1 00:00:02,135 --> 00:00:05,400 Now the story of a wealthy family who lost everything... 2 00:00:05,505 --> 00:00:07,496 and the one son who had no choice... 3 00:00:07,607 --> 00:00:09,598 but to keep them all together. 4 00:00:15,181 --> 00:00:16,842 It's Arrested Development. 5 00:00:19,753 --> 00:00:21,948 [Man Narrating] Michael Bluth arrived at work... 6 00:00:22,055 --> 00:00:25,024 to find his brother adjusting to his newjob as president. 7 00:00:25,125 --> 00:00:28,185 What have you got there? "Don't be afraid to make a mi-" 8 00:00:30,430 --> 00:00:32,557 I'm not gonna beat myself up over that. 9 00:00:32,665 --> 00:00:36,362 Oh. It works. So, I wrote your "Message from the President" on the shareholders' statement. 10 00:00:36,469 --> 00:00:38,369 Starla's making copies. 11 00:00:38,471 --> 00:00:40,769 Did I tell you that she'd make a great secretary? 12 00:00:40,874 --> 00:00:43,035 Yeah. I'm not so sure that hiring her wasn't a mistake. 13 00:00:43,143 --> 00:00:47,443 And I'm not afraid to make mistakes. Or have you forgotten this little- Damn it! 14 00:00:47,547 --> 00:00:50,675 - My legs are so powerful. - So I thought you might want to read it... 15 00:00:50,784 --> 00:00:52,684 seeing as how you are the president now... 16 00:00:52,786 --> 00:00:56,449 - even though it's just a title. - Uh, right. Yes, well... 17 00:00:56,556 --> 00:00:59,024 we should "circumvrent" union penalties. 18 00:00:59,125 --> 00:01:01,992 - "Circumverate." - Circumvent. Circumvent. Means to go around. 19 00:01:02,095 --> 00:01:03,824 The old reach around. 20 00:01:03,930 --> 00:01:06,194 Trust me. This makes you look like a leader. Okay? 21 00:01:06,299 --> 00:01:08,961 I don't think that I need any help with that. 22 00:01:10,403 --> 00:01:13,236 [Bleeps] it. Just leave it where it is. 23 00:01:13,339 --> 00:01:16,308 - Now, if you just flip- - Here are the copies. 24 00:01:16,409 --> 00:01:19,572 Hey. These are- These are very small. 25 00:01:19,679 --> 00:01:22,170 When you said you wanted photocopies... 26 00:01:22,282 --> 00:01:25,217 I thought that you meant you wanted them on a photo printer. 27 00:01:25,318 --> 00:01:28,515 Tell you what. From now on, we're gonna use just the big printer. 28 00:01:28,621 --> 00:01:31,215 Okay. You're a perfectionist. 29 00:01:31,324 --> 00:01:33,224 Flashes of Quincy. 30 00:01:33,326 --> 00:01:37,422 [Narrator] Starla claimed to have had a relationship with music legend QuincyJones. 31 00:01:37,530 --> 00:01:40,658 Mr. President, I'm gonna go look into some LEGOLAND tickets for the weekend. 32 00:01:40,767 --> 00:01:44,567 - Cool. Let's do it. - Actually, I just meant me and my son. 33 00:01:44,671 --> 00:01:46,400 Isn't he a little old for that? 34 00:01:46,506 --> 00:01:49,168 No. Sorry. I've been looking... 35 00:01:49,275 --> 00:01:52,938 to get some alone time with him, and it just hasn't seemed to work out lately. 36 00:01:53,046 --> 00:01:55,207 No problem. I'll just call up some of my friends. 37 00:01:56,783 --> 00:01:59,911 - What? - What friends? 38 00:02:00,019 --> 00:02:03,182 I've got friends, Michael. I just don't talk to them because... 39 00:02:03,289 --> 00:02:06,053 I work all the time. 40 00:02:10,530 --> 00:02:14,057 I think the plant lady's wearing a thong. 41 00:02:14,167 --> 00:02:16,658 Michael, this is your office now? 42 00:02:16,769 --> 00:02:18,669 Yeah. Well, it's temporary. 43 00:02:18,771 --> 00:02:20,739 We gotta make sure Gob looks like he's in charge. 44 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:24,537 Oh. Please. Allow me. I'll just "circumvrent" you. 45 00:02:24,644 --> 00:02:27,135 Let's make sure we don't give him any real power. 46 00:02:27,247 --> 00:02:31,741 - Mmm. - So, I gotta a call today from Gene Parmesan, our private eye. 47 00:02:31,851 --> 00:02:34,786 - He said he found something big. - We have a private eye, huh? 48 00:02:34,888 --> 00:02:38,449 Oh, I hired him a hundred years ago to find out if your father was cheating on me. 49 00:02:38,558 --> 00:02:42,289 - He never did find anything. - Well, he can't be very good then. 50 00:02:42,395 --> 00:02:44,955 - What did he find? - He said he wanted to tell us in person. 51 00:02:45,064 --> 00:02:47,555 [Italian Accent] Don't get up. I just a-find-a the supplies... 52 00:02:47,667 --> 00:02:50,101 because I'm a- [Drops Accent] Private detective. 53 00:02:50,203 --> 00:02:52,569 Gene Parmesan. How are you doing? 54 00:02:52,672 --> 00:02:54,936 [Shrieks] Gene! Oh, Gene! 55 00:02:55,041 --> 00:02:57,908 - Isn't he the best? - [Narrator] Gene was far from the best. 56 00:02:58,011 --> 00:02:59,911 - Very impressive. - Thank you. 57 00:03:00,013 --> 00:03:02,311 - What did you find? - Oh, nothing. 58 00:03:02,415 --> 00:03:05,248 - Just your father's getaway car. - You're kidding. 59 00:03:05,351 --> 00:03:09,515 [Narrator] Michael's father had used the family stairway vehicle to escape from prison. 60 00:03:09,622 --> 00:03:12,523 If I could find Dad, I'd be off the hook. I could be president again. 61 00:03:12,625 --> 00:03:15,423 - Where is it? - Mexico. 62 00:03:15,528 --> 00:03:18,759 You get the country for free. The city-That's gonna cost ya. 63 00:03:20,366 --> 00:03:22,266 [Beeping] 64 00:03:22,368 --> 00:03:24,928 - It's a $200 fine. - Oh! 65 00:03:25,038 --> 00:03:27,302 I feel like such an- [Bleeps] 66 00:03:27,407 --> 00:03:29,307 The car is in a town called Encanta. 67 00:03:29,409 --> 00:03:32,207 If you think that's worth more than $200, I'd really appreciate it. 68 00:03:32,312 --> 00:03:34,610 - All right. Here. - I'm not even gonna count it. 69 00:03:36,216 --> 00:03:38,946 You can leave tomorrow after my going-away party for Buster. 70 00:03:39,052 --> 00:03:41,612 I still can't believe he's going into the army. 71 00:03:41,721 --> 00:03:43,621 You know, he's doing it just to spite me. 72 00:03:43,723 --> 00:03:46,283 - Then why are you throwing him a party? - Just to spite him. 73 00:03:46,392 --> 00:03:48,223 You guys have such a healthy thing going. 74 00:03:48,328 --> 00:03:50,853 Okay, I'll go to your party, and then I'll go to Mexico. 75 00:03:50,964 --> 00:03:53,865 - I guess that'll be my quality time with my son. - Mexico? 76 00:03:53,967 --> 00:03:58,301 - Yeah. Mom's P.I. Found the stair car down there. - Gene Parmesan? 77 00:03:58,404 --> 00:04:01,498 - Right here. - [Shrieks] 78 00:04:01,608 --> 00:04:04,133 I counted it. Come on. 79 00:04:04,244 --> 00:04:06,235 [Narrator] And that's when Gob became suspicious... 80 00:04:06,346 --> 00:04:10,476 that Michael had only made him president to stick him with the failing business... 81 00:04:10,583 --> 00:04:14,383 while Michael himself escaped to Mexico to be with his father. 82 00:04:14,487 --> 00:04:18,355 - So, inspired by his mother's private detective- - [Gob] "Ice." 83 00:04:18,458 --> 00:04:21,552 He decided to hire someone to keep an eye on his brother. 84 00:04:21,661 --> 00:04:25,825 I think I might have someone who's going to "cirsumvrent" the law. 85 00:04:25,932 --> 00:04:28,924 [Narrator] And Michael returned home, eager to tell his son of their trip. 86 00:04:29,035 --> 00:04:31,230 George Michael, what say you and I take a road trip... 87 00:04:31,337 --> 00:04:33,999 down to Mexico tomorrow right after Buster's party? 88 00:04:34,107 --> 00:04:36,701 - Oh, I can't. I'm meeting Ann. - Who? 89 00:04:36,809 --> 00:04:39,437 Ann. Here. You took this picture of us... 90 00:04:39,545 --> 00:04:42,446 in front of that bagel place before it was burned down. 91 00:04:42,548 --> 00:04:45,108 I guess I thought she was with another family. 92 00:04:45,218 --> 00:04:47,686 She's kind of my girlfriend. 93 00:04:47,787 --> 00:04:50,051 - Her? - Do you not like her? 94 00:04:50,156 --> 00:04:52,852 I don't know her. It's like you spend all your time with her. 95 00:04:52,959 --> 00:04:56,292 It's like you're hoggin' her- like you're a little Ann hog. 96 00:04:56,396 --> 00:04:59,297 Okay? Don't be such an Ann hog. But we're gonna go to Mexico. 97 00:04:59,399 --> 00:05:01,367 Try to find Pop-Pop. It'll be an adventure. 98 00:05:01,467 --> 00:05:03,401 Well- 99 00:05:03,503 --> 00:05:06,597 And 8:01. Curtain has risen. [Chuckles] 100 00:05:06,706 --> 00:05:10,802 Hey, Tobias, I was wondering if you were available tomorrow to go down to Mexico. 101 00:05:10,910 --> 00:05:13,640 - I need two drivers. - Alas, I have two shows tomorrow... 102 00:05:13,746 --> 00:05:15,805 where I'm on standby for the Blue Man Group. 103 00:05:15,915 --> 00:05:20,215 Might as well keep this makeup on since it takes so- [Bleeps] long to get off. 104 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:22,220 Hmm. Lindsay, what about you? 105 00:05:22,322 --> 00:05:25,052 Uh, can't. I have a big date tomorrow. 106 00:05:25,158 --> 00:05:28,150 You know, this open marriage is ridiculous. Somebody's gonna get hurt. 107 00:05:28,261 --> 00:05:31,526 The important thing is that you guys don't lose focus on yourselves. 108 00:05:34,067 --> 00:05:36,058 First of all, we are doing this for her. 109 00:05:36,169 --> 00:05:38,831 Okay? Because neither one of us wants to get divorced. 110 00:05:38,938 --> 00:05:42,135 And "second-of-ly," I know you're the big marriage expert- 111 00:05:42,241 --> 00:05:47,269 Oh. I'm sorry. I forgot. Your wife is dead. [Chuckles] 112 00:05:50,283 --> 00:05:54,583 I'm sorry. That was 100% inappropriate, and I do apologize profusely. 113 00:05:54,687 --> 00:05:57,588 I'm- Oh. 114 00:05:57,690 --> 00:05:59,749 Okay, look. I don't have a date tomorrow. 115 00:05:59,859 --> 00:06:01,759 But why can't you ask Gob to go with you? 116 00:06:01,861 --> 00:06:04,489 [Narrator] Michael and Gob had been to Mexico once before. 117 00:06:04,597 --> 00:06:07,589 - Chiclet? Chiclet? - You're the Chiclet! Not me! 118 00:06:07,700 --> 00:06:09,827 [Narrator] Unfortunately, in Mexican culture... 119 00:06:09,936 --> 00:06:12,837 this was a much more inflammatory gesture. 120 00:06:20,646 --> 00:06:23,046 - [Clucking] - Hey, hey. 121 00:06:23,149 --> 00:06:25,845 I just think you and I would have a lot more fun. 122 00:06:25,952 --> 00:06:28,921 - Plus you can bring Maeby. - You know, I've sensed her... 123 00:06:29,021 --> 00:06:31,717 feeling a little left out lately. 124 00:06:31,824 --> 00:06:35,590 [Narrator] And the next morning, the family met at Buster's send-off party... 125 00:06:35,695 --> 00:06:38,163 where Lucille was not keeping her feelings hidden. 126 00:06:38,264 --> 00:06:40,994 - A camcorder. - That's so you can videotape it... 127 00:06:41,100 --> 00:06:45,002 when they put you in a naked pyramid and point to your Charlie Browns. 128 00:06:45,104 --> 00:06:47,129 I ought to point to Uncle Oscar's Charlie Browns... 129 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:49,140 next time you're on top of him, Mother. 130 00:06:49,242 --> 00:06:52,973 He's moving out. See how he treats me? 131 00:06:53,079 --> 00:06:56,606 Just because he thinks I'm having an affair with the boy's uncle. 132 00:06:56,716 --> 00:07:00,846 Yes. And she's not having an affair with the boy's... uncle. 133 00:07:02,755 --> 00:07:06,092 It's too late for apologies. I'm going to the army. 134 00:07:06,159 --> 00:07:08,650 Get me out. You've got to get me out. 135 00:07:08,761 --> 00:07:10,661 Well, I'm headed down to Mexico to find Dad... 136 00:07:10,763 --> 00:07:12,993 but when I get back, maybe we'll try to figure something out. 137 00:07:13,099 --> 00:07:16,660 [Narrator] And that's when Buster decided to sneak into Mexico to avoid the service. 138 00:07:16,769 --> 00:07:20,830 No, no. I think it'll be worked out by then. [Giggles] 139 00:07:20,940 --> 00:07:23,602 - What was that all about? - I think Buster's gonna escape to Mexico. 140 00:07:23,709 --> 00:07:27,167 Did the secretary not give you the picture for Dad? I need that to show people there. 141 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:31,341 - Yeah. She brought that over. - Well, this, uh, is a blueprint... 142 00:07:31,451 --> 00:07:33,942 of Dad's face. 143 00:07:34,053 --> 00:07:37,682 - She used the big printer. I'll give her that. Let's go. - Not so fast. 144 00:07:37,790 --> 00:07:41,055 - Gob, who is that man on the couch? - Who? That guy? 145 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:44,129 - He's my friend. - You don't have any friends. 146 00:07:44,230 --> 00:07:46,130 I have lots of friends, Lindsay. 147 00:07:46,232 --> 00:07:48,393 [Narrator] In fact, the man was Ice, a bounty hunter... 148 00:07:48,501 --> 00:07:50,401 that Gob hired to follow Michael. 149 00:07:50,503 --> 00:07:53,028 - Ice may be my best friend. - George Michael. 150 00:07:53,139 --> 00:07:55,869 - He's moving. - [Ice On Walkie-talkie] He's moving. 151 00:07:55,975 --> 00:07:58,205 - Fun party, huh? - No. No, it isn't. 152 00:07:58,311 --> 00:08:00,802 - Let's go down to Mexico. - All right. Let me grab Ann real quick. 153 00:08:00,913 --> 00:08:03,143 - Ann's here? - Yeah. I invited her. 154 00:08:03,249 --> 00:08:07,049 You said you wanted to spend some time with her. You said I was being an Ann hog. 155 00:08:07,153 --> 00:08:10,088 - Ann Hog's coming? I thought it was just the two of us. - Just Ann. 156 00:08:10,189 --> 00:08:12,384 - All right. Load her up in the car. - All right. 157 00:08:12,492 --> 00:08:15,723 Lupe, that sweater's not a take-home. 158 00:08:15,828 --> 00:08:19,992 - Michael, give her a ride home. - I'm gonna have to start putting people in the trunk. 159 00:08:20,099 --> 00:08:24,763 [Narrator] In fact, at that moment, Buster was climbing into the trunk. 160 00:08:28,908 --> 00:08:32,400 Mother, when you see this videotape, you'll know that I left. 161 00:08:32,512 --> 00:08:34,742 Not out of cowardice, but out of- 162 00:08:35,982 --> 00:08:38,473 Oh, man. It's tiring in here. 163 00:08:40,152 --> 00:08:42,052 Oh. 164 00:08:43,890 --> 00:08:47,257 [Narrator] Six minutes later, Michael dropped offhis mother's housekeeper. 165 00:08:48,861 --> 00:08:50,761 Mexico. 166 00:08:50,863 --> 00:08:53,889 [Narrator] In fact, he was in Santa Ana... 167 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,594 a town six minutes inland from his own. 168 00:08:56,702 --> 00:08:59,933 But the combination oflosing his glasses and breathing carbon monoxide... 169 00:09:00,039 --> 00:09:02,371 had impaired Buster's judgment. 170 00:09:02,475 --> 00:09:06,468 Oh, this shall keep me safe from the hot Mexican sun. 171 00:09:06,579 --> 00:09:09,605 Excuse me. What are you doing? 172 00:09:09,715 --> 00:09:13,310 [With Mexican Accent] I'm trying to find a place to live. 173 00:09:13,419 --> 00:09:17,879 Ay. [Speaking Spanish] 174 00:09:23,229 --> 00:09:25,789 [Narrator] Michael was heading down to Mexico... 175 00:09:25,898 --> 00:09:27,798 to find his fugitive father. 176 00:09:27,900 --> 00:09:30,835 Can you believe this? This is my trip with my son... 177 00:09:30,937 --> 00:09:33,872 and he's too busy whispering secrets to Ann to say one word to me. 178 00:09:33,973 --> 00:09:36,669 - What's that? - Nothing. 179 00:09:36,776 --> 00:09:39,836 We're not whispering secrets up here. 180 00:09:39,946 --> 00:09:42,210 Hey. Check out who's on that hog in the rearview mirror. 181 00:09:42,315 --> 00:09:44,647 - George Michael! - What? 182 00:09:44,750 --> 00:09:47,685 Twenty miles to LEGOLAND. 183 00:09:50,590 --> 00:09:52,558 - [Rings] - The Ice. 184 00:09:52,658 --> 00:09:56,651 - What have you got? - Still on his tail, about 20 miles from LEGOLAND. 185 00:09:56,762 --> 00:10:00,391 - Go get him, friend. - You're not my friend. You're a client. 186 00:10:00,499 --> 00:10:04,333 [Narrator] Gob realized that perhaps he really didn't have any friends. 187 00:10:04,437 --> 00:10:06,701 And Lucille sent hers away. 188 00:10:06,806 --> 00:10:08,933 Buster, Oscar's leaving. You win. 189 00:10:09,041 --> 00:10:10,872 Buster get in trunk of car. 190 00:10:10,977 --> 00:10:13,343 So he's not going to the army. 191 00:10:13,446 --> 00:10:17,382 He must have had Michael sneak him into Mexico. Oh, thank God. 192 00:10:17,483 --> 00:10:19,713 - It's better this way. Mmm. - Mmm. 193 00:10:19,819 --> 00:10:21,446 I'll go unpack. 194 00:10:23,689 --> 00:10:27,022 - Here's some money. Go see a Star War. - [Knocking] 195 00:10:27,126 --> 00:10:29,253 - Who is it? - Uh, your son. 196 00:10:31,163 --> 00:10:33,461 - What? - I was looking for Buster. 197 00:10:33,566 --> 00:10:36,091 - He's not here. - Uh, what are you doing? 198 00:10:36,202 --> 00:10:40,366 - I mean, do you want to go out? - Why are you trying to get me out of the house? 199 00:10:40,473 --> 00:10:42,964 I just thought that we could hang out. 200 00:10:46,245 --> 00:10:50,579 [Narrator] Lucille was suspicious that Gob was up to some sort of power grab. 201 00:10:50,683 --> 00:10:53,277 Gene Parmesan? Lucille Bluth. 202 00:10:53,386 --> 00:10:55,946 My son is trying to get me out of my house. 203 00:10:56,055 --> 00:10:58,421 - I think he may be up to something. - [Knocking] 204 00:10:58,524 --> 00:11:00,924 Oh. Hold on. That's probably him. 205 00:11:04,030 --> 00:11:05,895 Gene? 206 00:11:05,998 --> 00:11:08,558 It's just some idiot with balloons. 207 00:11:08,668 --> 00:11:13,196 - Oh, is it? - [Shrieks] I knew it! 208 00:11:13,305 --> 00:11:15,773 I want you to keep an eye on my son Gob. 209 00:11:17,343 --> 00:11:19,607 [Narrator] And Buster was finding himself right at home. 210 00:11:19,712 --> 00:11:22,272 Oh, my God. I used to have a shirt just like that. 211 00:11:22,381 --> 00:11:25,214 [Narrator] It was Buster's old shirt. Lucille had given it to Lupe. 212 00:11:25,317 --> 00:11:29,344 And the hand chair. I had one in my room. I wonder where that went. 213 00:11:29,455 --> 00:11:32,481 - It went right there. - I never thought I'd miss a hand so much. 214 00:11:32,591 --> 00:11:34,957 You people are just like me. [Chuckles] 215 00:11:36,195 --> 00:11:38,254 [Narrator] Meanwhile, in the real Mexico... 216 00:11:38,364 --> 00:11:40,594 - Michael had found the stair car. - There it is. 217 00:11:42,201 --> 00:11:44,362 And Michael set about finding his father. 218 00:11:44,470 --> 00:11:48,429 Oh, yeah. Sure, señor. No problem. When do you want us to start building? 219 00:11:49,642 --> 00:11:51,542 Thank you. Gracias. 220 00:11:51,644 --> 00:11:53,669 - Dad? Dad? - Yeah. 221 00:11:53,779 --> 00:11:55,679 So, what do you think of Ann so far? 222 00:11:55,781 --> 00:11:59,615 Oh, Ann? I just- You know, I barely know her. 223 00:11:59,719 --> 00:12:04,281 You know? Neither of us do. She's just really some girl as far as we're concerned. Right? 224 00:12:04,390 --> 00:12:06,722 - L-l-I'm determined to get to know her. - Yeah. 225 00:12:06,826 --> 00:12:09,158 - Okay? - Okay. I have an idea. When we go back... 226 00:12:09,261 --> 00:12:12,128 why don't just the two of you go back in the stair car together? 227 00:12:12,231 --> 00:12:14,358 Well, that's no fun. 228 00:12:14,467 --> 00:12:16,958 For you. You know, you guys should be together. 229 00:12:17,069 --> 00:12:19,731 - Oh- - Or maybe just you and me... 230 00:12:19,839 --> 00:12:22,069 - if you'd rather. - Yeah. 231 00:12:22,174 --> 00:12:24,972 - Or me and Ann- - Great! Yes. Okay. 232 00:12:25,077 --> 00:12:27,978 I'll tell Maeby that I'll be going back with her and Aunt Lindsay. Great. 233 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,378 - No, no. Wait. Let's keep looking for Pop-Pop. - Okay. 234 00:12:30,483 --> 00:12:33,350 Maybe somebody in the church will know something. 235 00:12:33,452 --> 00:12:36,615 [Narrator] In fact, George Sr. Was in the church, where he was mourned... 236 00:12:36,722 --> 00:12:40,988 by his longtime assistant and accomplice to his escape, Kitty... 237 00:12:41,093 --> 00:12:44,392 as only a few days earlier, he'd been declared dead. 238 00:12:44,497 --> 00:12:46,397 - [Gunshot] - [Groans] 239 00:12:46,499 --> 00:12:49,059 - But before Michael could go inside the church- - [Yelling] 240 00:12:50,102 --> 00:12:52,900 Hey. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. 241 00:12:53,005 --> 00:12:56,532 - I know you. You're Gob's friend. - Not friend. Bounty hunter. 242 00:12:57,643 --> 00:12:59,907 Gene? There's no way you're that good. 243 00:13:00,012 --> 00:13:03,504 Name's Ice. Gob hired me to stop you from fleeing the country. 244 00:13:03,616 --> 00:13:08,747 What? Are you kidding me? I'm not fleeing the country. I'm here looking for my father. 245 00:13:08,854 --> 00:13:11,516 But you're obviously better at this kind of thing. I'll tell you what. 246 00:13:11,624 --> 00:13:15,526 I'm gonna continue paying you to find my father. 247 00:13:15,628 --> 00:13:18,028 You can also collect the real bounty on his head. 248 00:13:18,130 --> 00:13:20,724 Nice deck. Is this where you saw him last? 249 00:13:20,833 --> 00:13:22,767 No, this- That's actually him. 250 00:13:22,868 --> 00:13:25,803 - He's just- He's much smaller in real life. - I can see that's a man. 251 00:13:25,905 --> 00:13:28,271 I'll find him. 252 00:13:28,374 --> 00:13:32,310 - Lucky. - What did he say? Did he ask about me? 253 00:13:32,411 --> 00:13:34,777 I can't believe he followed us all the way to Mexico. 254 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:38,907 Uh, that's a bounty hunter, and, uh, he's on the case, so we can all head home. 255 00:13:39,018 --> 00:13:42,545 So, he's not interested in me? 256 00:13:42,655 --> 00:13:44,714 Not unless you know where Dad is. 257 00:13:44,824 --> 00:13:46,792 George Michael. 258 00:13:50,863 --> 00:13:55,197 Oh, hi, Dad. Yeah. They think you're in Mexico. I'll see you when I get home. 259 00:13:55,301 --> 00:14:00,500 Ye- Oh, yes. Thank you. No, I found my birth control pills. Thanks for asking, Dad. 260 00:14:02,174 --> 00:14:04,233 [Narrator] Maeby had had enough ofher mother... 261 00:14:04,343 --> 00:14:06,243 and decided to go back with Michael. 262 00:14:06,345 --> 00:14:08,939 I'm so sick of her. The lame flirting. 263 00:14:09,048 --> 00:14:11,539 [Narrator] Michael, of course, thought Maeby was referring to Ann. 264 00:14:11,650 --> 00:14:14,414 I think he's gonna get sick of her before it goes too far. 265 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:16,647 Of course he will. She's a child. 266 00:14:16,755 --> 00:14:18,689 Well, that- that part's not really her fault. 267 00:14:18,791 --> 00:14:20,986 I just hate to see him wasting his time, you know? 268 00:14:21,093 --> 00:14:24,153 - Let's go. I'll be in your car. - Is George Michael okay with that? 269 00:14:24,263 --> 00:14:26,595 - It's fine. Just drive. - [Narrator] At no point... 270 00:14:26,699 --> 00:14:28,929 were Michael and Maeby talking about the same person. 271 00:14:29,034 --> 00:14:31,127 And there were only four people in their group. 272 00:14:31,237 --> 00:14:33,072 And it's not a race thing. 273 00:14:33,138 --> 00:14:35,106 Yeah. Whoever gets there first. 274 00:14:35,207 --> 00:14:38,768 [Narrator] And so Michael left with his niece... 275 00:14:38,878 --> 00:14:42,177 followed by his sister and his son... 276 00:14:42,281 --> 00:14:44,181 followed by the bounty hunter. 277 00:14:44,283 --> 00:14:50,051 Unfortunately, this left the girl Michael was determined to get to know alone in Mexico. 278 00:14:50,155 --> 00:14:54,649 Meanwhile, Buster was adapting to life in what he thought was Mexico... 279 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:58,161 but was in fact a town so close to home that they shared a paperboy. 280 00:14:58,264 --> 00:15:00,994 [Boy In Car] I know that guy. Hey! Where's your mother? 281 00:15:01,100 --> 00:15:03,295 Oh, I love this way of life. This is where I belong. 282 00:15:03,402 --> 00:15:05,370 I love being Mexican. 283 00:15:05,471 --> 00:15:09,407 - We must work now, amigo. Adiós. - Oh, no. I'm going with you. 284 00:15:09,508 --> 00:15:12,966 [Mexican Accent] I am one of you now. Ssí? 285 00:15:13,078 --> 00:15:15,876 [Narrator] And Michael, on his way back home, bonded with Maeby. 286 00:15:15,981 --> 00:15:18,814 I mean, why does everyone have to date anyways? 287 00:15:18,918 --> 00:15:21,409 Right. I mean, isn't family enough for people? 288 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:25,547 And, you know, not to feel sorry for myself, but it's like I'm being forgotten here. 289 00:15:28,027 --> 00:15:31,155 [Narrator] And soon they all arrived at home. 290 00:15:31,263 --> 00:15:33,390 - Hey. You're here already. - Yeah. We won. 291 00:15:33,499 --> 00:15:35,729 So, uh, you guys have a good talk? 292 00:15:35,834 --> 00:15:39,600 Yeah. Great talk. That cousin of yours is a hell of a girl. Too bad you can't date her. 293 00:15:39,705 --> 00:15:42,833 No. I meant-Wait, you wouldn't have a problem with that? 294 00:15:44,643 --> 00:15:47,578 Nothing. No, I was talking about Ann. 295 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:49,671 What did you think of her? 296 00:16:01,961 --> 00:16:05,920 [Narrator] Michael hadjust discovered he'd left his son's girlfriend in Mexico. 297 00:16:06,031 --> 00:16:09,797 She's gonna be fine. We just gotta beat the sun. 298 00:16:11,136 --> 00:16:13,696 Hey. You think I'm happy about this? 299 00:16:13,806 --> 00:16:16,138 But, hey, we are getting that trip together we wanted, huh? 300 00:16:16,241 --> 00:16:18,300 And look. Two exits to LEGOLAND. 301 00:16:18,410 --> 00:16:20,378 I just want to find Ann. 302 00:16:20,479 --> 00:16:22,242 That's my whole thing too. 303 00:16:23,682 --> 00:16:25,912 [Narrator] And Gob was still searching for a friend. 304 00:16:26,018 --> 00:16:30,682 - Show tonight? - Well, I won't know officially until 8:01... 305 00:16:30,789 --> 00:16:34,316 but I figured if I blue myself early... 306 00:16:34,426 --> 00:16:38,658 I'd be nice and relaxed for a 9:00 dinner reservation. [Chuckles] 307 00:16:38,764 --> 00:16:41,255 And if you'd like, I can make that reservation for- 308 00:16:41,367 --> 00:16:44,268 - Looking for some company or- - I sure am. 309 00:16:46,772 --> 00:16:49,036 What are you doing? You're gonna scare away the Ice. 310 00:16:49,141 --> 00:16:52,599 Ice? Ice is out there? Where's Michael? 311 00:16:52,711 --> 00:16:54,679 He went back to Mexico. 312 00:16:54,780 --> 00:16:57,340 Hmm. I knew he was trying to flee. 313 00:16:57,449 --> 00:16:59,110 [Lindsay] Where the hell did he go? 314 00:16:59,218 --> 00:17:01,152 - [Yells] - Whoa! 315 00:17:01,253 --> 00:17:04,120 - Ice, what are you doing? - George Bluth, you're coming with me. 316 00:17:04,223 --> 00:17:06,953 - That's not my father. - Well, according to my photograph... 317 00:17:07,059 --> 00:17:09,050 - it is. - [Laughs] 318 00:17:09,161 --> 00:17:13,598 It's an honest mistake. Also, I think your knee is on my heart. 319 00:17:13,699 --> 00:17:16,497 He's my husband. My father is probably still in Mexico. 320 00:17:16,602 --> 00:17:20,094 - I was just hoping to have sex with you. - Why am I not blacking out? 321 00:17:20,205 --> 00:17:23,265 He set me up. Michael set me up. 322 00:17:23,375 --> 00:17:26,640 Hey. Who wants to go to the hospital? 323 00:17:26,745 --> 00:17:29,270 [Narrator] And Buster went to his job as a dishwasher. 324 00:17:29,381 --> 00:17:31,849 This is great. We're like slave buddies. [Chuckles] 325 00:17:31,950 --> 00:17:34,316 Oh. 326 00:17:34,420 --> 00:17:38,516 [Narrator] Soon, the guys arrived in Mexico and split up to find Ann. 327 00:17:38,624 --> 00:17:41,559 Ann? Ann? Oh, thank God, you're all right. 328 00:17:41,660 --> 00:17:45,289 - Mr. Bluth? - Ann. Oh, thank God, you're all right. 329 00:17:45,397 --> 00:17:48,992 Uh, you are Ann, right? Yes. Of course you are. 330 00:17:49,101 --> 00:17:51,626 - [George Michael] Ann. Oh, my- - It is. We got her. 331 00:17:51,737 --> 00:17:55,730 Okay. Let's go ahead and load up in the truck. I think we're crashing some poor guy's wake. 332 00:17:57,076 --> 00:18:00,045 Michael, Michael, Michael! 333 00:18:00,145 --> 00:18:02,670 - Gob? What are you doing? - Fleeing the country. You bastard. 334 00:18:02,781 --> 00:18:04,681 No. I'm still not fleeing. Okay? 335 00:18:04,783 --> 00:18:06,842 I'm just here to pick up my son's girlfriend. 336 00:18:06,952 --> 00:18:08,920 She ran off the last time we were leaving. 337 00:18:09,021 --> 00:18:12,957 - Actually, I was sitting right there the whole time. - Yeah? Way to plant, Ann. 338 00:18:13,058 --> 00:18:15,993 George Michael, uh, listen. Why don't you and Plant wait in the stair car. 339 00:18:16,095 --> 00:18:18,757 - I'm gonna finish up with Gob. - What a scare. 340 00:18:18,864 --> 00:18:20,593 - That's his girlfriend? - Yeah. 341 00:18:20,699 --> 00:18:22,690 - Is she funny or something? - Don't worry about it. 342 00:18:22,801 --> 00:18:25,770 - Why do you keep thinking that I'm running away? - It is kind of suspicious. 343 00:18:25,871 --> 00:18:28,169 You didn't even ask me to drive down here with you. 344 00:18:28,273 --> 00:18:32,073 The only reason I didn't ask you to come is because of your chicken impression. 345 00:18:32,177 --> 00:18:34,873 - We sure did get in a lot of trouble for that last time. - Yeah. 346 00:18:34,980 --> 00:18:37,540 - I was all- [Clucking] - Hey, no. You're doing it again. 347 00:18:37,649 --> 00:18:39,879 [Yelling] 348 00:18:39,985 --> 00:18:42,215 Get off him. He doesn't know what he's doing. He's American. 349 00:18:42,321 --> 00:18:44,221 Americano, eh? Just like me. 350 00:18:44,323 --> 00:18:46,848 Gene Parmesan. How you doing? 351 00:18:46,959 --> 00:18:50,053 - Gene! What the hell are you doing? - Your mother sent me to find you. 352 00:18:50,162 --> 00:18:54,258 - She was worried you were up to something. - I was just looking for a friend. 353 00:18:54,366 --> 00:18:56,391 - What? - Yeah, that's right, Michael. 354 00:18:56,502 --> 00:18:59,232 I went to our mother because I don't have any friends. 355 00:18:59,338 --> 00:19:02,068 - [Gene] Oh, that's funny. - Thank you. 356 00:19:02,174 --> 00:19:04,108 Gene, can I have a private moment, please? 357 00:19:04,209 --> 00:19:06,109 - Okay. You're on the clock. - Thank you. 358 00:19:06,211 --> 00:19:08,236 Gob, what are you talking about? 359 00:19:08,347 --> 00:19:11,373 If anybody needs a friend right now, it's me. My son's furious at me... 360 00:19:11,483 --> 00:19:15,283 and he spends all his free time with this girl that, frankly, I'm not that crazy about. 361 00:19:15,387 --> 00:19:18,049 Not crazy about? Or not crazy about your son growing up? 362 00:19:19,458 --> 00:19:22,484 Uh- Maybe- Maybe you're right about that. 363 00:19:22,594 --> 00:19:24,960 And I really haven't gotten to know her. 364 00:19:25,063 --> 00:19:27,497 I've been a little selfish. So- 365 00:19:27,599 --> 00:19:29,726 See? You are a friend. 366 00:19:29,835 --> 00:19:32,963 You know, I'm- I'm always gonna look out for you. All right? 367 00:19:33,071 --> 00:19:35,904 And you're always gonna look out for me. 368 00:19:36,008 --> 00:19:37,999 [Yells] 369 00:19:39,344 --> 00:19:42,211 Sorry. I did see him coming. It's just... 370 00:19:42,314 --> 00:19:44,976 I kind of wanted to see where you were going with that. 371 00:19:48,887 --> 00:19:50,787 Where's Uncle Gob? 372 00:19:50,889 --> 00:19:53,756 Well, I gave the bounty hunter and the P. I... 373 00:19:53,859 --> 00:19:56,259 a few extra bucks to be his friends for the weekend- 374 00:19:56,361 --> 00:19:58,192 while the three of them are looking for my father. 375 00:19:58,297 --> 00:20:00,663 And I want to get to know a new friend too. 376 00:20:00,766 --> 00:20:06,466 - Ann, why don't you tell me a little bit about yourself? - [Engine Starts] 377 00:20:07,773 --> 00:20:10,867 [Narrator] The next day, Buster was happy. 378 00:20:10,976 --> 00:20:15,310 - And he decided to never go home again. - [Humming] 379 00:20:15,414 --> 00:20:18,281 - Delivery from the kitchen. - [Narrator] But unfortunately, he was already there. 380 00:20:18,383 --> 00:20:20,817 - [Gasps] Mother! - Buster! 381 00:20:20,919 --> 00:20:23,979 - I thought you were in Mexico. - So did I. 382 00:20:24,089 --> 00:20:27,149 - Oh! - [Narrator] And the next day, Michael returned to work... 383 00:20:27,259 --> 00:20:29,352 knowing a little more about his son's girlfriend. 384 00:20:29,461 --> 00:20:32,760 Tell Ann to make sure she studies for Mr. Mason's Algebra II test tomorrow... 385 00:20:32,864 --> 00:20:36,630 and tell her to make sure that Kim Cho doesn't cheat off her this time. 386 00:20:38,337 --> 00:20:40,168 Wow. You really got to know her. 387 00:20:40,272 --> 00:20:42,740 Well, we did spend three hours together in that car ride. 388 00:20:42,841 --> 00:20:45,833 - So, what'd you think? - I don't like her. 389 00:20:45,944 --> 00:20:48,344 [Narrator] On the next Arrested Development. 390 00:20:48,447 --> 00:20:51,507 Buster reclaims his favorite chair. 391 00:20:53,151 --> 00:20:56,211 - [Gasps] - But the victory is short-lived. 392 00:20:56,321 --> 00:20:59,313 Make love in your own hand, Mother! 393 00:20:59,424 --> 00:21:01,187 And Tobias gets medical attention. 394 00:21:01,293 --> 00:21:04,194 Thank God! A new doctor. Finally we can get a straight answer in this place. 395 00:21:04,296 --> 00:21:07,197 Uh, I've got some bad news. 396 00:21:07,299 --> 00:21:10,200 - I'm Gene Parmesan. How you doin'? - [Lucille Shrieks] 397 00:21:10,302 --> 00:21:12,668 He got me again! [Laughs] 398 00:21:12,771 --> 00:21:16,707 But I did overhear that he's bleeding internally.