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Arrested Development
Arrested Development is an American television sitcom created by Mitchell Hurwitz for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The show is centered around the Bluths, a formerly wealthy, habitually dysfunctional family and is presented in a pseudo-documentary format, incorporating hand-held camera work,...
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Pilot
"Pilot" is the series premiere of the TV comedy series Arrested Development. The never-aired extended pilot, which appears on the Season 1 DVD, features several new scenes as well as extended takes of existing scenes. George Sr. is about to announce...
Original air date:
- Nov 2, 2003
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- 1
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Extended Pilot
The Extended Pilot is a longer version of the Pilot of the television series Arrested Development that was produced for the Season 1 DVD. It contains several new scenes and references, as well as extended takes of existing scenes.
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Top Banana
"Top Banana" is the second episode aired of the TV comedy series Arrested Development. The Banana Stand is burned down, the episode takes place a week before it was burned down. George Sr. attempts to control the Bluth company from prison using his...
Original air date:
- Nov 9, 2003
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- 2
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Bringing Up Buster
"Bringing Up Buster" is the third episode of the Arrested Development series.
Michael is making Cornballs for breakfast - a Bluth family tradition since George Sr. tried to market a device called the Cornballer in the mid-1970s - in preparation for...
Original air date:
- Nov 16, 2003
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- 3
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Key Decisions
"Key Decisions" is the fourth episode aired of the TV comedy series Arrested Development.
When Gob abandons his girlfriend, Marta Estrella, to stage a publicity stunt at the penitentiary that holds his father, Michael is left to accompany her to the...
Original air date:
- Nov 23, 2003
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- 4
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Charity Drive
"Charity Drive" is the fifth episode aired, though the sixth episode in dvd continuity, of TV comedy series Arrested Development.
With most of the family's cars impounded by the SEC, Michael has been forced to ride his bike to work. However, when it...
Original air date:
- Nov 30, 2003
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- 5
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Visiting Ours
"Visiting Ours" is the sixth episode aired, and the fifth episode in the DVD continuity of, the TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Michael Bluth is visiting his father in prison, anxious to get to the bottom of some suspicious bookkeeping....
Original air date:
- Dec 7, 2003
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- 6
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In God We Trust
"In God We Trust" is the seventh episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Michael Bluth has called a meeting with his family's longtime attorney, Barry Zuckerkorn to discuss his father's incarceration. But he is finding it difficult...
Original air date:
- Dec 14, 2003
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- 7
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My Mother, The Car
"My Mother, the Car" is the eighth episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Michael Bluth was fed up with his mother, Lucille, and her extravagant spending, and refused to allow her to throw a lavish birthday party for herself. But...
Original air date:
- Dec 21, 2003
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- 8
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Storming The Castle
"Storming the Castle" is the ninth episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development.
While doing a little cost analysis for a mini mall, the model home chair Michael Bluth is sitting in falls apart. Michael decides he'll have to get one from...
Original air date:
- Jan 4, 2004
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- 9
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Pier Pressure
"Pier Pressure" is the tenth episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Michael Bluth is disappointed by his son, George Michael's latest grade, A-minus, on a math test. Conversely, Lindsay is quite impressed with Maeby's C-minus,...
Original air date:
- Jan 11, 2004
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- 10
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Public Relations
"Public Relations" is the eleventh episode aired of the TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Michael takes his son to an interview at the prestigious Milford School, an institution famous for its credo that children should be neither seen nor...
Original air date:
- Jan 25, 2004
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- 11
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Marta Complex
"Marta Complex" is the twelfth episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Michael Bluth convinces his mother to throw what she thinks is a Valentine's Day party, but is, in fact, a party to celebrate the anniversary of Tobias and...
Original air date:
- Feb 8, 2004
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- 12
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Beef Consommé
"Beef Consommé" is the thirteenth episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Michael Bluth, Lucille, George Sr., and their attorney, Barry Zuckerkorn were meeting to discuss George Sr.'s arraignment the next day. Barry tells them that...
Original air date:
- Feb 15, 2004
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- 13
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Shock and Aww
"Shock and Aww" is the fourteenth episode aired of the TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Michael was sharing his bed for the first time in years. Unfortunately, it was with his younger brother, Buster. Getting ready in the morning, Michael...
Original air date:
- Mar 7, 2004
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- 14
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Staff Infection
"Staff Infection" is the fifteenth episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Michael Bluth had begun working weekends, which interfered with his weekly bike ride with his son George Michael. With George Michael riding his bike...
Original air date:
- Mar 14, 2004
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- 15
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Altar Egos
"Altar Egos" is the sixteenth episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Michael Bluth and his family gather at the courthouse to discuss George Sr.’s upcoming trial. They have received a plea offer, but their lawyer Barry Zuckerkorn...
Original air date:
- Mar 17, 2004
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- 16
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Justice Is Blind
"Justice is Blind" is the eighteenth episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Following G.O.B.'s advice, Michael had recently set out to have an uncomplicated one-night stand with a woman. The woman he found was Maggie Lizer, blind...
Original air date:
- Mar 21, 2004
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- 17
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Missing Kitty
"Missing Kitty" is the sixteenth episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development.
The local colleges are on spring break and things are heating up in Newport Beach. George Michael is enjoying spending time with his uncle G.O.B., who is...
Original air date:
- Mar 28, 2004
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- 18
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Best Man for the GOB
"Best Man for the GOB" is the nineteenth episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Michael meets with the company's accountant, Ira Gilligan, who informs him that the company's books are a bit…tricky. Gilligan tells Michael that there...
Original air date:
- Apr 4, 2004
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- 19
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Whistler's Mother
"Whistler's Mother" is the twentieth episode of the TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Michael was preparing for a meeting with board to determine what to do with some recently unfrozen funds. Lindsay approaches him and asks for some, stating...
Original air date:
- Apr 4, 2004
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- 20
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Not Without My Daughter
"Not Without My Daughter" is the twenty-first episode of the TV comedy series Arrested Development.
As Michael heads off to work, his son, George Michael, reminds him of a yearly tradition: Bring your Daughter to Work Day. Not having a daughter,...
Original air date:
- Apr 25, 2004
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- 21
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Let 'Em Eat Cake
“Let ‘Em Eat Cake” was the twenty-second episode of the TV comedy series Arrested Development.
The Bluth businesses are in trouble. Because of the low-carb diet fad, the banana stand has been struggling. Meanwhile, the model home is falling apart...
Original air date:
- Jun 6, 2004
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- 22
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The One Where Michael Leaves
"The One Where Michael Leaves" is the twenty-third episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development, and the premiere episode of the second season.
Michael takes George Michael to start a new life in Phoenix. When he finds out that the full...
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- Nov 7, 2004
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- 1
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The One Where They Build a House
"The One Where They Build a House" is the twenty-fourth episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Michael plans to save the Bluth Company by beginning construction on a new development and holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony. G.O.B. and...
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- Nov 14, 2004
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- 2
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¡Amigos!
"¡Amigos!" is the twenty-fifth episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Michael arrives at work to find his brother G.O.B. adjusting to his new job as president of the Bluth Company. Michael tells G.O.B. of his plans to take George...
Original air date:
- Nov 21, 2004
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- 3
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Good Grief
"Good Grief" is the twenty-sixth episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Michael is adjusting to his new role as vice president, and G.O.B. is starting to feel that his work as president is getting in the way of his magic career....
Original air date:
- Dec 5, 2004
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- 4
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Sad Sack
"Sad Sack" is the twenty-seventh episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Michael Bluth is nervous about meeting with the new prosecutor of his father's criminal case, because he had found his father earlier in the week, and is...
Original air date:
- Dec 12, 2004
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- 5
Afternoon Delight
"Afternoon Delight" is the 28th episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Michael Bluth finds the frozen banana stand vandalized by teenagers, a local holiday tradition, and heads home to find his son, George Michael, to engage in...
Original air date:
- Dec 19, 2004
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- 6
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Switch Hitter
"Switch Hitter" is the 29th episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Michael schedules a meeting with Stan Sitwell, President of rival company Sitwell Housing Inc., at the house. Michael thinks that Sitwell sees that the company is in...
Original air date:
- Jan 16, 2005
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- 7
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Queen for a Day
"Queen for a Day" is the 30th episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development.
As George Michael is getting ready for school he comes across a box of love letters he'd written but never sent to Maeby. Michael comes in to offer George Michael...
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- Jan 23, 2005
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- 8
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Burning Love
"Burning Love" is the 31st episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development.
George Michael asks his father if they have any music he can use for the Christian music bonfire that he and Ann are going to be hosting at the house. Michael...
Original air date:
- Jan 30, 2005
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- 9
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Ready, Aim, Marry Me
"Ready, Aim, Marry Me" is the thirty-second episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Michael Bluth arrives home to find his mother Lucille in a state of agitation. She's concerned that Lucille Austero is making a power play by buying...
Original air date:
- Feb 13, 2005
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- 10
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Out on a Limb
"Out on a Limb" is the 33rd episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Michael and Sally Sitwell are having Sunday brunch at Skip Church's Bistro when he spots George Michael and Maeby at the same restaurant, and Michael introduces...
Original air date:
- Mar 6, 2005
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- 11
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Hand to God
"Hand To God" is the 34th episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Michael tells George Michael about Maggie Lizer's baby, whom Michael thinks is his. George Michael gets excited about being a big brother, but Michael lets him know...
Original air date:
- Mar 6, 2005
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- 12
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Motherboy XXX
"Motherboy XXX" is the thirty-fifth episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development.
"Michael Bluth got up early in the hopes of avoiding his family. His mother, however, was already dressed, made up and waiting for him. Which put her wake-up...
Original air date:
- Mar 13, 2005
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- 13
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The Immaculate Election
"The Immaculate Election" is the thirty-sixth episode aired of the TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Michael is surprised to find the house still a mess a week after the fumigation, which Michael had Lindsay call and arrange, long before...
Original air date:
- Mar 20, 2005
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Episode number:
- 14
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Sword of Destiny
"Sword of Destiny" is the 37th episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Michael Bluth is stunned to discover that a contract his company was counting on is being cut back, and is on the phone trying to persuade the client to honor the...
Original air date:
- Mar 27, 2005
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Episode number:
- 15
Meat the Veals
"Meat the Veals" is the thirty-eighth episode aired of the TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Oscar wants to throw Lucille a party to celebrate her wedding anniversary. He got the idea from Buster, who said that it would show how Oscar has been...
Original air date:
- Apr 3, 2005
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- 16
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Spring Breakout
"Spring Breakout" is the thirty-ninth episode aired of the TV comedy series Arrested Development.
The company has a meeting with Cal Cullen, who comments that the Bluths "did not come off well on last night's Scandalmakers." (Clips from...
Original air date:
- Apr 10, 2005
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Episode number:
- 17
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The Righteous Brothers
"Righteous Brothers" is the fortieth episode aired of the TV comedy series Arrested Development. It is the season two finale.
Michael was working at home when he noticed something unusual. His pen rolled off the coffee table as if rolling downhill....
Original air date:
- Apr 16, 2005
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- 18
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The Cabin Show
"The Cabin Show" is the forty-first episode aired of the TV comedy series Arrested Development. It is the first episode of Season 3.
Michael Bluth begins his day with something he’d never seen before: good news about the Bluth Company. Television...
Original air date:
- Sep 19, 2005
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- 1
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For British Eyes Only
"For British Eyes Only" is the 42nd episode aired of the TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Michael Bluth and George Michael Bluth are having a last chance camp-out in the cabin before it is due to be moved. While they are sleeping, a returning...
Original air date:
- Sep 26, 2005
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- 2
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Forget-Me-Now
"Forget-Me-Now" is the forty-third episode aired of the TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Michael, G.O.B., Lindsay and Tobias are meeting with the family's new attorney, Bob Loblaw, at the model home regarding the family's legal situation....
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- Oct 3, 2005
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- 3
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Notapusy
"Notapusy" is the forty-fourth episode aired of the TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Michael Bluth is on his way to the office when he sees something he wasn't used to seeing before lunch: his sister, Lindsay . She has recently taken a job...
Original air date:
- Nov 7, 2005
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- 4
Mr. F
"Mr. F" is the forty-fifth episode aired of the TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Michael Bluth sneaks out of work to see a British film, "Love Indubitably", with Rita, his English girlfriend. Afterwards, they come upon a toy store, and Rita...
Original air date:
- Nov 7, 2005
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- 5
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The Ocean Walker
"The Ocean Walker" is the 46th episode of TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Michael informs George Sr. and Lucille that he plans to marry Rita. Michael's parents are skeptical about his decision.
Meanwhile, Lindsay and Rita quickly become...
Original air date:
- Dec 5, 2005
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- 6
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Prison Break-In
"Prison Break-In" is the forty-seventh episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Michael Bluth pays an unexpected visit to his mother. Lucille figures he wants something, since he has been ignoring the family in favor of Rita. Michael...
Original air date:
- Dec 12, 2005
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Episode number:
- 7
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Making a Stand
"Making a Stand" is the forty-eighth episode aired of the TV comedy series Arrested Development.
At a meeting at the Bluth Company, Michael tries to follow his father's wish that Gob be included in the business. Gob tries to introduce his new...
Original air date:
- Dec 19, 2005
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Episode number:
- 8
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S.O.B.s
"S.O.B.s" was the forty-ninth episode of the TV comedy series Arrested Development.
The Bluth family was sitting at a meeting at the company offices after losing Bob Loblaw as a lawyer. Michael told the family that if they want to keep going for the...
Original air date:
- Jan 2, 2006
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- 9
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Fakin' It
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Original air date:
- Feb 10, 2006
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Episode number:
- 10
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Family Ties
"Family Ties" is the fifty-first episode aired of the TV comedy series Arrested Development.
After finding a picture of himself as a baby with a girl named "Nellie", Michael Bluth believed he had made a shocking discovery. While showing it to...
Original air date:
- Feb 10, 2006
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Episode number:
- 11
Exit Strategy
"Exit Strategy" is the fifty-second episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development.
Michael Bluth was preparing his sister for her upcoming deposition in the case against their father. But she couldn’t focus on the task at hand, as she had a...
Original air date:
- Feb 10, 2006
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Episode number:
- 12
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Development Arrested
"Development Arrested" aka "Harboring Resentment" is the 53rd episode aired of the TV comedy series Arrested Development. It is the season finale for Season 3, as well as the series finale.
The episode opens with Michael Bluth being honored by his...
Original air date:
- Feb 10, 2006
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Episode number:
- 13
