1 00:00:02,335 --> 00:00:05,395 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 00:00:15,148 --> 00:00:16,843 It's Arrested Development. 5 00:00:19,886 --> 00:00:23,344 Michael Bluth had set up a meeting with Cal Cullen... 6 00:00:23,456 --> 00:00:26,254 owner of one of the largest parcels ofland in Orange County. 7 00:00:26,359 --> 00:00:29,590 I hope that I can prove to you that we have a very impressive company. 8 00:00:29,696 --> 00:00:33,530 Well, your family did not come off well on last night's Scandalmakers. 9 00:00:33,633 --> 00:00:35,533 [Narrator] Scandalmakers was a show... 10 00:00:35,635 --> 00:00:38,103 that reenacted headline-grabbing stories. 11 00:00:38,204 --> 00:00:40,104 The latest was about the Bluth family... 12 00:00:40,206 --> 00:00:42,470 the rights of which had been signed away by Tobias... 13 00:00:42,575 --> 00:00:45,442 in exchange for the part of George Sr. 14 00:00:45,545 --> 00:00:49,208 [Show Narrator] When allegations surfaced he'd illegally built homes in Iraq... 15 00:00:49,315 --> 00:00:52,113 George Bluth Sr., assisted by his secretary, Kitty... 16 00:00:52,218 --> 00:00:54,118 escaped the country. 17 00:00:54,220 --> 00:00:58,281 [Narrator] Due to poor acting, the burden of the story was placed on the narrator. 18 00:00:58,391 --> 00:01:02,020 [Show Narrator] Only to be found hiding under one of the homes that he built. 19 00:01:02,128 --> 00:01:04,892 [Narrator] He was actually found in a hole near the house... 20 00:01:04,998 --> 00:01:07,592 but this inattention to detail was typical... 21 00:01:07,700 --> 00:01:10,965 - of the laziness the show's narrator was known for. - I can't survive under the house. 22 00:01:11,071 --> 00:01:14,131 Perhaps an attic shall I seek. 23 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:16,640 [Narrator] Real shoddy narrating. Just pure crap. 24 00:01:16,743 --> 00:01:19,644 But we're back on track, and we are scandal-free. 25 00:01:19,746 --> 00:01:23,443 Hey! You start the meeting without me? 26 00:01:23,550 --> 00:01:27,680 Mother, uh, this is Cal Cullen. You remember my mother, Lucille. 27 00:01:27,787 --> 00:01:30,255 We're right in the middle of talking... 28 00:01:30,356 --> 00:01:32,620 about this exciting giveaway spa package to entice buyers. 29 00:01:32,725 --> 00:01:34,920 You know, he's never taken me anywhere. 30 00:01:35,028 --> 00:01:37,997 Oh, no. We have to live high and dry. 31 00:01:38,098 --> 00:01:40,123 Well, you're certainly not dry. 32 00:01:40,233 --> 00:01:44,829 Michael, I'm not a prude, but it's 1:00 in the afternoon. Is your mother drunk? 33 00:01:44,938 --> 00:01:48,032 I'd have to get up pretty early to get drunk by 1:00. [Laughing] 34 00:01:48,141 --> 00:01:50,632 [Narrator] As it turns out, she had gotten up early... 35 00:01:50,743 --> 00:01:54,179 and had taken pain medication because of a hangover-related headache. 36 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:58,148 However, she mistook the "drowsy eye"alcohol warning... 37 00:01:58,251 --> 00:02:01,743 for a "winking eye"alcohol suggestion. 38 00:02:01,855 --> 00:02:05,882 Fortunately, she had the good sense not to drive herself to the meeting. 39 00:02:05,992 --> 00:02:08,256 No. I'll call for a car. 40 00:02:08,361 --> 00:02:13,025 Unfortunately, this was after a failed attempt to do so. 41 00:02:13,133 --> 00:02:15,533 - [Thud] - Who the hell put- 42 00:02:15,635 --> 00:02:18,729 Michael, I'm sorry. I cannot do business with you. 43 00:02:18,838 --> 00:02:21,568 I mean, I couldn't afford to end up on Scandalmakers. 44 00:02:21,674 --> 00:02:24,643 Oh, you could afford to do anything you want. You're just a big chicken. 45 00:02:24,744 --> 00:02:29,647 [Animated Clucking] 46 00:02:29,749 --> 00:02:31,649 [Clucking Stops, Loud Thud] 47 00:02:31,751 --> 00:02:33,651 [Narrator] Michael realized it might be time... 48 00:02:33,753 --> 00:02:35,812 to deal with his mother's apparent problem. 49 00:02:35,922 --> 00:02:38,982 Okay, that seems as good a place as any to end the meeting. 50 00:02:42,462 --> 00:02:44,760 No, I'm not doing another intervention with her. 51 00:02:44,864 --> 00:02:46,923 Last time, I felt terrible for a week. 52 00:02:47,033 --> 00:02:50,230 [Narrator] One year earlier, the family had tried an intervention. 53 00:02:50,336 --> 00:02:53,237 - You're pouring a drink? What are you doing? - What if she's mad? 54 00:02:53,339 --> 00:02:56,240 - Good point. - Perhaps I'll have a little sip of something. 55 00:02:56,342 --> 00:02:58,572 Guys, what could she do to us? 56 00:02:59,879 --> 00:03:02,040 Do we have anything single malt? 57 00:03:02,148 --> 00:03:05,049 [Narrator] And although the intervention didn't work- 58 00:03:05,151 --> 00:03:08,348 - We think you have a "prollen." - You're a mesh. 59 00:03:08,454 --> 00:03:11,423 [Narrator] It turned into one of the Bluth family's better parties. 60 00:03:11,524 --> 00:03:14,084 [Laughing, Muttering] 61 00:03:14,194 --> 00:03:17,391 [All Laughing] 62 00:03:19,666 --> 00:03:22,066 [Michael] Well, maybe an intervention is the wrong approach. 63 00:03:22,168 --> 00:03:24,568 What about rehab? She was just a mess at the meeting. 64 00:03:24,671 --> 00:03:27,435 Where were you, by the way? I could've used your help with Mom. 65 00:03:27,540 --> 00:03:31,271 I believe I told you I was gonna be out for the holidays. It's spring break. 66 00:03:31,377 --> 00:03:34,073 Not that I can enjoy it. My reputation's been ruined... 67 00:03:34,180 --> 00:03:38,207 by that jerk Phillip Litt, who put my one magic show flub on his DVD. 68 00:03:38,318 --> 00:03:41,082 [Narrator] Gob had performed a magic act at an earlier spring break... 69 00:03:41,187 --> 00:03:44,554 to get exposure on the best-selling video series... 70 00:03:44,657 --> 00:03:46,625 Girls with Low Self-Esteem. 71 00:03:49,329 --> 00:03:50,990 Or two flubs or whatever. 72 00:03:51,097 --> 00:03:52,997 [Narrator] There were seven flubs... 73 00:03:53,099 --> 00:03:55,294 and after the show, he signed a release. 74 00:03:55,401 --> 00:03:59,235 - You're not gonna use the time that I screwed up, right? - That wasn't part of the act? 75 00:03:59,339 --> 00:04:02,035 - Come on, man. I'd never do anything to embarrass you. - [Squawking] 76 00:04:02,141 --> 00:04:04,041 - Please. - [Crunching] 77 00:04:05,378 --> 00:04:09,178 Oh. Uh, you don't know a good bird hospital, do you? 78 00:04:09,282 --> 00:04:11,182 You're getting all this, right? 79 00:04:11,284 --> 00:04:15,015 Well, at least the Orange County Register didn't say of your performance... 80 00:04:15,121 --> 00:04:19,023 "If this is who George Sr. Is, let's hope he remains missing." 81 00:04:19,125 --> 00:04:22,060 Meanwhile, they loved Dave Attell's risky choice... 82 00:04:22,161 --> 00:04:24,721 of wearing cutoffs while portraying me. 83 00:04:24,831 --> 00:04:26,992 [Narrator] In fact, Mr. Attell was portraying... 84 00:04:27,100 --> 00:04:29,660 Tobias's actual never-nude affliction... 85 00:04:29,769 --> 00:04:32,237 but this perplexed the Scandalmakers audience... 86 00:04:32,338 --> 00:04:36,240 due to the unfocused nature of the narrator's explanation. 87 00:04:36,342 --> 00:04:39,903 No, I think mine's worse. You should've seen what happened to me on the boardwalk today. 88 00:04:40,013 --> 00:04:42,538 They were laughing at me. Me! 89 00:04:42,649 --> 00:04:44,913 [Stifled Laughing] 90 00:04:45,018 --> 00:04:48,215 Those tapes are awful. Women tricked into taking their tops off. 91 00:04:48,321 --> 00:04:51,017 I have a daughter I don't want corrupted by the media. 92 00:04:51,124 --> 00:04:52,785 [Narrator] Unbeknownst to Lindsay... 93 00:04:52,892 --> 00:04:54,985 Maeby was a fairly prominent member of the media... 94 00:04:55,094 --> 00:04:59,861 as she had secretly conned her way into a job as a film executive. 95 00:04:59,966 --> 00:05:01,866 This Young Man on the Beach script sucks. 96 00:05:01,968 --> 00:05:03,902 She'd go to the guy just 'cause he said she's awesome? 97 00:05:04,003 --> 00:05:06,699 - You call that dialogue? - Hey, I didn't write it. 98 00:05:06,806 --> 00:05:10,333 No, but you're gonna fix it. It's a spring break movie. Find out what they sound like. 99 00:05:10,443 --> 00:05:13,378 Oh, yeah, right. Do you really think I look college-aged? 100 00:05:13,479 --> 00:05:16,710 I'm not drunk. But I'm willing to be. Hint. 101 00:05:16,816 --> 00:05:20,149 Oh, Mort, you're gonna be so easy to blackmail. Hint. 102 00:05:24,257 --> 00:05:27,988 This pig Phillip Litt is out there asking girls to take their tops off. 103 00:05:28,094 --> 00:05:32,121 - It's an outrage. - Well, of course you feel that way. You're jealous. 104 00:05:32,231 --> 00:05:35,496 You're a surfboard. But I do agree he is a pig. 105 00:05:35,601 --> 00:05:37,501 Hey! What the hell was that for? 106 00:05:37,603 --> 00:05:39,867 Can we stop worrying about girls with low self-esteem... 107 00:05:39,972 --> 00:05:43,066 and start focusing on sobering up the woman who gave us ours? 108 00:05:43,176 --> 00:05:47,510 - What do you think about rehab? - She won't go willingly. I can tell you that. 109 00:05:47,613 --> 00:05:51,242 May I make a suggestion? Get implants. Really. 110 00:05:51,351 --> 00:05:53,512 Wha- Come on! This stuff is expensive! 111 00:05:53,619 --> 00:05:56,918 [Narrator] So Michael set out to convince his mother that she needed help. 112 00:05:57,023 --> 00:05:59,924 Hello? Hello? I have a surprise for you. 113 00:06:00,026 --> 00:06:02,187 - Did I win the prize? - You won the prize. 114 00:06:02,295 --> 00:06:06,095 I won the prize! I won the prize! For what? 115 00:06:06,199 --> 00:06:08,690 We were gonna give one employee a week at the spa. 116 00:06:08,801 --> 00:06:11,361 We were even gonna put them in the ad, but then I thought... 117 00:06:11,471 --> 00:06:13,871 "What about Mom? She's elegant. She deserves it." 118 00:06:13,973 --> 00:06:16,203 I was gonna tell you at the office, but then I thought... 119 00:06:16,309 --> 00:06:20,746 "No. If I bring her around now, she might vomit on the overhead projector." 120 00:06:20,847 --> 00:06:24,874 I'm so embarrassed about that. I don't think I was supposed to drink with my medication. 121 00:06:24,984 --> 00:06:27,919 [Narrator] Actually, it wasn't even her medication. 122 00:06:28,020 --> 00:06:30,454 Of course, I can't take Oscar to an elegant place. 123 00:06:30,556 --> 00:06:33,821 His only remaining pair of pants blew apart the other day. 124 00:06:33,926 --> 00:06:36,759 I was thinking that I would go with you for the week. 125 00:06:36,863 --> 00:06:40,959 So what? I just stay here alone? I'm not exactly equipped to run this place by myself! 126 00:06:41,067 --> 00:06:43,126 You can't just leave me here alone! 127 00:06:44,170 --> 00:06:46,570 - [Beeping] - Have a great trip. 128 00:06:46,672 --> 00:06:50,073 [Narrator] But it wouldn't turn out to be a great trip at all. 129 00:06:50,176 --> 00:06:52,838 Hello. Welcome to Shady Pines Rehab. Just sign right here. 130 00:06:52,945 --> 00:06:55,709 Rehab? This isn't a spa. This isn't a spa! 131 00:06:55,815 --> 00:06:58,409 - Come here. Wait. Get her. Come here, Mom! - We got a runner! 132 00:06:58,518 --> 00:07:01,453 [Narrator] As Michael's mother was being held against her will... 133 00:07:01,554 --> 00:07:05,081 George Sr. Was about to be confronted with a similar problem. 134 00:07:05,191 --> 00:07:07,091 Kitty. How'd you find me? 135 00:07:07,193 --> 00:07:10,754 I thought you were dead until I saw Scandalmakers! 136 00:07:10,863 --> 00:07:14,629 They got so much wrong. But something about your son-in-law's comment... 137 00:07:14,734 --> 00:07:19,330 "Perhaps an attic shall I seek," had the ring of truth to it. 138 00:07:19,439 --> 00:07:21,498 [Narrator] Notice it wasn't something the narrator said. 139 00:07:21,607 --> 00:07:26,601 - You abandoned me in Mexico! - Kitty, honey, l-I know you're mad. 140 00:07:26,712 --> 00:07:29,442 Stop talking, George. You stop talking! 141 00:07:29,549 --> 00:07:32,780 I am in charge now. You're coming with me. 142 00:07:32,885 --> 00:07:35,376 No, I can't. I ca- I have a life here. 143 00:07:35,488 --> 00:07:38,787 There are people who- who depend on me. 144 00:07:38,891 --> 00:07:41,325 Fine. But I can't make any promises... 145 00:07:41,427 --> 00:07:44,362 about what happens to that cooler of evidence I have. 146 00:07:44,464 --> 00:07:48,366 If I could just have a moment to say good-bye. 147 00:07:50,403 --> 00:07:52,303 [Narrator] Meanwhile, at the banana stand... 148 00:07:52,405 --> 00:07:54,635 Maeby was hoping to find some witty banter... 149 00:07:54,740 --> 00:07:57,140 with which to authenticate her feature film. 150 00:07:57,243 --> 00:07:59,768 I want the hot chick to serve me. 151 00:07:59,879 --> 00:08:02,177 What other words would you use to describe me? 152 00:08:02,281 --> 00:08:04,249 - Um, she's 15, and she's my cousin. - So? 153 00:08:04,350 --> 00:08:07,979 So you can't touch your cousin- my cousin. 154 00:08:08,087 --> 00:08:10,180 You know, you don't have to stick around. 155 00:08:10,289 --> 00:08:13,986 I could just work late tonight. It doesn't matter, 'cause my girlfriend, she's out of town. 156 00:08:14,093 --> 00:08:15,993 She's actually kind of lucky in the end... 157 00:08:16,095 --> 00:08:18,586 'cause all these guys would be coming on to her. 158 00:08:18,698 --> 00:08:21,360 Yeah, you really dodged a bullet there. 159 00:08:21,467 --> 00:08:25,335 [Narrator] Nearby, Phillip Litt was making his latest video. 160 00:08:25,438 --> 00:08:28,669 Everybody gather around! Gather around! Ladies, here's the deal. 161 00:08:28,774 --> 00:08:31,106 We have hats. You have breasts. 162 00:08:31,210 --> 00:08:33,576 You show your breasts, you get a hat, okay? 163 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:37,240 So if anyone wants to get back at Daddy, now's the time. 164 00:08:37,350 --> 00:08:41,844 - Whoo! Wait. Cut, cut. We got a surfboard in the shot. - Surfboard. Stop tape. 165 00:08:41,954 --> 00:08:44,548 We're here to stop you from taking advantage of these girls. 166 00:08:44,657 --> 00:08:46,557 [Crowd Booing] 167 00:08:46,659 --> 00:08:49,856 You know what? You're sassy. You're sexy. You speak your mind. There's nothin' hotter. 168 00:08:49,962 --> 00:08:53,796 - Give her a hat, Barry. - I don't want a hat. I want you to leave these women alone. 169 00:08:53,900 --> 00:08:55,868 I'm giving them a chance to be idolized... 170 00:08:55,968 --> 00:08:58,198 which is an opportunity these women are never gonna have again. 171 00:08:58,304 --> 00:09:00,431 - I want to be ideolized. - Yeah, you do! 172 00:09:00,540 --> 00:09:04,203 - [Crowd Cheering] - Eileen, stop it. You've got nothing to gain from that. 173 00:09:04,310 --> 00:09:06,904 That's easy for you to say. You already have a hat. 174 00:09:07,013 --> 00:09:09,379 - [Squealing] - [Phillip] Come on, girls! 175 00:09:09,482 --> 00:09:12,781 This is no way to get your daddies to notice you! 176 00:09:12,885 --> 00:09:15,854 [Narrator] Nearby, Lindsay's own daddy failed to notice her... 177 00:09:15,955 --> 00:09:18,719 as he was being taken to a local motel... 178 00:09:18,824 --> 00:09:22,157 where he refused Kitty's sexual advances. 179 00:09:22,261 --> 00:09:26,220 You promised me power and a child, and I have neither. 180 00:09:26,332 --> 00:09:31,167 I'm gonna take care of this problem... on my own. 181 00:09:34,507 --> 00:09:37,340 You never promise crazy a baby. 182 00:09:37,443 --> 00:09:41,072 [Narrator] George Sr. Was abandoned and longed for Lucille... 183 00:09:41,180 --> 00:09:44,513 and Buster felt the same way. 184 00:09:45,685 --> 00:09:50,679 [Man] Upon her knee 185 00:09:50,790 --> 00:09:56,092 - So fine to be - Whoo-hoo-hoo! 186 00:09:56,195 --> 00:09:59,756 Mother and boy 187 00:09:59,865 --> 00:10:01,765 [Narrator] Restless, Buster went to the kitchen... 188 00:10:01,867 --> 00:10:03,801 to find something to help him sleep... 189 00:10:03,903 --> 00:10:07,202 - when he came across Lucille's emergency stash of wine- - Motherboy 190 00:10:07,306 --> 00:10:10,298 which he mistook for a giantjuice box. 191 00:10:13,546 --> 00:10:18,609 It was the first taste of alcohol Buster had since he was nursing. 192 00:10:18,718 --> 00:10:20,652 - Mama! 193 00:10:20,753 --> 00:10:22,653 And Michael, his mother no longer a threat... 194 00:10:22,755 --> 00:10:25,690 - Thank you so much for your understanding, sir. - met again with Cal Cullen. 195 00:10:25,791 --> 00:10:29,625 As I mentioned on the phone, she did seek help. 196 00:10:29,729 --> 00:10:31,560 [Lucille Screaming] 197 00:10:31,664 --> 00:10:35,657 And it was extremely moving when she finally admitted that she has a problem. 198 00:10:35,768 --> 00:10:37,895 We'll take good care of you here at Shady Pines. 199 00:10:38,004 --> 00:10:39,904 I'll take care of you, you son of a- 200 00:10:40,006 --> 00:10:43,373 Shady Pines is a wonderful facility up there on the hill. 201 00:10:43,476 --> 00:10:47,310 - You know, they used to film Sugarfoot up there. - No? 202 00:10:47,413 --> 00:10:50,473 - Were you a fan of Sugarfoot? - I loved it. 203 00:10:50,583 --> 00:10:52,448 [Narrator] Sugarfoot had been off the air... 204 00:10:52,551 --> 00:10:54,712 12 years before Michael was born. 205 00:10:54,820 --> 00:10:57,983 Sing the theme song of Sugarfoot along with me. 206 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:02,390 - Yes 207 00:11:07,833 --> 00:11:10,233 Oh, what the hell. You're a good kid. 208 00:11:10,336 --> 00:11:12,236 - [Elevator Bell Dings] - Let's make the deal. 209 00:11:12,338 --> 00:11:14,238 - Oh, great. I've got papers- - Michael! 210 00:11:14,340 --> 00:11:17,468 Remember me? Perhaps this'll jog your memory. 211 00:11:17,576 --> 00:11:20,704 - [Cal] Oh! They're crooked. - I've kidnapped your father, Michael... 212 00:11:20,813 --> 00:11:23,008 and I have a cooler full of evidence... 213 00:11:23,115 --> 00:11:25,413 that will bring down this corrupt company. 214 00:11:25,518 --> 00:11:30,217 Unless your mother meets me today at 4:00 at Señor Tadpole's. 215 00:11:30,322 --> 00:11:33,553 Spring break. Whoo! 216 00:11:38,564 --> 00:11:42,625 - Dad? - [Narrator] Michael's father hadjust been kidnapped. 217 00:11:44,970 --> 00:11:46,801 - [Cell Phone Rings] - Hello? 218 00:11:46,906 --> 00:11:50,137 And then he received a call that his brother had been found drunk. 219 00:11:50,242 --> 00:11:52,039 No, I'm fine. I'm telling you. 220 00:11:52,144 --> 00:11:55,375 For the first time, I realize that maybe I am better off without her! 221 00:11:55,481 --> 00:11:58,712 - Yeah, well, we've gotta bring her back. - Oh, thank God! 222 00:11:58,818 --> 00:12:01,082 So if we want to get that evidence back, and Dad... 223 00:12:01,187 --> 00:12:03,212 Kitty is insisting on a meeting with Mom. 224 00:12:03,322 --> 00:12:06,723 - What can Mom do for her? - I don't know. I've gotta get my hands on that evidence. 225 00:12:06,826 --> 00:12:08,726 Problem is I just checked her into rehab. 226 00:12:08,828 --> 00:12:10,989 They're not exactly gonna let me take her to a bar. 227 00:12:11,097 --> 00:12:13,565 So, Gob, I need you to help me sneak her past the guards. 228 00:12:13,666 --> 00:12:17,432 Well, gee, I didn't think the woman I'd be checking out at spring break would be Mom. 229 00:12:17,536 --> 00:12:20,266 - She's better looking than the whores you date. - Don't call my escorts whores. 230 00:12:20,372 --> 00:12:22,897 - Mom's still got it! - I don't date whores! 231 00:12:23,008 --> 00:12:26,466 Stop it! Stop it! This objectification of women has to stop! 232 00:12:26,579 --> 00:12:29,241 - It's just Mom and whores. - No, how would you like it? 233 00:12:29,348 --> 00:12:31,248 Actually, that's not a bad idea. 234 00:12:31,350 --> 00:12:34,410 I should turn the tables on men and see how they like being objectified. 235 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:38,422 - Men with low self-esteem. Get their clothes off. - That is a great- 236 00:12:38,524 --> 00:12:41,789 [Groans] That is a great social statement. 237 00:12:41,894 --> 00:12:45,955 I shall get the video camera. This is ripe for parody. 238 00:12:46,065 --> 00:12:48,329 This is ripe! 239 00:12:48,434 --> 00:12:52,336 Hejust wants to see boys'Linuses. Oh, God. 240 00:12:55,107 --> 00:12:57,007 Here we go. 241 00:12:57,109 --> 00:13:01,307 [Narrator] And so Michael went back to see his mom. 242 00:13:01,413 --> 00:13:03,244 [Michael] L- I know that you're upset with me... 243 00:13:03,349 --> 00:13:05,943 because I brought you here under false pretenses... 244 00:13:06,051 --> 00:13:08,178 - but I really was worried about you. - Oh, please. 245 00:13:08,287 --> 00:13:10,278 I've been drinking since before you were born. 246 00:13:10,389 --> 00:13:13,358 So if alcohol is the reason I'm here, I've got news for you, bub. 247 00:13:13,459 --> 00:13:15,359 It's the only reason you're here too. 248 00:13:15,461 --> 00:13:17,656 Hey, you're mean sober too. 249 00:13:17,763 --> 00:13:20,061 Uh, listen. I need your help. 250 00:13:20,166 --> 00:13:23,329 Kitty has shown up, and she got ahold of Dad. 251 00:13:23,435 --> 00:13:25,903 She found him in the attic? 252 00:13:26,005 --> 00:13:29,964 They had a rerun of Scandalmakers last night. Everybody figured it out. 253 00:13:30,075 --> 00:13:32,066 She would like to meet you at a bar. 254 00:13:32,178 --> 00:13:36,137 She says she's got some evidence that could bring the business down if you don't go. 255 00:13:36,248 --> 00:13:38,148 You're sending me into a bar? 256 00:13:38,250 --> 00:13:41,378 Are you sure you can trust me to make decisions for myself? 257 00:13:41,487 --> 00:13:43,580 I just need you to find out what she wants... 258 00:13:43,689 --> 00:13:45,680 while I check all the local motels for Dad. 259 00:13:45,791 --> 00:13:47,850 All right. But here's what I want. 260 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:49,928 A spa weekend with you. A real one. 261 00:13:50,029 --> 00:13:52,497 I want to spend spring break with you. 262 00:13:54,300 --> 00:13:56,860 You have high self-esteem, right? 263 00:13:56,969 --> 00:13:58,869 Not after being in here. It's a nightmare. 264 00:13:58,971 --> 00:14:03,032 Michael, Mom. We've gotta go now. I created a diversion. 265 00:14:03,142 --> 00:14:04,905 You're gonna love this. 266 00:14:05,010 --> 00:14:07,035 I'd like to check my uncle in for rehab. 267 00:14:07,146 --> 00:14:09,046 I thought we were buying me some pants. 268 00:14:09,148 --> 00:14:12,049 Oh, of course you think that. You're high as a kite! 269 00:14:12,151 --> 00:14:15,348 He needs help! Any- He needs help! He needs help! 270 00:14:18,624 --> 00:14:22,526 [Narrator] And so Lucille was able to meet with Kitty at Señor Tadpole's. 271 00:14:22,628 --> 00:14:24,892 I want what's due to me- a Bluth son. 272 00:14:24,997 --> 00:14:27,397 And I know you have the material. 273 00:14:27,499 --> 00:14:30,195 [Narrator] Kitty was right. Ten years earlier... 274 00:14:30,302 --> 00:14:33,829 George Sr. Was taking an experimental hair growth drug. 275 00:14:33,939 --> 00:14:36,032 Fearing damage to his fertility... 276 00:14:36,141 --> 00:14:38,974 he froze a specimen ofhis reproductive material... 277 00:14:39,078 --> 00:14:42,241 in case he ever wanted another child. 278 00:14:42,348 --> 00:14:44,407 Soon, news came out that the drug... 279 00:14:44,516 --> 00:14:46,746 although somewhat successful... 280 00:14:46,852 --> 00:14:49,980 wreaked havoc on the central nervous system. 281 00:14:53,292 --> 00:14:57,058 So what do you need me for? He's not taking the monkey drug anymore. 282 00:14:57,162 --> 00:15:00,154 - And you're the one who's got him. Not me. - Oh, you know why. 283 00:15:00,266 --> 00:15:03,394 He won't touch me. He said he doesn't cheat on his wife anymore. 284 00:15:03,502 --> 00:15:05,070 - He said that? - [Bartender] Drinking contest! 285 00:15:05,070 --> 00:15:07,334 - He said that? - [Bartender] Drinking contest! 286 00:15:07,439 --> 00:15:10,431 Tell you what. I'll drink you for it. 287 00:15:10,542 --> 00:15:13,807 Oh, I heard you don't handle your booze so well anymore. 288 00:15:13,913 --> 00:15:15,813 So this should be easy for you. 289 00:15:18,784 --> 00:15:21,480 That one didn't count. 290 00:15:21,587 --> 00:15:24,988 [Narrator] And Michael met up with Gob to try and find their father. 291 00:15:25,090 --> 00:15:27,251 I got it. From the banana stand freezer. 292 00:15:27,359 --> 00:15:30,260 The exact same kind of cooler that's in the photo with Dad. 293 00:15:30,362 --> 00:15:33,024 - What do we need another cooler for? - Ah, poor Michael. 294 00:15:33,132 --> 00:15:35,123 You do not think like a magician. 295 00:15:35,234 --> 00:15:37,361 - Such a "How'd he do dat?" - Uh-huh. 296 00:15:37,469 --> 00:15:40,131 It's a classic bait and switch. This is a decoy cooler. 297 00:15:40,239 --> 00:15:43,470 We take it in, switch it with the one from the photo and get out of there. 298 00:15:43,575 --> 00:15:46,442 Kitty comes back. Everything's normal. It's like we were never there. 299 00:15:46,545 --> 00:15:50,481 - But Dad's gone. - Long gone. But it buys us all the time in the world. 300 00:15:50,582 --> 00:15:53,676 I got it back, Mikey. The self-confidence. I am a magician! 301 00:15:53,786 --> 00:15:55,879 I'm saying, when Kitty comes back, notices Dad's gone... 302 00:15:55,988 --> 00:15:58,923 first thing she's gonna do is check the cooler, see if the evidence is still there. 303 00:15:59,024 --> 00:16:00,924 Buys us, like, one second. 304 00:16:01,026 --> 00:16:02,960 - I am a worthless magician. - Not true. 305 00:16:03,062 --> 00:16:04,791 - I can't even do one simple trick. - Come on. 306 00:16:04,897 --> 00:16:07,024 - I'm covered in sweat. Look at me! - It's a great trick. 307 00:16:07,132 --> 00:16:10,727 - Would've been flawless if you had a decoy Dad too. - Damn it. 308 00:16:10,836 --> 00:16:14,135 And I used a guy that looked just like him in my last bait and switch. 309 00:16:14,239 --> 00:16:18,903 Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! 310 00:16:19,011 --> 00:16:21,172 - Well, I'm no longer needed here. - No, no, no. 311 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:23,180 I think the cooler's actually gonna help us. 312 00:16:23,282 --> 00:16:25,477 The extra second that it buys us could be the difference. 313 00:16:25,584 --> 00:16:28,849 Great. Just give me a couple of minutes to catch my breath. 314 00:16:28,954 --> 00:16:31,684 [Sighs] 315 00:16:35,594 --> 00:16:38,392 [Narrator] Lucille, minutes out of rehab... 316 00:16:38,497 --> 00:16:41,330 was engaging in a drinking contest... 317 00:16:41,433 --> 00:16:43,697 - at the behest ofher son. - [Crowd Cheering] 318 00:16:43,802 --> 00:16:46,100 . Let me know when you're ready, dear. - [Man] She's mixing! 319 00:16:46,205 --> 00:16:48,002 While right outside the bar- 320 00:16:48,107 --> 00:16:50,337 I know what the shape of a banana reminds you of... 321 00:16:50,442 --> 00:16:52,706 and I know that when I say "nuts," it makes you giggle. 322 00:16:52,811 --> 00:16:55,712 - [Giggling] - But do you have any other response... 323 00:16:55,814 --> 00:16:58,612 to "here's a banana with nuts"? 324 00:16:58,717 --> 00:17:01,242 [Laughing] 325 00:17:01,353 --> 00:17:04,379 Why are we even going after this idiot demographic? 326 00:17:04,490 --> 00:17:07,653 Don't you get it? They're not even eating these. They just like saying bananas and nuts. 327 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:10,695 And I won't- I won't tell you why. That's your father's job. 328 00:17:10,796 --> 00:17:13,356 Come on! Let's see some bananas and nuts! 329 00:17:13,465 --> 00:17:16,195 Oh, perhaps we should just pull their pants off. 330 00:17:16,301 --> 00:17:19,236 Hey, what the hell do you think you're doing? This is where we shoot. 331 00:17:19,338 --> 00:17:21,966 Yeah, well, you've got competition now, 'cause we're making our own video. 332 00:17:22,074 --> 00:17:24,372 Will you just get over it! It's nudity. 333 00:17:24,476 --> 00:17:27,036 Just because you're ashamed of your body doesn't mean everybody should be. 334 00:17:27,146 --> 00:17:31,310 Oh, really? Well, let's see how you feel about what you're packing. 335 00:17:31,417 --> 00:17:34,750 [Lindsay] You're a- [Bleeps] never-nude? 336 00:17:34,853 --> 00:17:38,118 You're asking girls to take their tops off, and you can't even be naked? 337 00:17:38,223 --> 00:17:43,092 - I've gotta get this. - Lindsay, I've already got it. 338 00:17:44,329 --> 00:17:47,787 I'm back into cutoffs. Lindsay? 339 00:17:47,900 --> 00:17:49,800 I didn't see you at the convention. 340 00:17:49,902 --> 00:17:52,336 - No, I was in Germany. I teleconferenced in. - Ohhh. 341 00:17:52,438 --> 00:17:54,929 - Did you go to the seminar on chafing? - Dr. Schoenweiss. Yes. 342 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:57,941 This is never gonna work. There's too many people, too many rooms. 343 00:17:58,043 --> 00:18:00,409 Michael, we can't give up. This is important. 344 00:18:00,512 --> 00:18:04,243 Believe me. I'd rather be down at the beach having drinks, howling at chicks. 345 00:18:04,349 --> 00:18:05,748 [Howling] 346 00:18:05,851 --> 00:18:07,341 - [Howling] - Dad? 347 00:18:07,453 --> 00:18:09,648 [Howling] 348 00:18:09,755 --> 00:18:12,690 Oh, my boys. Yes, you- you came for me. 349 00:18:12,791 --> 00:18:16,454 Yeah, hi, Dad. Uh, Gob's gonna get you out of those handcuffs. Can you do it? 350 00:18:16,562 --> 00:18:19,224 - One handcuff key coming up. - Great. 351 00:18:19,331 --> 00:18:22,528 [Belching] 352 00:18:22,634 --> 00:18:24,602 What the hell are you doing? 353 00:18:24,703 --> 00:18:26,933 Swallowed a key just in case I ended up doing a show. 354 00:18:27,039 --> 00:18:29,769 - [Belching] - Come on. This is disgusting. 355 00:18:29,875 --> 00:18:32,776 - I'm doing this for you. - [Narrator] This continued for some time... 356 00:18:32,878 --> 00:18:34,971 while Michael switched out the coolers. 357 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:37,446 - Why are you switching out the coolers? - It buys us time, Dad. 358 00:18:37,549 --> 00:18:39,676 - What? Like a second? - Don't worry about it, okay? 359 00:18:39,785 --> 00:18:42,618 When I get this evidence out of here, I'm turning it right into the court. 360 00:18:42,721 --> 00:18:45,952 Are you kidding? I don't care if the evidence gets out there. It gets me off the hook. 361 00:18:46,058 --> 00:18:48,549 - What are you saying? This exonerates you? - I told you before. 362 00:18:48,660 --> 00:18:53,324 I was a patsy. I was set up. I am tired of looking guilty. 363 00:18:53,432 --> 00:18:56,629 Well, that's- that's great. 364 00:18:57,669 --> 00:18:59,227 - [Gags] - [Clattering] 365 00:18:59,338 --> 00:19:00,965 Now who's a horrible magician? 366 00:19:01,073 --> 00:19:04,975 That is a crown, you horse's ass. 367 00:19:05,077 --> 00:19:07,739 - How does that make you feel? - Awesome. 368 00:19:07,846 --> 00:19:12,476 [Narrator] And George Michael caught up with Maeby, determined to save her self-esteem. 369 00:19:12,584 --> 00:19:15,417 Look, I don't want to ruin your fun, but I hate to see guys treat you like this. 370 00:19:15,521 --> 00:19:18,217 You're better than that. To me, anyway. You're- 371 00:19:18,323 --> 00:19:20,314 - Awesome? - No, I was gonna say you're- 372 00:19:20,425 --> 00:19:23,724 you're like this flower, and I know it's springtime... 373 00:19:23,829 --> 00:19:26,297 but I just- I'd hate to see you get plucked... 374 00:19:26,398 --> 00:19:29,060 by someone who doesn't even care that you're blossoming. 375 00:19:29,168 --> 00:19:32,160 That's what I've been waiting to hear. 376 00:19:33,939 --> 00:19:35,998 [Narrator] Maeby was referring to the dialogue... 377 00:19:36,108 --> 00:19:40,067 but George Michael hadjust rediscovered his feelings for his cousin. 378 00:19:40,179 --> 00:19:42,477 Hi, Ann. It's-It's George Michael Bluth. 379 00:19:42,581 --> 00:19:45,778 Um, when you get back into town, we should talk. 380 00:19:45,884 --> 00:19:49,718 - [Thud] - [Crowd Applauding] 381 00:19:49,821 --> 00:19:51,721 Can I get you anything else, ma'am? 382 00:19:51,823 --> 00:19:54,018 No, thanks. I have to get back to rehab. 383 00:19:54,126 --> 00:19:57,027 - [Man] She's in rehab! - [Crowd Cheering] 384 00:19:57,129 --> 00:20:01,088 - [Reggae] - [Narrator] And so George Sr. Was free... 385 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,259 and Michael and Gob absconded with the evidence. 386 00:20:03,368 --> 00:20:06,269 One heck of a trick you ended up pullin' in there, Gob. 387 00:20:06,371 --> 00:20:08,396 Truthfully, that wasn't part of the act. 388 00:20:08,507 --> 00:20:11,408 I was actually trying to get the key to come out of my mouth. 389 00:20:11,510 --> 00:20:15,947 That part was very surprising, but I'm talking about how you helped me get Dad out of there. 390 00:20:16,048 --> 00:20:18,608 Thanks to you, this family could end up being okay. 391 00:20:18,717 --> 00:20:22,244 [Narrator] And Gob had finally overcome his own low self-esteem. 392 00:20:22,354 --> 00:20:26,256 Hey, aren't you that magician who always embarrasses himself? 393 00:20:26,358 --> 00:20:29,794 Not anymore. Not anymore. 394 00:20:32,831 --> 00:20:35,425 - Gob! - [Narrator] But he lost it... 395 00:20:35,534 --> 00:20:37,900 along with the exonerating evidence. 396 00:20:38,003 --> 00:20:41,996 - [Laughing] - They're laughing, Michael. They're laughing. 397 00:20:42,107 --> 00:20:45,235 And that's how you narrate a story. 398 00:20:45,344 --> 00:20:48,575 On the next Arrested Development. 399 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:50,739 Lucille gets some disturbing information. 400 00:20:50,849 --> 00:20:54,114 - Did you get the evidence? - Yes, and then Gob ruined it. 401 00:20:54,219 --> 00:20:58,246 After all the trouble we went through to switch coolers with the one from the banana stand. 402 00:20:58,357 --> 00:21:01,918 The one in the freezer? I was storing very important things there. 403 00:21:02,027 --> 00:21:06,487 [Narrator] And Kitty finds what she's been looking for. 404 00:21:11,737 --> 00:21:16,970 There was 250 c.c.'s of your father in that banana stand! 405 00:21:17,075 --> 00:21:19,043 No touching. 406 00:21:21,947 --> 00:21:25,849 [Man Singing] 407 00:21:49,975 --> 00:21:51,909 [Ends]