Arrested Development premiered on FOX on November 2, 2003. Michael Bluth, a widower, wants nothing more than to be a good father to his 13-year-old son George Michael, so he resolves to quit the family business for good and move to Arizona to start a new life. But instead Michael's eccentric family pulls him back in when his father George Bluth Sr. gets arrested for shifty accounting practices at Bluth Co. This sends the family reeling, and when their assets are frozen, this puts a major crimp in each of their lives. Lucille Bluth, Michael's mother, is a flamboyant, stylish and spoiled society matron who finds herself alone in her Balboa Bay Club penthouse without the financial means to maintain it. George Oscar Bluth II, "Gob," Michael's older, wildly eccentric brother, has devoted his life to the field of magic but now he must contend with the possibility of getting a real job in the real world. Buster Bluth is Michael?s younger brother, a professional graduate student who is alternately cool and incredibly self-conscious. Michael decides to stay in Orange County and invites his sister Lindsay Funke and her family to move in with him and George Michael. Lindsay is married to the hapless Tobias, a doctor who lost his license after performing CPR on a man who was sunbathing and didn?t need it. Lindsay and Tobias are the ultra-permissive parents of Mae, "Maeby," who delights in finding unique ways to rebel against her over-indulgent parents. Michael reluctantly finds himself having to pull his offbeat family up by their bootstraps and slowly "teach" them how to live without the family's largess.
Cast
Michael Bluth ....................................................... Jason Bateman
George Michael Bluth ......................................... Michael Cera
George Bluth Sr. .................................................. Jeffrey Tambor
Lucille Bluth .......................................................... Jessica Walter
George "Gob" Oscar Bluth II ........................... Will Arnett
Buster Bluth ......................................................... Tony Hale
Lindsay Funke ..................................................... Portia de Rossi
Tobias Funke ....................................................... David Cross
Mae "Maeby" Funke .......................................... Alia Shawkat
Episodes
Season 1 (2003-2004)
22 Episodes In Season 1
Pilot (Originally Aired 11/2/2003)
Top Banana (Originally Aired 11/9/2003)
Bringing Up Buster (Originally Aired 11/16/2003)
Key Decisions (Originally Aired 11/23/2003)
Charity Drive (Originally Aired 11/30/2003)
Visiting Ours (Originally Aired 12/7/2003)
In God We Trust (Originally Aired 12/14/2003)
My Mother The Car (Originally Aired 12/21/2003)
Storming The Castle (Originally Aired 1/4/2004)
Pier Pressure (Originally Aired 1/11/2004)
Public Relations (Originally Aired 1/25/2004)
Marta Complex (Originally Aired 2/8/2004)
Beef Consomme (Originally Aired 2/15/2004)
Shock And Aww (Originally Aired 3/7/2004)
Staff Infection (Originally Aired 3/14/2004)
Altar Egos, Part 1 (Originally Aired 3/17/2004)
Justice Is Blind, Part 2 (Originally Aired 3/21/2004)
Missing Kitty (Originally Aired 3/28/2004)
Best Man For The Gob (Originally Aired 4/4/2004)
Whistler's Mother (Originally Aired 4/11/2004)
Not Without My Daughter (Originally Aired 4/25/2004)
Let 'Em Eat Cake, Part 1 (Originally Aired 6/6/2004)
Season 2 (2004-2005)
18 Episodes In Season 2
The One Where Michael Leaves, Part 2 (Originally Aired 11/7/2004)
The One Where They Build A House (Originally Aired 11/14/2004)
Amigos (Originally Aired 11/21/2004)
Good Grief! (Originally Aired 12/5/2004)
Sad Sack (Originally Aired 12/12/2004)
Afternoon Delight (Originally Aired 12/19/2004)
Switch Hitter (Originally Aired 1/16/2005)
Queen For A Day (Originally Aired 1/23/2005)
Burning Love (Originally Aired 1/30/2005)
Ready, Aim, Marry Me (Originally Aired 2/13/2005)
Out On A Limb, Part 1 (Originally Aired 3/6/2005)
My Hand To God, Part 2 (Originally Aired 3/6/2005)
Motherboy XXX (Originally Aired 3/13/2005)
The Immaculate Election (Originally Aired 3/20/2005)
The Sword Of Destiny (Originally Aired 3/27/2005)
Meet The Veals (Originally Aired 4/3/2005)
Spring Breakout (Originally Aired 4/10/2005)
Righteous Brothers (Originally Aired 4/17/2005)
Season 3 (2005-2006)
13 Episodes In Season 3
The Cabin Show (Originally Aired 9/19/2005)
For British Eyes Only (Originally Aired 9/26/2005)
Arrested Development premiered on FOX on November 2, 2003. Michael Bluth, a widower, wants nothing more than to be a good father to his 13-year-old son George Michael, so he resolves to quit the family business for good and move to Arizona to start a new life. But instead Michael's eccentric family pulls him back in when his father George Bluth Sr. gets arrested for shifty accounting practices at Bluth Co. This sends the family reeling, and when their assets are frozen, this puts a major crimp in each of their lives. Lucille Bluth, Michael's mother, is a flamboyant, stylish and spoiled society matron who finds herself alone in her Balboa Bay Club penthouse without the financial means to maintain it. George Oscar Bluth II, "Gob," Michael's older, wildly eccentric brother, has devoted his life to the field of magic but now he must contend with the possibility of getting a real job in the real world. Buster Bluth is Michael?s younger brother, a professional graduate student who is alternately cool and incredibly self-conscious. Michael decides to stay in Orange County and invites his sister Lindsay Funke and her family to move in with him and George Michael. Lindsay is married to the hapless Tobias, a doctor who lost his license after performing CPR on a man who was sunbathing and didn?t need it. Lindsay and Tobias are the ultra-permissive parents of Mae, "Maeby," who delights in finding unique ways to rebel against her over-indulgent parents. Michael reluctantly finds himself having to pull his offbeat family up by their bootstraps and slowly "teach" them how to live without the family's largess.
