Confused, Michael asks why she’s squeezing him, and she explains it’s a hug. On one such occasion, Lucille scoops him into a hug, which she had only ever done once before. And none of the relationships in the show are what you’d call “healthy.” But every once in a while, Michael just has to tell someone about all the crap he’s dealing with. Michael doesn’t have a good relationship with his mother. This backfires spectacularly as the employees all blow the whistles constantly, until Michael has to collect them all back, like a teacher punishing an unruly class. In an attempt to get the attention of the Bluth company employees, Michael gets plastic whistles made up for them and scatters them across the table during a business meeting, telling them that if they see anything going on in the company that seems shady, they should blow the whistle. Later in the episode Lindsay and George Michael make the same mistake. Maeby does, and they get about halfway through “Afternoon Delight” before Michael realizes just how inappropriate a song it is to be singing with his 15 year old niece. Then he tells Maeby, to fire up the karaoke machine, and they’ll do a duet of the first song that comes on. At the office Christmas party, Michael and his niece, Maeby, keep licking candy and sticking it to the back of GOB’s suits (tired of him bragging about how expensive they are), and Michael seems to be having a pretty good time. Michael decides that since he’s no longer the president of the Bluth company, he’s going to be “fun.” It starts out okay. Even when it seems like he’s reached his breaking point. Michael never quite losses his sense of humor. I just remembered something – Dad’s retiring, not turning six. GOB: You know, I sort of thought my contribution could be a magic show. After several jump cuts of him trying to kick it out, it moves further into the house, and Michael continues trying to kick it away in vain. The perfect visual representation of this is when Michael opens the front door and a tumbleweed comes bouncing in the house. After finishing building Sudden Valley, the housing market takes a nosedive, and there’s no one living in the town other than Michael. Season 4 showed Michael falling into a deep pit of misery from a combination of bad luck and bad choices. George screams “how much clearer can I make it? There’s always money in the banana stand!” Michael’s reaction is one of “I’ve made a huge mistake” as George begins to throttle him. Actually anytime Michael chases GOB and subsequently gets in a physical fight with him, belongs on here (“Beef Consommé”).Ĭut to the next day at the prison, where Michael takes great satisfaction eating an ice cream sandwich, his prisoner father’s favorite snack, in front of him, while telling him that the banana stand is gone, before his father, George, reveals that the stand was lined with cash, which is now all gone in the fire. “Taking Care of Business” starts playing, and Michael’s brother, GOB joins them, at which point it’s revealed that GOB didn’t mail an important check, and Michael gives chase, while GOB tries to make a getaway on his Segway. First, Michael finds out his son wants to burn down the Bluth’s Original Frozen Banana Stand, then decides, what the hell, let’s just start over, and helps him. This was called back in the 4th season, when he tries to open a car door after first arriving in Phoenix, Arizona. And he goes from being his calm reasonable self, trying to have a serious talk with his family, to screaming a litany of bleeped out swear words. Throughout the episode, there are references to characters accidentally touching the cornballer and getting horribly burned.īut we see it happen to Michael himself multiple times. So, in honor of the return of the Bluths, here are 10 times Michael was the one who made us laugh. Michael’s subtler, and I for one appreciate that more than any of the surrounding madness. He’s just surrounded by over-the-top lunatics. Also, he’s not a humorless and boring straight man every time he’s onscreen. Without Michael, Arrested Development simply doesn’t work. Ron Howard tells us so at the beginning of every episode. And he’s what’s keeping everything together. This bothers me, because he’s my favorite. He didn’t get a single mention on the whole thread. And every character got a mention multiple times. The length of the thread was pretty extensive. Like, I was once on a site that had a “who’s your favorite character?” thread. Let me know your revival requests, I’ll see if I can manifest them.Īnyway, one thing that frustrates me about the culture surrounding the show is that everyone likes the crazy family, while fans tend to look down on the actual protagonist. I was already in the middle of an Arrested Development rewatch when the news came that a fifth season was happening.
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