Arrested Development

9.1

Level-headed son Michael Bluth takes over family affairs after his father is imprisoned. But the rest of his spoiled, dysfunctional family are making his job unbearable.

Jason Bateman / Portia de Rossi / Will Arnett / Michael Cera / Alia Shawkat / Tony Hale / David Cross / Jeffrey Tambor / Jessica Walter / Ron Howard

    • Released
    • (2003-)
    • Seasons
    • 4 seasons
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    SEASON 4

  • Episode 15Blockheads

    George-Michael moves to Sudden Valley in an idyllic secluded neighborhood, where unusually friendly and grabby men and an occasional woman live to avoid contact with children. Rebel's relationship with the two Michaels complicates.

  • Episode 14Off the Hook

    Buster tries to make it on his own without his over-bearing mother, but finds it quite difficult.

  • Episode 13It Gets Better

    George-Michael whilst trying to reconnect with his father, finds himself overwhelmed by the responsibility of running his business, Fakeblock.

  • Episode 12Señoritis

    As Maeby's life spirals out of control, she moves out on her own ending up coming into contact with her cousin, George-Michael.

  • Episode 11A New Attitude

    Gob accepts a job from his brother, but is distracted by a scheme of his own.

  • Episode 10Queen B.

    Lucille adjusts to her new home only to find out her children are divvying up her old one.

  • Episode 9Smashed

    Tobias attempts to recover from a series of bad choices by reigniting his passion: both professionally and romantically.

  • Episode 8Red Hairing

    Lindsay distances herself from her family by starting a new career.

  • Episode 7Colony Collapse

    Gob finds a new group of friends after his relationship falls apart and his family abandons him.

  • Episode 6Double Crossers

    George Sr.'s new business hits a rough patch, and he must bribe a politician to get his scam back on track.

  • Episode 5A New Start

    Tobias searches for meaning after splitting with Lindsay, only to find that old habits die hard.

  • Episode 4The B. Team

    As Michael's career as a 'Co-Producer' unfolds, he needs his family to sign off the rights to use them in his upcoming film.

  • Episode 3Indian Takers

    Lindsay tries to reclaim her sense of self while traveling and getting back to her political activist roots.

  • Episode 2Borderline Personalities

    George Sr. comes up with a get rich quick scam after his family falls apart.

  • Episode 1Flight of the Phoenix

    Michael says goodbye to the family business and starts his own. The life of the family turns upside down when their mailman Pete dies.

    SEASON 3

  • Episode 13Development Arrested

    After returning home from Iraq, George Sr. is finally cleared of all charges, and Michael is relieved to be the head of a successful company for a change. The real brains behind the madness...

  • Episode 12Exit Strategy

    GOB heads to Iraq via his participation in the U.S.O., where he is quickly arrested and being held by the U.S. military. The prosecutors believe this is treasonous, so Michael and Buster ...

  • Episode 11Family Ties

    Michael's quest to locate the mysterious "N. Bluth" leads him to Nellie, a prostitute who he believes is his long-lost sister, and the woman who just might be able to clear everything up. ...

  • Episode 10Fakin' It

    As the family's upcoming deposition nears, they participate in a mock trial, hosted by Judge Reinhold. Michael searches for a mysterious witness on the list, while the prosecuting attorney ...

  • Episode 9S.O.B.s

    George Sr. suggests a last-ditch effort to save the family by holding a fund raiser to raise money to pay their legal expenses. Michael suggests to Lindsay that she take over the house work...

  • Episode 8Making a Stand

    Michael is tired of his father always having GOB compete with him, so Michael gets GOB his own banana stand franchise, only to find that GOB has set it up 20 feet from the old one. After ...

  • Episode 7Prison Break-In

    The family plans their annual fund raiser, and they actually have a cause this time - Tobias is ailing due to his transplanted hair plugs, which appear to be rejecting him. Lindsay uses the...

  • Episode 6The Ocean Walker

    Michael plans to marry Rita, but that's not before her uncle Trevor intervenes, and Michael discovers Rita's handicap. When the family learns that Rita has millions of dollars, they try to speed up the wedding process.

  • Episode 5Mr. F

    The family's meeting with Japanese investors backfires big time when Tobias mistakes a real government agent for a talent agent. GOB tries to connect with his father, who is controlling a ...

  • Episode 4Notapusy

    To prove he's a man to Rita, Michael and his nephew Steve Holt compete in the Church And State Fair's annual triathlon. George Sr. tries to scare some at-risk youth, and Tobias tries to ...

  • Episode 3Forget Me Now

    George Sr. is placed under house arrest by the family's new attorney Bob Loblaw, and finds that it's not exactly a walk in the park. Michael sets up his first date with Rita, but Rita has ...

  • Episode 2For British Eyes Only

    George Sr. drops a major bombshell that he was working with a British syndicate who conned him into building the house in Iraq. Michael decides to investigate the claim by heading to the ...

  • Episode 1The Cabin Show

    Michael learns that it's actually George Sr.'s twin brother Oscar serving time in prison, not George. After getting a tip from Barry, Michael heads to Reno to find George, but that costs him a camping trip he promised his son.

    SEASON 2

  • Episode 18Righteous Brothers

    Michael thinks it's time for George Sr. to leave the attic where he's been hiding as a fugitive. George-Michael helps his girlfriend Ann stage a protest against the American remake of the ...

  • Episode 17Spring Breakout

    GOB is hoping to get even with the producers of "Girls With Low Self Esteem" after they botched his attempt to make the yacht disappear. Michael decides that it's finally time to get ...

  • Episode 16Meat the Veals

    Michael thinks George-Michael has set the bar too low with his dating standards, so he sets up a meeting between Ann's ultra-conservative parents and his family, hoping that would break ...

  • Episode 15Sword of Destiny

    Determined to get back in the Magician's Alliance, GOB buys a sword from a Chinese shop and hires Buster to be the main magician while he's the assistant. Then he meets Tony Wonder who wants GOB and Buster to be on his next DVD.

  • Episode 14The Immaculate Election

    At his girlfriend's request, George-Michael decides to run for class president, but finds that it will not be easy competing with his rival, Steve Holt. Once again, Michael and GOB find ...

  • Episode 13Motherboy XXX

    Lucille recruits George Michael to take Buster's place at the annual mother son dinner dance. While Michael and GOB are busy tracking down the seal that ate Buster's hand, Tobias signs away...

  • Episode 12Hand to God

    Lindsay and Tobias continue to investigate the mysterious pregnancy by Maggie Lizer, while Michael continues to see her. Buster prepares to go off to Iraq, but before doing so, decides to ...

  • Episode 11Out on a Limb

    Maggie Lizer returns after Michael bumps into her at the courtroom. But that's not before he realizes that she's 8 1/2 months pregnant. This comes after Michael tries to go after his ...

  • Episode 10Ready, Aim, Marry Me

    Desperate to find money, at George Sr.'s request, Michael contacts "Uncle Jack", a man who the family has had past business relations with. Meanwhile, the family members enjoy their weekend...

  • Episode 9Burning Love

    The family's careless selfish spending sprees cause them to lose control of the Bluth Company to Lucille 2. GOB tries to regain control of the company by courting Lucille 2. Michael ...

  • Episode 8Queen for a Day

    Michael finds out that some company funds have been unfrozen, which the family quickly spends on some elaborate stuff. He then trades the family's portable stairway vehicle for a Corvette. ...

  • Episode 7Switch Hitter

    GOB suspects that rival housing contractor Stan Sitwell is up for a power grab at the Bluth Company when he wants to hire GOB. Michael plans the annual softball game between the rival ...

  • Episode 6Afternoon Delight

    While Buster looks for ways to get out of serving in Iraq, Lindsay's quest to score a date at the Bluth Company Christmas party backfires after GOB's sexual harassment speech. Michael and ...

  • Episode 5Sad Sack

    Some unfortunate pictures of Tobias wind up on the internet, which the military mistakes for pictures of Iraq and proof that the Bluth Company was building houses over there. Wayne Jarvis, ...

  • Episode 4Good Grief!

    George is declared dead in Mexico and the Bluth family holds a wake for their dead family member. Meanwhile, George isn't dead and has returned to the USA, only to be found by a newly dumped George Michael.

  • Episode 3Amigos

    Michael gets a lead that his father has fled to Mexico and takes along a group to retrieve him. In the meantime, he tries to connect with George-Michael's girlfriend, Ann, and Buster tries to escape going off to the army by stowing away.

  • Episode 2The One Where They Build a House

    Michael's new business model backfires when GOB suggests that they build a fake house in two weeks. Meanwhile, George Sr. turns up in Mexico, only to be captured by prison guards who have ...

  • Episode 1The One Where Michael Leaves

    Michael Bluth denounces his family after George Sr. escapes to Mexico with his secretary Kitty. But when Michael announces plans to move to Phoenix, Barry informs him that he cannot leave ...

    SEASON 1

  • Episode 22Let 'Em Eat Cake

    Michael learns the real secret behind the Bluth Company's international accounts - his dad may have been illegally building houses similar to the one he lives in in Iraq. George Sr. agrees ...

  • Episode 21Not Without My Daughter

    Michael decides that it's time to retire a long-running joke involving George-Michael and "Take Your Daughter To Work Day", so he brings Maeby along for the ride instead. The police get ...

  • Episode 20Whistler's Mother

    Some company funds have been unfrozen, and everyone in the family wants a cut of it. Michael makes a bad investment on his uncle Oscar's land, and takes the blame for it. Meanwhile George ...

  • Episode 19Best Man for the Gob

    The family accountant, Ira Gilligan, is planning to snitch, and George Sr. will do everything possible to stop him. He enlists GOB to throw a party, where he will try to make Ira flee the ...

  • Episode 18Missing Kitty

    Spring Break hits Orange County, and GOB plans to take his magic act to the popular video series "Girls With Low Self Esteem" by making the family yacht disappear. Michael becomes concerned...

  • Episode 17Justice Is Blind

    Michael gets an evidence file about his family after sleeping with the Maggie Lizer, the prosecuting attorney. But he suspects that she's not exactly telling the truth, so he sends Tobias ...

  • Episode 16Altar Egos

    Micheal has a one-night stand with a woman named Maggie Lizer. He has a guilt-trip after learning she is blind, but not so much after he discovers that she's the prosecuting attorney ...

  • Episode 15Staff Infection

    Michael is tired of the family getting free handouts from the Bluth Company without doing anything, so he puts them to work. He puts Lindsay to work at the company answering phones, while ...

  • Episode 14Shock and Aww

    George Bluth Sr. gets a visit from a rabid female fan who may be in love with him. George Michael is interested in his teacher, and so is his father. Gob tries to get revenge on Michael for trying to steal his girlfriend.

  • Episode 13Beef Consomme

    After Tobias moves into his room, George Michael gets a rather curious tip about his cousin's origins, so he decides to investigate. GOB, worried about his girlfriend Marta, heads down to ...

  • Episode 12Marta Complex

    It's Valentine's Day and everyone but Michael has a reason to celebrate. Buster, tired of dealing with his mother, goes to live with the rest of the family in the model home. But soon Marta...

  • Episode 11Public Relations

    The family's new public relations director gives them each a task while Michael tries to get his son in the prestigious Milford Academy. Buster, a graduate, is to be neither seen nor heard....

  • Episode 10Pier Pressure

    When Michael suspects that George Michael has been smoking marijuana, he enlists the help of a one-armed man his father used to scare them as children. GOB and Buster participate in the ...

  • Episode 9Storming the Castle

    Determined to get back in the Magician's Alliance, GOB puts on one last big show, thanks to his brother Michael. Michael, hoping to steal Marta away from GOB, tries to pull a scam almost as...

  • Episode 8My Mother the Car

    Michael cannot remember anything about the car accident he and Lucille were in. While he's trying to piece together the accident, GOB thinks Michael is planning to escape to South America ...

  • Episode 7In God We Trust

    It's time for the annual Living Classics Pageant, and Barry makes a deal with Michael to get George Sr. out in time to take part in the pageant's signature exhibit - Michaelangelo's The ...

  • Episode 6Visiting Ours

    Michael gets a tip about the company's international accounts, and has GOB question the office secretary Kitty about them. But that's not before Michael does the unthinkable - setting up a conjugal visit between George Sr. and Lucille.

  • Episode 5Charity Drive

    To help the company's image, Lindsay returns to her roots - charity fund raisers. While Lindsay is the most charitable member of the family, Michael tries to prove he's a more charitable ...

  • Episode 4Key Decisions

    Determined to not be upstaged by his actress girlfriend, GOB decides to pull an elaborate escape at the Orange County Prison, where George Sr. is being held. Meanwhile, Michael falls for GOB's girlfriend Marta.

  • Episode 3Bringing Up Buster

    Lucille suggests that Buster be included in the family activities, but Buster is reluctant to leave his mother's apartment in hopes of avoiding Lucille 2. Meanwhile, Tobias takes over the ...

  • Episode 2Top Banana

    Michael suspects that George Sr. is running the business from inside prison. George Michael is made manager of the banana stand, and Michael gives GOB a letter to mail after Lucille suggests that he be included in the business.

  • Episode 1Pilot

    Widower Michael Bluth has been working for his father's development company since he was a teenager manning the family's frozen banana stand, and he and his son George Michael have gone so ...