LMCane said:

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I finally made it to the Analyst / Therapist episode with Bob Loblaw.

this may be the greatest episode of the entire series.

was Charlize Theron already a movie star when this came out?

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In 2022 she told EW she loved the show and wanted to save her career from being in "Aeon Flux".

https://ew.com/movies/charlize-theron-joined-arrested-development-to-save-career-from-aeon-flux-flop/

finally made it to the end of season 3 while on vacation.

some really great episodes.

starting season 4 and a clear drop off

I wonder why?

Yep. It was a pure money-grab.

I've tried to watch this show twice. I laugh plenty and like all the characters and shorts/memes i come across.
but twice now, I end up watching it more and more infrequently about half way through season 1 until it falls off. I made it to season 2 just one of the times.

I think it's because there isn't anything that makes me want to watch the next episode. Something that say, *****ts creek has.
Im watching SC for second time, and it's hard to stop. AD just doesn't do that for me; like no cliffhangers of anticipation of wanting to know what happens next. It's just random funny scenes maybe?
I don't know.

CharleyKerfeld said:

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LMCane said:

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I finally made it to the Analyst / Therapist episode with Bob Loblaw.

this may be the greatest episode of the entire series.

was Charlize Theron already a movie star when this came out?

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In 2022 she told EW she loved the show and wanted to save her career from being in "Aeon Flux".

https://ew.com/movies/charlize-theron-joined-arrested-development-to-save-career-from-aeon-flux-flop/

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Pretty gutsy to take on the part of a MRF to make people forget about a failed action movie.

62strat said:

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I've tried to watch this show twice. I laugh plenty and like all the characters and shorts/memes i come across.
but twice now, I end up watching it more and more infrequently about half way through season 1 until it falls off. I made it to season 2 just one of the times.

I think it's because there isn't anything that makes me want to watch the next episode. Something that say, *****ts creek has.
Im watching SC for second time, and it's hard to stop. AD just doesn't do that for me; like no cliffhangers of anticipation of wanting to know what happens next. It's just random funny scenes maybe?
I don't know.

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that is a fine viewpoint to have and correctly stated

there is really no overall crescendo or point to Arrested Development

it's more stand alone 23 minute vignettes of hilarity

it's basically just pure comedy without a real plot (other than every single episode someone screws up the plans of another family member)

I liked SC until the entire Brokeback Mountain storyline

I can never understand how Buster Bluth (the actor) never was seen from again

not only hilarious at comedy, but very emotive as an actor.

his interaction with his mother is the ultimate of hilarity.

I mean, who THINKS OF THIS INSANITY!!

LMCane said:

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I can never understand how Buster Bluth (the actor) never was seen from again

not only hilarious at comedy, but very emotive as an actor.

his interaction with his mother is the ultimate of hilarity.

I mean, who THINKS OF THIS INSANITY!!

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Tony Hale has been in a lot of stuff, including Veep, although he does more voice work for animated things than live action.

VP stands for very precious. Lmao

I am still trying to figure out why Season 4 is so much worse than the prior three seasons

1. is it the fact everyone got older and more unattractive?

2. is it that Portia De Rossi LITERALLY looks like a different actress because of her plastic surgery?

3. is is that somehow the show turned mean when before it was just jokily ironic?

4. is it that somehow the storylines are only now showing one character at a time rather than as an ensemble all together in the house?

it just seems OFF

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4. is it that somehow the storylines are only now showing one character at a time rather than as an ensemble all together in the house?

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It's this one, combined with Michael's storyline making him particularly unlikable.

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4. is it that somehow the storylines are only now showing one character at a time rather than as an ensemble all together in the house?

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It's this one, combined with Michael's storyline making him particularly unlikable.

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YEP

there is an actual podcast totally focused on the disaster that occurred on the reboot

Netflix wanted to do it for cheap

the cast were all in other projects, so some would show up on one day and others on a different day, then the producers/director would have to splice things together

Yikes. Recipe for disaster.

That Doctor

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That Doctor

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then Dan Castelleneta from the Simpsons comes in as another Doctor

Pretty sure I saw a birth certificate which read:

MAE B. Fuehnke

I think the B is for Bluth

LMCane said:

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Pretty sure I saw a birth certificate which read:

MAE B. Fuehnke

I think the B is for Bluth

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I'll cop to some idiocy. I think I was on my third watch through, starting with the pilot, when the whole joke clicked into place for me. I have no explanation, other than I can be a moron at times.

episode 10 season 4 they crack a joke about nose jobs and plastic surgery

with Portia De Rossi part of the joke