# Arrested Development: 4.3.05

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-3-05/297596>\
**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:** 5\
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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-3-05/297596/41 "2005-04-05T20:47:34Z")

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> [@Fiver](#):
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> It’s good to see Alan Tudyk getting work, since he’s still about a half year away from becoming a movie star.

Big Damn Movie Star! 🆒

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**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-3-05/297596/42 "2005-04-22T04:19:24Z")

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I rewatched this ep today. I caught one piece of dialogue that had eluded me:

Lindsay was, in fact, wearing the ring on her middle toe, **Roast Beef**.

but one line still eludes me:

When GM is preproposing to Ann, he says something about needing an answer pretty quick, **before the something kicks in**? Anybody got this?

The “you’ve gotta lock that down” evades me. It makes sense used in one context, but not in another.

Hysterical episode.

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**Author:** ![AmericanMaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-3-05/297596/43 "2005-04-22T13:43:38Z")

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GM asks to get an answer before the really hard AP stuff kicks in.

To explain “you’ve gotta lock that down” line. Mrs. Veal is attractive and therefore many men would want her. So, once you have an in with her, you have to lock her down (i.e. marriage) to keep her away from other salivating menfolk. Which apparently doesn’t work if you talk to her about the secular world. 😉

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**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-3-05/297596/44 "2005-04-22T22:38:57Z")

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> [@AmericanMaid](#):
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> GM asks to get an answer before the really hard AP stuff kicks in.

OK, I am now officially embarrassed. I still don’t get it. :o

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**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-4-3-05/297596/45 "2005-04-23T03:43:53Z")

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Anybody catch Tony Hale (Buster) on Stacked the other night?

He plays a Yale MBA who wants a job at the bookstore.

He plays a dumb person on a smart show and a smart person on a dumb show.

Hmmmmm…

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