Arrested Development: Season 3
20th Century Fox (2003)
TV Series  /  Comedy
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IMDB   8.7
286 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
Portia De Rossi Lindsay Bluth Fünke
Jeffrey Tambor George Bluth Sr.
Jason Bateman Michael Bluth
Will Arnett Gob Bluth
David Cross Tobias Fünke
Michael Cera George-Michael Bluth
Tony Hale Buster Bluth
Alia Shawkat Maeby Fünke
Jessica Walter Lucille Bluth
Ron Howard Narrator
Charlize Theron Rita
Dave Thomas Trevor
Justin Grant Wade Steve Holt
Bob Einstein Larry
John Michael Higgins Wayne Jarvis
Scott Baio Bob Loblaw
John Beard John Beard
Bronwen Masters Adelaide
Jeff Garlin Mort Meyers
Mae Whitman Ann Veal
Director
L.L. Shapira
Arlene Sanford
Paul Feig
John Fortenberry
Producer Brian Grazer
Ron Howard
Richard Day
Dean Lorey
Writer Richard Day
Dean Lorey
Mitchell Hurwitz
Tom Saunders
Cinematography Greg Harrington
Musician David Schwartz


After George Bluth, Sr. (Jeffrey Tambor), is arrested for embezzelling funds from the Bluth Development Company, the Bluth family is forced to give up their pampered lifestyle. Michael (Jason Bateman), the responsible one, tries to keep his son George Michael (Michael Cera) from being corrupted by his acerbic mother Lucille (Jessica Walter), his older magician brother G.O.B. (Will Arnett), his twin sister Lindsay (Portia de Rossi), his psychologist-turned-actor brother-in-law Tobias (David Cross), and his niece Maeby (Alia Shawcat). Younger brother and mama’s boy, Buster (Tony Hale), also enters the mix. Watch as this zany family bumbles through 3 seasons of extremely clever, hair-brained antics.

"This is the story of a wealthy family who lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together. This is Arrested Development."
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    9/19/2005  1.  The Cabin Show
Michael learns that it's actually George Sr.'s twin brother Oscar serving time in prison, not George. After getting a tip from Barry, Michael heads to Reno to find George, but that costs him a camping trip he promised his son.
Director:  Paul Feig  Writer:  Mitchell Hurwitz  / Jim Vallely 
Guest starring:  Justin Grant WadeJohn BeardHenry WinklerJudy GreerBlue Man Group, Gary Kraus, A. DeSantis Martin, Brandon Johnson, Paul Vogt, Jim Cramer
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    9/26/2005  2.  For British Eyes Only
Investigating his father's claim that a British group set him up, Michael goes to "Wee Britain" and is smitten with a beautiful woman named Rita. Lindsay attempts to seduce the new family attorney, and Gob goes to extremes to avoid his newly discovered son.
Director:  John Fortenberry  Writer:  Richard Day  / Mitchell Hurwitz 
Guest starring:  Justin Grant Wade, BW Gonzalez,  Charlize TheronJohn Beard, Jonathan Schmock,  Clinton Leupp, Rory Knox Johnston, Steve Stapenhorst,  Harry HamlinDave Thomas
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/3/2005  3.  Forget Me Now
George Sr. is placed under house arrest by the family's new attorney Bob Loblaw, and finds that it's not exactly a walk in the park. Michael sets up his first date with Rita, but Rita has an unfortunate encounter with the family beforehand.
Director:  John Amodeo  Writer:  Tom Saunders 
Guest starring:  Jonathan Schmock,  Justin Grant WadeBob EinsteinDave ThomasScott Baio, Asante Jones
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/7/2005  4.  Notapusy
To prove he's a man to Rita, Michael and his nephew Steve Holt compete in the Church And State Fair's annual triathlon. George Sr. tries to scare some at-risk youth, and Tobias tries to help George-Michael's girlfriend Ann to compete in the fairs' "inner beauty" pageant.
Director:  Lev L. Spiro  Writer:  Ron Weiner 
Guest starring:  Scott BaioDave ThomasMae WhitmanJustin Grant WadeBronwen Masters, Nathalia Ramos, Marcy Goldman,  Charlize Theron
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/7/2005  5.  Mr. F
Michael must deal with a huge mole problem in order to salvage a major real estate deal with Japanese investors. In an effort to help Michael, Gob and Buster team up with George Sr.'s surrogate, Larry, to devise a plan and save the deal, but their plan falls apart in a big way. Meanwhile, Tobias mistakes a CIA agent for a CAA agent and inadvertently betrays the family, and Michael makes Rita a proposal she can't refuse. Frankie Muniz makes a cameo as himself.
Director:  Arlene Sanford  Writer:  Richard Day  / Jim Vallely 
Guest starring:  Bob EinsteinFrankie Muniz, Branden Weslee Kong
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/5/2005  6.  The Ocean Walker
After Michael announces he's marrying Rita, George Sr. worries that she's after the family's money. But when Rita's Uncle Trevor tries to stop the wedding by revealing some surprising information about Rita, Michael must decide if he wants to walk down the aisle.
Director:  Paul Feig  Writer:  Jake Farrow  / Sam Laybourne 
Guest starring:  Charlize TheronDave ThomasBob Einstein
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/12/2005  7.  Prison Break-In
The family plans their annual fund raiser, and they actually have a cause this time. Tobias is ailing due to his transplanted hair plugs, which appear to be rejecting him. Lindsay uses the illness as her ticket back into high society, and Michael learns of the prison warden's true intentions with his mother after reading the warden's screenplay.
Director:  Bob Berlinger  Writer:  Karey Dornetto 
Guest starring:  Mackenzie Hannigan, Sema'jay Hall, Ruby Jossen,  James Lipton, Kenneth Kimmins, Hector Atreyu Ruiz, Cameron Covell, Andrew Vo
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/19/2005  8.  Making a Stand
Michael is tired of his father always having Gob compete with him, so Michael gets Gob his own banana stand franchise, only to find that Gob has set it up 20 feet from the old one. After the two compete, they decide to teach their father an elaborate lesson, and Buster refuses to use his handicap to scare kids. Meanwhile, Maeby uses Lucille's surgery in a horror film.
Director:  Peter Lauer  Writer:  Mitchell Hurwitz  / Chuck Tatham 
Guest starring:  Jeff Garlin, Joe Camareno, Alan Marco, Jason Jurman,  Justin Grant WadeScott Baio
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/2/2006  9.  S.O.B.s
George Sr. suggests a last-ditch effort to save the family by holding a fund raiser to raise money to pay their legal expenses. Michael suggests to Lindsay that she take over the house work, and he sends George-Michael to an expensive boarding school. Meanwhile, Maeby has trouble with a snowboarding film and Tobias tries to be a "discipline daddy".
Director:  Bob Berlinger  Writer:  Richard Day  / Jim Vallely 
Guest starring:  John BeardAndy Richter, Helen Slayton-Hughes,  Richard BelzerAndy DickBen StillerJohn LarroquetteZach Braff, Judge Reinhold,  Bob Einstein
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/10/2006  10.  Fakin' It
George, Sr. hires a new attorney who asks the Bluths to participate in a mock trial to help prepare them for the real thing. The attorney gets actor Judge Reinhold to preside over the mock case. Meanwhile, Buster fakes a coma to get out of testifying, and George Michael and Maeby participate in a mock wedding to entertain hospital patients. Back at the office, Michael discovers that he may have a long-lost sister named Nellie Bluth.
Director:  Lev L. Spiro  Writer:  Dean Lorey  / Chuck Tatham 
Guest starring:  John Michael HigginsBronwen MastersPeter Michael GoetzCarrie PrestonMichael P. Byrne, John Fremont, John Farley, Ron Matthews, Michael Bartel, William Hung, Judge Reinhold
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/10/2006  11.  Family Ties
In an effort to get to the bottom of things, Michael tracks Nellie down and hires her as a consultant for the Bluth Co. Unfortunately, Michael discovers Nellie's hands-on approach is more than he bargained for.
Director:  Bob Berlinger  Writer:  Rob Weiner 
Guest starring:  Tom Saunders, Ron Riggle, Mark Mueller, Ben Carroll, Olanrewaju Idewu,  Charlie HartsockBronwen Masters, Justine Bateman
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/10/2006  12.  Exit Strategy
Gob goes to Iraq to perform his Christian magic act on the USO tour and ends up incarcerated. Michael learns George, Sr. sent Gob to Iraq to burn down the model home he built there, so Michael and Buster fly to Iraq to spring their brother from prison.
Director:  Lev L. Spiro  Writer:  Dean Lorey  / Chuck Tatham 
Guest starring:  John Michael Higgins, James O. Evans,  Gary Cole, Jon Curry, Robert Michael Morris, Kathy Kolla,  Cooper Thornton, Michael A. Shepperd,  Richard Belzer, Mousa Kraish, Bashar Rahal, Ross Gibby, Hector Atreyu Ruiz, Tyler Sedustine,  Erica Vittina Phillips, Mitsu Hadeishi, Bro
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/10/2006  13.  Development Arrested
After returning home from Iraq, George Sr. is finally cleared of all charges, and Michael is relieved to be the head of a successful company for a change. The real brains behind the madness is revealed, and just as the family begins to celebrate their victory, a whole new set of problems emerge.
Director:  John Fortenberry  Writer:  Richard Day  / Mitchell Hurwitz 
Guest starring:  Jim Cramer, Bill Rutkowski, J.J. Wall, Somer Dice, Brandon Hilluam
Edition Details
Series Arrested Development
Distributor 20th Century Fox
Release Date 8/29/2006
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen (1.78:1)
Subtitles English; French; Spanish; English (Closed Captioned)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Surround [English]
Dolby Digital Surround [French]
Dolby Digital Surround [Spanish]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 2

Features
Disc 01 Audio Commentaries By Series Creator Mitchell Hurwitz And Stars Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, David Cross, Tony Hale, Portia de Rossi, Alia Shawkat And Jessica Walter Deleted / Extended Scenes Hilarious Blooper Reel Exclusive Featurette The last Day On Location