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Arrested Development :: Family Ties (03x11)

 
Episode Information
 
Title: Family Ties
Episode #: 03x11
Production Number: ARR-311
Original Airdate: Friday February 10th, 2006
Special Airtime: 08:30 pm
9.8/10 (4 Votes cast)
Episode Crew
Director: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Robert Weiner
 
Episode Summary
 
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Michael hires a woman who might be his sister and the services she provides are just what the company needs but not the services that Michael expected. Meanwhile, Buster's fake coma grabs the attention of a local politician.
 
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Guest Stars
 
Guest Stars
Justine BatemanplayedNellie BluthRecurring (second appearance)
Richie RayfieldplayedFired Bluth Co. Employee 
Rob RiggleplayedCongressman John Van Heusen 
Co-Guest Stars
Bronwen MastersplayedAdelaideRecurring (second appearance)
Charlie Hartsock (1)playedTedRecurring (6th appearance)
John Farley (1)playedOrderlyRecurring (second appearance)
Benjamin S. CarrollplayedEmployee #1 
Levin O'ConnorplayedBartender 
Mark MuellerplayedDave 
Olanrewaju IdewuplayedGirl-Michael 
 
Main Cast
 
Jason BatemanplayedMichael Bluth
Portia de RossiplayedLindsay Bluth Fünke
Will ArnettplayedGeorge "G.O.B." Bluth II
Michael CeraplayedGeorge Michael Bluth
Alia ShawkatplayedMae "Maeby" Fünke
Tony HaleplayedByron "Buster" Bluth
David CrossplayedTobias Fünke
Jessica WalterplayedLucille Bluth
Jeffrey TamborplayedGeorge Bluth Sr. / Oscar Bluth
Ron Howard (1)voicedNarrator
 
Episode Notes
 
On The Next Arrested Development Gag: G.O.B. has a religious conversion, and Buster’s fake coma is put to its greatest test.
 
Justine Bateman was originally rumored to play Michael's love interest in Season 2, who was religious and couldn't kiss or any other kind of couplely contact until marriage. After the idea leaked to the press, the idea was scrapped.
 
 
Episode Quotes
 
Michael: Lindsay, I can tell that it’s real. It’s like that feeling that you read about twins having.
Lindsay: We’re twins. You didn’t give me access to the banking.
Michael: No, you’d just, you’d go out and you’d just whore it up, Lindsay, you know? Now she’s different. She’s a little bit more like me. It’s like we finish each other’s...
Lindsay: Sandwiches?
Michael: Sentences. Why would I say...?
Lindsay: Sandwiches?
Michael: That time I was going to say sandwiches.
 
Michael: That might be an older sister that we’ve never met.
Lindsay: Wow! Look at the beak on that bird.
 
Lindsay: Michael, do you remember when you thought there was a mysterious “Mr. F” out to get you?
Music: / Mr. F /
Michael: Yeah, but that was retar ... misguided.
 
Lindsay: Well, why don’t you just go to Dad and ask him who Nellie is, point-blank?
Michael: So he can just cover it up and lie? I can’t stand to hear one more lie out of this family.
Tobias: Oh, there’s the woman I’m sexually attracted to.
Michael: Okay, but that’s the last one.
 
Tobias: Yes. Lindsay and I are planning a night of heterosexual intercourse.
Michael: You can just say intercourse.
 
 
Cultural References
 
George Michael: Hey, I thought tonight we could pop in bleep... (screen reads "reference to off-network high school private eye drama censored by FOX") ... in the old DVD player and sit and watch it maybe just the two of us, husband and wife? I’m just kidding. The State of California isn’t, but ... You know, that’s what makes it funny.

The off-network private eye drama that is being referred to is Veronica Mars.
 
Narrator: The scrapbooking sting had helped the D.A. gather evidence against people as diverse as Ken Lay, ... Oliver North, ... but ironically not Martha Stewart.

Ken Lay was the CEO and Chairman of the Enron corporation indicted by a grand jury on charges of fraud. Oliver North was an Lieutenant Colonel in the Marine Corps that was a key player in the Iran-Contra scandal. Martha Steward is a homemaking guru who was sentenced to 5 months in prison on insider trading charges.
 
 
Episode References
 
Shady Pines

Lucille and Lindsay pretend to check into the Shady Pines rehab clinic. Shady Pines was first seen in "Spring Breakout".
 
 
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