# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/41 "2011-10-04T22:41:17Z")
I have to agree with the people questioning the wisdom of a movie- I loved the series itself but thought its strength (besides being marvellously subtle, well-written, and funny!) was that it was very much a TV show and played with the conventions of Reality-esque TV shows. I just don’t know how well that’s going to translate into a movie. I am, however, very much looking forward to the new episodes- although it’d be nice if they’d go for a full series rather than an abbreviated run. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/42 "2011-10-04T23:54:15Z")
> [@Tanbarkie](#): > > 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. Agreed. The narration was essential. Howard always added a lot. I have high hopes for new episodes but we shall see. Sequels don’t pan out very often. But if the same person’s running it that should definitely help matters. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky\_the\_Wonder\_Spirit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Sparky\_the\_Wonder\_Spirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky_the_Wonder_Spirit)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/43 "2011-10-05T01:20:17Z")
> [@Tanbarkie](#): > > Steve Holt! > > (Goooodddd, I hope this doesn’t suck…) It will. They will try way too hard to capture lighting in a bottle again, and it will be painfully awkward. I know I’m in the minority, but I think 3 seasons was plenty. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/44 "2011-10-05T02:12:02Z")
> [@Sparky\_the\_Wonder\_Spirit](#): > > It will. They will try way too hard to capture lighting in a bottle again, and it will be painfully awkward. > > I know I’m in the minority, but I think 3 seasons was plenty. You might be right, but I think they should just do it and hope for the best. ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/45 "2011-10-07T08:21:32Z")
> [@Jaledin](#): > > 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? Michael Cera seems to have been quite busy post-AD, I’d say. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/46 "2011-10-07T19:02:37Z")
Bateman is doing quite well for himself these days, and most of the others are working steadily. That having been said, Arrested Development had one of those gestalt casts which was more than the sum of its parts. Having access to some of Televison’s Elder Statesmen(Howard, Winkler) couldn’t have hurt. It was very much a meta-show and people who know anything about production tended to find it even funnier than the average Joe. I thought it was a brilliant satire of sitcoms, the kind of thing only people who know the artform inside and out could pull off. It was almost like a roast of the medium in the medium, if that makes sense. The parts which fell flat for the average viewer were the most brilliant bits of satire for the insider. The overly-communicative narrator, who gives away spoilers for later events in the episode was brilliant. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/47 "2011-10-07T20:24:46Z")
It all sounds great to me, but plans for future episodes might be gone in a FLASH. Oh. Still, where’d the lighter fluid come from? ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/48 "2011-10-07T20:48:05Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > It all sounds great to me, but plans for future episodes might be gone in a FLASH. > > Oh. > > Still, where’d the lighter fluid come from? Sure, all over this $10,000 suit. Come on!!! ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/49 "2011-10-07T21:28:50Z")
More Arrested Development is more exciting than having a banger in my mouth. Excuse me, this is America. I meant to say a sausage in my mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/50 "2011-11-19T02:27:37Z")
**:BUMP:** Looks like Netflix will air it. [Netflix to air Arrested Development Season 4.](http://www.aintitcool.com/node/52019) ---
**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:** [November 19, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-is-returning-for-one-more-season/598378/51 "2011-11-19T13:46:28Z")
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