Maybe not the best episode, but close, one of the most consistently laugh-out-loud episodes of Arrested Development. It was never this funny again- though it was still good.
Here, Michael Bluth learns his son George Michael is ready to propose to his girlfriend Ann, who Michael always disliked. Michael then tries to scare away Ann's parents by introducing them to the Bluth family, but the plan doesn't quite work out the way he hoped.
Among the strong points of the episode is a puppet named Franklin, operated by GOB who unwittingly makes it a racist stereotype of black Americans; and Tobias keeps up an unconvincing disguise as an English nanny a la Mrs. Doubtfire. But there's more to the episode than this. Michael's dislike for Ann is a great source for comedy, George's decision to renew his marriage comes to funny, chaotic results and odd wedding vows, and Maeby keeps up a double life more successfully than her father Tobias. With strong innuendo, physical humour and irony, and a climactic point in Ann's storyline, this episode is a winner.
Here, Michael Bluth learns his son George Michael is ready to propose to his girlfriend Ann, who Michael always disliked. Michael then tries to scare away Ann's parents by introducing them to the Bluth family, but the plan doesn't quite work out the way he hoped.
Among the strong points of the episode is a puppet named Franklin, operated by GOB who unwittingly makes it a racist stereotype of black Americans; and Tobias keeps up an unconvincing disguise as an English nanny a la Mrs. Doubtfire. But there's more to the episode than this. Michael's dislike for Ann is a great source for comedy, George's decision to renew his marriage comes to funny, chaotic results and odd wedding vows, and Maeby keeps up a double life more successfully than her father Tobias. With strong innuendo, physical humour and irony, and a climactic point in Ann's storyline, this episode is a winner.