Episode Notes
On The Next Arrested Development Gag: On the epilogue, Michael wakes up to another strange bedfellow after his first night at sea, and Maeby pitches her TV show to a Hollywood icon who says...
This episode, and the previous three episodes, aired as a four episode Season Finale.
This episode was originally entitled "Harboring Resentment".
First appearance of Justin Lee (Annyong Bluth) since "
Amigos".
This episode was voted #29 on the Futon Critic's 50 Best Episodes of 2006 article.
Episode Quotes
Tobias: ...I-I’m afraid I’m going have to sell the Bluth shares and move on.
Michael: You can’t do that.
Tobias: They’re my shares.
Michael: No, I mean, you can’t spoon me like that.
Tobias: Although, perhaps I should call the “Hot Cops” and tell them to come up with something more nautically themed. Hot Sailors. Better yet, Hot Seam...
Michael: I like Hot Sailors.
Tobias: Hmm. Me, too.
Narrator: It was Arrested Development.
Narrator: But Lucille was not going peacefully.
Lucille: (to the Hot Sailors) You boys know how to shovel coal?
Narrator: I don’t even want to tell you what these guys thought that meant.
Cultural References
Visual: Ted's outfit
Ted, the Bluth Company employee, is dressed like Tom Cruise from the movie Risky Business.
Visual: Maeby's cab drives by a "Skating with Celebrities" banner
FOX's
Skating With Celebrities replaced
Arrested Development in its Monday timeslot.
Episode References
(on the yacht)
Lucille: Oh, my God. It’s the SEC.
Buster: They still have boats?
The ending scene where the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) boards the boat to arrest George, Sr. parallels a similar scene from the "
Pilot".
Visual: Hot Cops at the party as Hot Sailors
The Hot Cops first appeared in "
Pier Pressure".
Jim Cramer: I love these guys! They beat the treason charges! We had it as a “Don’t buy.” Let’s bump it up to a “Risky!”
Jim Cramer first upgraded the Bluth Co. to "Don't buy" in "
The Cabin Show".