Right, that’s it. Something about her just said “special,” and not in the “GOB isn’t special” way, but the “Buster is special” way.
I’m a new viewer who tuned in because of Charlize.
While the recap did help, the (lack of) quality of the episode did not. If this was one of the worst episodes ever, I might give it another chance. There were funny bits, but they were few and far between.
I’m guessing they knew that Charlize would draw a lot of curious passersby, and that’s why they did the recap. Unfortunately, they really needed to hit this one out of the ballpark, which they certainly did not do.
I love David Cross, but his storyline and the magic thing was just bad, and there was too much of it. On the plus side, the main guy’s horrible attempts at talking to Theron’s character were excellent, and Jeffrey Tambor is pure gold, of course. And Portia’s chicken dance was funny as hell.
All in all, I’d give the episode 2 out of 4 stars, with my interest in next week’s show hanging by a thread. Tell me this episode was lame; give me reason to tune in next week, please.
It WAS lame, by Arrested standards. You’re correct: it was not a good episode for Cross. This episode also had no George-Michael, no Maeby, and only a little Buster. The season premiere, I thought, was one of their very best episodes, so if they have more of that next week plus Scott Baio, it’d be a shame for you to miss it.
I’ve got a chance at a TV role.
Yeah, well lots of TV’s pass through here.
Plus they played Final Countdown again! Wooo!
So far this season, the narration lines have been…weird. I don’t know how to explain it, but the narrating is just off somehow. It feels like networks execs have been pawing through the lines, “improving” them.
I thought it was great! I was thinking that if the show’s this funny, I should start watching it regularly.
I liked the idea not only that there’s a British section of Orange County, but that they all drive on the left and keep to GMT. I loved the bit with Dave Thomas giving the international cell phone number via flash cards. And I’m still cracking up over the repeat of Lindsay’s chicken dance.
“Has anyone in this family ever seen a chicken?”
“At that point he was struck by something from his childhood.”
And Scott Baio’s name is Bob Loblaw. “I don’t want to hear any gibberish talking to Bob Loblaw.” I’m dying, here.
It finally hit me why Scott Baio’s showing up.
I want to know when’s Erin Moran, Al Molinaro, Donny Most, Anson Williams and Pat Morita gonna have their turns.
When the Bluths need other lawyers, of course. 
Any bit with Dave Thomas is funny. I have grown to appreciate him much more than I ever thought I would. Loved how his “Wee” British accent still sounded Canadian.
Well, with Dave Thomas in this episode and Martin Short last season, they’ll have to go through the cast of SCTV first.
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Her outfit appeared to me to have a Dutch motif. By the end, I assumed that as an secret agent she wasn’t that bright, and thought that’s the way the Brits really dress.
That Bob Loblaw gag is hysterical. I can’t believe they gave it away in the previews.
And The Daily Show. They’ve had three people from there, right? Stacy Grenrock-Woods as a reporter in the first season. Ed Helms as the real estate agent with the cookie spray, and wasn’t Rob Corddry in one episode too, with the lie detector test?
I can believe it. . . if my reaction next week is any like it was this week, I’ll giggle incessantly every time I hear that name! After my wife and I saw the preview for next week, we couldn’t stop laughing for like 10 minutes. Every time we’d calm down, one of us would mutter “Bob Loblaw” and we’d start up again.
Regarding the quality of the episode, I hadn’t watched much of it last year, but since we now have a DVR, I decided to give it a spin. I thought it was hilarious - much funnier than anything else this season. It is now on my must-watch list.
This was the first stinker of AD. It was bad. Not just Arrested Development bad, but TV bad (and not transvestite bad). Charlize Theron’s accent was terrible (unless that was on purpose).
Sure there were funny bits. Andy Griffith, Tobias, and Rumsfeld.
But it was not a good half hour of television.
For those of you thinking this was the worst episode ever, I have to wonder what show you were watching. Myself, I was watching Arrested Development, and possibly one of the best episodes I’ve seen since–well, last week.
Michael’s attempts to be British-charming were painfully hysterical. And Buster’s hand–gross hilarious. And the cameo by Harry Hamlin? Priceless!
If past shows are any indication, not one frame of the previews will show up in next week’s episode. It’s the kind of meta-TV I’ve come to expect from this show.
Speaking of which, did anyone notice that the footage from the commercials never made it into the episode?
I had a bad feeling after I watched this episode. The joke about Buster’s hand, and the joke about Tobias and the man parts came too close together. It was creepy.
Do I have to keep my teenage daughter out of the room if I’m watching Arrested Development? Come on, Arrested Development, you’re in show business! It’s all about timing and pacing! One suprising, how-did-that-get-by-the-censors joke an episode is funny. Two of them, almost back-to-back in an episode, is not.
Your teenage daughter already gets the jokes, I promise. Even if she pretends she doesn’t. I still pretend not to understand dirty jokes around my dad, and I’m 28 years old.
Funny is funny, and there’s never any such thing as too much funny. If you don’t like racy jokes, how have you made it this far watching the show? I saw the entire first season this weekend and I gotta tell you, it’s gleefully filthy.
I don’t know what folks are complaining about. Wee England is too broad but the stair car and George’s long-standing business relationship with Saddam Hussein aren’t? Nearly all of underage George Michael and Maeby’s interaction has a strong incestuous overtone, but we don’t want to know about George and Lucille’s autoerotic asphyxiation fun?
Question: What was the arial photo of Iraq really? I know what it was supposed to be, but was that really it? If so, how did they get that by the network?
As to incestuous relationships, they plague that show. It’s lousy with 'em, and I love it!