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Arrested Development: Season 02
Running Time: 30 min.

The Bluth family of Orange County, CA, once again forces the media critics to come up with new variations on the word "dysfunction" as the cult-favorite sitcom Arrested Development launches its second season. For those who came in late, straight-arrow Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman) is still trying to keep his family and the family business from disintegrating after his entrepreneur father is thrown in jail on a fraud charge. Well, anyway, he was in jail until he broke out with the help of lookalike convict Oscar (also Jeffrey Tambor) at the end of season one. Now that George Sr. is on the run, the authorities target poor Michael for prosecution in their efforts to bring Bluth Inc. to justice -- and thus Michael's older brother, Gob, an habitually unemployed (and woefully) inept magician, becomes head of the family, managing to convince the company's board of directors that he actually has some business sense! In other developments, Michael's kid brother, Buster (Tony Hale), takes a break from his indolence by romancing Lupe (B.W. Gonzalez), a girl he'd met at a charity drive, and by joining the U.S. Army -- conveniently losing a hand in a freak accident just before he is to be sent to Iraq. Meanwhile, bumbling detective Gene Parmesan (Martin Mull) gets lost somewhere south of the border while searching for the elusive George Sr.; Oscar, the man who'd traded places with George Sr. to effect his escape, may also end up replacing George Sr. in bed with his the elder Bluth's wife, Lucille (Jessica Walter); and Michael's 14-year-old son, George Michael, takes a surrealistic journey into "Charlie Brown" territory when he's dumped by his girlfriend. Plus, Michael's doctor-cum-actor brother-in-law Tobias (David Cross) edges further out of the closet when he adopts the drag alter ego of "Mr. Featherbottom." Also, this is the season when we meet George Sr.'s hated business rival Stan Sitwell (Ed Begley Jr.), whose daughter Sally (Christine Taylor) was once (and may still be) Michael's childhood sweetheart. Other guest performers include Martin Short as the paraplegic, monumentally annoying Uncle Jack Dorso, an old family friend who offers to help the Bluths regain their stock majority in their own company -- at a price; and blind lawyer/congenital liar Maggie Lizer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), who shows up pregnant, leading Michael to believe that he's going to be a father again; and Ben Stiller as Gob's magician mentor Tony Wonder, whose most famous illusion was being baked in a loaf of bread -- and who, like everyone else on the show, has an ulterior motive for lending the Bluths a helping hand. The last episode of the season finds George Sr. still on the lam; Tobias linking up with his father-in-law's blackmailing, self-deprecating former secretary Kitty (Patricia Velasquez); and George Michael entering into a relationship with the devoutly Christian Ann Veal (Mae Whitman), despite her total revulsion for his family and everything they stand for. As in season one, Arrested Development earned several Emmy nominations for its second season, winning the prize for Outstanding Writing. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Arrested Development: Season 02 Cast and Crew:

Jason Bateman - (Michael Bluth)

Portia de Rossi - (Lindsay Funke)

Michael Cera - (George Michael Bluth)

Will Arnett - (George Oscar "GOB" Bluth II)

Jeffrey Tambor - (George Bluth Sr.)

Jessica Walter - (Lucille Bluth)

Tony Hale - (Buster Bluth)

Alia Shawkat - (Mae "Maeby" Funke)

David Cross - (Tobias Funke)

Production Credits:
Brian Grazer (Executive Producer)
James Vallely (Executive Producer)
David Nevins (Executive Producer)
Ron Howard (Executive Producer)
Mitchell Hurwitz (Executive Producer)
Richard Rosenstock (Executive Producer)


Arrested Development: Season 02 Episodes:
Arrested Development: Sad Sack
Arrested Development: The Sword of Destiny
Arrested Development: The Righteous Brothers
Arrested Development: The One Where Michael Leaves
Arrested Development: The One Where They Build a House
Arrested Development: ¡Amigos!
Arrested Development: Good Grief
Arrested Development: Afternoon Delight
Arrested Development: Switch Hitter
Arrested Development: Queen for a Day
Arrested Development: Burning Love
Arrested Development: Ready, Aim, Marry Me!
Arrested Development: Out on a Limb
Arrested Development: Hand to God
Arrested Development: Motherboy XXX
Arrested Development: The Immaculate Election
Arrested Development: Meat the Veals
Arrested Development: Spring Breakout

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