Arrested Development (2003)

1 - Piloto

Depois de uma tentativa fracassada de entrar nos negócios da família, Michael aceita um emprego no Arizona, até que seu pai vai para a cadeia por fraude contábil.

1 - The One Where Michael Leaves

Michael and George Michael leave for Phoenix but go back to ensure the family misses them. Lindsay wants to have an open marriage, which causes Tobias to try to join the Blue Man Group under the impression that they are a support group for depressed men. Lucille signs Buster up for the Army after being goaded by a Michael Moore look-alike. Gob becomes president of the Bluth Company.

1 - The Cabin Show

Michael learns that its 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.

1 - Flight of the Phoenix

Michael says goodbye to the family business and starts his own. And the life of the family is turned upside down when their mail man Pete dies.

1 - Licença familiar

Surpresas esperam por Michael na cobertura e em Sudden Valley. George-Michael confia em Maeby, que está com medo de ter problemas com a lei.

2 - For British Eyes Only

Investigating his fathers claim that a British group set him up, Michael goes to Wee Britain and is smitten with a beautiful woman named Rita. Lindsay attempts to seduce the new family attorney, and Gob goes to extremes to avoid his newly discovered son.

2 - Banana-chefe

Quando Michael tenta assumir o controle dos negócios da família, o pai preso não permite, levando à destruição da quitanda.

2 - The One Where They Build a House

Michael is driven crazy by Gob when he impresses the board as the new company figurehead due to Michaels legal troubles. Meanwhile, George Sr. is arrested in Mexico for a crime Oscar committed, and Buster witnesses something that utterly shocks him.

2 - Borderline Personalities

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

2 - Autodeportação

Pelas mais diversas razões, os Bluths (e até Steve Holt) pensam em fugir para o México. Michael tenta convencer Buster a falar com a polícia.

3 - Amigos

Michael is increasingly frustrated over being abandoned by the family, and when the staircar is found in Mexico, Michael vows to find his father and give him a piece of his mind. Also, Buster spends time with Lupes family and thinks hes in Mexico.

3 - Todo mundo ganha um troféu

A família se une para ajudar na campanha de Lindsay, mas Michael sente que há algo errado. Maeby tem uma ideia que deixa George-Michael mais empolgado do que deveria.

3 - Levado da breca

Um Michael relutante põe Buster sob sua asa, enquanto tenta se aproximar de um George Michael cada vez mais distante.

3 - Forget-Me-Now

George Sr. is placed under house arrest by the familys new attorney Bob Loblaw, and finds that its not exactly a walk in the park. Michael sets up his first date with Rita, but Rita has an unfortunate encounter with the family beforehand.

3 - Indian Takers

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

4 - Um velho começo

Gob muda o escritório da empresa para ter uma vista privilegiada. Michael tem um choque ao voltar a um lugar que guarda muitas memórias.

4 - Good Grief

Lucille hires a bounty hunter, Ice, to find George Sr., who may be closer than everyone thinks. Gob tries to pull off an elaborate illusion, Maeby tries to set Lindsay up with Ice, and Michael tries to mend George Michaels broken relationship.

4 - Decisões chave

Michael se apaixona pela namorada de Gob. Enquanto isso, Lindsay se envolve com um ambientalista e Buster recebe uma mensagem romântica da rival de Lucille.

4 - Notapusy

To prove hes a man to Rita, Michael and his nephew Steve Holt compete in the Church And State Fairs annual triathlon. George Sr. tries to scare some at-risk youth, and Tobias tries to help George-Michaels girlfriend Ann to compete in the fairs inner beauty pageant.

4 - The B. Team

Michael is presented with a new business opportunity that could change his life, but unfortunately, he needs his family to sign off.

5 - Um mar de sentimentos

Os Bluths recebem e entregam seus prêmios, mas George pai acaba chateado e isso cria problemas. Michael e George-Michael têm uma conversa séria.

5 - Sad Sack

George Sr. fears hes losing Lucille to Oscar. Gob motivates Buster for the Army while Lindsay spends more time with Maeby to get closer to Steve Holt and Tobias starts working out.

5 - Tudo pelo bem

Michael troca a bicicleta pelo carro do pai e acaba dando carona a uma estranha apavorada que o confunde com um assassino.

5 - Mr. F

Michael must deal with a huge mole problem in order to salvage a major real estate deal with Japanese investors. In an effort to help Michael, Gob and Buster team up with George Sr.s surrogate, Larry, to devise a plan and save the deal, but their plan falls apart in a big way. Meanwhile, Tobias mistakes a CIA agent for a CAA agent and inadvertently betrays the family, and Michael makes Rita a proposal she cant refuse. Frankie Muniz makes a cameo as himself.

5 - A New Start

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

6 - Double Crossers

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

6 - Afternoon Delight

Gob stages mass firings after being inadvertently roasted at the Bluth Company Christmas party. Michael is forced to rebuild the Banana Stand, and Buster plays hooky from the Army at an arcade game.

6 - Visita íntima

Depois de receber uma pista sobre as contas internacionais da Bluth, Michael usa Gob para obter informações sobre a secretária de George pai.

6 - Bagagem emocional

Michael tenta pagar a fiança para libertar Buster. George-Michael finalmente conhece os Howard. Ron conta a Michael sobre suas mudanças de planos com relação ao filme.

6 - The Ocean Walker

After Michael announces hes marrying Rita, George Sr. worries that shes after the familys money. But when Ritas Uncle Trevor tries to stop the wedding by revealing some surprising information about Rita, Michael must decide if he wants to walk down the aisle.

7 - Colony Collapse

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

7 - Confiança eterna

O advogado da família consegue um indulto de Natal para George pai. George Michael tem que usar um tapa-sexo constrangedor em um desfile.

7 - Trauma romântico

George-Michael pensa que Michael está mentindo para ele. Michael pensa o mesmo sobre George pai. Gob contrata uns caras para ajudar com o truque do armário.

7 - Switch Hitter

The Bluths rival development company hires Gob, who finds the company president a father figure, in preparation for the Bluth-Sitwell softball game; Lindsay hallucinates from taking anti-depressants.

7 - Prison 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 illness as her ticket back into high society, and Michael learns of the prison wardens true intentions with his mother after reading the wardens screenplay.

8 - Making 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 the two compete, they decide to teach their father an elaborate lesson, and Buster refuses to use his handicap to scare kids. Meanwhile, Maeby uses Lucilles surgery in a horror film.

8 - Meu carro é uma mãe

Michael perde a memória imediata depois de um acidente de carro com Lucille. George Michael e Maeby querem ver um filme pornô sobre primos apaixonados.

8 - Red Hairing

Lindsay continues to push away from being a Bluth by embracing a relationship and finding a new career.

8 - Independência prematura

Com o desfile de 2 de julho se aproximando, Sally intensifica a campanha contra Lindsay e a família Bluth faz de tudo para não cair em contradição.

8 - Queen for a Day

Michael sells a portion of his stock in the Bluth company to buy a car, and Lucille 2 returns, only to discover that Buster is dating the company secretary Starla.

9 - A tomada do castelo

Michael decide mostrar a Marta o lado mulherengo de Gob, fazendo-a participar de um truque de mágica com uma das várias namoradas de Gob.

9 - Smashed

Tobias returns to his roots and reunites with his leading lady after a rough few weeks.

9 - Unexpected Company

Buster fails to show for his own prison release party. Michael examines company financial records. George-Michael seeks Anonymous help to deceive Rebel.

9 - Burning Love

Michael reunites with his long, lost love Sally Sitwell, but faces interference from parents. Meanwhile, the two Lucilles need someone to bid on them at the bachelorette auction with Buster already in a relationship.

9 - S.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, and he sends George-Michael to an expensive boarding school. Meanwhile, Maeby has trouble with a snowboarding film and Tobias tries to be a discipline daddy.

10 - Ready, Aim, Marry Me

With the company in dire financial straits and the Bluths no longer the primary shareholders, Michael must turn to old family friend Uncle Jack Dorso for financial assistance. Uncle Jack, however, wants something in return.

10 - Pressão do alto

Quando Buster pede para George Michael comprar maconha para tratar o enjoo de Lucille, Michael encena uma batida policial para dar uma lição em George Michael.

10 - Taste Makers

Michael jumps at a chance to spend more time with George-Michael, who seeks a clueless president for Fakeblock. Tobias relocates his makeshift family.

10 - Fakin' It

George, Sr. hires a new attorney who asks the Bluths to participate in a mock trial to help prepare them for the real thing. The attorney gets actor Judge Reinhold to preside over the mock case. Meanwhile, Buster fakes a coma to get out of testifying, and George Michael and Maeby participate in a mock wedding to entertain hospital patients. Back at the office, Michael discovers that he may have a long-lost sister named Nellie Bluth.

10 - Queen B.

Lucille finds that her children have started dividing up her things, and adjusts to her new home.

11 - Relações públicas

Depois ter dificuldades para conseguir matricular George Michael em uma escola particular, Michael contrata uma atraente publicitária para mudar a imagem da família.

11 - Out on a Limb

Just as Michaels relationship with Sally starts to flourish, Maggie Lizer returns nine months pregnant, and Michael immediately assumes hes the father. George Michael attempts to break up with Ann, and Buster learns hes being deployed to Iraq.

11 - Family Ties

In an effort to get to the bottom of things, Michael tracks Nellie down and hires her as a consultant for the Bluth Co. Unfortunately, Michael discovers Nellies hands-on approach is more than he bargained for.

11 - Chain Migration

As George Sr. attempts to win back Lucille, Michael assembles a mold of their scheme. Meanwhile, Buster gets caught up in Tobias and Gobs business.

11 - A New Attitude

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

12 - Hand to God

Michael tries to find out whos the father of Maggies baby, or if its just another of her lies; Gob tries to find out whether he was responsible for Busters accident.

12 - Exit Strategy

Gob goes to Iraq to perform his Christian magic act on the USO tour and ends up incarcerated. Michael learns George, Sr. sent Gob to Iraq to burn down the model home he built there, so Michael and Buster fly to Iraq to spring their brother from prison.

12 - Señoritis

Maeby moves out on her own and reconnects with her cousin George-Michael.

12 - Complexo de Marta

Michael faz um discurso sobre amor que faz Marta perceber que está apaixonada por ele. George Michael descobre que Maeby talvez não seja sua prima.

12 - Check Mates

George Sr., Lucille and Maeby give honesty a try. Good news becomes bad for George-Michael. Michael remembers theres always money ... somewhere.

13 - A coisa errada do jeito certo

Michael conta para Gob de seu flerte com Marta. Enquanto isso, George Michael tenta descobrir se ele e Maeby são parentes.

13 - The Untethered Sole

Busters brief appearance in a TV weather report puts the Bluths back in hot water, but Michael has a plan involving his sons definitely real company.

13 - It Gets Better

At UC Irvine things get steamy when George-Michael finds himself in a love triangle with his best friend Ray and his girlfriend Becky.

13 - Development 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 is revealed, and just as the family begins to celebrate their victory, a whole new set of problems emerge.

13 - Motherboy XXX

Lucille abducts George Michael for a mother-son dance, Buster adjusts to having a hook for a hand and Gob reunites with his estranged wife. Also, Tobias stars as George Sr. in a biopic about the Bluth family, which causes Lindsay to become more attracted to him.

14 - O prazer do choque

Michael se apaixona pela nova professora de ética de George Michael e George Sr. recebe a visita de uma de suas fãs, sem saber que ela é uma agente secreta.

14 - The Immaculate Election

George Michael runs for student body president, which Gob manages to ruin. Buster has an affair with Lupe, who is being sought after by Lindsay and Tobias attempts to move out of the model home, then develops a new persona when he regrets his decision.

14 - Saving for Arraignment Day

As the trial kicks off, the Guilty Guys throw the family for a loop. Lucille learns surprising news about Dusty. George-Michael plots a distraction.

14 - Off the Hook

Buster struggles to make it on his own and break away from his overbearing mother.

15 - Courting Disasters

George and Lucille overestimate their new lawyers expertise in the courtroom. Two familiar faces testify, and a video sheds more light on the case.

15 - Funcionalismo contagioso

Michael descobre que a maior parte da família está na folha de pagamento da empresa apesar de não trabalharem lá. Gob e Buster são enviados para trabalhar na obra.

15 - Sword of Destiny

Gob and Buster team up for some magic tricks with the help of Busters fake hand, but when Tony Wonder, a rival magician, starts to mentor them, somebody gets the finger. Meanwhile, Michael is forced to delegate some work when hes hospitalized and Lindsay teaches George Michael how to drive using the staircar.

15 - Blockheads

George-Michael tries to reconnect with his father, but is finding himself overwhelmed by the responsibility of running his business.

16 - Altar-ego

Michael passa a noite com uma mulher cega, que na verdade é a promotora pública que condenou seu pai. Cindi declara-se para George Sr.

16 - Meat the Veals

George Sr. tries to find a way to attend an anniversary dinner for Lucille while Michael deliberately offends Anns devout Christian parents. Tobias goes overboard performing his Mrs. Featherbottom persona.

16 - The Fallout

As the Bluths come together to unveil a wall, they once again discover that they deserve nothing more than to be saddled with each other forever.

17 - Justice é cego

Lutando com o dilema de abrir ou não o arquivo do caso de seu pai, Michael descobre a verdade sobre Maggie.

17 - Spring Breakout

Gob confronts the editor of the videos that showcased his magic mistakes. Michael tricks Lucille in to rehab, and then attempts to get her out after George Sr. is kidnapped.

18 - Procura-se Kitty

Michael desobedece ao pai e demite a incompetente Kitty, que pode revelar segredos que prejudicariam ainda mais a reputação da família.

18 - The Righteous Brothers

Gob hides George Sr. while the model homes plumbing is checked; George Michael helps Ann protest Maebys new movie; Tobias takes a liking to Kitty after Michael asks him to keep an eye on her.

19 - A noiva de G.O.B

Gob faz uma despedida de solteiro para assustar um contador da empresa, que deve testemunhar contra George Sr., fazendo-o acreditar que matou uma stripper.

20 - A mãe de Whistler

Como toda a família está de olho no dinheiro da empresa que foi descongelado recentemente, Michael compra algumas terras praticamente sem valor de seu tio Oscar.

21 - A verdade acima de tudo

A polícia tenta responsabilizar Michael pelo desaparecimento de Kitty. Enquanto isso, Michael leva Maeby ao Dia de levar a filha ao trabalho.

22 - Que comam brioche

Michael descobre o segredo por trás do desastre financeiro do pai. George Sr. tem um infarto na prisão e consegue fugir do hospital.