Arrested Development

2003 - 2019 TV-MA 22m 8.7 100

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.

Meet the wildly dysfunctional Bluth family. This family was once at the height of real estate development in Orange County, California. But when the family business - the Bluth Company - goes bust, they're suddenly found penniless with their assets frozen. They move into their last remaining asset - the model home left over from their latest housing tract. Their luxury vehicles are replaced with a reminder of the family's former wealth: 'the stair car that accompanied their private jet'. The patriarch of the family is George Bluth - he's now in prison, and loving every minute of it. His wife Lucille and daughter Lindsay are spoiled socialites who can't handle getting kicked out of family restaurants. His son Buster is in his mid 30's and lives at home. His son George Oscar Bluth is a magician who started a group to get magicians to be taken seriously, and gets kicked out when his own tricks are revealed. Lindsay is married to a man named Tobias Funke, once a psychiatrist, who decides to become an actor. The only sane member of the family: Michael Bluth, along with his son George Michael, want nothing to do with the family business. But one bizarre circumstance after another keeps Michael and George Michael from leaving their eccentric family.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Pilot

1. Pilot

Aired: Nov 2, 2003

After his father fails to promote him within the family business, Michael acc...

Episode 2 Top Banana

2. Top Banana

Aired: Nov 9, 2003

Michael suspects that George Sr. is running the business from inside prison. ...

Episode 3 Bringing Up Buster

3. Bringing Up Buster

Aired: Nov 16, 2003

A reluctant Michael takes Buster under his wing while attempting to get close...

Episode 4 Key Decisions

4. Key Decisions

Aired: Nov 23, 2003

Determined to not be upstaged by his actress girlfriend, Gob decides to pull ...

Episode 5 Charity Drive

5. Charity Drive

Aired: Nov 30, 2003

Michael trades in his bicycle for his father's car and ends up giving a ride ...

Episode 6 Visiting Ours

6. Visiting Ours

Aired: Dec 7, 2003

Michael gets a tip about the company's international accounts, and has Gob qu...

Episode 7 In God We Trust

7. In God We Trust

Aired: Dec 14, 2003

The family attorney arranges George Sr.'s release from prison for Christmas. ...

Episode 8 My Mother the Car

8. My Mother the Car

Aired: Dec 21, 2003

Michael loses his short-term memory after he and Lucille have a car accident....

Episode 9 Storming the Castle

9. Storming the Castle

Aired: Jan 4, 2004

Michael decides to expose Marta to Gob's womanizing by having her participate...

Episode 10 Pier Pressure

10. Pier Pressure

Aired: Jan 11, 2004

When Buster asks George-Michael to buy him marijuana to treat Lucille Austero...

Episode 11 Public Relations

11. Public Relations

Aired: Jan 25, 2004

After having a tough time getting George-Michael admitted to a private school...

Episode 12 Marta Complex

12. Marta Complex

Aired: Feb 8, 2004

Michael delivers a speech about love that makes Marta realise she has feeling...

Episode 13 Beef Consomme

13. Beef Consomme

Aired: Feb 15, 2004

Michael tells Gob about his flirtation with Marta. Meanwhile, George-Michael ...

Episode 14 Shock and Aww

14. Shock and Aww

Aired: Mar 7, 2004

George Bluth Sr. gets a visit from a rabid female fan who may be in love with...

Episode 15 Staff Infection

15. Staff Infection

Aired: Mar 14, 2004

Michael learns that most of his family is on the company payroll despite not ...

Episode 16 Altar Egos

16. Altar Egos

Aired: Mar 17, 2004

Michael has a one-night stand with a woman named Maggie Lizer. He has a guilt...

Episode 17 Justice Is Blind

17. Justice Is Blind

Aired: Mar 21, 2004

While grappling with the dilemma of whether or not to open his father's case ...

Episode 18 Missing Kitty

18. Missing Kitty

Aired: Mar 28, 2004

Michael disobeys his father and fires the incompetent Kitty, who could reveal...

Episode 19 Best Man for the Gob

19. Best Man for the Gob

Aired: Apr 4, 2004

Gob throws a bachelor party to scare the company accountant -- who's getting ...

Episode 20 Whistler's Mother

20. Whistler's Mother

Aired: Apr 11, 2004

As his entire family targets company funds that have recently become unfrozen...

Episode 22 Let 'Em Eat Cake

22. Let 'Em Eat Cake

Aired: Jun 6, 2004

Michael discovers the secret behind his father's financial woes, and George S...

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Info about Arrested Development

Current Status: Ended

Network: FOX

Genres: Comedy