![]() ![]() ![]() What do the critics think? Arrested Development is one of those shows that people love to recommend to their friends - including the critics. You could do that all at once, right? If not, try watching four a day to be done in under three weeks. In true sitcom style, each installment of the show runs 22 minutes, making your binge about 25 hours. How long will it take? Arrested Development is four seasons for a total of 68 episodes. Where can I see it? All four seasons are available on Amazon Instant Video, Vudu and iTunes, Netflix, and DVD as well. The dichotomy of children acting like adults and adults acting like children echoes the dynamic of Lisa and Homer Simpson, while the complexity of the plot evokes some of Larry David’s most satisfying episodes of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Executive producer Ron Howard performs double duty as the show’s all-knowing narrator, giving the show a folksy, yarn-spinning feel a la The Wonder Years, simultaneously calling attention to how much Arrested Development is not Happy Days. With rapid-fire jokes (you might need to watch this show a couple times to catch them all), funny flashbacks, dirty entendres, and absurdly dysfunctional characters, Arrested Development‘s multi-generational meta-sitcom pokes fun at everything - especially itself. What’s it like? Think Dynasty meets Family Guy. What’s the premise? After patriarch George Bluth goes to jail for fraud, his adult son Michael moves the Bluth clan into a model home on a construction site, hoping to salvage the family business and keep the peace among his ne’er-do-well relatives. And if you have no idea what’s hidden in the banana stand, how to pronounce “Gob,” why a loose seal is dangerous, or what an analrapist does for a living, then you’re long overdue to binge Arrested Development, “the story of a wealthy family who lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.” Arrested Development : Mom dropped me off to spend time with Michael.Arrested Development was doing that whole ‘get cancelled by a network and then come back on Netflix’ thing before it was cool.Michael: She's always got to wedge herself in the middle of us so that she can control everything. Gob: Spend time with Michael or to serve her own menopausal needs? : Looks like the shiv would have done some real damage if it hadn'.īuster: Mom dropped me off to spend time with Michael.Surgeon: Looks like the shiv would have done some real damage if it hadn't been for this. Gob: (to himself after Marta leaves) I've made a huge mistake. We're going to be together for a long time. you know, they've been locking the doors lately. ![]() George, Sr.: Well, I could ask the guys to leave, but, uh. Gob: I thought you said throwing the ball against the garage door by yourself was how you got accuracy. : Then I pass the key, bust out of prison, and into magic history.I probably would have taken her to the nice event, but prison will be fun, too. Of course, that is going to conflict with my going to the Desis with Marta. Gob: Then I pass the key, bust out of prison, and into magic history. : I, too, have an announcement to make.To prove that no prison can hold me, I will incarcerate myself in the penitentiary that holds my own father, only to escape 24 hours later. : You're looking at a desperate man, Michael.Today, I gotta stand next to her like I'm Rita Wilson. I mean, it's bad enough that I gotta go to the awards show tomorrow night. Marta is being interviewed today on TV about her show "El Amor Prohibido". Gob: You're looking at a desperate man, Michael. : All right, take this lock-pick, break into the permit office for.George Michael: You know, my dad hates to micromanage. Narrator: And George Michael saw a chance to get closer to Maeby. Maeby: You're going to break into a permit office? Sweet. George Michael: I think I'd better check with my dad first. Gob: All right, take this lock-pick, break into the permit office for me. : Gob, can I talk to you for a sec? Listen, um.It's not the way you're supposed to treat a brother. I said some things, and I got a little carried away. Michael: Gob, can I talk to you for a sec? Listen, um. I asked you two weeks ago whether we should use Dad's car, and you said it would be bad form. Gob! No, I didn't mean for you to yell my nam. It's what I call a double-dipped banana with everything on it. Gob: No, I didn't mean for you to yell my name at me. ![]()
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