Arrested Development

Season 1 2003 - 2004
TV-MA

  • 2003-11-02T08:00:00Z on FOX
  • 22m
  • 8h 6m (22 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Comedy
Meet the suddenly penniless, and equally clueless, Bluth family. Accustomed to their wildly affluent lifestyle, they can't seem to grasp the fact that the head of the family is now in the slammer for shifty accounting practices — and he's loving every minute of it. Even worse, since the family assets have been frozen, they may actually have to go out and get jobs! The only one who understands the seriousness of their predicament is Michael, who realizes it's up to him to guide his eccentric family into this new chapter of their lives: Chapter 11.

22 episodes

Series Premiere

2003-11-02T08:00:00Z

1x01 Pilot

Series Premiere

1x01 Pilot

  • 2003-11-02T08:00:00Z22m

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.

2003-11-09T08:00:00Z

1x02 Top Banana

1x02 Top Banana

  • 2003-11-09T08:00:00Z23m

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.

2003-11-16T08:00:00Z

1x03 Bringing Up Buster

1x03 Bringing Up Buster

  • 2003-11-16T08:00:00Z23m

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.

2003-11-23T08:00:00Z

1x04 Key Decisions

1x04 Key Decisions

  • 2003-11-23T08:00:00Z22m

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.

2003-11-30T08:00:00Z

1x05 Charity Drive

1x05 Charity Drive

  • 2003-11-30T08:00:00Z22m

Michael and Lindsay try to prove their charitable sides to each other. Gob demands George Michael's respect, and Buster continues avoiding Lucille 2.

2003-12-07T08:00:00Z

1x06 Visiting Ours

1x06 Visiting Ours

  • 2003-12-07T08:00:00Z22m

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.

2003-12-14T08:00:00Z

1x07 In God We Trust

1x07 In God We Trust

  • 2003-12-14T08:00:00Z22m

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.

2003-12-21T08:00:00Z

1x08 My Mother, the Car

1x08 My Mother, the Car

  • 2003-12-21T08:00:00Z22m

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".

2004-01-04T08:00:00Z

1x09 Storming the Castle

1x09 Storming the Castle

  • 2004-01-04T08:00:00Z22m

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.

2004-01-11T08:00:00Z

1x10 Pier Pressure

1x10 Pier Pressure

  • 2004-01-11T08:00:00Z22m

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.

2004-01-25T08:00:00Z

1x11 Public Relations

1x11 Public Relations

  • 2004-01-25T08:00:00Z22m

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.

2004-02-08T08:00:00Z

1x12 Marta Complex

1x12 Marta Complex

  • 2004-02-08T08:00:00Z22m

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.

2004-02-15T08:00:00Z

1x13 Beef Consommé

1x13 Beef Consommé

  • 2004-02-15T08:00:00Z22m

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.

2004-03-07T08:00:00Z

1x14 Shock and Aww

1x14 Shock and Aww

  • 2004-03-07T08:00:00Z22m

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.

2004-03-14T08:00:00Z

1x15 Staff Infection

1x15 Staff Infection

  • 2004-03-14T08:00:00Z22m

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.

2004-03-17T08:00:00Z

1x16 Altar Egos

1x16 Altar Egos

  • 2004-03-17T08:00:00Z22m

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.

2004-03-21T08:00:00Z

1x17 Justice Is Blind

1x17 Justice Is Blind

  • 2004-03-21T08:00:00Z22m

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.

2004-03-28T08:00:00Z

1x18 Missing Kitty

1x18 Missing Kitty

  • 2004-03-28T08:00:00Z22m

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.

2004-04-04T07:00:00Z

1x19 Best Man for the Gob

1x19 Best Man for the Gob

  • 2004-04-04T07:00:00Z22m

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.

2004-04-11T07:00:00Z

1x20 Whistler's Mother

1x20 Whistler's Mother

  • 2004-04-11T07:00:00Z22m

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.

2004-04-25T07:00:00Z

1x21 Not Without My Daughter

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 soccer game.

Season Finale

2004-06-06T07:00:00Z

1x22 Let 'Em Eat Cake

Season Finale

1x22 Let 'Em Eat Cake

  • 2004-06-06T07:00:00Z22m

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.

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