# Arrested Development is returning for one more season **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 2, 2011, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378 "2011-10-02T22:11:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/21 "2011-10-03T00:42:32Z")
> [@Mosier](#): > > Another “disagree” here. The retarded wedding was the best episode of anything on TV ever. Yeah. Martin Short managed to shit all over an episode and ruin it, but other than that the show was gold start to finish. -Joe ---
**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:** [October 3, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/22 "2011-10-03T01:19:56Z")
I’ve been teased into thinking this will happen for years. If this ends up \*not \*happening, can someone recommend a good analrapist? ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/23 "2011-10-03T01:50:38Z")
I don’t get why people want an Arrested Development movie. It seems to me that what was best about AD was the way it used the medium of television: the long (multi-season) setup jokes, the running gags, the getting-things-past-the-censors, and the way you never quite knew whether a storyline was resolved at the end of an episode or not (and the way they toyed with that with the “Next time on Arrested Development…” tags). All in all, it was an extremely medium-savvy comedy, and that simply can’t be reproduced in a movie. They could try to make a movie-savvy comedy, but those have been done before, and so it wouldn’t be as fresh, and even if they somehow made it as fresh and funny as the series, it would be different to such an extent that nothing would be gained by calling it “Arrested Development.” I’d love to see that cast perform something on the big screen that was written by those writers, but trying to shoehorn AD into a different medium seems destined to fall flat. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/24 "2011-10-03T01:53:33Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > No touching! [puts hands in air] No touching ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/25 "2011-10-03T01:56:24Z")
I’ll believe it when I see it. Besides, it’s not like the cast has exactly been doing A-projects, none of them (barring _Superbad_). Why would any of them hold out, if not for liverspot disease or old grossness? ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/26 "2011-10-03T02:02:15Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I’ve been teased into thinking this will happen for years. If this ends up \*not \*happening, can someone recommend a good analrapist? I saw one advertised on Bob Loblaw’s Law Blog. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/27 "2011-10-03T02:19:47Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > I saw one advertised on Bob Loblaw’s Law Blog. Gene Parmesan put out a facebook post about it…yes, I ‘like’ Gene Parmesan. ---
**Author:** ![Huerta88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/28 "2011-10-03T04:11:27Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > That’s “Up All Night,” which currently has the lowest rating in it’s timeslot for the Big Four networks (and is dropping each week), so I think Arnett will be free. Yeah, the other one was “Running Wilde,” with that chick, and it tanked after five episodes. Arnett was of course funny but the Felicity chick was anything but, it deserved to tank. Hurwitz has mis-fired multiple times before. You will recall the animated series Sit Down, Shut Up, with Arnett, Winkler, and Bateman. It was atrocious. ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/29 "2011-10-03T05:35:28Z")
> [@Huerta88](#): > > You will recall the animated series Sit Down, Shut Up, with Arnett, Winkler, and Bateman. It was atrocious. Yeah that was awesome while I fucked it’s dog in the face. Not. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/30 "2011-10-03T05:40:39Z")
Holy shit, I hope this is true. If they’re able to make a new short series - getting the cast together, get the funding, the time slot, build the sets, etc. - why not just kickstart the series again ala family guy and futurama? I barely have any interest in a movie relative to a fourth, fifth, and sixth season of the show. As was said, the show’s strength’s don’t match up that well with movies, and I’d rather have 24 22 minute episodes of the show than 90 minutes of movie. Still, this is great and interesting news. I wonder if it’s a big hit if they will restart the series. Next up, Firefly… Edit: The linked article just says this is what the creator of the show wants to do. The OP seems to say that this is actually a done deal. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/31 "2011-10-03T12:59:59Z")
> [@Mach Tuck](#): > > This has totally made my day - I love Arrested Development. > > But then, I certainly have a type. Her? ---
**Author:** ![Brandus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Brandus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brandus)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/32 "2011-10-03T13:03:32Z")
I hope they do without a narrator over-explaining every detail this time. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/33 "2011-10-03T13:37:19Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Edit: The linked article just says this is what the creator of the show wants to do. The OP seems to say that this is actually a done deal. I believe it just has to come together on the business end of things since Hurwitz doesn’t own the show. I imagine they’ll be able to come to some kind of agreement for it. The cast is all on board though. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/34 "2011-10-03T13:48:41Z")
Well I, for one, like “Up All Night.” So there. And I can’t wait for this show either. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/35 "2011-10-03T13:55:54Z")
> [@Brandus](#): > > I hope they do without a narrator over-explaining every detail this time. I hope they don’t change a single thing, the show was great for a reason. ---
**Author:** ![firstname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ab992/32.png) [@firstname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/firstname)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/36 "2011-10-03T14:00:56Z")
> [@Brandus](#): > > I hope they do without a narrator over-explaining every detail this time. Reported for trolling. Just Kidding, Please don’t ban me. ---
**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/37 "2011-10-03T14:53:38Z")
> [@Brandus](#): > > I hope they do without a narrator over-explaining every detail this time. Are you kidding? :eek: The narrator is as integral to the show as any of the cast. It’s not “Arrested Development” without Howard’s deadpan, neurotic, and occasionally fourth wall-breaking narration. And the “over-explaining” is part of the joke. ---
**Author:** ![Brandus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Brandus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brandus)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/38 "2011-10-03T15:06:37Z")
Sorry, I just found it more pleasurable to pick up on the subtexts and details myself rather than having them spelled out to me. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/39 "2011-10-04T22:23:57Z")
It will be the greatest tragedy if this falls through. It will be a lesser tragedy if we do not get to see the rest of the family’s chicken dances. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/40 "2011-10-04T22:27:36Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Well I, for one, like “Up All Night.” > > So there. > > And I can’t wait for this show either. Up All Night was just picked up for a full season. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378.md?page=3)