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  Episode Information  
Title: Development Arrested
Episode Number: 53
Season: 3
Season Episode #.: 13
Production Number: ARR-313
Original Airdate: Friday February 10th, 2006
Special Airtime: 09:30 pm
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Episode Crew
Director: John Fortenberry
Writer: (Unknown)
Story: Richard Day
Mitchell Hurwitz
Teleplay: Chuck Tatham
Jim Vallely
  Episode Summary  
All the charges against the company are dropped, leading Michael to have to deal with a new style of dysfunction as he prepares to become CEO of the Bluth Company.
 
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  Guest Stars  
Guest Stars
Charlie Hartsock (1)playedTedRecurring (7th appearance)
Ed Begley, Jr. (1)playedStan SitwellRecurring (5th appearance)
J. J. WallplayedUncle PaulRecurring (third appearance)
Justin LeeplayedAnnyong BluthRecurring (11th appearance)
Mae WhitmanplayedAnn VealRecurring (12th appearance)
Brandon KillhamplayedYoung Michael 
Somer DiceplayedYoung Lindsay 
Co-Guest Stars
Jason YoungplayedHot Sailor #2 
Ryan AshleyplayedHot Sailor Big 
Scott FowlerplayedHot Sailor #4 
Steve BermundoplayedHot Sailor #5 
William B. WesleyplayedHot Sailor #3 
Uncredited
Ron Howard (1)playedHimself (Hollywood Icon) 
  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.
 
  Episode Goofs  
The SEC boat is labeled "Sheriff" on the side instead of SEC.
 
  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".
 
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