Arrested Development Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
Episode 1 - PilotMoments after Michael Bluth decides he’s leaving the family business because he was passed over for a promotion, his father is arrested for shady bookkeeping. |
Episode 1 - Season 1, Episode 1: PilotMoments after Michael Bluth decides he’s leaving the family business because he was passed over for a promotion, his father is arrested for shady bookkeeping. |
Episode 2 - Top BananaMichael realizes that running the company isn't going to be as easy as he thought, especially since his father seems to be pulling some strings from inside the joint. |
Episode 2 - Season 1, Episode 2: Top BananaMichael realizes that running the company isn't going to be as easy as he thought, especially since his father seems to be pulling some strings from inside the joint. |
Episode 3 - Bringing Up BusterBuster moves in with Michael after their mother kicks him out of her penthouse and a distraught George-Michael realizes he has to kiss a boy in the school play. |
Episode 3 - Season 1, Episode 3: Bringing Up BusterBuster moves in with Michael after their mother kicks him out of her penthouse and a distraught George-Michael realizes he has to kiss a boy in the school play. |
Episode 4 - Season 1, Episode 4: Key DecisionsJealous when his girlfriend is nominated for a "daytime Desi", Gob decides to stage a publicity stunt for his magic act by breaking out of the same prison where George Sr. is being held. |
Episode 4 - Key DecisionsJealous when his girlfriend is nominated for a "daytime Desi", Gob decides to stage a publicity stunt for his magic act by breaking out of the same prison where George Sr. is being held. |
Episode 5 - Season 1, Episode 5: Charity DriveLucille's scheme to upstage her rival, Lucille Austero, at a bachelorette auction backfires when Gob mistakenly bids $10,000 on the wrong Lucille. |
Episode 5 - Charity DriveLucille's scheme to upstage her rival, Lucille Austero, at a bachelorette auction backfires when Gob mistakenly bids $10,000 on the wrong Lucille. |
Episode 6 - Season 1, Episode 6: Visiting OursSex is in the air as Gob seduces his father's former secretary, Lindsay and Tobias go see a marriage counselor, and George Sr. and Lucille have a bizarre conjugal visit. |
Episode 6 - Visiting OursSex is in the air as Gob seduces his father's former secretary, Lindsay and Tobias go see a marriage counselor, and George Sr. and Lucille have a bizarre conjugal visit. |
Episode 7 - Season 1, Episode 7: In God We TrustThe family attorney announces that if $20,000 in bail money is raised, George Sr. can be released from prison in time for the Christmas "Living Classics Pageant." |
Episode 7 - In God We TrustThe family attorney announces that if $20,000 in bail money is raised, George Sr. can be released from prison in time for the Christmas "Living Classics Pageant." |
Episode 8 - Season 1, Episode 8: My Mother, the CarIf Lindsay is disappointed that none of the inmates yell out obscene catcalls when she visits her father, Lucille is outraged when none of her children show up at her surprise birthday party. |
Episode 8 - My Mother, the CarIf Lindsay is disappointed that none of the inmates yell out obscene catcalls when she visits her father, Lucille is outraged when none of her children show up at her surprise birthday party. |
Episode 9 - Storming the CastleMichael is so smitten with Gob's girlfriend that he decides to let her know that Gob has been cheating on her, and Lucille tries to break up Buster and Lucille Austero. |
Episode 9 - Season 1, Episode 9: Storming the CastleMichael is so smitten with Gob's girlfriend that he decides to let her know that Gob has been cheating on her, and Lucille tries to break up Buster and Lucille Austero. |
Episode 10 - Season 1, Episode 10: Pier PressureWhen Buster asks George-Michael to score him some marijuana, Michael asks some male "cop" strippers to stage a phony bust to help scare his son straight. |
Episode 10 - Pier PressureWhen Buster asks George-Michael to score him some marijuana, Michael asks some male "cop" strippers to stage a phony bust to help scare his son straight. |
Episode 11 - Season 1, Episode 11: Public RelationsConvinced that the family's image is hurting his son's future, Michael hires an attractive publicist who proceeds to write a scathing article after Michael rebuffs her advances. |
Episode 11 - Public RelationsConvinced that the family's image is hurting his son's future, Michael hires an attractive publicist who proceeds to write a scathing article after Michael rebuffs her advances. |
Episode 12 - Marta ComplexDespite his crush on Marta, Michael agrees to help Gob figure out if she has a new lover while George-Michael tries to figure out his feelings for his cousin Maeby. |
Episode 12 - Season 1, Episode 12: Marta ComplexDespite his crush on Marta, Michael agrees to help Gob figure out if she has a new lover while George-Michael tries to figure out his feelings for his cousin Maeby. |
Episode 13 - Season 1, Episode 13: Beef ConsommeAs Tobias struggles to overcome his nude phobia so he can accept the movie role of "Frightened Inmate #2," Michael, Buster and Gob fight over who gets to go out with Marta. |
Episode 13 - Beef ConsommeAs Tobias struggles to overcome his nude phobia so he can accept the movie role of "Frightened Inmate #2," Michael, Buster and Gob fight over who gets to go out with Marta. |
Episode 14 - Shock and AwwThings get awkward after Michael dates George-Michael's ethics teacher then learns his son has a crush on her. George Sr. receives a visit from Cindi, a fan of his "Caged Wisdom" tapes. |
Episode 14 - Season 1, Episode 14: Shock and AwwThings get awkward after Michael dates George-Michael's ethics teacher then learns his son has a crush on her. George Sr. receives a visit from Cindi, a fan of his "Caged Wisdom" tapes. |
Episode 15 - Season 1, Episode 15: Staff InfectionAfter discovering that most of the family picks up weekly paychecks from Bluth Company even though they don't have jobs, Michael tries to put them all to work. |
Episode 15 - Staff InfectionAfter discovering that most of the family picks up weekly paychecks from Bluth Company even though they don't have jobs, Michael tries to put them all to work. |
Episode 16 - Season 1, Episode 16: Altar EgosWhile Michael experiences his first one-night stand with a blind woman named Maggie, George Sr. learns that Cindi is actually an undercover agent who has fallen in love with him. |
Episode 16 - Altar EgosWhile Michael experiences his first one-night stand with a blind woman named Maggie, George Sr. learns that Cindi is actually an undercover agent who has fallen in love with him. |
Episode 17 - Justice Is BlindMichael attempts to do the right thing and end his relationship with Maggie, the prosecutor on George Sr.'s case, but sex keeps getting in the way. |
Episode 17 - Season 1, Episode 17: Justice Is BlindMichael attempts to do the right thing and end his relationship with Maggie, the prosecutor on George Sr.'s case, but sex keeps getting in the way. |
Episode 18 - Season 1, Episode 18: Missing KittyMichael finally stands up to George Sr. and fires his old secretary, and Gob performs the ultimate magic trick when he makes the family yacht disappear. |
Episode 18 - Missing KittyMichael finally stands up to George Sr. and fires his old secretary, and Gob performs the ultimate magic trick when he makes the family yacht disappear. |
Episode 19 - Best Man for the GobGob tries to scare a company accountant who notices a discrepancy in the company's bank account and threatens to reveal the truth if asked to testify in court. |
Episode 19 - Season 1, Episode 19: Best Man for the GobGob tries to scare a company accountant who notices a discrepancy in the company's bank account and threatens to reveal the truth if asked to testify in court. |
Episode 20 - Season 1, Episode 20: Whistler's MotherWhen the family begins fighting over company funds that have recently become available, Michael decides it would be best to invest the money in land their Uncle Oscar is selling. |
Episode 20 - Whistler's MotherWhen the family begins fighting over company funds that have recently become available, Michael decides it would be best to invest the money in land their Uncle Oscar is selling. |
Episode 21 - Season 1, Episode 21: Not Without My DaughterWhile Michael is questioned by the police about Kitty's disappearance, Gob takes George-Michael shoplifting at the department store where Lindsey just got a job. |
Episode 21 - Not Without My DaughterWhile Michael is questioned by the police about Kitty's disappearance, Gob takes George-Michael shoplifting at the department store where Lindsey just got a job. |
Episode 22 - Let Them Eat CakeAfter learning that his father is in prison for doing business with the old Iraqi government, Michael decides to wash his hands of the whole family and leave town for good. |
Episode 22 - Season 1, Episode 22: Let Them Eat CakeAfter learning that his father is in prison for doing business with the old Iraqi government, Michael decides to wash his hands of the whole family and leave town for good. |
Episode 23 - Season 2, Episode 1: The One Where Michael LeavesAfter learning that his father had dealings with Saddam Hussein, Michael quits the company and heads for Phoenix even as his father breaks out of prison and heads for Mexico. |
Episode 24 - Season 2, Episode 2: The One Where They Build a HouseAs Lucille begins an affair with George Sr.'s twin brother, Oscar, the Mexican police arrest George Sr. after they mistake him for Oscar, who's wanted on marijuana charges. |
Episode 25 - Season 2, Episode 3: ¡amigos!When George Sr.'s car is found in Mexico, Michael decides to go search for his father, and Buster hides in the car trunk so he can escape the country and the Army. |
Episode 26 - Season 2, Episode 4: Good GriefAfter hearing that his grandfather has died in Mexico, a distraught George-Michael goes off to be alone, only to discover his grandfather hiding out in a hole at the model home construction site. |
Episode 27 - Season 2, Episode 5: Sad SackWhile the government wants to cut a deal with Michael over the whereabouts of his father, George Sr. wants Michael to find out if Lucille is really in love with Oscar. |
Episode 28 - Season 2, Episode 6: Afternoon DelightAt the Bluth Company Christmas party, Gob gets upset and fires all the employees, forcing Michael to invite them all to a second party at the banana stand so he can rehire them. |
Episode 29 - Season 2, Episode 7: Switch HitterMichael is convinced the company team will win an upcoming softball game against a business rival, even though the rival company just hired the Bluth Company's best player - Gob. |
Episode 30 - Season 2, Episode 8: Queen for a DayWhen the company's stock is unfrozen, the family's desire to buy themselves expensive gifts ends with them losing majority control of the company to Lucille 2. |
Episode 31 - Season 2, Episode 9: Burning LoveAs George Sr. continues to hide out in the upstairs attic, the family prepares for an upcoming charity auction, and George-Michael gets ready to go to a Christian music bonfire. |
Episode 32 - Season 2, Episode 10: Ready, Aim, Marry Me!A free romantic getaway turns to disaster when Michael sets Lindsay up on the date, unaware that Tobias, Lucille 2 and Stan Sitwell will also be at the same hotel at the same time. |
Episode 33 - Season 2, Episode 11: Out On a LimbMichael is determined to find out if he is the father of Maggie's baby after he learns that she is 8½ months pregnant and that's exactly how long it's been since they last saw each other. |
Episode 34 - Season 2, Episode 12: Hand to GodAs Maeby passes herself off as a studio executive overseeing production on The Old Man and the Sea, Buster ends up with a hook after a seal wearing a bow tie bites off his left hand. |
Episode 35 - Season 2, Episode 13: Motherboy XXXMichael tries to track down the seal that bit off Buster's hand, and also tries to save his son after his mother takes George-Michael to the Motherboy dinner dance. |
Episode 36 - Season 2, Episode 14: The Immaculate ElectionWhile George Sr. decides to become a Christian, Michael tries to help George-Michael with his campaign for student body president by having Gob produce his campaign video. |
Episode 37 - Season 2, Episode 15: Sword of DestinyGeorge Sr.'s plan to reestablish contact with his employees at the company backfires when an angry employee turns the tape over to the FBI, who in turn believes the tape was made in Iraq. |
Episode 38 - Season 2, Episode 16: Meat the VealsMichael decides that the best way to stop George-Michael from getting pre-engaged to his girlfriend is to have the girlfriend's parents meet the Bluth family. |
Episode 39 - Season 2, Episode 17: Spring BreakoutWhile Michael schemes to get his mother into an alcohol rehab center, Kitty schemes to get a Bluth son of her own by kidnapping George Sr. and demanding some of his sperm. |
Episode 40 - Season 2, Episode 18: The Righteous BrothersA mix-up leads to Michael's arrest while a trick George Sr. plays on Oscar ends up with George Sr. once again free - and Oscar mistakenly taken into custody. |
Episode 41 - Season 3, Episode 1: The Cabin ShowWhen Michael realizes that Oscar, not George Sr., is serving time in prison, he sets off to find his father while also trying to find time to reconnect with George-Michael. |
Episode 42 - Season 3, Episode 2: The British BombshellMichael falls for a British woman while investigating an outrageous claim by George, Sr. in which he says a British construction firm tricked him into doing business with the Iraqis. |
Episode 43 - Season 3, Episode 3: Forget-Me-NowThe family's new attorney works on George Sr.'s defense even as George Sr. plans his escape and Michael tries to destroy all evidence that his family exists. |
Episode 44 - Season 3, Episode 4: NotapusyMichael volunteers to participate in the father-son triathlon with Gob's son, while George Sr. mistakenly delivers a "Scared Straight" lecture to a gathering of gay men. |
Episode 45 - Season 3, Episode 5: Mr. FGob tries to trick the company's Japanese investors when they come to visit, but Tobias ruins everything after he mistakes a CIA agent for a talent agent from CAA. |
Episode 46 - Season 3, Episode 6: The Ocean WalkerWhen Michael decides to marry his new British girlfriend, Rita, his family scoffs at the idea - until they find out she's worth millions of dollars. |
Episode 47 - Season 3, Episode 7: Prison Break-InMichael is worried when he finds out that the prison warden is dating his mother and that the Bluth Foundation dinner is being held in the prison's new wing. |
Episode 48 - Season 3, Episode 8: Making a StandTired that his father has once again found a way to pit Gob and him against each other, Michael decides to teach his father a lesson. |
Episode 49 - Season 3, Episode 9: S.O.B.SIn order to get enough money to hire a new family lawyer, everyone has to pitch in and prepare for the upcoming company fundraiser, aptly named "Save Our Bluths." |
Episode 50 - Season 3, Episode 10: Fakin' It!Although George Sr. finally gets a new lawyer, Michael worries when he hears news of a surprise witness and Buster pretends he's in a coma so he doesn't have to testify. |
Episode 51 - Season 3, Episode 11: Family TiesMichael hires a woman who turns out to be his long-lost sister, Nellie, and who may be just what the company needs. |
Episode 52 - Season 3, Episode 12: Exit StrategyGeorge-Michael's surprise birthday party for Maeby gets her in big trouble, and Michael and Buster make a startling discovery when they go to Iraq to rescue Gob. |
Episode 53 - Season 3, Episode 13: Development ArrestedMichael is relieved to have all the charges against his father dropped and is also shocked to learn who holds the real power in his dysfunctional family. |
Episode 54 - Season 4, Episode 1: Flight of the PhoenixMichael says goodbye to the family business and starts his own. And the life of the family is turned upside down when their mailman Pete dies. |
Episode 55 - Season 4, Episode 2: Borderline PersonalitiesGeorge Sr. comes up with a get rich quick scam after his family falls apart. |
Episode 56 - Season 4, Episode 3: Indian TakersLindsay tries to reclaim her sense of self while traveling and getting back to her activist roots. |
Episode 57 - Season 4, Episode 4: The B. TeamMichael is presented with a new business opportunity that could change his life. Unfortunately, he needs his family to sign off. |
Episode 58 - Season 4, Episode 5: A New StartTobias searches for meaning after splitting with Lindsay, only to find that old habbits die hard. |
Episode 59 - Season 4, Episode 6: Double CrossersGeorge Sr.'s new business plan hits a rough patch, and he must bribe a politician to get his scam back on track. |
Episode 60 - Season 4, Episode 7: Colony CollapseGob finds a new group of friends after his relationship falls apart and his famiily abandons him. |
Episode 61 - Season 4, Episode 8: Red HairingLindsay continues to push away from being a Bluth by embracing a relationship and finding a new career. |
Episode 62 - Season 4, Episode 9: SmashedTobias returns to his roots and reunites with his leading lady after a rough few weeks. |
Episode 63 - Season 4, Episode 10: Queen B.Lucille finds that her children have already started divvyiing up her things, and adjusts to her new home. |
Episode 64 - Season 4, Episode 11: A New AttitudeGob accepts a job from his brother, but is distracted by a scheme of his own. |
Episode 65 - Season 4, Episode 12: SeñoritisMaeby moves out on her own and reconnects with her cousin George-Michael. |
Episode 66 - Season 4, Episode 13: It Gets BetterAt UC Irvine things get steamy when George-Michael finds himself in love triangle with with his best friend Ray and his girlfriend Becky. |
Episode 67 - Season 4, Episode 14: Off the HookBuster struggles to make it on his own and break away from his overbearing mother. |
Episode 68 - Season 4, Episode 15: BlockheadsGeorge Michael tries to reconnect with his father, but is finding himself overwhelmed by the responsibilty of running his business. |
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