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This is a nice series for those of you who just want to forget about everyday seriousness and laugh out loud for a moment and wish this families quirkyness was all you had to deal with in your life!! I highly recomend!!
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"Arrested Development" is so cleverly written that you can watch it multiple times and keep discovering new jokes. If you're a fan of the "Office" or "Curb Your Enthusiasm," you have give "Arrested Development" a chance.
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"Arrested Development" is one of the funniest and most inventive shows in history. While I adore everything about season one, season two had a couple of flat moments among the genius. I was particularly amused with the concept of Tobias joining Blue Man Group, and found the reappearance of George Senior and Kitty, and the appearance of Oscar (George Senior's brain-fried hippie brother) likewise hilarious. I also thought the treason angle with Saddam Hussein was cleverly handled, but I found the characterization of Christianity to be unnecessary and inaccurate, even for a satire. Likewise, I found the characterization of the military to be less than comedic gold, although I do think the undercurrent of wealthy American's sense of entitlement and condescension to the military to be generally accurate.
The acting is, once again, brilliant, and the scripts consistently deliver unpredictable and hilarious plot twists. I was extremely amused by the interactions of Gob (Will Arnett); and Buster (Tony Hale) which led to Buster's hand being bitten off by a seal, and the interactions between Lucille and Lucille Two to be wonderful. The presence of Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Maggie was also a strong point, as was the cameo by Dick Van Patten. By far the best of the guest appearances was by Ed Begley, Jr., who, thanks to alopecia gets to wear a hilarious assortment of wigs and fake eyebrows which detach at the most unseemly of times.
The DVD set has a variety of extras including deleted scenes, a blooper reel and several commentaries, which are, in some places, overtly hostile and condescending to conservatives (the "Red State" discussion is particularly revealing of the views of some of the cast members, notably David Cross.) The blooper reel is definitely rated R for language and is far coarser than the intelligence of the show would have you otherwise believe.
Overall I think "Arrested Development" is great, and should still be on the air. While this is not my favorite season, I still recommend this DVD set with the caveats that it is somewhat cruder and more politically inflammatory than the peerless first season.
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One of the best tv shows that ever aired, fox is stupid for canceling it. I believe a movie is being made from it!
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If you like to laugh you must watch this series. In order to truly grasp its comedic genious buy season one and watch it straight through. I can't beleive it was cancelled. So sad... A friend lent this to us and my puppy decided to use it as a chew toy. So I bought it as a replacement. Buy it, if you have regrets you are not human!
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