# Arrested Development: 4.3.05 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 4, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-3-05/297596 "2005-04-04T00:58:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sleeepy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sleeepy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeepy2)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-3-05/297596/1 "2005-04-04T00:58:33Z")
Funniest episode ever. Her? ---
**Author:** ![pokey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-3-05/297596/2 "2005-04-04T01:03:39Z")
I can’t wait for season two DVD. I know I’m only really noticing about 1/3 of the things that will eventually delight me. Did you see the look on that guard’s face when Maebey said, “babysit me!” I didn’t really understand why she had to act younger to get the mail though. Also the whole Franklin thing. After Gob said, “Franklin just said some things that whitey wasn’t ready to hear,” did he say, “Franklin just said some things that African-Americanie wasn’t ready to hear”? I was laughing and I couldn’t hear. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-3-05/297596/3 "2005-04-04T01:03:43Z")
[Ahem.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=310117)😉 Mods, little help? You can just close mine if that’s easiest. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-3-05/297596/4 "2005-04-04T02:17:12Z")
> [@pokey](#): > > After Gob said, “Franklin just said some things that whitey wasn’t ready to hear,” did he say, “Franklin just said some things that African-Americanie wasn’t ready to hear”? I was laughing and I couldn’t hear. That’s exactly what he said. How about George Sr.'s comment that “It’s never too late” for GOB to stop disappointing him? 😃 I liked Maeby’s new nickname for Ann. How did the line go? “Oh, he’s with Bland?” ---
**Author:** ![Nightime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Nightime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightime)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-3-05/297596/5 "2005-04-04T04:01:45Z")
Best episode of the season. I’ll have to watch it again to catch everything I missed because I was laughing too hard. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-3-05/297596/6 "2005-04-04T04:11:47Z")
It’s good to see Alan Tudyk getting work, since he’s still about a half year away from becoming a movie star. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2005, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-3-05/297596/7 "2005-04-04T05:49:47Z")
> [@Fiver](#): > > It’s good to see Alan Tudyk getting work, since he’s still about a half year away from becoming a movie star. He may end up getting typecast as the guy who’s married to the woman who’s way too hot for him. If he chunks up, maybe he can play Peter Griffin in a live-action _Family Guy_. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-3-05/297596/8 "2005-04-04T08:53:03Z")
Mrs. Veale was Justine Bateman, right? I liked her and Ann’s lines about “secular” things. Though I still don’t like Ann. Lindsay: ‘If you say no, you’ll drive him straight to her.’ George-Michael: ‘Dad, can you drive me to Ann’s?’ Michael: ‘Y-es. … That didn’t go like I hoped.’ ---
**Author:** ![sleeepy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sleeepy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeepy2)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-3-05/297596/9 "2005-04-04T09:46:18Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Mrs. Veale was Justine Bateman, right? I liked her and Ann’s lines about “secular” things. Though I still don’t like Ann. Pretty sure it was[Ione Skye](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001746/) . You gotta lock that down. ---
**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-3-05/297596/10 "2005-04-04T11:19:03Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Mrs. Veale was Justine Bateman, right? Actually, it was [Ione Skye](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001746/). Wouldn’t the physical interaction between [Mrs. Veal](http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/GuidePageServlet/showid-17005/epid-403608/) and Michael (Jason Bateman) have been rather icky if it had been his real-life sister playing her? I thought that the episode was great, and I also really enjoyed the Simpsons episode that preceded it (more so than many recent ones, at least). ---
**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-3-05/297596/11 "2005-04-04T11:23:41Z")
Ooh, simulpost! (Except that I was 93 minutes late because I didn’t bother to preview or refresh a long-open window). Sorry, **sleeepy2**. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-3-05/297596/12 "2005-04-04T13:01:19Z")
Has anyone ever pointed out that Ann’s full name is Ann Veal? Anvil? ---
**Author:** ![AmericanMaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-3-05/297596/13 "2005-04-04T13:47:46Z")
Her? This episode is going to be up there with “Good Grief” as the best of season 2. Gob’s puppet Franklin had me screaming with laughter and was it just me or was George particularly Homerish with Franklin and Gob? What with the throttling and “That’s my wife you…” Mrs. Featherbottom’s “outing” gave me a big sigh of relief because while it’s funny but it’s also painfully funny. Favorite lines of the night: “What kind of puppet does Buster have on his hand?” “I just don’t want Wellington pointing out my cracker ass in front of Ann.” ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-3-05/297596/14 "2005-04-04T13:56:56Z")
I loved GOBs frantic scramble to get the partition up in the limo while his George Sr. tried to get some from mom. “Dad, the window won’t go up. Seriously dad, the radio won’t work either!” ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-3-05/297596/15 "2005-04-04T14:04:41Z")
I loved when Buster thought Oscar was the only one in the family that wasn’t bothered by his hook because he saw him using it as a roach clip. Maeby’s trying to cover her slip about the premiere. I forget which country’s premiere was supposed to be dating her gym teacher. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-3-05/297596/16 "2005-04-04T14:06:14Z")
“I don’t have anything to wear to the Premiere…of Canada. He’s dating my teacher…” ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-3-05/297596/17 "2005-04-04T14:43:24Z")
I loved the tension mounting scene where they show a quick close up of Gob, the guard, and then the puppet. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-3-05/297596/18 "2005-04-04T15:21:00Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > I loved when Buster thought Oscar was the only one in the family that wasn’t bothered by his hook because he saw him using it as a roach clip. And, of course, that was why the dog went after it in the “In the next AD.” ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-3-05/297596/19 "2005-04-04T15:29:04Z")
> [@Antonius Block](#): > > Wouldn’t the physical interaction between [Mrs. Veal](http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/GuidePageServlet/showid-17005/epid-403608/) and Michael (Jason Bateman) have been rather icky if it had been his real-life sister playing her? I recall reading an interview with Jason where he was saying thathe was pushing to get Justine to appear for a few episodes AS his love interest. Just to screw with people. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-3-05/297596/20 "2005-04-04T15:31:22Z")
It was also great when Tobias was trying to ‘stay in character’ and was driving the Mini on the wrong side of the road! LOL! Also Mrs. Featherbottom wanting to put a banger in Michael’s mouth… then a sausage in his mouth… 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-3-05/297596.md?page=2)