# Arrested Development Season 5 - May 29 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 8, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-season-5-may-29/813792 "2018-05-08T01:20:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [June 3, 2018, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-season-5-may-29/813792/21 "2018-06-03T03:12:45Z")
Nice to see Ron Howard’s father in his final acting role. Ron: Dad, you didn’t share your thoughts on climate change, did you? Rance: Hoax!!! ---
**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:** [June 4, 2018, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-season-5-may-29/813792/22 "2018-06-04T12:39:19Z")
Finished it yesterday, easy to write a basic review: Episodes 1-5 were a bit of a mess. Some funny moments, but it did not feel like classic Arrested Development and it was not as good as I hoped. Still, I do have some very funny and quotable moments in my mind from these episodes. Episodes 6-8 were excellent. Not the best episodes of the entire series, but easily equal to the first three seasons normal episodes. Great, great stuff. Shows and other movies that are made years after their original run always make me ask this question. Was it worth bringing back? I’d put it like this: Arrested Development Season 4: Yes, I laughed more than others at that season. The re-edit was horrible, though. Arrested Development Season 5: Yes, but a rough start(they need a nu start!). Glad they got it together around episode 6. ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-season-5-may-29/813792/23 "2018-06-04T15:24:48Z")
My expectations were low and I thought the first episode was not good (the seemingly five-minute-long S4 recap didn’t help.) But then I thought it got pretty funny and was much better than S4. IMO it felt less forced. ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-season-5-may-29/813792/24 "2018-06-04T18:12:43Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Nice to see Ron Howard’s father in his final acting role. > > Ron: Dad, you didn’t share your thoughts on climate change, did you? > > Rance: Hoax!!! “We’re just glad to have him around.” ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-season-5-may-29/813792/25 "2018-06-04T18:54:00Z")
> [@awldune](#): > > My expectations were low and I thought the first episode was not good (the seemingly five-minute-long S4 recap didn’t help.) > > But then I thought it got pretty funny and was much better than S4. IMO it felt less forced. You realize that this is only half of season 5, right? There are 8 more episodes sometime later this year. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-season-5-may-29/813792/26 "2018-06-04T18:59:37Z")
After finishing it myself, I pretty much agree that episode 6 is where it hits its stride and is the most similar to the Arrested Development of the first three seasons. It’s almost as if they had completely different writers for those episodes or something. Anyhow, I do hope this continues for the final eight episodes, whenever they’re released. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-season-5-may-29/813792/27 "2018-06-04T19:35:45Z")
> [@awldune](#): > > (the seemingly five-minute-long S4 recap didn’t help.) A couple minutes of that were not part of the episode. They were a lead in from Netflix that plays in front of the first episode. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-season-5-may-29/813792/28 "2018-06-04T23:42:15Z")
\*\*George Michael: Actually, the Howards were a really great…well, I want to say family but I can’t since they all like each other. \*\* I love that George Michael genuinely does not realize that families can be loving. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-season-5-may-29/813792/29 "2018-06-05T05:46:20Z")
Maebe: These are not tech-savvy people. The other day, I turned the lounge TV on, and now that’s my job. They call me “Buttons” now. _Buttons!_ Maebe: At least my mom never tried to sleep with someone I was dati- oh, wait… no, Steve Holt… meh, but he’s family. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2018, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-season-5-may-29/813792/30 "2018-06-07T02:56:46Z")
Did you all notice Lucille described Lottie Dottie DA as a real “killer”? I wonder if Lottie killed Lucille 2. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-season-5-may-29/813792/31 "2019-02-27T20:02:00Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > You realize that this is only half of season 5, right? There are 8 more episodes sometime later this year. [Make that some time early next year, which is now this year](https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/19/18231889/arrested-development-season-5-netflix-march-15th-premiere-date-jeffrey-tambor-controversy). ---
**Author:** ![Royal\_Nonesutch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecb155/32.png) [@Royal\_Nonesutch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Royal_Nonesutch)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-season-5-may-29/813792/32 "2019-02-27T22:36:48Z")
Whatever happened with Jeffery Tambor? Was his character written off of the show for his personal life actions? (alleged sexual harrassment, verbal abuse, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-season-5-may-29/813792/33 "2019-02-27T23:03:06Z")
> [@Royal\_Nonesutch](#): > > Whatever happened with Jeffery Tambor? > > Was his character written off of the show for his personal life actions? Nope. ---
**Author:** ![Royal\_Nonesutch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecb155/32.png) [@Royal\_Nonesutch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Royal_Nonesutch)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-season-5-may-29/813792/34 "2019-02-28T09:51:30Z")
I haven’t watched Arrested Development since the 1st season, but I thought that Tambor got fired from the show after he was accused of groping a fellow actor, but looking around, it looks like that was a different show altogether. (“Transparent”) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-season-5-may-29/813792/35 "2019-02-28T17:02:16Z")
Yeah, [AD was opaque about getting rid of him](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/arts/television/arrested-development-netflix-interview-jeffrey-tambor.html). ---
**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:** [March 17, 2019, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-season-5-may-29/813792/36 "2019-03-17T02:57:53Z")
The rest of season 5 is online and I have watched the first one(the 9th of the season). It’s actually really good. Like, I found myself laughing and feeling like I was watching the old show. I hope it stays good. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-season-5-may-29/813792/37 "2019-03-17T03:11:38Z")
I watched 9-13 today–I think it is much better than the first half of the season. (Be sure to uncheck “presume teeth” before watching.) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-season-5-may-29/813792/38 "2019-03-17T14:16:19Z")
Finished it. It got a little bogged down again in the last episodes, but there is a big payoff in the end. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-season-5-may-29/813792/39 "2019-03-17T22:37:31Z")
season 4 re-edit actually feels like a tv show. old edit felt more like mid 00’s “webisodes”. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-season-5-may-29/813792/40 "2019-03-17T22:38:32Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > season 4 re-edit actually feels like a tv show. old edit felt more like mid 00’s “webisodes”. I preferred the original edit by a lot. The new edit did not work for me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-season-5-may-29/813792.md?page=1)