# No more Arrested Development **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 28, 2006, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-arrested-development/350246 "2006-03-28T14:58:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-arrested-development/350246/1 "2006-03-28T14:58:05Z")
Tim Goodman, television columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, is reporting [today](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/03/28/DDGPUHUQ381.DTL) that Arrested Development will not move to Showtime and, in his words, “The Bluths are out of business.” ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-arrested-development/350246/2 "2006-03-28T14:59:09Z")
Oddly, I am kind of relieved. That finale was damn near perfect. Better to leave on top. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-arrested-development/350246/3 "2006-03-28T15:15:40Z")
Yeah, I feel the same. The ending was pitch perfect. A restart might have been good, or may have just been horrendous. There is always the chance that the insecurity that surrounded the final seasons fueled some of the manic genius in seasons two and three. I’ll take the series as is and be happy it was on top of its game when it closed. Let Michael enjoy his lovely home by the beach ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-arrested-development/350246/4 "2006-03-28T15:21:23Z")
I’ll be buying the box set as soon as it’s available. Arrested Development was, for me, more laugh out loud funny than anything else on televsion in a while. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-arrested-development/350246/5 "2006-03-28T15:25:44Z")
> [@Dewey Finn](#): > > I’ll be buying the box set as soon as it’s available. Arrested Development was, for me, more laugh out loud funny than anything else on televsion in a while. Me too. I didn’t start watching until into season two, and I know I missed a lot even in the episodes I saw. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-arrested-development/350246/6 "2006-03-28T15:27:45Z")
> [@Dewey Finn](#): > > I’ll be buying the box set as soon as it’s available. Arrested Development was, for me, more laugh out loud funny than anything else on televsion in a while. Apparently that will be available June 13 ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-arrested-development/350246/7 "2006-03-28T15:57:20Z")
It’s sad, but I hope the creators, perhaps using some of the same cast, will be able to put together another show of comparable quality in the near future. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-arrested-development/350246/8 "2006-03-28T18:44:21Z")
That’s a shame. But it’s true that they kinda wrapped everything up in those excellent last episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-arrested-development/350246/9 "2006-03-28T18:49:29Z")
Count me in as one more relieved person. The end was spot-on perfect, and the show went out on top, like a champ, with 2 1/2 great seasons to its credit. I would love to see Hurwitz and some of the writers and cast members work together again on a new show, but let’s leave the Bluths and Funkes as we fondly remember them. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-arrested-development/350246/10 "2006-03-28T19:45:00Z")
Though I am pleased the show went out high, I am kind of blue that it is gone. I think I need an analrapist to him me get over it. ---
**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 28, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-arrested-development/350246/11 "2006-03-28T20:16:26Z")
I’m a bit let down. It ended well, but I think they could have brought it back for 6 episode seasons, like Curb Your Enthusiasm. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-arrested-development/350246/12 "2006-03-29T00:34:22Z")
> [@Dewey Finn](#): > > Tim Goodman, television columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle… Him? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-arrested-development/350246/13 "2006-03-29T01:10:59Z")
I agree with almost everything people have said already. Like _The Office_ (UK), they ended things on a high note, and managed to make three of the most perfect seasons of television ever (and that includes the Martin Short episode-- for every time Uncle Jack threw up, Tobias came on to Michael. So to speak). What a gem. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-arrested-development/350246/14 "2006-03-29T01:24:55Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Him? I have _no_ idea what you mean. ---
**Author:** ![carterba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@carterba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carterba)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-arrested-development/350246/15 "2006-03-29T02:07:23Z")
> [@Dewey Finn](#): > > I have _no_ idea what you mean. He’s really funny.