BSeason 5Chaos reigns on Arrested Development’s paradeErik Adams6/03/18 1:55pmEmbiggenEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“Premature Independence” isn’t technically a season finale, but it has the right amount of spectacle and finality to…
BSeason 5Arrested Development heats up, and the “shit”s hit the fanErik Adams6/02/18 2:10pmEmbiggenEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe bleep is a trusted tool in Arrested Development’s belt, one whose applications have evolved with the show’s…
BSeason 5Arrested Development is at its best when it’s keeping it in the family Erik Adams6/01/18 4:55pmEmbiggenEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkNow that’s more like it.
C+Season 5For Arrested Development’s “Sinking Feelings,” the ending’s in the beginning and vice versaErik Adams5/31/18 7:01pmEmbiggenEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkBack when the only way to watch Arrested Development on Netflix was to get DVDs of the first three seasons in the mail,…
B+Season 5Arrested Development reiterates its No. 1 rule: Don’t tell MichaelErik Adams5/31/18 2:12pmEmbiggenEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkTwo pieces of vintage Arrested Development dialogue came to mind while I was watching “An Old Start.” Well, that’s not…
B-Season 5The Bluths begin the campaign to make Arrested Development great againErik Adams5/29/18 4:13pmEmbiggenEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkIt doesn’t take very long for Arrested Development to answer all of the questions raised by “Self-Deportation.” What’s…
B-Season 5How much of season 4 does Arrested Development want us to forget?Erik Adams5/29/18 12:15pmEmbiggenEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe Bluth family is not renowned for its strong memories. Even when they’re not intentionally trying to scrub something…
C+Season 5In its season premiere, Arrested Development strains to find a new startErik Adams5/29/18 10:22amEmbiggenEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe last new episode of Arrested Development debuted a little more than five years ago, which isn’t as long as the gap…
BSeason 5Arrested Development feels like its old self againKyle Ryan5/22/18 11:00amEmbiggenEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkFive years since Arrested Development made its improbable comeback—thanks to Netflix’s then-nascent foray into original…
B+Season 4Arrested Development: “Blockheads”Erik Adams and Noel Murray7/24/13 10:00amEmbiggenEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkErik Adams: When Arrested Development ended for the first time, it did so with some difficulty. It couldn’t have helped…
Season 4Arrested Development: “It Gets Better”/“Off The Hook”Erik Adams and Noel Murray7/17/13 10:00amEmbiggenEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkNoel Murray: Erik, I’ve been trying to figure out why it is that Maeby and George-Michael have been the all-star…
Season 4Arrested Development: “A New Attitude”/ “Señoritis”Erik Adams and Noel Murray7/10/13 10:00amEmbiggenEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkErik Adams: At the end of “A New Attitude,” after the veritable Fuck Mountain of merry mixups has been cleared away to…
Season 4Arrested Development: “Smashed”/“Queen B.”Erik Adams and Noel Murray6/26/13 10:00amEmbiggenEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkNoel Murray: Let’s talk Lucille, Erik. We’ve been working our way through a fourth season that some have said makes the…
Season 4Arrested Development: “Colony Collapse”/“Red Hairing”Erik Adams and Noel Murray6/19/13 10:00amEmbiggenEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkErik Adams: As season four of Arrested Development progresses, one generation of Bluths is turning into the other, a…
Season 4Arrested Development: “Double Crosses”/“A New Start”Erik Adams and Noel Murray6/12/13 10:00amEmbiggenEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkNoel Murray: We’re a week away from “Colony Collapse,” the season four Arrested Development episode that many consider…
Season 4Arrested Development: “Indian Takers”/“The B. Team”Erik Adams and Noel Murray6/05/13 10:00amEmbiggenEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkErik Adams: Noel, at the end of our conversation about “Flight Of The Phoenix” and “Borderline Personalities,” you…
Season 4Arrested Development: “Flight Of The Phoenix”/“Borderline Personalities”Erik Adams and Noel Murray5/29/13 10:00amEmbiggenEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkNoel Murray: For a show that so loves motifs, it’s surely (or perhaps Maeby) no coincidence that the first episode of…
BArrested Development: The Complete Fourth SeasonTodd VanDerWerff5/28/13 1:40amEmbiggenEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink(This is a review of the entirety of season four of Arrested Development. If you’d rather discuss individual episodes…
Season 3Arrested Development: “Development Arrested” Noel Murray1/15/13 10:00amEmbiggenEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“Development Arrested” (season three, episode 13; originally aired 2/10/06)
Season 3Arrested Development: “Family Ties”/“Exit Strategy”Noel Murray1/08/13 10:00amEmbiggenEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“Family Ties” (season three, episode 11; originally aired 2/10/06)
