Arrested Development: Season 1
20th Century Fox (2003)
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#364
Plot
Level-headed son Michael Bluth takes over family affairs after his father is imprisoned. But the rest of his spoiled, dysfunctional family are making his job unbearable.Cast
| Jason Bateman | Michael Bluth | |
| Portia De Rossi | Lindsay Bluth Fünke | |
| Will Arnett | George Bluth II | |
| Michael Cera | George-Michael Bluth | |
| Alia Shawkat | Mae Fünke |
Crew
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| Producer | John Amodeo | ||||
| Writer | Richard Day |
Episodes
Disc 01
Meet the Bluths. In the pilot, Michael decides to take a job in Arizona after being passed over by George Sr. for head of the Bluth Company. George Sr. is jailed, and the family realizes they need Michael.Director: Anthony Russo / Joe Russo
Writer: Mitchell Hurwitz
Guest starring: Hira Ambrosino, Jonathan Schmock, Andy Morrow, Paul Mendoza, Stacey Grenrock-Woods, Chad Einbinder, J. Hunter Ackerman
Michael puts George Michael in charge of the Bluth Bannana Stand, and his son subsequently burns down the stand. Elsewhere, Tobias auditions for a commercial, and Lindsay inadvertantly gets the part.Director: Anthony Russo
Writer: Mitchell Hurwitz / John Levenstein
Guest starring: Patrice O'Neal, Scott Atkinson, Tom Kiesche, Clayton Staggs, Kendall Clement, Monika Jolly
Michael spends quality time with Buster. George Michael auditions for a school play to get closer to Maeby. Gob breaks up with his girlfriend and has nowhere to go.Director: Joe Russo
Writer: Mitchell Hurwitz / Richard Rosenstock
Guest starring: Leonor Varela, Richard Simmons, Justin Grant Wade, Jim Ishida, Bart Tangredi, Pat Warren
Gob decides to lock himself in his father's prison for 24 hours to get back in with the alliance, and to spend quality time with his father. Michael takes Gob's girlfriend to an awards show, and Buster inadvertently flirts with his mother's rival.Director: Anthony Russo
Writer: Brad Copeland
Guest starring: Leonor Varela, Clint Howard, David Reynolds, Stacey Grenrock-Woods, Rocky McMurray, Eduardo Palomo, Bruno Oliver, Lee Ryan
Michael and Lindsay try to prove their charitable sides to each other. Gob demands George Michael's respect, and Buster continues avoiding Lucille 2.Director: Greg Mottola
Writer: Barbie Feldman Adler
Guest starring: Mel Gorham, Bruno Oliver, Christopher Gehrman
Michael sets up an "intimate conjugal visit" for his parents, while it is revealed that George Sr. had an affair with Kitty, his secretary who recently slept with Gob. Tobias and Lindsay see a marriage counselor.Director: Greg Mottola
Writer: John Levenstein / Richard Rosenstock
Guest starring: Ski Carr, Tom Kiesche, Rocky McMurray, Bob Odenkirk
Disc 02
Michael attempts to fire the family's incompetent, but likeable attorney. George Michael impresses Maeby with a muscle suit for a "Living Classics" pagent. Tobias has a psychological affliction where he is unable to take off his clothes.Director: Joe Russo
Writer: Abraham Higginbotham
Guest starring: Evan Lee Dahl, Blaine Pate, John Michael Higgins, Sam Pancake
Michael loses his short-term memory, which Lucille uses to her advantage. Gob attempts to use the family yacht before Michael sells it. George Michael and Maeby attempt to see an R-rated movie about cousins having an affair. Buster and Lucille 2 take "the next step".Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Writer: Chuck Martin
Guest starring: Mark Blankfield, David Reynolds, Mim Drew
Michael cannot go through with his plan to break up Gob and Marta. A thug magician wants to take Gob's "legs". Maeby wears all leather to get back at her mother, and Lucille decides to confront Buster's relationship with Lucille 2.
Buster realizes that medical marijuana will help cure Lucille 2's vertigo, and pays George Michael to get it for him from Gob. Lindsay sends Maeby to spend a day with Lucille to punish her for bad grades. Michael thinks George Michael is on drugs and attempts to teach him a lesson.Director: Joe Russo
Writer: Mitchell Hurwitz / Jim Vallely
Guest starring: Greg Kohout, Jason Aaron Tinero, Caitlin Sedio, Curtis Blanck, Steve Ryan, Jase Wirey, Dan Horton
When George Michael is a rejected by a private school due to the family's reputation, Michael hires a publicist from his gym who he's been flirting with to change the public perspective of the Bluths. Meanwhile, Tobias is sent to Boston to reclaim his medical license.Director: Lee Shallat-Chemel
Writer: Courtney Lilly
Guest starring: Jill Ritchie, Carl Weathers, Jordan Orr, Stacey Grenrock-Woods, Don Perry, Harry Murphy, John Rothman
When Lucille throws an anniversary party for Tobias and Lindsay on Valentine's Day, Michael gives an impassioned speech about love. This makes Marta realize she has feelings for him and Lindsay realize she wants a divorce. Meanwhile, Buster decides to move out of the penthouse and Lucille revels in living alone for the first time.Director: Joe Russo
Writer: John Levenstein / Jim Vallely
Guest starring: Carlos Albert, Carl Weathers, Marco Pelaez, Oliver Patrick Sandino, Casey Sandino
After learning that Marta has feelings for him, Michael goes to her and they decide to get permission from Gob before taking things to the next level. Meanwhile, Lindsay and Tobias finally get to the heart of his "never-nude" problem and George Sr. faces his first hearing.
Michael falls for his George Michael's ethics teacher, whom his son also has a crush on. Meanwhile, Lucille adopts a 14-year old Korean boy, and George Sr.'s "Caged Wisdom" tapes have given him a new admirer.Director: Joe Russo
Writer: Chuck Martin / Jim Vallely
Guest starring: Michael Blieden, Iqbal Theba, Jane Lynch, Justin Grant Wade, Maliabeth Johnson, Matthew Richards, Matt Price, Heather Graham
Disc 03
When Michael discovers his family has been receiving paychecks without working, he forces them all to get jobs within the company. Lindsay questions his management skills, and Tobias checks himself in at George Sr.'s prison to research a film role.Director: John Fortenberry
Writer: Brad Copeland
Guest starring: Matt Price, Alden Villaverde, Michael Blieden, BW Gonazalez, David Reynolds, James Lipton, Bradley Stryker
Michael attempts to have a one-night stand with an attorney whom he doesn't know is not only blind, but the prosecutor who is trying to put his father in jail. Also, Gob gets married on a dare, Maeby pretends to be a girl with a made up disease, and George Sr.'s admirer turns out to be an undercover SEC agent who has truly fallen for him.Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Writer: Barbie Feldman Adler
Guest starring: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Lipton, Steve Witting, Jane Lynch, Verda Bridges, Tim Starks, Frank Whiteman, Angela Russo
Gob steals a file on the government's case against the Bluth Company that Maggie had given to Michael. Tobias is sent to Maggie's house to get evidence, George Michael tries to prove Maeby's fraud, and Lindsay fights to remove the Ten Commandments from the courthouse lawn.Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Writer: Abraham Higginbotham
Guest starring: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ping Wu, Timothy Davis-Reed
Gob attempts to make good on his promise to make the family yacht disappear. Meanwhile, Lindsay and Maeby try to track down Lindsay's grandmother, Tobias seeks George Sr.'s respect, and Michael attempts to fire Kitty, who claims to have information that could bring down the company.Director: Joe Russo
Writer: Mitchell Hurwitz / John Levenstein
Guest starring: James Lipton, Pat Crawford Brown, J. David Krassner, Allan Villaverde
George Sr. uses Gob's bachelor party as an opportunity to set up his accountant in a compromising position so that he can blackmail him. Meanwhile, Michael tries to prove he's a fun guy, and the Funkes reunite their family folk-music band.Director: Lee Shallat-Chemel
Writer: Mitchell Hurwitz / Richard Rosenstock
Guest starring: Michael Hitchcock, Lauren Bowles, Michael Blieden, Dan Horton, Luciano Giancarlo, Danielle Cipolla, Andrew Hill Newman
Michael deals with numerous requests for some unfrozen money, and chastises Lucille for being too coddling with Buster. Lindsay decides to protest the war to boost her self esteem while Tobias and Gob decide to start a coffee company.Director: Paul Feig
Writer: John Levenstein / Jim Vallely
Guest starring: Dave Allen, Brian Gattas, Peter Jason, Ethan Phillips
Michael takes Maeby to work with him on Take Your Daughter to Work Day. After being slighted by Michael, Tobias, George-Michael and Gob all go to the mall to prove that they are just manly. Oscar takes Lucille and Buster to Annyong's soceer game.Director: Lee Shallat-Chemel
Writer: Mitchell Hurwitz / Richard Rosenstock
Guest starring: Jerry Minor, Danielle Cipolla, Christian Lavery, Kevin McDonald, Jonathan Penner, Jay Johnston, John Ennis
In the first season finale, George Sr. has a heart attack, and Maeby is jealous when George Michael likes another girl. Meanwhile, Lindsay decides to leave Tobias until a book he wrote a long time ago becomes a gay bestseller, and Buster and Annyong compete over women.Director: Paul Feig
Writer: Mitchell Hurwitz / Jim Vallely
Guest starring: Ian Roberts, Judy Greer, Stacey Grenrock-Woods, Matt Walsh, Alessandra Toreson
Edition Details
| Series | Arrested Development |
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| Release Date | 21/03/2005 |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
| Screen Ratio | Widescreen (1.78:1) |
| Subtitles | English (Closed Captioned); Swedish |
| Layers | Single Side, Dual Layer |
| No. of Disks/Tapes | 3 |
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