Well, just to be anal, as is my right as a member of this message board…
There were 53 episodes of AD in its original run, ranging from “Pilot” to “Development Arrested”.
Jason Bateman’s IMDB page lists all 53.
Portia de Rossi was in all 53.
Alia Shawkat’s entry for episode 42 is “credit only”, so I guess she missed that one.
Jessica Walter was in all 53.
Will Arnett was in all 53.
Micheal Cera was in all 53.
Michael Cross is “credit only” on episodes 4, 8 and 14
Jeffrey Tambor was in all 53 as George, and some also as Oscar.
Tony Hale is “credit only” for episodes 2, 6, 16, 18 and 20
So of the nine principals, six were in all the original episodes.
First, to be compulsive about being obsessive (call it the “OC” disorder), it’s David Cross, not Michael Cross.
Also, I was talking (again, without looking at the credits) about who was in every episode of Season 4.
There were glimpses of all of the characters here and there: the slow reveal, episode-by-episode, of the pictures on the empty seats at Lucille’s trial; and the group scene at the apartment in which we see different characters when we look at the scene from different angles each time.
Well, in that case you were right - of the nine principal actors, Jason Bateman is the only one with no “credit only” listings for the 15 new episodes, for what it’s worth.
I was having a discussion the other day on whether George Maharis was still alive. We looked him up and, lo and behold:
“George Maharis was arrested November 21 and charged with committing a sex act with a hairdresser in the men’s room of a gas station in Los Angeles… He was booked on a sex perversion charge along with Perfecto Telles, 33, the hairdresser, and released on $500 bail, according to police.”
Your wife has an eagle eye! I can’t wait to watch again to see if I agree with her about that being the flipped house! I wonder if Tony Wonder kept the WOW Factor in there!
My wife and I took our time and just finished the season yesterday.
Well, it was worth it, even though the lack of including everyone in every episode was a weakness. I was disappointed in the ending of the show, just kind of ending with George Michael punching his Dad, but I guess the overall thing was good.
I hope they make one movie and release it on Netflix or TV. I’d be happy with that and we don’t really need any more.
I just finished it yesterday. I liked the ending and think it was a nod to the unceremonious cancellation during their first run. I think it was very appropriate.
I’m surprised at all the naysayers. I thought the season was very good. It certainly was a different style with the focus of each episode, and I think that absolutely required them to lay some groundwork the first few episodes rather than focusing purely on laughs. I wonder if they were also forced into it in part because of actor availability issues.
I thought there were a few episodes that were absolutely hilarious. In fact, the best three may have been all in a row. Smashed, Queen B., and A New Attitude (9-11). Off the Hook (14) was also great. I think none of them would have been as good without the groundwork. “I got Olive Garden to give us unlimited bread!”
There are also a ton of little things that are funny and link things together more than you first expect, like China Garden being with George and crew at the colony. I think Marky Bark’s father Johnny was also shown when Gob picks up the dying bee colony (Clint Howard).
Yeah, but the last one ended with George Michael punching GOB. And Michael was asking for it, having finally shown to be operating in total self-interest (just like a Bluth). And it wasn’t the end, not if you include the post-credits sequence in which Buster is arrested for Lucille 2’s murder…
Also, Mithras: other Modern Family references – Perfecto, at the Opies, tells Maebe that he thinks he saw the Modern Family kids, and one of Mark Cherry’s entourage was almost cast in Modern Family.
Just finished it and I think it is incredibly ambitious and it takes a while to start coalescing, but taken as a whole I think it is inspired and fantastic.
Well i just finished and while i found it mostly hilarious i am kinda disappointed it ended with no resolution for basically any of the stories instead of the solid series end we got for season 3.
I think I’ve finally seen the whole thing, although I saw it out of order (episodes 3 through 9 when they were released, and the rest this week) and I’m sure I missed a lot of stuff as a result. I may watch it again eventually to see if I can piece it all together. I did think there were some episodes that stood up to their best, especially later in the season. There were other times when the story got too convoluted, and it did hurt them that they couldn’t get the cast together very often to let them play off each other. I thought the Buster episode, the Maeby episode, the last couple of George-Michael episodes and even the GOB episode were really good, and I’m probably forgetting which other ones I liked because the format makes it tricky to remember what happened in which episode. I remember liking what they did with Lindsay as well - what her mother says about her was mean but true. The Tobias arc was, as usual, a little too wacky for me but Maria Bamford was great. And… good lord, they did a little Mystery Science Theater revival/Arrested Development crossover with the real Roger Corman Fantastic Four! [del]My 12-part epic slash saga has become real[/del] That was cool. Terry Crews was great as the Not Herman Cain guy even though his policies
and comments couldn’t top the actual Herman Cain. Kristen Wiig was great as Young Lucille. And I wonder if Jessica Walter and Jeffrey Tambor had fun faking that fast-motion sex scene.