Iā€™ll get depressed tomorrow. > [@](#): > > I think the joke I laughed at the hardest was Buster speaking Arabic to the cabbie - and then explaining to Michael that traffic was backed up all the way to Knottā€™s Berry Farm. šŸ˜ƒ Or when he swallowed a moth. ā€œAnd I believe you said something aboutā€¦ ice cream?ā€ ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/68 "2006-02-11T03:57:41Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I thought of those posts when all that stuff happened. But Iā€™m not sure how that qualifies as insight, though; it was more like a prognostication. Itā€™s not like they revealed there had been something incestuous going on. I knew you were going to say that. I _am_ Nostradamus! OK, this is my 8th post to this thread in less than an hour. Iā€™m signing off now. I think Iā€™ll watch an episode or two agian. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/69 "2006-02-11T03:59:32Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Iā€™m not. Iā€™ve just watched the funniest television since Lucy worked on the assembly line. Iā€™ll get depressed tomorrow. Thatā€™s not a bad plan. The whole experience was hilarious, I just got a little down when I heard ā€œit was Arrested Development.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/70 "2006-02-11T04:04:10Z")
Oh, another great background moment: did anybody else see Franklinā€™s shirt? After years of seeing Lucilleā€™s maids wearing pro-Bush shirts, Franklin somehow ended up with one reading ā€œGeorge Bush doesnā€™t care about black puppets.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/71 "2006-02-11T04:04:16Z")
> [@Happy Lendervedder](#): > > _sigh_ So taboo, so funny. > > Was anyone else cringing during the scene when Nellie was coming on to Michaelā€¦just wondering how far they were going to take her advances? > > And how funny is it that the first thing Lindsay wanted to do when she found out she was adopted was to hook-up with/marry Michael? šŸ˜ƒ > > Maybe Iā€™m still just riding on the high of 2 spectacular hours of television, but the way they ended it, Iā€™m not sure anything they do beyond this could top these three years. The body of work they put out over 52-odd episodes is just so freaking _perfect_, I donā€™t want that perfection to be spoiled by anything (i.e. any changes a new network might bring to the show). If it ended tonight, Iā€™d be satisfied. Does anyone else feel this way? > > But a movie would be nice. Did you notice that when Michael asked GM how long he had had these feelings towards Maebe, GM responded: ā€œGoing on 53 weeks nowā€. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/72 "2006-02-11T04:11:21Z")
[imnoscar.com](http://imnoscar.com) sounds an awful lot like [imoscar.com](http://imoscar.com)šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/73 "2006-02-11T04:11:24Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Itā€™s funnier not explained. > > If you insist ā€“ ā€œsecond baseā€ traditionally was touching the womanā€™s breasts. In that context, head first works Which head? šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Thrillhouse15](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ad7895/32.png) [@Thrillhouse15](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thrillhouse15)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/74 "2006-02-11T04:37:35Z")
Put me down as someone who will subscribe to Showtime the instant they announce they picked up AD. For about an hour and fifteen minutes I thought that humor doesnā€™t get any better than William Hung and His Hung Jury playing ā€œItā€™s Not Easy Being Brown.ā€ But then I found out Anyangā€™s real name. Dear God. I honestly couldnā€™t tell if I my tears were from laughter or from realizing that could be it for the best show on tv. Probably both. If that was the end, I think Iā€™m satisfied. Sad, but satisfied that it never had a bad moment. Kind of like the Office. The British Office. You know what I mean. Now, if youā€™ll excuse me I have to go watch the the last four ADs again. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/75 "2006-02-11T06:18:09Z")
Small other thing I meant to observe: Nellieā€™s list of ā€œdonā€™tsā€ was strongly reminiscent of GOBā€™s rant from before the company Christmas party. I think it was identical through her line about ā€œ\*\*\*\*blastingā€ or thereabouts. ---
**Author:** ![edwino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@edwino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwino)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/76 "2006-02-11T06:31:00Z")
Spectacular. Absolutely spectacular. The last episode, finishing off in as an alternate-universe pilot, was absolutely pitch perfect. Just wonderful. If we donā€™t see it again, thanks to Mitch Hurwitz, Ron Howard, and the cast for 53 of the best episodes of television ever. Never jumped the shark, except when it was literally jumping a shark. Never faded away, just perfect. I second the comparison to the British _Office_, which had fourteen episodes and exited at the top of its game. But Iā€™m still rooting for _Showtime_, which I would gladly get just for this show. **tdn** _Veronica Mars_ is a UPN show about a high school girl whose father is a PI. She does investigating for her father and for her friends and herself. It sounds kind of cheesy, but for all of its high school bubblegum, it tends to be really dark and oftentimes provocative. It is worth checking out and is enjoyable if you can get past the very high-schooly nature of the show. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/77 "2006-02-11T07:48:27Z")
My lord. That was the best 2 hours on TV. I just watched it, taped (from my DVR). I was DYING laughing! So many great self-referential jokes, so many funny moments. Just brilliant! I loved how Annyong was the grandkid of the frozen banana guy that Lucille deported back to Korea (ā€œItā€™s the SECā€ ā€œThey still have boats?ā€) Also the Congressman who wanted to save ā€œBaby Busterā€ (which the guy on the phone recognized) climbing into bed with him! A nice touch was when Michael was in the car with the prosecution saying the Bluth family doesnā€™t run, while you see Maeby running away from the fake wedding for the Alzheimers guys. Ann ending up with GOB (with her crazy uncle - ā€œThe Jews planted fossils in the 1920sā€) was just perfect after that talent show episode! I also liked the CIA East / CIA West joke. And the ā€œBeefcakeā€ magazines Tobius hid in the secret room to learn how to get more muscles! LOL! Speaking of Tobius, when Michael cut him off when he said ā€œIā€™ll get hot sailors. Even better, hot sea-ā€ GOLDā€¦ just Gold. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/78 "2006-02-11T09:59:11Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > -ā€œWhatā€™s the most important thing?ā€ ā€œFamily.ā€ ā€œI was going to say breakfast.ā€ Reversal of the first scene of the first episode. Most of the last episode was referring to the first episode, of course, but the one thing I noticed was that the banner at the final party said something like ā€œHowdy Pardnerā€. In the first episode, they mentioned several times that George was going through a cowboy phase, and the party then was western-themed. The Nellie thing was at least partly inspired by an idea they had from the beginning but never managed to work in. They were thinking of having another Bluth child who refused to give permission to appear on the ā€œdocumentaryā€. So theyā€™d have a face blurred out of photographsā€¦all that sort of thing. Itā€™d be a running gag. Now, can someone PLEASE find, or make, me a screenshot of the funniest thing Iā€™ve ever seen in my life: Lindsey and Tobiasā€™s baby announcement? I rewound that and paused on that image and laughed until my sides hurt. ā€œThereā€™s a baby in our soup!ā€ with Lindsey in a tub full of blood. Unbelieveable. Iā€™ve never seen anything so horribly tasteless in my life. I need to email it to many many people. Seriously - someone hook me up. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/79 "2006-02-11T12:36:53Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Now, can someone PLEASE find, or make, me a screenshot of the funniest thing Iā€™ve ever seen in my life: Lindsey and Tobiasā€™s baby announcement? I rewound that and paused on that image and laughed until my sides hurt. ā€œThereā€™s a baby in our soup!ā€ with Lindsey in a tub full of blood. Unbelieveable. Iā€™ve never seen anything so horribly tasteless in my life. I need to email it to many many people. Seriously - someone hook me up. [Here you go](http://tinypic.com/nle7u8.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506/80 "2006-02-11T14:05:38Z")
Great, great! But say ā€˜awayā€™ when you say that, otherwise it sounds weirdā€¦ You forgot to say ā€˜awayā€™ againā€¦ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-2-hour-season-finale/343506.md?page=5)