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It was smart, creative, and almost unbelievably funny.
Now, all 84 episodes are out there to be judged and ranked.Where do the new episodes fall?
Whats the greatest episode ofArrested Developmentever?
Want some bad jokes about Indian culture?
A trip to a methadone clinic?
This is one you’ve got the option to truly skip.
Borderline Personalities (Season 4, Episode 2)
Skip this one too.
George takes his brothers sweat lodge on the border in pop-pops first episode of Netflixs character-specific chapters.
And the Fakeblock stuff picks up a bit here.
In an awful end run, its slightly less awful.
But why is Bobby Lee in drag and holding a knife made of uncooked ramen noodles?
We miss Buster and Gob.
Taste Makers (Season 5, Episode 10)
Can an episode be saved by one really funny line?
Will Arnetts delivery on Im just stopping here because this is where my email comes is perfect.
Unexpected Company (Season 5, Episode 16)
So this is how it ends.
At least its not as boring as the episodes to follow.
Sinking Feelings (Season 5, Episode 5)
Uh-oh, season five is getting plot heavy!
The Milford Academy Worlds Quietest Marching Band is pretty funny, too.
Still, David Cross tries his hardest to keep it together as Johnny Storm, the Human Flamer.
Emotional Baggage (Season 5, Episode 6)
What part of mom is the fancy?
Even in a down season, Gob Bluth quotes like this one can make subpar episodes worth the time.
Still, you have to love, Im not a Motherboy any more, Im a Motherman.
Maebys variation on a Lucille is a work of art, but Stan Sitwells return is kind of meh.
(How great would it have been if Maeby had to live with Gene Parmesan instead?)
The Kyle Mooney stuff is funny, but this episode feels forgettable even as its playing.
Its more something out of a CBS sitcom.
And this two-parter in the middle of season one is the low point for that great year.
Even the other plots feel repetitive and uninspired.
More successful is George Michaels suspicion or is it hope?
that hes not actually related to Maeby.
He does that a lot, huh?
The search for Lucille 2 gets to Buster, whos not good with the cops.
Gob travels to Mexico with his father, but hes still in love with Tony Wonder.
Still, the highlight is Lucille yelling WHORE!
at her own daughter cage-dancing to protest the war.
Tony Hale and Alia Shawkat on Arrested Developments Comedy Legacy
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the place where most of them have been living) literally falls apart.
Meanwhile, Gob recordsFranklin Comes Alive.
She tries to kidnap George while Buster mistakes his mothers boxed wine for a giant juice box.
(Overtly Sexual).
But when it loops back into the complex narrative of the season, it actually gets less interesting.
As with a lot of the season, its pretty much stolen by Michael Cera and Alia Shawkat.
Dont you dare call it a trick.
Forget Me Now (Season 3, Episode 3)
Ladies and gentlemen, meet Bob Loblaw!
Scott Baios arc begins this episode, which also finds Rita and Michael getting closer.
Bonus points for one of Busters best-ever Hey, brother!
Plus, Busters first Im a monster!
rampage when he learns he has a hook hand is a thing of beauty.
Most importantly, it marks the first time that we learn that Tobias is a never-nude.
The reveal of Franklin/Gob as Nellies pimp is a season highlight.
(This time, the magician gets trapped in a fake boulder and Tobias serves as his assistant.)
Arnett is fantastic in this Colony Collapse, the revival episode that most feels like original-flavorArrested Development.
the guy Gob wants to give a shot to impress so he can get back into the Gothic Castle.
Meanwhile, Tobias tries to get a job at the Bluth Company to spy for George.
Bonus points because Buster Bluth dancing onstage to The Final Countdown is amazing.
This very funny chapter also includes Thomas Janes first appearance as himself.
We also get a classic Buster line: Sometimes loveshouldbe terrifying.
(Well, that and Daddy horny, Michael.)
(Even Annyong gets a job at the banana stand.)
Meanwhile, Tobias goes to prison to research for his role as Frightened Inmate No.
The best joke of all?
Gobs first horrible chicken impression.
Its hysterically indicative of how little the Bluths, even Michael, pay attention to the world around them.
(Jessica Walters excited overreactions to Genes shtick never gets old.)
The gang memorably goes to Mexico to try and find George Sr., and Amigos!
and riffs on 3D and live-audience stunt programming.
All thatandLindsays recipe for Hot Ham Water.
Bringing Up Buster (Season 1, Episode 3)
The Cornballer!
Most of all, Bringing Up Buster sets the foundation for Tony Hales consistently brilliant performance.
As he says himself, Everyone is riding and laughing and cornballing except for Buster.
Or maybe its when Michael essentially kidnaps a woman who he mistakes for the family maid.
Its hard to believe this isnt in the top ten, right?
Of course, who could forget the final three words still haunt fans?
From Ron Howard himself, no less: Maybe a movie.
Missing Kitty (Season 1, Episode 18)
Spring Break!
By blowing it up.
Theres Gob constantly bragging about the cost of his suit (Come on!)
Plus, it all ends with Lucille attacking a painted-blue Tobias in her kitchen.
Carl Weathers returns and Henry Winkler literally jumps over a shark.
What else could you want from television?
Quite simply, its one of the most consistently hilarious premieres of all time.
Its just as funny today as the day we first saw it.
Theres always money in the banana stand.
But thats not all.
Key Decisions is the first appearances of the stair car and Lucille 2.
It starts the Marta subplot.
It features Clint Howard as Johnny Bark.
It has the first use of Ive made a huge mistake.
Its a near-perfect episode.
Most of all, Pier Pressure is a showcase for one of the best TV-comedy ensembles of all time.
Cera, Arnett, Hale, Bateman: Everyone is perfect in this episode.
It was funny then, its funny now, and itll be funny forever.
