1 00:00:01,163 --> 00:00:04,564 Now the story of a wealthy family who lost everything... 2 00:00:04,666 --> 00:00:06,657 and the one son who had no choice... 3 00:00:06,768 --> 00:00:08,759 but to keep them all together. 4 00:00:14,276 --> 00:00:15,937 It's Arrested Development. 5 00:00:18,180 --> 00:00:21,980 It was Sunday morning, and Michael was making cornballs. 6 00:00:22,083 --> 00:00:25,246 A Bluth family favorite since George Sr. unsuccessfully... 7 00:00:25,353 --> 00:00:27,253 tried to market the device in the mid-'70s. 8 00:00:27,355 --> 00:00:29,915 Time to pull out the basket and we dig into some hot... 9 00:00:30,025 --> 00:00:32,619 - Son of a bitch! - Oh, look what you did! 10 00:00:32,727 --> 00:00:34,194 - You plopped it! - I'll plop you! 11 00:00:34,296 --> 00:00:37,697 It was a ritual Michael shared with his son... 12 00:00:37,799 --> 00:00:40,597 before their weekly bike ride to Balboa Island. 13 00:00:40,702 --> 00:00:43,865 Be careful! Don't touch that. Never touch that. 14 00:00:43,972 --> 00:00:48,204 I'm looking forward to our ride today. We better go extra hard to work off these cornballs. 15 00:00:48,310 --> 00:00:52,269 Or, you could not eat the cornballs and let your kid lead his own life. 16 00:00:52,380 --> 00:00:54,314 Please. He loves this. Am I right? 17 00:00:54,416 --> 00:00:58,045 Actually, uh, I can't really go today. 18 00:00:58,153 --> 00:01:02,112 - How's that? - My bike needs a tune-up or something. 19 00:01:02,224 --> 00:01:05,057 Let's not blame the bike, okay? 20 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:09,995 It's the poor carpenter that blames his shoddy tools for the... Ow! 21 00:01:10,098 --> 00:01:13,397 Christ! 22 00:01:13,502 --> 00:01:17,905 - That stupid cornballing piece of... - You okay? 23 00:01:18,006 --> 00:01:21,134 - So I'm gonna go, okay? - Yeah, yeah. It's fine. 24 00:01:21,243 --> 00:01:24,508 It's good. That's okay. Have fun. 25 00:01:24,613 --> 00:01:28,845 - Getting too old for his daddy? - No. He'll be fine. 26 00:01:28,950 --> 00:01:33,080 And I would buy him a faster bike if we weren't trying to save every... 27 00:01:33,188 --> 00:01:35,656 - Did you go shopping? - Oh, yeah. Don't worry about it. 28 00:01:35,757 --> 00:01:37,918 - Excuse me. - I paid for it myself. 29 00:01:38,026 --> 00:01:40,153 - With what? - Company credit card. 30 00:01:40,262 --> 00:01:42,492 - You're returning that. - But... 31 00:01:42,597 --> 00:01:45,122 - Get a job. - Michael. Hey, the Cornballer. 32 00:01:45,233 --> 00:01:47,326 I thought these things were only legal in Mexico. 33 00:01:47,435 --> 00:01:49,926 In fact, the Cornballer wasn't legal anywhere. 34 00:01:50,038 --> 00:01:53,064 But George Sr. continued to market it there successfully. 35 00:01:53,174 --> 00:01:55,768 - Muy delicioso. - Es verdad. 36 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:02,780 - Where'd you come from? - I had another big fight with Marta. 37 00:02:02,884 --> 00:02:05,785 Gob had been having an on-again, off-again relationship... 38 00:02:05,887 --> 00:02:07,946 with Marta, a Spanish-language soap opera star. 39 00:02:08,056 --> 00:02:11,355 It looks like I'm going to be staying here for a while. 40 00:02:11,459 --> 00:02:14,951 No, it doesn't. It doesn't look like that. I've got a full house here, Gob. 41 00:02:15,063 --> 00:02:18,965 He's just in a bad mood, Gob, because his son feels suffocated by him. 42 00:02:19,067 --> 00:02:21,501 - Suffocated? Really? - Yes, Michael. He's a teenager. 43 00:02:21,603 --> 00:02:24,902 He's probably got a little girlfriend, and, well, let's face it... 44 00:02:25,006 --> 00:02:28,999 - you are overbearing. - Maybe I should be more like you when it comes to parenting. 45 00:02:29,110 --> 00:02:33,240 No borders. No limits. "Go ahead, touch the Cornballer. You know best." 46 00:02:33,348 --> 00:02:37,682 Michael, if I could stick my pretty little nose in here for one second. 47 00:02:37,786 --> 00:02:41,916 When I was a psychiatrist... and this is before I became an actor... 48 00:02:42,023 --> 00:02:44,491 - You're still not an actor. - Lovely. 49 00:02:44,593 --> 00:02:46,527 I saw a lot of this type of behavior... 50 00:02:46,628 --> 00:02:51,258 and I think what you're experiencing is your son's very normal need... 51 00:02:51,366 --> 00:02:55,564 to distance himself from his overbearing father. 52 00:02:55,670 --> 00:02:59,299 Am I touching something? Hot! Hot, hot. Hot. 53 00:02:59,407 --> 00:03:03,138 - Be careful. - Hot. 54 00:03:03,244 --> 00:03:06,680 - You all right? - Hot. 55 00:03:06,781 --> 00:03:09,511 Now, take my daughter, for example. 56 00:03:09,618 --> 00:03:11,677 She lives her life... 57 00:03:11,786 --> 00:03:15,517 and I get the pleasure of guessing what that might entail. 58 00:03:15,624 --> 00:03:20,584 Now watch this. Maeby, where are you off to on this glorious Sunday afternoon? 59 00:03:20,695 --> 00:03:23,459 - She won't tell me. - I'm going to audition for a play. 60 00:03:23,565 --> 00:03:26,466 Well, that time it didn't work. What play? 61 00:03:26,568 --> 00:03:28,695 It's for high school. You can't audition. 62 00:03:28,803 --> 00:03:31,465 I was totally wrong. 63 00:03:31,573 --> 00:03:36,875 She's reaching out to her actor daddy. Does anyone have an ice pack? 64 00:03:36,978 --> 00:03:40,607 In truth, Maeby was reaching out to a boy named Steve Holt... 65 00:03:40,715 --> 00:03:43,047 who was auditioning for the lead in the school play. 66 00:03:43,151 --> 00:03:45,585 "I would kiss before I spoke." 67 00:03:45,687 --> 00:03:49,145 Maeby decided to audition as well... 68 00:03:49,257 --> 00:03:51,623 Iooking for a chance to get closer to Steve. 69 00:03:51,726 --> 00:03:53,318 And then we actually get to kiss, right? 70 00:03:53,428 --> 00:03:56,056 George Michael also chose to audition... 71 00:03:56,164 --> 00:03:58,724 Iooking for a chance to get closer to his cousin Maeby. 72 00:03:58,833 --> 00:04:01,961 "I would kiss before I spoke." Then there's a kiss, right? 73 00:04:02,070 --> 00:04:04,732 - Louder. - And then there's a kiss, right? 74 00:04:04,839 --> 00:04:08,900 - Later, the cast list was posted. - Steve Holt! 75 00:04:09,010 --> 00:04:13,572 - Steve Holt! - Stand-in for Steve Holt? 76 00:04:13,682 --> 00:04:16,242 Steve Holt! 77 00:04:17,351 --> 00:04:21,981 Michael went to get his son a new bike to keep him from slipping away... 78 00:04:22,089 --> 00:04:25,422 while Michael's mother was giving up hope her son Buster would ever leave her side. 79 00:04:25,525 --> 00:04:27,516 Zip me up. 80 00:04:27,628 --> 00:04:30,256 Usually at this time of year... 81 00:04:30,364 --> 00:04:33,026 Buster would return to his post-graduate studies. 82 00:04:33,133 --> 00:04:35,863 But without the resources to afford it... 83 00:04:35,969 --> 00:04:39,029 his summer vacation was extending into the fall. 84 00:04:39,139 --> 00:04:41,369 Mom! Mom! 85 00:04:43,110 --> 00:04:47,376 And Lucille was beginning to resent it. 86 00:04:47,481 --> 00:04:49,449 What? 87 00:04:49,549 --> 00:04:52,677 Hi, Mama, it's Linds. 88 00:04:52,786 --> 00:04:56,722 It'll fly out on its own. Why are you calling me? What do you need? 89 00:04:56,823 --> 00:04:59,621 Very nice, Mom. I don't need anything. 90 00:04:59,726 --> 00:05:02,388 My daughter needs some new school clothes. 91 00:05:02,496 --> 00:05:04,794 Buster! 92 00:05:04,898 --> 00:05:08,356 - It's a bird. - I know it's a bird. I'm on the phone. 93 00:05:08,468 --> 00:05:12,131 - It walked on my pillow. - Look, I have a child that costs me money too, you know. 94 00:05:12,239 --> 00:05:15,299 - Why can't you get a job? - What is it with this family and working? 95 00:05:15,409 --> 00:05:18,401 Michael just gave me the exact same lecture in front of everybody. 96 00:05:18,512 --> 00:05:21,037 Everybody? Who's everybody? 97 00:05:21,148 --> 00:05:24,914 - Who's everybody? - You know, the kids, Gob, Tobias, everybody. 98 00:05:25,018 --> 00:05:27,646 He didn't invite Buster. 99 00:05:27,754 --> 00:05:30,382 Buster's his brother too. What's wrong with Buster? 100 00:05:30,490 --> 00:05:33,118 And even as she asked the question, Lucille realized... 101 00:05:33,226 --> 00:05:36,593 that perhaps it was time to let her own baby bird fly away. 102 00:05:36,697 --> 00:05:38,528 - Why do I have to take him? - Because he's your brother. 103 00:05:38,632 --> 00:05:42,762 You run around with everyone else, going on bike rides, making cornholes. 104 00:05:42,869 --> 00:05:47,602 - Mom, listen... - Everyone's laughing, riding and cornholing except Buster. 105 00:05:47,708 --> 00:05:51,906 And I know he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he's sensitive, Michael... 106 00:05:52,012 --> 00:05:54,640 and you could pretend to be interested in him. 107 00:05:54,748 --> 00:05:57,876 Fine. He can hang out, but he's going to work, okay? 108 00:05:57,984 --> 00:06:00,782 This is not going to be a day at the beach. 109 00:06:00,887 --> 00:06:04,220 Th-That's cool. Mom packed me a change of clothes. 110 00:06:04,324 --> 00:06:09,352 So Buster stayed and Michael made him build the new bike. 111 00:06:09,463 --> 00:06:13,092 - It's in the big box in my office. Hey. - Michael. 112 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:17,000 Gob, what are you doing here, and why are you in a bathrobe? 113 00:06:17,104 --> 00:06:19,902 What's he doing here? Why is he in his bathing suit? 114 00:06:20,006 --> 00:06:22,474 Mom dropped me off to spend time with Michael. 115 00:06:22,576 --> 00:06:25,875 Spend time with Michael, or to serve her own menopausal needs? 116 00:06:25,979 --> 00:06:29,471 She's always got to wedge herself in the middle of us, so she can control everything. 117 00:06:29,583 --> 00:06:34,316 Yeah. Mom's awesome. 118 00:06:34,421 --> 00:06:36,321 Maybe we should call her. 119 00:06:39,860 --> 00:06:42,488 - So why are you in your robe? - I camped out in the boardroom last night. 120 00:06:42,596 --> 00:06:44,996 What with you kicking me out of your house... 121 00:06:45,098 --> 00:06:46,998 there are few places left that you have that I can stay. 122 00:06:47,100 --> 00:06:50,729 Hmm. Well, you can't stay here either. 123 00:06:50,837 --> 00:06:54,295 Let me ask you something. 124 00:06:54,407 --> 00:06:57,706 Is this a business decision, or is it personal? 125 00:06:57,811 --> 00:07:00,609 'Cause if it's business, I'll go away happily. 126 00:07:00,714 --> 00:07:05,515 But if it's personal, I'll go away. But I won't be happy. 127 00:07:06,953 --> 00:07:09,649 It's personal. 128 00:07:12,359 --> 00:07:14,293 I am so sorry. 129 00:07:14,394 --> 00:07:18,330 Michael's son, meanwhile, was waiting with his cousin for first rehearsal. 130 00:07:18,431 --> 00:07:22,197 - I'm surprised you tried out for this. - Yeah. I just love the theater. 131 00:07:22,302 --> 00:07:24,463 That's great. I'm just doing it to kiss Steve Holt. 132 00:07:24,571 --> 00:07:28,871 Well, actually, I think I'm gonna quit. Yeah, theater's dead. 133 00:07:28,975 --> 00:07:32,376 But, he's always going to be at football practice, so I'm gonna have to kiss the stand-in. 134 00:07:32,479 --> 00:07:36,108 But, no. No. I love the theater... 135 00:07:36,216 --> 00:07:40,448 and I gave my word, so I'm back in. 136 00:07:40,554 --> 00:07:43,455 Tobias, meanwhile, stopped by the school. 137 00:07:43,557 --> 00:07:47,516 - I know why you're doing this. - Dad. What are you doing here? Go away. 138 00:07:47,627 --> 00:07:51,620 Yes, because the director might be here soon, right? Oops. Too late. 139 00:07:51,731 --> 00:07:53,631 He's already here. 140 00:07:53,733 --> 00:07:57,863 Hello, everyone, and welcome to the theater. 141 00:08:01,241 --> 00:08:03,709 I am Dr. Tobias Fünke... 142 00:08:03,810 --> 00:08:08,270 and I will be your new director. 143 00:08:10,517 --> 00:08:12,747 Oh, my God. 144 00:08:12,853 --> 00:08:16,482 Tobias had gotten the directing job by meeting with the school principal. 145 00:08:16,590 --> 00:08:18,751 And you tell me you've got some P.E. teacher directing? 146 00:08:18,859 --> 00:08:22,317 That just makes me wanna puke all over your head, sir. 147 00:08:22,429 --> 00:08:26,229 Give me a chance to tell the Bard's tale... 148 00:08:26,333 --> 00:08:28,460 and I give you my word on humble knee... 149 00:08:28,568 --> 00:08:33,767 whence you shall not say it wasn't e'er to be. 150 00:08:33,874 --> 00:08:37,833 - Jerry, you cool with this? - Sure. Let the little fruit do it. 151 00:08:37,944 --> 00:08:40,572 - Huzzah! - As the days went by... 152 00:08:40,680 --> 00:08:44,980 Buster's apprenticeship was proving more trying than Michael had anticipated. 153 00:08:45,085 --> 00:08:47,576 We're excited. We want your business. 154 00:08:50,390 --> 00:08:55,350 And, uh, everybody at the Bluth Company... 155 00:08:55,462 --> 00:08:57,293 Here I go again. 156 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:02,425 Andjust when he could take no more... 157 00:09:02,535 --> 00:09:05,504 And we're back on track. And we're focused. 158 00:09:05,605 --> 00:09:07,505 And, Buster... 159 00:09:07,607 --> 00:09:11,600 you can't do that in the snack room, pal? 160 00:09:11,711 --> 00:09:13,975 Mom told me to stay away from microwaves. 161 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:16,708 And besides, this is gonna be... 162 00:09:16,816 --> 00:09:20,308 the most bitchingly fast bike in all of Orange County. 163 00:09:20,420 --> 00:09:22,888 - Really? - Your son is gonna love it. 164 00:09:22,989 --> 00:09:28,120 Well, I guess 3:40 is as good a time as any to call it a day. 165 00:09:28,228 --> 00:09:31,493 So Michael left for the high school hoping to reconnect with his son... 166 00:09:31,598 --> 00:09:36,729 while Tobias's attempt to reconnect with his daughter hit a snag. 167 00:09:36,836 --> 00:09:39,236 Stop! Stop it. It's all wrong. 168 00:09:39,339 --> 00:09:41,671 - But we were just about to do the kiss... - Kiss. I know. 169 00:09:41,775 --> 00:09:46,109 It doesn't work. Look, you are playing adults with fully... 170 00:09:48,048 --> 00:09:51,074 Pick that up, please. With fully formed libidos... 171 00:09:51,184 --> 00:09:54,813 not two young men playing grab-ass in the shower. 172 00:09:54,921 --> 00:09:59,517 Would you hold the work, please? Oh, Michael. 173 00:09:59,626 --> 00:10:02,857 - Dad, wh... - So, you're in a play, huh? 174 00:10:02,963 --> 00:10:04,863 I'm not. 175 00:10:04,965 --> 00:10:08,196 - I quit. - Maeby. 176 00:10:09,636 --> 00:10:12,036 - Why didn't you tell me? - It's not really important. 177 00:10:12,138 --> 00:10:15,699 - I'm just a stand-in. - And you're ashamed? 178 00:10:15,809 --> 00:10:19,108 Well, this should cheer you up. Hmm? 179 00:10:19,212 --> 00:10:21,373 I left work early. I thought maybe we'd go for a ride today. 180 00:10:21,481 --> 00:10:25,383 - No, I can't go on a bike ride right now. - Why, because of the play? 181 00:10:25,485 --> 00:10:28,283 - You're just a stand-in. - No, no. It's not the play. It's just... 182 00:10:28,388 --> 00:10:32,188 You know, I can't go on a million bike rides whenever you want me to. 183 00:10:32,292 --> 00:10:35,557 Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Hey, is it about a girl? 184 00:10:35,662 --> 00:10:37,687 - No! It's not. Just drop it, Dad. - You can tell me. 185 00:10:40,233 --> 00:10:42,224 What, is Lindsay right? Am I really suffocating him? 186 00:10:42,335 --> 00:10:47,671 Well, they're different people every day, teenagers. Hormones all ablaze. 187 00:10:47,774 --> 00:10:50,242 Except, of course, when they're onstage when I need it. 188 00:10:50,343 --> 00:10:52,971 No, he said it wasn't about a girl. 189 00:10:53,079 --> 00:10:55,741 Maybe he really is pulling away. 190 00:10:58,685 --> 00:11:00,414 Not a girl? 191 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:03,978 Of course. 192 00:11:06,426 --> 00:11:10,226 Methinks a Cupid I shall play. 193 00:11:12,665 --> 00:11:16,157 Mm. Mmm. Mmm. 194 00:11:17,237 --> 00:11:20,035 Tobias came up with a new plan for the play... 195 00:11:20,140 --> 00:11:23,303 - and a way to connect to George Michael. - I know why you're in the play. 196 00:11:23,410 --> 00:11:25,674 - What? - Watch this. 197 00:11:25,779 --> 00:11:28,907 Okay, everybody. Well, we've lost a leading lady... 198 00:11:29,016 --> 00:11:32,816 but did you know in Shakespeare's day that the women's roles... 199 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:35,548 were played by men? 200 00:11:35,656 --> 00:11:37,749 Fancy that. 201 00:11:38,825 --> 00:11:41,293 Hmm. 202 00:11:41,395 --> 00:11:44,193 George Michael, you know Steven's lines, yes? 203 00:11:44,298 --> 00:11:46,323 - Sort of. - Fine. Then you are my Benedict. 204 00:11:46,433 --> 00:11:49,732 - And Steven Holt... Where is Steven Holt? - Steve Holt! 205 00:11:49,836 --> 00:11:53,636 Yes. Get ready for the acting challenge of your sweet young life, fair lady. 206 00:11:53,740 --> 00:11:55,765 For you are my Beatrice. 207 00:11:55,876 --> 00:11:58,367 Beatrice! 208 00:11:58,478 --> 00:12:02,278 Let's take it from "Peace, I will stop thy mouth." 209 00:12:02,382 --> 00:12:06,341 Now we'll see if some sparks fly. 210 00:12:07,955 --> 00:12:10,753 As George Michael contemplated kissing his rival... 211 00:12:10,857 --> 00:12:12,688 Michael sought his father's advice. 212 00:12:12,793 --> 00:12:16,593 - You think you never hurt me? - What are you talking about? When have I ever rebelled? 213 00:12:16,697 --> 00:12:19,666 - I never see you anymore, Michael. - You're in prison. 214 00:12:19,766 --> 00:12:21,700 And I was here yesterday. 215 00:12:21,802 --> 00:12:24,965 Oh, yeah. That's-That's... I'm sorry. 216 00:12:25,072 --> 00:12:28,405 I couldn't break away from the poker game. Capital "G" was down to his boxers. 217 00:12:28,508 --> 00:12:31,477 - Strip poker? - Yeah, and it's tough. 218 00:12:31,578 --> 00:12:34,979 We can really only play about two hands. 219 00:12:36,350 --> 00:12:38,978 Listen... 220 00:12:39,086 --> 00:12:42,613 Let him go. Let your son go. 221 00:12:42,723 --> 00:12:45,123 I can't do that, Dad. He needs me. 222 00:12:45,225 --> 00:12:48,592 Michael, you don't want to make the same mistake your mom made with Buster. 223 00:12:48,695 --> 00:12:51,823 - Yeah, boy. What happened there? - I really don't know. 224 00:12:51,932 --> 00:12:55,060 Maybe it was the 11 months he spent in the womb. 225 00:12:55,168 --> 00:12:57,966 The doctor said there were claw marks on the walls of her uterus, but... 226 00:12:58,071 --> 00:13:01,507 he was our miracle baby, you know? 227 00:13:01,608 --> 00:13:04,168 And l-I was just too burned out on raising you guys to care. 228 00:13:04,277 --> 00:13:07,246 So, he turned out a little, uh, soft. 229 00:13:07,347 --> 00:13:10,646 A little doughy. 230 00:13:10,751 --> 00:13:12,878 I don't know. Maybe-Maybe it was my fault. 231 00:13:12,986 --> 00:13:16,786 Maybe I just ignored the guy. 232 00:13:18,692 --> 00:13:23,095 Wow. We're just blowing through nap time, aren't we? 233 00:13:25,465 --> 00:13:27,933 Yeah, I gotta let my son go. 234 00:13:30,137 --> 00:13:33,664 Lindsay, meanwhile, still had the dress... 235 00:13:33,774 --> 00:13:37,335 - and she was starting to get some positive reactions to it. - Look at you. 236 00:13:37,444 --> 00:13:40,106 I am. 237 00:13:40,213 --> 00:13:43,341 So she decided to hide it in the attic crawl space. 238 00:13:55,962 --> 00:13:59,557 Are you crazy? I'm a magician. I make my living with my hands. 239 00:13:59,666 --> 00:14:02,635 - And if I'm going to be staying here... - Staying here? 240 00:14:02,736 --> 00:14:04,328 What, did that Mexican throw you out? 241 00:14:04,438 --> 00:14:07,896 She's not "that Mexican," Mom. She's my Mexican. 242 00:14:08,008 --> 00:14:10,738 And she's Colombian or something. Anyway, it's over. 243 00:14:10,844 --> 00:14:13,142 - You've got three days. - Hey. 244 00:14:13,246 --> 00:14:16,545 If I can't find a horny immigrant by then, I don't deserve to stay here. 245 00:14:16,650 --> 00:14:20,916 Oh! 246 00:14:21,021 --> 00:14:23,319 Back at the model home, Michael was adjusting to... 247 00:14:23,423 --> 00:14:26,324 the absence ofhis son, by enjoying the company ofhis brother. 248 00:14:26,426 --> 00:14:28,326 You know, I'm in pretty good shape. 249 00:14:28,428 --> 00:14:31,397 You could be eating my dust all day, slowpoke. 250 00:14:31,498 --> 00:14:34,058 And Buster was starting to give as good as he got. 251 00:14:34,167 --> 00:14:36,601 Yeah. And you might be eating... 252 00:14:41,975 --> 00:14:45,240 Well, let's hope it doesn't come to that. 253 00:14:45,345 --> 00:14:49,577 Hey, Tobias. How's my son doing? 254 00:14:49,683 --> 00:14:52,379 Oh, well, he didn't want to rehearse today... 255 00:14:52,486 --> 00:14:55,614 but I do think I have a handle on what he's going through. 256 00:14:55,722 --> 00:14:59,180 I wish I could say the same for Steve Holt. I don't know what the hell her problem is. 257 00:14:59,292 --> 00:15:01,419 - Her? - Oh, uh, I'm sorry. 258 00:15:01,528 --> 00:15:05,794 I say that because I switched the parts, but, it's still... 259 00:15:05,899 --> 00:15:07,958 off. 260 00:15:08,068 --> 00:15:11,037 Perhaps if she dressed as a woman. 261 00:15:11,138 --> 00:15:15,632 - She? - Oh, for the love of God. She's playing a woman. 262 00:15:19,146 --> 00:15:21,580 Look who's back. 263 00:15:23,750 --> 00:15:26,719 - I'm exhausted. - Neiman's again, huh? 264 00:15:26,820 --> 00:15:30,017 I've been going to the thrift store, but I'm going to find a way to keep that dress. 265 00:15:30,123 --> 00:15:33,092 Things didn't work out with Mom. 266 00:15:33,193 --> 00:15:36,651 It was utterly macabre. 267 00:15:37,831 --> 00:15:39,799 Zip me up. 268 00:15:42,602 --> 00:15:44,900 She always makes everything about her. 269 00:15:45,005 --> 00:15:47,667 She's the last person I ever want to need something from. 270 00:15:47,774 --> 00:15:50,140 Well, she likes to be needed, just as long as it doesn't cost her anything. 271 00:15:50,243 --> 00:15:53,076 It's like she gets off on being withholding. 272 00:15:55,115 --> 00:15:57,015 - Whoa. Buster. - Look who's got something to say. 273 00:15:59,352 --> 00:16:03,789 I'm Mom, and I wanna shoot down everything you say so I feel good about myself. 274 00:16:03,890 --> 00:16:07,348 Look who's ragging on the old lady. 275 00:16:07,460 --> 00:16:09,655 - Hey, hey. - Finally. 276 00:16:09,763 --> 00:16:13,164 'Cause I'm an uptight... 277 00:16:14,201 --> 00:16:16,931 Buster! 278 00:16:17,037 --> 00:16:19,028 You old horny slut! 279 00:16:22,142 --> 00:16:25,873 Well, no one's gonna top that. 280 00:16:28,148 --> 00:16:31,777 And Tobias had found the perfect wardrobe for his leading man. 281 00:16:31,885 --> 00:16:36,345 The red dress he discovered in the attic crawl space. 282 00:16:36,456 --> 00:16:38,549 Assuming Michael had found and returned it... 283 00:16:38,658 --> 00:16:42,059 - Lindsay called her mother, hoping to get money for a new one. - What? 284 00:16:42,162 --> 00:16:44,392 - Hi, Mama. It's Linds. - Get a job. 285 00:16:44,497 --> 00:16:48,558 Look. Just hear me out. It's Maeby's dress. It was stolen from her locker. 286 00:16:48,668 --> 00:16:52,900 They beat her up, and, uh, took all her clothes. 287 00:16:53,006 --> 00:16:55,474 - Send her over. I'll take her shopping. - Buster was right. 288 00:16:55,575 --> 00:16:57,475 You get off on being withholding, don't you? 289 00:16:57,577 --> 00:17:00,205 - Buster said that? - That's right. 290 00:17:00,313 --> 00:17:03,248 - My Buster? - Not anymore, apparently. 291 00:17:03,350 --> 00:17:06,478 While Lucille was missing her youngest son... 292 00:17:06,586 --> 00:17:10,181 - Michael was finally enjoying his company. - Zip me up. 293 00:17:10,290 --> 00:17:13,157 And while Buster did build a faster bike... 294 00:17:13,260 --> 00:17:15,421 - Whoo! - he neglected to build the brakes. 295 00:17:15,528 --> 00:17:17,496 I'm flying! 296 00:17:17,597 --> 00:17:19,724 Buster? 297 00:17:19,833 --> 00:17:22,131 And George Michael had news for Maeby. 298 00:17:22,235 --> 00:17:25,500 So, I quit the play. I don't really like plays. 299 00:17:25,605 --> 00:17:28,233 Also, I think your dad thinks I'm gay. 300 00:17:28,341 --> 00:17:31,071 - Oh. He thinks everyone's gay. - Do you wanna get a soda? 301 00:17:31,177 --> 00:17:34,704 I can't. I'm actually back in the play. We're in the middle of dress rehearsal now. 302 00:17:34,814 --> 00:17:38,375 - But I thought Steve had your part. - Steve did have Maeby's part. 303 00:17:38,485 --> 00:17:40,715 And Tobias had given Maeby a new part. 304 00:17:40,820 --> 00:17:42,754 So you want me to play the man? 305 00:17:42,856 --> 00:17:46,019 Yes. Don't you see? l-I cast the parts all wrong. 306 00:17:46,126 --> 00:17:48,253 It was Daddy's fault. 307 00:17:48,361 --> 00:17:51,853 And I still get to kiss Steve, right? 308 00:17:51,965 --> 00:17:56,527 It's gonna be a huge disaster. I'll get you tickets. 309 00:17:56,636 --> 00:17:59,196 And Michael tried to salvage what was left of the day... 310 00:17:59,306 --> 00:18:02,605 - with what was left ofhis brother. - I'm a little shaky, but... 311 00:18:02,709 --> 00:18:04,210 - but we're here to work. - Michael. 312 00:18:04,210 --> 00:18:05,177 - but we're here to work. - Michael. 313 00:18:05,278 --> 00:18:07,246 - Mom. - What are you doing here? 314 00:18:07,347 --> 00:18:11,147 Oh. Hello, Buster. Here's a candy bar. 315 00:18:11,251 --> 00:18:12,946 - Oh... - No. I'm withholding it. 316 00:18:13,053 --> 00:18:17,752 Look at me getting off. How dare you turn Buster against me. 317 00:18:17,857 --> 00:18:20,587 - What are you talking about? - I know what you've all been saying. 318 00:18:20,694 --> 00:18:23,822 But I'm not going to let you destroy my relationship with my son... 319 00:18:23,930 --> 00:18:26,398 just because you don't have one with yours right now. 320 00:18:26,499 --> 00:18:28,831 Wait a minute. Me and my son are fine... 321 00:18:28,935 --> 00:18:31,165 and that is not what this is. 322 00:18:31,271 --> 00:18:33,466 Buster is a grown man. He can make his own decisions. 323 00:18:33,573 --> 00:18:38,135 - Why don't you ask Buster what he wants. - Michael. I wanna go with Mom. 324 00:18:43,350 --> 00:18:47,343 - You said that she shoots you down. - I was trying to fit in. 325 00:18:48,822 --> 00:18:51,347 You were flying today, buddy. 326 00:18:51,458 --> 00:18:54,427 Yes, I was flying... 327 00:18:54,527 --> 00:18:57,121 but a little too close to the sun. 328 00:18:57,230 --> 00:19:00,859 You let him go in the sun? Get in the backseat. I'll be right out. 329 00:19:00,967 --> 00:19:06,633 Front seat, Mom. I sit in the front seat now. Mmm? 330 00:19:10,677 --> 00:19:15,114 Let me tell you something, Michael. You have to fight for your family. 331 00:19:15,215 --> 00:19:18,878 If you were smart, you'd grab your son before he slips any further away. 332 00:19:18,985 --> 00:19:21,613 Well, I disagree, Mom. 333 00:19:21,721 --> 00:19:24,019 I'm not gonna control George Michael. 334 00:19:24,124 --> 00:19:26,422 I'm gonna let him decide for himself what's best. 335 00:19:26,526 --> 00:19:28,994 Mm-hmm. Well, you better hope... 336 00:19:29,095 --> 00:19:33,054 that little bird decides to fly back into your house. 337 00:19:33,166 --> 00:19:34,997 Because they usually don't. 338 00:19:46,713 --> 00:19:48,681 So, uh, can we go now? 339 00:19:51,885 --> 00:19:53,785 Yeah. 340 00:19:56,356 --> 00:19:59,257 And George Michael watched as Maeby shared the kiss... 341 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:02,920 that should've been his with a boy he almost had to kiss. 342 00:20:08,168 --> 00:20:12,434 But, to Maeby's surprise, she did not enjoy kissing Steve Holt. 343 00:20:12,539 --> 00:20:14,336 You smell like my mom. 344 00:20:14,441 --> 00:20:17,877 Michael returned to the model home to find his son in the kitchen. 345 00:20:17,977 --> 00:20:21,242 - You're home. - Yeah. I was waiting for you. 346 00:20:21,347 --> 00:20:25,147 - I thought we could make some of these. - Sure. 347 00:20:31,057 --> 00:20:35,118 I'm sorry about what I said at the school. It was out of line. 348 00:20:35,228 --> 00:20:37,696 I shouldn't have poked my nose into your life. 349 00:20:37,797 --> 00:20:40,960 - My life? - I know that you're growing up. 350 00:20:41,067 --> 00:20:44,525 Yeah, but, Dad, you're, like, the most important part of my life. 351 00:20:46,139 --> 00:20:49,438 That's a little cornball. 352 00:20:49,542 --> 00:20:52,602 - I don't mind. - I don't mind either, buddy. 353 00:20:55,181 --> 00:20:57,581 - Watch your... - Mother of God! 354 00:20:57,684 --> 00:20:59,982 Oh! Every damn time! 355 00:21:00,086 --> 00:21:03,249 Oh! This is a big one. Oh! 356 00:21:03,356 --> 00:21:05,722 On the next Arrested Development. 357 00:21:05,825 --> 00:21:08,191 Tobias gets a review ofhis Shakespeare play. 358 00:21:08,294 --> 00:21:11,855 I didn't get into this business to please sophomore Tracy Schwarzman, so... 359 00:21:11,965 --> 00:21:13,990 onward and upward! 360 00:21:14,100 --> 00:21:17,126 On... 361 00:21:17,237 --> 00:21:20,502 Why, Tracy? Why? 362 00:21:20,607 --> 00:21:22,939 And Buster is back where he belongs. 363 00:21:23,042 --> 00:21:26,443 - Mom! - What is it? 364 00:21:26,546 --> 00:21:29,014 I can't get down.