Family Leave

The magic is back in a form of an dysfunctional family.

The original three seasons of Arrested Development were amazing. It truly was one of the funniest TV shows of all time. The 4th and 5th season are okay. The acting is great and there are still some great jokes, but it is still not as good as it was in it's prime. It is kind of like seeing a great band do a greatest hits tour 20 years later. I'm still happy to watch it, but it isn't as good as it was before. I hope they end it all soon. It would be a shame to ruin the shows legacy.

The bar scene with Maeby and George-Michael was the only funny part of this episode: "I need to get my goop together." "What's goop?" "If you have to ask, it means you don't know." "I don't...and I'm pretty sure you don't either."

Arrested Development was always about a dysfuntional family, but there was something eminently likeable about them in the first 3 seasons. Season 4 was a mess and now we've arrived at Season 5. I'm hoping they abandon the incoherent storylines and stick to simple, funny scripting. In short - get their goop together.

It was pretty much a nothing episode, basically a recap of season 4 and set up for the grand return of Bluth family, together this time. The family's pretty much scattered this time too, though the Buster-Michael chemistry is hilarious. Ultimately it was an unnecessary episode, but what the hell, It's arrested development and that's reason enough, isn't it?

Do the same 3-4 writers script every show on television? Seems like it considering the same trump bashing over and over. At least have an original or creative approach to it..

Boring.