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The Immaculate Election

male narrator: NOW THE STORY OF A WEALTHY FAMILY

WHO LOST EVERYTHING,

AND THE ONE SON WHO HAD NO CHOICE

BUT TO KEEP THEM ALL TOGETHER.

IT'S "ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT."

MICHAEL WAS SURPRISED TO FIND THE HOUSE

STILL A MESS A WEEK AFTER THE FUMIGATION.

- SO YOU STILL HAVEN'T PUT THIS STUFF BACK YET, HUH?

YOU'VE GOT TO BE THE LAZIEST PERSON IN THE WORLD.

- IF YOU WEREN'T ALL THE WAY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROOM,

I'D SLAP YOUR FACE.

- I ASKED YOU TO CLEAN THIS UP.

- YEAH, AND YOU ALSO ASKED ME TO CALL THE FUMIGATORS,

AND YOU HAVEN'T EVEN THANKED ME FOR DOING THAT. narrator: MICHAEL HAD ASKED HER TO DO THIS,

BUT THAT WAS LONG BEFORE

HE BEGAN HIDING HIS FUGITIVE FATHER IN THE ATTIC.

- WHAT? UH--OH, GOD.

POLLY, COVER YOUR MOUTH. thunk! narrator: LUCKILY, MICHAEL WAS NOTIFIED IN TIME.

- WELL, WE HAD A DEAL, YOU KNOW.

I'D PAY FOR EVERYTHING, AND YOU'D CLEAN THE HOUSE.

AND YOU'VE ONLY DONE IT ONCE. narrator: SHE HADN'T EVEN DONE IT THAT TIME,

BUT INSTEAD, INTERCEPTED HER MOTHER'S HOUSEKEEPER

AS SHE WAS ARRIVING FOR WORK.

- CAN I TAKE YOU THE REST OF THE WAY?

- MRS.-- MRS.--

- OH, I HAVE TO MAKE ONE QUICK STOP FIRST.

- ALMOST DONE.

YOURS OR MISTER'S?

- MISTER'S. narrator: LUPE NEVER ACCEPTED A RIDE FROM LINDSAY AGAIN.

- WELL, I'M SORRY, MICHAEL,

BUT TOBIAS MOVING OUT HASN'T BEEN EASY.

- FOR ANY OF US.

- YOU DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE HE'D GONE, DID YOU?

- I DID NOTICE WE'D STOPPED TIVOING

"THE CHRISTOPHER LOWELL SHOW."

WHAT HAPPENED?

- I TRIED TO GIVE IT ONE LAST CHANCE.

LIKE WHAT YOU SEE?

- I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THOSE.

YOU'RE GONNA STRETCH THEM OUT.

- THAT'S ALL YOU CAN SAY?

- WELL, EXCUSE ME FOR LIKING THE WAY THEY SHAPE MY JUNK.

- I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT THAT'S IT.

YOU CAN PACK YOUR JUNK AND GET OUT.

- YOU'RE KICKING ME OUT?

AT THE BEGINNING OF PILOT SEASON?

- YOU'RE NOT GONNA MAKE IT AS AN ACTOR,

AND WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE IT AS A COUPLE. narrator: WITH NOWHERE TO GO, TOBIAS WENT TO THE STUDIO

WHERE HE'D OCCASIONALLY WORKED AS A SECURITY GUARD

AND TOOK UP RESIDENCE

IN THE APARTMENT OF DETECTIVE FRANK WRENCH,

ON THE SET OF THE TELEVISION SHOW,

"WRENCH."

- I'M REALLY SORRY TO HEAR THAT.

HOW'S MAEBY TAKING IT?

- WELL, SHE'S REALLY HARD TO READ.

- YOU HAVEN'T TOLD HER YET.

- WELL, SHE WAS SO EXCITED THE HOT WATER IN THE SHOWER

WAS LASTING LONGER, HOW COULD I HAVE THE HEART

TO TELL HER IT'S BECAUSE HER FATHER MOVED OUT?

- TOBIAS MOVED OUT?

DID HE TAKE THE GOOD VIDEO CAMERA WITH HIM?

- THAT'S REALLY VERY TOUCHING, GOB.

WHAT DO YOU NEED THE CAMERA FOR?

- I'M MAKING A MAGIC VIDEO.

I'M GONNA TAPE MYSELF DOING TRICKS AROUND THE OFFICE.

I'M CALLING IT "TRICKS"--

LET ME FINISH-- "AROUND THE OFFICE."

I FIGURED OUT A WAY TO MAKE MONEY WHILE I'M WORKING.

- THAT IS WHAT WE CALL WORKING.

SOMETHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO TRY NEXT TIME YOU'RE AT THE OFFICE.

YOU'VE BEEN MISSING THINGS LATELY.

I'M GETTIN' REAL TIRED OF IT.

INCIDENTALLY, TODAY WE'RE HAVING A BIG VOTE

ON THAT BUILDING RENOVATION.

I NEED YOU THERE TO HELP ME VOTE IT IN.

- FINE. I'LL VOTE AT YOUR STUPID MEETING,

AS LONG AS YOU GIVE ME THE CAMERA.

I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT GEORGE MICHAEL WAS USING IT LAST. narrator: A FACT THE FAMILY HAD DISCOVERED

WHEN THEY'D GATHERED TO WATCH A HOME VIDEO.

- WAS THAT A 40th ANNIVERSARY PARTY, HUH?

DIDN'T COST US A THING.

- IS THAT QUSAY HUSSEIN AT THE OMELET BAR?

- LOOK AT THIS. IF THESE GUYS MOVE, THEY DON'T GET PAID. narrator: IT SEEMS THAT AS A 13-YEAR-OLD,

GEORGE MICHAEL HAD BEEN

HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY THE STAR WARS FILMS

AND HAD ENDEAVORED TO RE-CREATE HIS FAVORITE MOMENTS.

- YOU'RE NOT MY FATHER! YOU'LL NEVER BE!

- I SPENT $2.1 MILLION

OF GOOD COMPANY MONEY AND END UP WITH THIS?

- YOU CUT OFF MY HAND!

- WORTH EVERY PENNY.

EVEN YOU HAVE TO ADMIT

THAT THAT WAS THE LAMEST THING EVER PUT ON TAPE. narrator: NOT SO.

BUSTER HAD ONCE VIDEOTAPED HIMSELF RE-CREATING MOMENTS

FROM HIS THEN FAVORITE FILM, "CHICAGO."

- [trilling] narrator: HE ALSO LIKED STAR WARS.

- HOO-AH!

- HIS SELF-ESTEEM IS LOW ENOUGH AS IT IS,

AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHY.

- I MEAN, HE'S SUCH A GREAT KID, AND EVERYBODY LOVES HIM.

HE'S GEORGE MICHAEL.

TRUTHFULLY, THAT'S WHY I'M NOT THAT CRAZY ABOUT THAT ANN,

BUT HE'LL MOVE ON.

- UNLESS HE KNOCKS HER UP LIKE YOU DID WITH HIS MOTHER.

PLUS, SHE'S RELIGIOUS.

IF THAT ONE GETS PREGNANT, IT STAYS PREGNANT.

BELIEVE ME. I DATED A CHICK LIKE THAT ONCE IN HIGH SCHOOL.

NO, I DIDN'T.

- I GOT TO WORK ON THAT BOY'S SELF-ESTEEM. narrator: MICHAEL WENT TO DO SO,

ONLY TO HEAR ANN BEATING HIM TO IT.

- I WANT YOU TO DO IT. - I DON'T THINK I'M READY.

- OF COURSE YOU ARE.

- I'M GONNA LOSE IT BEFORE I START.

- DON'T START!

SMOKING.

IT'S A KILLER.

THAT SAMMY DAVIS, JR. SHOULD STILL BE PERFORMING.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

- ANN THINKS I SHOULD RUN FOR STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT.

- THAT IS A GREAT IDEA. - WELL, I DON'T HAVE A CHANCE.

I MEAN, THEY ONLY VOTE FOR THE COOL KIDS.

- BUT EVERYONE LOVES YOU.

- YOU ARE GEORGE MICHAEL. WHO'S COOLER THAN YOU?

["Star Wars Main Theme"]

PLUS, YOU WOULD BE FOLLOWING IN YOUR OLD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS.

- YOU WERE STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT?

- OH-HO. IT WAS CLOSE.

- SO YOU LOST?

- WHO REMEMBERS? - I KNOW I WOULD REMEMBER.

- ANN, IF MY DAD SAYS THAT HE WON, THEN HE WON.

- DIDN'T SAY I WON. SAID I CAN'T REMEMBER.

BUT NOW THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IT,

I SEEM TO REMEMBER THE OTHER GUY WON THE ACTUAL TITLE,

ALTHOUGH THERE WERE PLENTY IN THE SCHOOL

WHO WANTED TO OVERTURN THE DECISION.

I SAID, "LET'S--DO NOT--

LET'S NOT PUT THE SCHOOL THROUGH THAT."

HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT FOR YEARS. GOOD MEMORY.

- WELL, ANYWAY, I'LL HELP YOU RUN YOUR CAMPAIGN

AND MAKE YOUR COMMERCIAL FOR ELECTION DAY.

- WELL, THAT'S GREAT.

THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO RAISE THE OLD SELF-ESTEEM

AND NOT TO RUSH A PHYSICAL RELATIONSHIP.

THOSE ARE REALLY THE TWO IMPORTANT THINGS.

- OH, NO. WE'RE BOTH WAITING. - GOOD.

- AND THEN THAT FIRST TIME, AFTER WAITING AND WAITING,

IT'S GONNA BE SO AWESOME,

BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST GONNA BE MY LOVE AND GEORGE MICHAEL'S,

BUT GOD'S LOVE AS WELL.

GOD, IT'S GONNA BE INCREDIBLE.

- ALL RIGHT. I'LL DO IT. I'M IN.

- CAMPAIGN? - I'M PUMPED. narrator: AS GEORGE MICHAEL

WAS ON THE PATH TO HIGHER SELF-ESTEEM,

BUSTER WAS LOSING WHAT LITTLE HE HAD.

- I CAN'T PUT THE AORTA IN WITH THIS THING.

- OH, STOP COMPLAINING.

- BUSTER!

- I'M SORRY I'M AN INCONVENIENCE TO YOU, MOTHER.

OH, GOD! OH, GOD! OH!

[whimpering] narrator: AS LUPE FELT SORRY FOR BUSTER'S LOSS OF A HAND,

LINDSAY FELT SORRY FOR HER LOSS OF LUPE.

[mystical Middle Eastern music]

LINDSAY HAD CLEANED ONE ROOM AND NOW HAD A GARBAGE PROBLEM.

AND WHILE LOOKING FOR A SPOT TO STASH THE REFUSE,

SHE CAME UPON AN OLD FRIEND.

- I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS IN AGES.

EBAY. narrator: UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS A NEW FRIEND TO GEORGE, SR.

- POLLY. clank! narrator: AND BACK AT THE OFFICE,

MICHAEL CAME TO REGRET HAVING GIVEN GOB THE VIDEO CAMERA.

- WELL, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR DECISION,

BUT IF MY BROTHER WAS HERE,

WE COULD'VE VOTED THIS THING THROUGH.

- WHAT'S THIS? A STUFFY OFFICE MEETING?

WELL, MAYBE IT'S TIME FOR A LITTLE OFFICE MAGIC.

- WHAT'S "OFFICE MAGIC"?

- SOMETIMES IT'S AS SIMPLE AS TURNING

10:45 IN THE MORNING INTO...

LUNCHTIME!

- WHY DOES LUNCH HAVE TO BE SO DULL?

- MAYBE YOU'D PREFER SOME CHICKEN INSTEAD!

- ALL RIGHT. LET'S CUT. TAKE FIVE, EVERYBODY.

- NO, NO. WE'RE NOT TAKIN' FIVE. HEY, IS THIS GUY WITH YOU?

- YEAH, HE'S AN ACTOR, RON MICHAELSON.

- WELL, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT HE WAS AN INVESTOR.

HE VOTED AGAINST ME,

WHICH IS THE VOTE I ASKED YOU TO BE HERE FOR, SO--

YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT THAT'S IT.

OKAY, I DON'T THINK I CAN WORK WITH YOU ANYMORE.

- WELL, YOU KIND OF HAVE TO, GUY. I'M THE PRESIDENT.

- NO. I'M THE PRESIDENT. - NO, YOU LOST THE PRESIDENCY.

JUST LIKE YOU DID IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN YOU REFUSED

TO PLAY DIRTY LIKE DAD TOLD YOU TO; WORKED WHEN I RAN.

- WE'RE TALKIN' ABOUT THE OFFICE HERE, OKAY?

I DO ALL THE WORK. I'VE BEEN HELPING YOU.

BUT THAT'S OVER NOW.

- SORRY TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT, MICHAEL,

'CAUSE IT JUST COST YOU YOUR JOB.

- I'M SERIOUS. IT'S OVER.

- HOW DO YOU CALL SECURITY ON THIS THING?

- YOU HIT POUND-ZERO-ZERO TO OPERATE THE SYSTEM.

- POUND IS TIC-TAC-TOE, RIGHT?

- YEAH. POUND IS RIGHT--

- WHEN I KEEP HITTING THAT, THE OTHER THING FLASHES.

- HIT POUND AND THEN ZERO-ZERO. - I DO. I KNOW.

- TELL YOU WHAT, YOU DON'T NEED TO LEARN THE SYSTEM,

BECAUSE YOU'RE OUT OF HERE.

- YOU'RE FIRED.

HAVE SECURITY SEND A MAN UP.

YOU'VE GOT THE WRONG GUY.

- UH, NO, YOU DON'T, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS. narrator: BUT THE GUARD HAD RECENTLY LOST HALF HIS TIE

TO OFFICE MAGIC.

- OH, I DON'T MIND.

- GET THIS. YOU GETTING THIS?

- CHEAT OUT. YOU HAVE TO CHEAT OUT A LITTLE BIT.

- OH, HEY. - WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?

- YOUR UNCLE DOESN'T NOT WORK HERE ANYMORE.

SO I GUESS YOUR MOM TOLD YOU ABOUT YOUR DAD MOVING OUT, HUH?

- NO, SHE DID NOT TELL ME THAT. - OH.

- BUT SHE DOESN'T TELL ME ANYTHING.

NEITHER OF THEM DO.

- SORRY. GUESS I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID ANYTHING.

- MAYBE I SHOULD JUST START KEEPING SOME SECRETS OF MY OWN.

- WHY AREN'T YOU AT SCHOOL RIGHT NOW?

- MARRY ME.

I'M SO SORRY. I FORGOT WHO I WAS TALKING TO.

I WAS JUST USING YOUR COPIER TO MAKE SOME CAMPAIGN POSTERS.

- WELL, THEN, BY ALL MEANS, LET ME HELP YOU OUT.

- I MEAN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I'M DOING IT.

HE'S GONNA WIN BY A LANDSLIDE.

- THAT'S WHAT I WAS TELLIN' HIM.

- HOW DO YOU KNOW STEVE HOLT?

ARE YOU IN A.A.?

- I WAS TALKIN' ABOUT GEORGE MICHAEL.

HE'S RUNNING FOR STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT.

WHO'S STEVE HOLT?

- HE'S JUST THE HOTTEST GUY IN SCHOOL.

AND HE'S WON THREE YEARS IN A ROW--

EVERY YEAR AFTER HIS FIRST JUNIOR YEAR.

- SO THEN HE'S MORE POPULAR THAN GEORGE MICHAEL?

- WELL, THAT'S LIKE COMPARING APPLES

AND SOME FRUIT NOBODY'S EVER HEARD OF.

HE MIGHT EVEN FINISH AFTER THE INDIAN KID.

- I GUESS I GOT TO GET DOWN TO THE SCHOOL

AND SEE IF I CAN STOP HIM FROM SIGNING UP, HUH?

- YES. YOU HAVE TO.

AND DO YOU THINK YOU COULD PUT UP

A COUPLE OF THESE WHEN YOU'RE THERE,

'CAUSE I WAS REALLY NOT IN THE MOOD TO GO DOWN THERE. narrator: MICHAEL WENT TO TAKE CARE OF HIS SON,

AS LUCILLE DISCOVERED THAT HERS

WAS ALREADY BEING TAKEN CARE OF.

- [gasps] MOTHER!

- AND YET YOU'RE TOO GOOD TO POLISH THE CANDLESTICKS?

YOU'RE FIRED!

- YOU CAN'T FIRE ME. I'M YOUR SON.

I'M FIRING YOU!

- I WAS FIRING LUPE!

- WELL, THAT MAKES MORE SENSE.

- LINDSAY CAME UPON LUPE, WHO'D JUST BEEN FIRED.

- CAN'T YOU AT LEAST COME OVER AND DUSTBUSTER OR SOMETHING?

- I NO DOES BUSTER ANYMORE.

- FINE. I'LL DUSTBUSTER.

GOD.

- HELLO? - HEY. I CAN'T TALK LOUDLY.

I'M IN THE BATHROOM OF THE WRENCH SET,

AND THEY'VE STARTED SHOOTING.

ALSO, I DON'T THINK THIS IS A REAL TOILET.

SO I JUST WANTED TO CHECK ON MAEBY

AND TELL YOU THAT I HAVEN'T LANDED A PART YET,

BUT DESPITE WHAT YOU MAY THINK, MY TALENT SHALL WIN OUT.

- WELL, MAEBY'S FINE.

WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR A CLEANING LADY,

SO IF YOU HEAR OF ONE--

- SHH. SHH.

- SO FRANK WRENCH IS GONNA CLEAN YOU.

WHY IS THIS DOOR LOCKED?

- CUT!

- IS SOMEBODY USING THE SET BATHROOM?

- I GOT TO GO. narrator: MICHAEL ARRIVED AT SCHOOL

TO TALK HIS SON OUT OF RUNNING FOR OFFICE.

- IT TOOK ME ALL DAY, BUT I GOT THE 10 SIGNATURES.

I'M RUNNING FOR STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT.

- LISTEN, GEORGE MICHAEL--

- WE'RE GONNA USE YOUR IDEA AND REALLY HIGHLIGHT BEING CHASTE.

- WELL, I JUST MEANT THAT YOU TWO SHOULDN'T--

HEY, YOU'RE NOT GONNA PUT UP THIS POSTER, ARE YOU?

- THINK IT'S REALLY GONNA APPEAL TO THE CHRISTIAN CROWD.

- YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT YOU GUYS.

I'M GONNA WIN THIS THING. all: [chanting] FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS!

FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! narrator: AND GOB SHOWED UP AT HIS MOTHER'S.

- WELL, GUESS WHO'S BEEN FIRED. - MICHAEL FIRED YOU?

- NO. I FIRED HIM.

BUT AS A RESULT, I'M NO LONGER WELCOME IN THE OFFICE.

- WHAT A COINCIDENCE. I JUST FIRED MY HOUSEKEEPER.

BUT I'VE ALREADY FOUND A REPLACEMENT.

[machine whirring]

IT'S A ROBOT.

- I HATE IT. I MISS LUPE.

- NO. I WON'T LET YOU GO DOWN THAT ROAD.

I WANT YOU TO BE STRONG,

AND YOU DON'T NEED THE COMFORT OF AN IMMIGRANT

IN MOTHER'S OLD STIRRUP PANTS TO MAKE YOU FEEL THAT WAY.

- OH.

[beeping]

- OH, YOU'RE HUNGRY.

[beeping] narrator: LINDSAY WAS ABOUT TO FIND A REPLACEMENT

FOR LUPE AS WELL. - WHO IS IT?

- THE NEW HOUSEKEEPER. THE AGENCY SENT ME OVER.

- I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T CALL ANY--

- OH, ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.

MY NAME IS PHYLLIDIA FEATHERBOTTOM,

AND I CAN COOK AND I CAN CLEAN

AND I CAN TAKE CARE OF THE LITTLE ONES.

I CAN ALSO SING A SONG OR TWO, IF IT COMES IN HANDY.

[singing] WHEN YOU PUT A SQUIRT OF FROSTING DOWN YOUR THROAT

BEFORE WE TAKE OUR MEDICATIONS narrator: TOBIAS HAD GAINED ACCESS

TO THE STUDIO'S WARDROBE AND MAKEUP DEPARTMENT.

HE WAS EAGER TO BOTH SEE HIS DAUGHTER

AND PROVE TO HIS WIFE

THAT HE HAD WHAT IT TOOK TO BE AN ACTOR.

IT WAS THE EXACT PLOT OF THE FILM "MRS. DOUBTFIRE."

- [singing] IN THE MOST DELICIOUS WAY narrator: THERE WAS ALSO SOME "MARY POPPINS" IN THERE.

- LET'S GET THIS HOUSE CLEANED UP.

- HEY. LINDSAY, THE PLACE LOOKS FANTASTIC.

WHAT? DID YOU PAY SOMEBODY TO DO THIS?

- OH, I'VE NO NEED FOR PAYMENT.

THE LOVE OF THE FAMILY IS MORE THAN ENOUGH.

- I'M SORRY. THIS IS MRS. FEATHERBOTTOM.

- FROM BLACKSTOOL. I'M CHARMED, I'M SURE.

OOH!

[giggling]

BACK TO WORK.

- I THINK HE MISSES HIS DAUGHTER.

- THAT'S CONVENIENT,

CONSIDERING YOU DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE COURAGE

TO TELL MAEBY THAT HE'D MOVED OUT.

- I'M SORRY. I'M NOT THE PERFECT PARENT, LIKE YOU.

- I'M NOT THAT PERFECT.

I PUSHED GEORGE MICHAEL INTO RUNNING FOR OFFICE,

AND I THINK HE'S GONNA GET CRUSHED BY THIS KID STEVE HOLT.

- YEAH. I'D VOTE FOR STEVE. TOO BAD DAD'S ON THE LAM.

YOU COULD FINALLY USE SOME OF HIS DIRTY TRICKS

TO GET GEORGE MICHAEL ELECTED. narrator: AS IT HAPPENS, GEORGE, SR. HAD COME TO

IN THE ATTIC,

AND PERHAPS IT WAS THE EFFECT OF LOSING HIS ONE FRIEND...

- POLLY? narrator: OR THE LINGERING EFFECTS OF THE FUMIGATION,

OR PERHAPS IT REALLY WAS DIVINE INTERVENTION,

BUT HE'D HAD A PROFOUND REALIZATION.

- [sniffs] narrator: UNFORTUNATELY,

THE TIMING OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT WASN'T IDEAL FOR MICHAEL.

- THAT'S WHY I NEED YOUR HELP, POP.

- "OUR HEAVENLY FATHER LET HIS SON DIE

SO THAT OUR SINS COULD BE ABSOLVED."

- GREAT. SO YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN NOW.

- "WE MUST ALL SEEK FORGIVENESS."

- WELL, I'LL CALL THE WARDEN FOR YOU.

YOU CAN ASK HIM YOURSELF.

- WELL, I THINK THAT'S FOR FRESH CRIMES.

BESIDES, YOU'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO LEAD A CLEAN LIFE.

YOU AND GOB WERE LIKE THOSE BIBLICAL BROTHERS,

GALLANT AND, UM...

GOOFUTH. narrator: MICHAEL REALIZED HE HAD LIVED LIKE GALLANT,

AND IF HE WANTED TO HELP HIS SON'S ELECTION,

HE WOULD HAVE TO FIND GOOFUTH.

- BEEN LOOKIN' ALL OVER FOR YOU, PAL.

- IF YOU CAME TO GROVEL

FOR THE JOB OF PRESIDENT, YOU'RE TOO LATE.

MY BROTHER ALREADY FIRED ME.

- LISTEN, I'M REALLY SORRY THAT I GOT UPSET WITH YOU,

YOU KNOW, AND I NEVER MEANT TO, UM--

I DIDN'T EVEN MEAN TO FIRE YOU, YOU KNOW?

I JUST GOT SO FRUSTRATED, AND, GOB, YOU ARE MY BROTHER.

OF COURSE I'M GONNA SUPPORT YOU.

- WELL,

NOW I FEEL BAD FOR FIRING YOU.

- LISTEN, GEORGE MICHAEL IS RUNNING

FOR STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT,

AND I HAVE A FEELING HE'S GONNA GET SLAUGHTERED.

THE GUY HE'S RUNNING AGAINST IS BASICALLY A YOUNG YOU.

- WOW. IT WON'T BE EASY TO WIN A RACE AGAINST MYSELF.

OF COURSE, IF ANYONE CAN DO IT, I CAN.

- THAT'S RIGHT. - I WISH I WAS 15 YEARS YOUNGER.

- NOW, HE DOESN'T NEED TO BEAT HIM.

HE JUST NEEDS TO BEAT THE INDIAN KID.

- IF I DO THIS, YOU'LL REHIRE ME?

- OF COURSE I WILL.

- SEE, THE MERE FACT THAT YOU THINK YOU CAN

SAYS TO ME THAT I SHOULDN'T LET YOU.

COURSE, WE BOTH NEED THE WORK.

[bowl clatters]

ROBOT'LL GET IT.

- WHERE THE HELL IS MY MAID? ROBOT! narrator: BUT THE ROBOT WAS BUSY ELSEWHERE.

- [gasps]

- [gasps]

[robot beeping]

[robot powers down]

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT, MOTHER? I'M HALF MACHINE!

I'M A MONSTER!

[screaming and grunting] narrator: MICHAEL BROUGHT GOB IN

TO CONSULT ON HIS SON'S CAMPAIGN.

- FOCUS ON THE VIDEO AND SHY AWAY FROM THE VIRGIN THING.

- OH, WE SHOULD DEFINITELY SACRIFICE

THE WHOLE VIRGIN THING.

AND I GOT THE PERFECT WAY.

WE HAND OUT RUBBERS THAT SAY, "WE SALUTE GEORGE MICHAEL."

WE'RE NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO HAVE OUTSIDE HELP.

- AND I DON'T WANT TO MAKE STEVE LOOK BAD.

- YEAH, I JUST DON'T WANT MY SON TO BE EMBARRASSED UP THERE,

SO LET'S NOT PLAY TOO DIRTY.

- UH, GOOD POINT, 2%.

- 2%, HUH? IS THAT HOW LITTLE I LOST BY?

- LOST BY? THAT'S ALL YOU GOT. - NOT REALLY IMPORTANT.

- YEAH, WELL, IF YOUR SON WANTS MORE THAN 2%,

HE'S GONNA HAVE TO GO AFTER STEVE HOLT.

SO I WANT YOU TO TELL ME EVERY AWFUL RUMOR

YOU'VE EVER HEARD ABOUT THIS KID.

- I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS,

AND NEITHER CAN THE CHRISTIAN KIDS

THAT WERE GONNA MAKE YOU PRESIDENT.

- UH--SHE'S--

ANN?

I THINK SHE'S REALLY UPSET ABOUT THIS.

- SHE'LL FORGIVE YOU. YOU'RE GEORGE MICHAEL. narrator: MEANWHILE, DOWNSTAIRS,

MAEBY WAS MEETING HER NEW SINGING NANNY.

- NOW. TAKE YOUR FUN-FUN.

- THIS IS MY MOM'S,

AND IT'S FEN-PHEN, AND IT'S BEEN BANNED BY THE F.D.A.

- OH! WELL.

[singing] YOU SHOULD ALWAYS READ THE LABEL

YOU SHOULD ALWAYS READ IT WELL

IN THE MOST DELICIOUS WAY

- MR. FINGERBOTTOM? - MRS.

- RIGHT. MRS. I SHOULD REALLY GET GOING.

- NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. SIT BACK. WHAT'S THE RUSH? PLEASE.

I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT YOU. TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FAMILY.

I'M SURE WHEREVER YOUR FATHER IS RIGHT NOW,

SHE LOVES YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.

- NOT ENOUGH TO BE HONEST WITH ME. narrator: AND AFTER A FEW DAYS, GOB WAS READY

TO UNVEIL GEORGE MICHAEL'S NEW MESSAGE.

- DROUGHT, STARVATION--

THESE ARE THE THINGS MY FAMILY HAS HAD

TO DEAL WITH FOR GENERATIONS,

ALTHOUGH, FORTUNATELY, NOT SINCE WE MOVED TO CORONA DEL MAR.

[scattered applause]

- GO HOME, YOU TERRORIST!

- HOW STUPID DO YOU HAVE TO BE TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

- YOU'RE NOT WANTED HERE!

- GOB. - MICHAEL.

- YOU GOT GEORGE MICHAEL'S TAPE?

- YEAH. I GAVE IT TO THE TECH GUY.

DON'T WORRY. IT'S VERY TASTEFULLY DONE.

SURE YOU DIDN'T MAKE THAT VIDEO IN A CAVE?

- NEXT UP, PERENNIAL CANDIDATE STEVE HOLT! narrator: AND SOON IT WAS TIME

FOR STEVE HOLT TO PLAY HIS VIDEO,

WHICH HAD BEEN PRODUCED BY HIS NEW CAMPAIGN MANAGER,

ANN VEAL.

- HI. I'M STEVE HOLT.

STEVE HOLT!

[cheering]

- THIS KID'S POPULAR?

LOOKS LIKE A CHICK I DID ONCE IN HIGH SCHOOL.

GET A HAIRCUT!

- BUT RECENTLY, I'VE BEEN DEALING

WITH THE FACT THAT I'VE NEVER KNOWN MY FATHER,

BUT I FINALLY FOUND A NEW FATHER.

YOU'RE PROBABLY WONDERING WHAT THESE FOOTSTEPS ARE.

WELL, THIS IS MY SECOND TAKE.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE A SECOND CHANCE AT MAKING GOOD.

[all cheering]

- YEAH. OKAY. WE NEED TO PULL THE VIDEOTAPE.

- MY TAPE? - WHY?

- I'VE MADE A HUGE MISTAKE.

- narrator: BUT IT WAS TOO LATE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

- STEVE HOLT IS A BASTARD.

HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHO HIS REAL FATHER IS.

WHAT ELSE DON'T WE KNOW ABOUT STEVE HOLT?

GEORGE MICHAEL BLUTH IS A COOL GUY.

HIS DAD IS A POWERFUL EXECUTIVE WORKING FOR THIS MAN.

THE GIRLS LIKE HIM JUST FINE.

YOUNG AND OLD. IT DOESN'T MATTER.

IN THE DARK.

- THAT'S WHY YOU HAD ME DO THAT? narrator: GEORGE MICHAEL HAD NEVER BEEN MORE EMBARRASSED.

UNTIL THIS PART.

- UH-OH. I COULDN'T FIND ANOTHER TAPE.

[kids laughing hysterically]

I LIKE STEVE'S MORE.

- GUESS I UNDERESTIMATED THE RELIGIOUS VOTE.

SO STEVE WON?

- NO. STEVE DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE.

HE SAYS HE WANTS TO SPEND SOME TIME TRYING

TO FIND HIS REAL FATHER.

YOU KNOW, RAV NADIR, THE INDIAN KID, HE GOT 97% OF THE VOTE.

- WELL, THAT LEAVES 3%.

YOU DID BETTER THAN I DID WHEN I RAN.

- I TIED WITH BART SIMPSON AND "SCHOOL SUCKS."

- I'M REALLY SORRY, BUDDY.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I ONLY DID THIS

BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO FEEL BAD ABOUT YOURSELF.

- HEY, IT'S STAR DORK.

- HEY, HE KNOWS YOU NOW. I'M REALLY SORRY, BUDDY.

- IT'S JUST A DRAG.

I MEAN, I'M PRETTY SURE MY GIRLFRIEND'S GONE FOREVER,

AND I NEVER WANTED TO DO THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE.

- GEORGE MICHAEL, WAS THAT REALLY YOU

DOING THOSE LIGHTSABER MOVES?

YOU WERE INCREDIBLE.

- I'VE ONLY GOTTEN BETTER.

- YOU'RE STILL DOIN' THAT?

- SO YOU WANT TO GRAB A CURTAIN ROD

AND GO OVER TO MY PLACE?

- WOW. I'D LOVE THAT. THANKS, ANN.

YOU REALLY MAKE ME FEEL GOOD ABOUT MYSELF.

- GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT KID'S SELF-ESTEEM. narrator: ON THE NEXT "ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT..."

- YOO-HOO! I'LL TAKE YOU THE REST OF THE WAY! narrator: LUCILLE FINDS A HOUSEKEEPER

THAT SHE WON'T LOSE HER SON TO.

- [singing] ALWAYS KEEP FROM CRYING

EVEN THOUGH YOUR HEART IS DYING

[both crying] narrator: AND STEVE HOLT FINALLY TRACKS DOWN HIS REAL FATHER.

- I'VE BEEN WONDERIN' MY WHOLE LIFE WHO HE IS--

A SCIENTIST, A DOCTOR, A SENATOR?

- WELL, WE GOT SOME BAD NEWS.

- WOW. IS THAT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO MY HAIR?