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Saving For Arraignment Day

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{\an8}[Ron] Now, the story of a wealthy family who lost everything

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{\an8}and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.

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[theme music playing]

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{\an8}[Ron] It's Arrested Development.

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-[player beeping] -[projector whirring]

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[waves crashing in distance]

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[George Sr.] Very disappointed with these swimsuits.

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-That's right. -[George Sr.] What's with the shirts?

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You better bring it to the talent portion, Michael!

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A little more Magnum, PI,

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-a little less Higgins. -[both laugh]

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Looking for a little Magnum, PI?

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Oh, for God sakes. Is that Stan Sitwell's eyebrow?

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I-- I-- I just told him he didn't leave it here!

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-[knocking on door] -[Lucille] Get that off your face,

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-you horse's ass. -[George Sr.] Who the hell shows up

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-in the middle of a pageant? -[door opens]

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-[woman] Guess who! -[George Sr.] Mimi.

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Mom.

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I should have called.

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Hi! [chuckles]

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[gasps] Look at you!

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Look at all of you, rushing your Mimi... [sighs]

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This is your grandmother.

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-[George Sr.] Kids, rush your Mimi. -What are you doing here, Mom?

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Well, I wasn't gonna miss the last summer at the beach house with my gorgeous family.

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Last summer?

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You're sick?

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No. No,

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-I-- I meant-- I did-- I missed this... -Yeah.

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...last summer, and, uh... I want to be with you, and... someone's got a big birthday coming up.

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Where's my Lindsay?

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[Lindsay] Right here.

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-Hi, Mimi. -[Mimi gasps]

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And it's really not that big of a birthday.

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I mean, I'm just turning 14.

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And Michael is, too, because they're twins.

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[whispers] Of course you are.

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I'm Gob.

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Uh... Why did you name him that?

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Mother, we haven't seen you in five years.

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You don't need to come in here and criticize my children

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-in the middle of a pageant. We're-- -Oh!

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Oh, you kept that tradition? Did your mother tell you

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-that I'm the one who started that? -[Lucille] Well, that's true, but you never let me wear the sash when I was little.

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Oh, please, you were never little. [laughs]

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[quietly] Your mother was never little. [laughs]

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[children chuckling]

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[gasps] Oh, but this is perfect,

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'cause I have a prize for one of the kids.

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We already have a trophy for the winner.

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It has a little magician on it.

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[Lucille] Yes, for whoever wins.

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They didn't have one with a boy doing push-ups.

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[Mimi] All right. The trophy can be your prize.

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My prize is for whoever I deem to be the winner.

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It's an all-expense paid cruise...

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-with her grandmother. -[dramatic instrumental music plays]

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All right, kids, why don't you get ready for the, uh, talent portion?

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-Let the grown-ups talk. -[Mimi] Mm-hmm.

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You know, I've been in the house five minutes.

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You haven't even offered me so much as a pitcher of martinis.

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I'll make two.

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-[door closes] -[Lucille] So, you're not taking a cruise

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-with Uncle Jack this year? -Uh, no. No.

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Jack dumped me. [sniffles]

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He says he wants to start

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-a clean slate on his 80th birthday. -[cocktail shaker rattles]

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Ah, well, anyway, I just thought the cruise would be the perfect gift for whoever wins.

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I know what you're up to.

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You're not taking Lindsay.

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Well, soon, Lindsay will be old enough to make that decision for herself.

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And I know you won't let me take Buster.

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My God, when he was three years old, you still had him on a leash! [laughs]

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I said, "She's gonna make a murderer out of that one."

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Oh, but we're getting ahead of ourselves! Let's see who wins the competition.

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And I can be a judge.

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Never too early to get Buster used to being in front of a judge.

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[ominous piano music playing]

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[projector whirring]

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{\an8}[Ron] George Sr. and Lucille entered a courtroom

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{\an8}that abounded with memories of Bluth family get-togethers.

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{\an8}[Barry] Hi! Oh, hi.

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{\an8}-I've saved you some seats right here. -Okay. Thank you.

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{\an8}Right in front, right...

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{\an8}[Ron] But there was nothing that could prepare them for the shock

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{\an8}-[gasps] -...of seeing the bailiff

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{\an8}-lead their son into the courtroom. -[Lucille] I cannot believe this.

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{\an8}This is the guy who used to bring me out during my trials.

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{\an8}-Oh, God, it's great to see you, Chuck. -Oh! I remember Chuck.

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{\an8}-You used to catch him when he'd run. -Actually,

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{\an8}-I'm Chuck's son. -No. You're little CJ?

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{\an8}-[CJ] Mm-hmm. -Your parents must be so proud.

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{\an8}[chuckles] Well, I'm sure every parent is proud of their...

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{\an8}Well, why don't I just chain your boy to the bench here?

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{\an8}-That would be fine. Thank you. -[clicks]

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{\an8}-[handcuffs jangling] -[in singsong voice] Mother...

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{\an8}Is there anybody else you'd like to say hello to, Mother?

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At least I came to your trial.

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{\an8}For mine, you were too busy juicing it up with that woman you probably pushed--

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-[in singsong voice] Careful. -Yep.

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-You look different. -[chains rattle]

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I'm growing dreads, Mother.

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Dreads right out of my head.

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Just because you have an African-American left hand, all of a sudden you're Ray Charles?

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And I thought you Alibabaed one that was less... threatening.

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-[Buster mutters] -Hi.

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-Hello. -Michael, what are you doing here?

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You kidding me? I want to see our legal team in action.

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I mean, we're certainly spending a fortune on them.

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[Ron] It was a legal team that Barry had suggested.

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...the Guilty Guys.

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Very expensive but very, very good, especially if you're guilty.

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[Ron] The so-called Guilty Guys were a law firm

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whose record was so unblemished...

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they'd even been the subject of a reality show.

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The project,

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which was to show a single case over the span of a season...

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-[judge] How do you plead? -...was abandoned

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early on by Netflix as not being binge-worthy.

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[Michael] Where is this team we're spending all our money on?

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And-- And please tell me that it is not Barry.

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Oh, no, no, no, no, no. I'm just here as a fan.

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And for the referral fee.

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I'm gonna go in the hall and see if they're here.

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-Okay. -[Barry] I'm gonna try and get a selfie

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-with the G-Man. -Shouldn't you be working on the wall?

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Uh, you know what? I wanna-- I want to take a step back.

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I want to let my son flap his wings a bit.

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Oh, God. Did he take another swing at you?

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[clicks tongue] No, that-- that's not what he did.

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George Michael fired you?

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[Ron] That is what he did.

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But it was only after Michael, having discovered his parents

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were in cahoots with Chinese investors to build

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a border wall, secretly spent the investors' money

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to merge with his son's company...

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-I bought Fakeblock. -What?

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[Ron] ...provoking a dire warning from his parents.

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They're going to be mildly displeased.

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[Ron] And though he refused to doom his son's company

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-by selling it... -No, no. No, no, no, no.

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George Michael's got nothing to do with this.

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[Ron] ...a package from China threatened a more literal sort of defeat,

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which is how Michael came to announce both that he was building

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-a border wall... -...just for this project.

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[Ron] ...and that it was the reason he purchased Fakeblock

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-in the first place. -[Michael speaking indistinctly]

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[Ron] George Michael felt bulldozed by the announcement.

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[George Michael] What the [bleep]!?

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-[Ron] Even though it was Gob... -We're building a wall!

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Come back in two weeks!

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[Ron] ...who moved up the date of the unveiling,

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which is what led to this.

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-We're gonna need it in a month. -You're fired.

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Which, because of the merger, he had the right to do, but don't worry.

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The wall's gonna be fine. Gob's on it.

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I don't want George Michael feeling guilty, so I told Gob, when it comes to the foot,

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-that mum's the word. -[Ron] Although "clear" might've been

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-an overstatement. -It was a great move to get rid of your dad. Can't let fear run a business.

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How do you mean, fear?

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Well, you get sent one severed foot from the Chinese, and, all of a sudden, you turn into a crybaby.

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The Chinese sent my dad a severed human foot?

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Yeah. Although they call it a "mum."

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Mum's the word for "severed human foot" in Chinese.

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I don't even know how I know that. But it's to ensure that he finishes building the wall or whatever.

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It's like, you know what? Like, call me after you've been lured down to a rock quarry, and someone threatens to ruin your magic career if you go to gay conversion therapy, and it works. [chuckles]

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I mean, seriously, call me after that, because I'd be curious to see how-- how you'd handle it.

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[Lucille] Well, having a child try to embarrass you is part of parenting, sweetheart.

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Mine's chained to a bench. So, in that sense, he's an overachiever.

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-[door opens] -[CJ] All rise.

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The Superior Court of Orange County is now in session.

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The Honorable Judge Spencer Stanley presiding.

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Please be seated.

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-CJ, let me get to the chair. -[CJ] Sorry.

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[Stanley] Does Defense have a counsel ready?

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Uh... not quite yet, Your Honor.

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Someone care to explain to me why there's no one to represent the client?

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-[upbeat theme music playing] -They're here! The Guilty Guys are here.

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Oh, it's the Guilty Guys?

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They're here. They're actually here.

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-They're coming down the hall. -[CJ] All rise

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-for the Guilty Guys. -CJ, you don't have to... [sighs]

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Okay, great. Now I can't see.

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[Ron] And so, perhaps as an intimidation tactic,

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the Guilty Guys finally arrived,

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the fruits of their very expensive preparation

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on full display.

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It was hard for anyone not to get caught up in the pageantry.

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Uh, Barry?

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[cart squeaks]

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[Stanley] On the count of murder in the first degree, how does the defendant plead?

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-[Anita clears throat] -Your Honor, in the case of The State of California v. Buster Bluth, we'd like to enter a plea of... guilty.

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Hmm. Okay. Let's set a date for a sentencing presentation.

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And on a personal note, I just want to say that it is not often in the course of a jurisprudence career that a judge has the...

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-I want to say privilege... -Sorry. Did...

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Did-- Did you say... Did they say guilty?

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[Barry] Look at that. There is always a guy who wants to know what's going on.

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It's why I could never go

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-to the movies with my father. -Hello? Not!

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We'd like to plead not guilty, Your Honor.

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Not guilty? You hired us to plead not guilty?

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[scoffs] Well, that's a first.

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-[Michael] Barry, what's going on? -[Barry] Yeah?

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[Michael] What's happening?

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You didn't want to plead guilty?

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Of course not! Buster's not guilty.

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Well, then, these are not the guys.

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No, I thought I told you that if I was guilty, then I would hire these guys,

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'cause they get the best sentences.

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You're saying these guys cannot represent us in-- in a not guilty plea?

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Why would you want to pay them for two months?

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I don't think they've ever been on a case that long.

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[Ron] Which was the same problem the producers

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of the Netflix series had, and actually why it was canceled

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-before the end of the main title. -Your Honor, we'd like to enter a plea of... guilty.

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{\an8}-Oh, honest to God, Barry... -[Barry] Okay.

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Okay, let me take care of this.

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Can I just ask, would you mind staying on the case if it's not guilty?

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-Sidebar, please. Sidebar. -[Ron] And, true to their reputation,

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this pivotal moment

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would also prove anti-climactic.

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-Hey, yeah, we're out. We just can't... -Really?

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-We can't defend their son. Bye. -[sighs]

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-[all cheering and whooping] -[Jack] Yeah! Yes!

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-Yes! -[Shara] We did it!

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They're out. We won't be hearing from them again.

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Except for what they're gonna charge us for the phone call.

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-They've never technically won a case... -Mm-hmm.

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...but they've never lost a fee.

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Of course, the bad news is Lottie is pushing to get this on the docket within the month.

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-But we don't have an attorney. -[Barry] Well, that's what I said.

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This DA, she is a killer.

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She has never lost a case. Well, just once.

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But then, her ex was the opposing counsel.

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Well, that's our answer. We gotta get him as our attorney.

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Oh, no. He's retired.

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Which is too bad, because she was so flustered by his argument, she called for a mistrial.

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I have never seen Lottie Dottie cower like that before.

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Of course, she was called Lottie Radler back then.

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-Lottie Radler? -Yeah.

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What's her ex-husband's name?

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-Dustin. -Uh-uh. She means Lottie's ex.

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Dustin Radler, the guy you're dating.

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No, it can't be.

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I mean, he said he was retired, but, uh... I have to get him on this case.

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Well, I don't think he's gonna do it for free.

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I'll let him move in. That's what he wants.

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No, no, no, no. You're so close to ending it with him.

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I mean, I-- You don't want to be leading him on.

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We have to get our son off, and in three weeks, a mistrial is the only thing in our favor.

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So that's my choice?

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Between my wife and my son?

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[Barry] Isn't that the worst?

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Especially when you're checking into a hotel.

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Here's my advice. Always say that he's your wife,

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'cause they never have the balls to check.

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I'm out of context again, aren't I?

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[quietly] I'm so sorry.

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[Ron] After firing his father, George Michael

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was visited by Maeby,

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who had father problems of her own.

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[Maeby] ...about being a backup person in the Blue Man Group, when he realizes that Marge is over, so of course he yells,

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"Voices up." And then I gotta hear Mrs. Featherbottom cover by saying she meant "makeup," not "backup" person, and then go on to brag that, for four years, she blew three men five times a day, and now we've been called before the board

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-for the third time. -Well, why don't you ask them to move out?

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It's not that easy. Remember when your dad lived with you?

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Oh, yeah. Yeah, we had to do some crazy vote-out thing where he... he forgot how voting worked. He voted for himself.

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[Ron] In fact, it was a deeply complicated plan

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that required Michael believing he was voting out

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a third roommate, only to discover

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that the three turned on him...

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Michael. Michael. Michael.

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[Ron] ...leading to a sense of betrayal

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that neither father nor son would soon recover from.

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[Maeby] Oh. I just remember it working, so, maybe a vote will do it.

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But you better watch out, because the gang's gonna try and live with you

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-at Sudden Valley. -Well, with all the construction going on right now, they wouldn't get through.

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Construction for what?

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The wall.

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You're building the wall? I thought that's why you fired your dad.

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Yeah, well, that was before I realized... there was something else... afoot.

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George Michael, you can't do that.

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Building that wall is gonna affect real people.

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[George Michael] I don't have the luxury of worrying about that.

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Someone's gotta protect this family.

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Well, what about their families?

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I got to know some of those people when I was working in that border town, acting like I was getting to know those people.

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You sound just like a slightly self-aware Aunt Lindsay.

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Well, you sound just like a minimally-woke Uncle Michael.

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I'm not gonna go into this, because I don't want you getting involved, but we're building the wall.

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Fine. Abandon your morals.

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Build your dumb wall. Appease your dumb guilt at firing your father because of his dumb investment.

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It's not dumb. He's the only person who ever believed in this company.

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Which isn't real, so that makes it dumb.

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You know what? I don't even care anymore, though.

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It'll be you who's guilty of fraud.

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But, hey, maybe you can get those dumb attorneys from that short Netflix show that's not on the air anymore.

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[man] They canceled that?

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[Ron] Lucille was attempting to get a lawyer herself--

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Dusty, after revealing to him

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that she now knew about his relationship

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with Lottie Dottie.

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-Da. -Da.

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Da! Oh, I knew you'd find out eventually.

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I mean, I haven't exactly been in a courtroom for--

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For several years, I know.

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I wouldn't ask if I had other options.

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-Look, I don't want to take advantage... -[sighs]

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...but your ex wants to make sure my son can never truly be free in his life, and maybe you think I'm an overbearing mother, but I will not let this DA take my job.

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I think you're a very caring mother.

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In fact, I'll go one step further.

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I think this is how a mother's supposed to act.

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Oh, so she's not as sweet as she seems, is she?

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Trust me, it's all an act.

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She's not even interested in children.

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Well, maybe, like, babies, but that's weird, because who likes babies?

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Mm, especially in the early years, I know.

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Well, this is a way to expose her.

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I mean, she'll be so rattled, she'll call for a mistrial before you're even finished with your opening statement.

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Oh, boy, now I'm really tempted.

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Yeah. I ca-- I can't wait to see her face when she learns that you're the one I'm with now.

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Believe me, I even wanted to lie and tell her things had gotten sexual with us, but...

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I didn't want to make things weird.

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You don't have to tell her about us. I mean, I'm old enough to be your mother.

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Right. That's why I chose the word "weird."

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But maybe that's why I've been eager to move in with you.

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And I think maybe it's time for that to happen.

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[Dusty] Then I'm in. I will be your lawyer.

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Let her see what I can do when I'm with a woman who totally accepts me.

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I wouldn't change a thing, and of course, you'll need to cut your hair.

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Oh, that'll make her totally crazy.

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Yeah. She could never get me to do that. [scoffs]

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[Ron] But precious weeks had passed

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before Michael had even heard of the plan.

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They're gonna do one of their slimy cheat-the-system shortcuts that never works instead of postponing the trial?

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[Buster speaking on phone]

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Okay, I have to take over the case.

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[Buster]

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Not if he's unprepared. You-- You need someone who's-- who's got a background. I mean...

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[Buster]

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With your case.

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[Buster]

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No, I don't think that. I am the... [clears throat]

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Hey, look-- look, I... We're in a financial jam right now.

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You know? I-- I even had to use my show business connections to get a film crew to rent out the cottage for a couple of days. You know, of course,

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-the real payment there was-- -[Buster]

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Uh, no, not at all. No. The--

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And that was the real payment, just to see her reaction to a boom operator standing on her bed, it was worth it.

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But... I-- I don't know, may-- maybe we can now afford, like, one Guilty Guy.

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[Buster, voice shaking]

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-Allegedly. -[Buster, in singsong voice]

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[in normal voice]

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I just spoke to her today.

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-In person? -[Michael] Uh, no.

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-On the phone. She calls me all the time. -Oh!

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[Michael] I heard her in her apartment earlier.

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[Ron] Michael had been ducking Lucille 2's calls...

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[Lucille, on phone] It's Lucille Austero.

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I've been looking--

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-No! -[Ron] ...after she disappeared

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on what he believed was May 6th.

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[Michael] Oh, my God, no, this-- this is open and shut.

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No, I am taking over the case.

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-[Buster speaking on phone] -No, I have to. I have proof.

00:18:06

She left voice mails. Hold on.

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[Ron] And that's when Michael realized why all the phone calls

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from Lucille 2 during her campaign

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always went on about the same thing.

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[Lucille 2, on voice mail] It's Lucille Austero.

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I've been looking for you.

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-I know you haven't forgotten... -[phone beeps]

00:18:22

[Michael] Uh, I guess I erased them. Yeah, fine.

00:18:24

Sure, we'll try it your way. We'll do the Dusty mistrial thing.

00:18:27

Yup. Yes, that could work.

00:18:30

[Ron] Knowing that Fakeblock would be revealed as a fraud

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at the coming unveiling,

00:18:35

George Michael realized he needed to create a distraction.

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So he went to the most easily distracted person he knew.

00:18:42

["Drive" by The Cars playing on stereo]

00:18:43

Hey, man. Got a minute?

00:18:45

-Hey, um, Gob? -♪ Who's gonna tell you when... ♪

00:18:47

-Yes? Oh, I just... Yep. Just... -[George Michael] Um, uh...

00:18:50

Um, yeah. I've been thinking about this wall thing.

00:18:52

I-- I think that maybe we just cancel the event, and, uh, just do it for the investors.

00:18:57

Cancel the event?

00:18:59

[chuckles] No. We can't cancel the gig.

00:19:02

[George Michael] It's gonna be boring. I mean, there's nothing to it. We're gonna have press and TV cameras out there and have this giant audience.

00:19:09

For what? Just-- Just to look at a wall?

00:19:12

Or, I mean...

00:19:14

[scoffs] Oh, George Michael, no.

00:19:18

If there are gonna be as many people there as you think,

00:19:20

I gotta put on a goddamn show.

00:19:22

A magic show... from me.

00:19:25

-Yep. Great. -[Gob] They come to look at a wall?

00:19:28

-We make it so they can't look away. -Do you really think so?

00:19:31

[Gob] Yes!

00:19:32

Except for a very few specific moments where we need them to look away, so I can do the little tricky part.

00:19:37

I also think it's a great opportunity to lure...

00:19:41

[Ron] Gob knew he couldn't say that it could lure Tony Wonder

00:19:44

out of hiding, while simultaneously allowing Gob

00:19:47

to go back to his straight life

00:19:49

-without angering... -Angering...

00:19:51

-[Ron] ...the gay Mafia. -...the gay Mafia.

00:19:52

-Yes. Absolutely. No. -[George Michael] Right. Well, would you maybe be in charge of that?

00:19:56

[scoffs] Great.

00:20:00

I'll be here all [bleep] night!

00:20:02

[Ron] Gob would leave the office three minutes later.

00:20:07

[Ron] The night before the trial, George Sr. arrived at the cottage...

00:20:11

I thought you wanted me to pre-tie his tie.

00:20:13

[Ron] ...to review their legal strategy.

00:20:15

He's not here. He ran off. He's flipping out.

00:20:19

[George Sr.] What is he flipping out about?

00:20:20

I thought he wins every case. I mean, it's Lottie who should be flipping out.

00:20:23

Oh, I'm sure she will.

00:20:24

It-- It's just pre-trial jitters.

00:20:27

{\an8}-[Ron] It was more than pre-trial jitters. -God, I can't breathe.

00:20:30

It's choking me. [grunts]

00:20:33

Hey, what's the matter with you?

00:20:35

Shouldn't you be working on your opening statement?

00:20:37

Ah, I hate it!

00:20:39

I just wasted an hour and a half working on an opening joke, till I realized that it's from Fast and Furious.

00:20:45

It doesn't even work unless you're in a Camaro.

00:20:47

[Lucille] Why are you worried about a joke?

00:20:48

You just need an opening argument.

00:20:51

Well, because my argument comes right after I state,

00:20:54

"If you think that's funny, wait until you hear what the opening statement the prosecution is gonna give."

00:20:59

I thought the prosecution went first and then the defense.

00:21:02

Sorry, I forgot, you know everything.

00:21:05

No, I'm sorry. I'm just anxious.

00:21:08

You're anxious?! [scoffs]

00:21:10

You're the mother of the defendant, everybody's favorite.

00:21:13

I'm gonna be the one everyone's staring at, and I know literally who's gonna be judging me the most.

00:21:18

-The judge can't show favoritism. -No.

00:21:20

-Lottie! -[Lucille] Oh, that's ridiculous.

00:21:23

Trust me, the moment she sees you walk into that courtroom, the joke's going to be on her!

00:21:27

Yeah! That's why I wanted to tell the joke first!

00:21:30

God! You never listen to me!

00:21:33

What are you doing? Nobody's even swimming out there!

00:21:36

Okay, Dusty, you really need to calm down.

00:21:39

Ah. You calm down. Stop telling me what to do.

00:21:42

Well, I'm sorry. I'm not trying to be your mother, but-- but I'm worried about my son.

00:21:46

Okay. If you don't want to be my mother, then maybe stop referring to me as your son, how about that?

00:21:51

I-- I'm talking about Buster.

00:21:55

Yes! You're always talking about Buster.

00:21:57

Buster this, Buster that. How are you gonna represent Buster?

00:22:00

Have you talked to Buster today? You know what?

00:22:03

[grunts]

00:22:05

No!

00:22:07

No, say it.

00:22:10

I hate him!

00:22:11

I hope he loses!

00:22:13

I'm going to my fort! [sighs]

00:22:16

[Ron] But even this could provide no solace

00:22:18

-for Dusty. -Hey! Locals only, brosef.

00:22:22

Turista non grata, dude.

00:22:24

Yo, dudes! It's me,

00:22:27

-Dusty! -What's with the tie?

00:22:29

Yeah, I know.

00:22:30

She made me wear it.

00:22:33

[indistinct chatter]

00:22:37

[man] Get lost!

00:22:40

-[sad piano music playing] -That's right, keep walking, pal.

00:22:43

[George Sr.] Jitters can be bad. Remember when I had them the night before we went to trial

00:22:47

-for that tax evasion in '88? -[Lucille] Oh, yeah.

00:22:51

-We had to hide all that boy fight money. -[George Sr.] Yeah.

00:22:54

You gave me that "in case you're going away" present.

00:22:56

That got the jitters out of me.

00:22:59

What do you think about doing that with Dusty?

00:23:03

How can you ask me that?

00:23:05

I just know how you can be. There was a time right after Gob was born... when you grew cold and contemptuous of everyone.

00:23:14

You remember that?

00:23:15

Well, only because it's still going on.

00:23:18

Maybe I've pulled away from him.

00:23:21

In fact, most nights he goes back home to sleep in his own bed.

00:23:24

Which is fine. I-- I want his head in his work.

00:23:27

Huh. That doesn't necessarily mean yours has to take the night off.

00:23:32

Hey, I hate the idea, but we gotta do something to get his confidence in that courtroom, and I am willing to shut my eyes and let it happen.

00:23:41

Now you know how I felt all those years, George.

00:23:47

[Ron] But even though Lucille felt good about making George feel bad,

00:23:51

she knew that he was right.

00:23:54

So that evening, she arrived at the home

00:23:57

she felt Dusty had been driven back to

00:23:59

by her lack of physical affection.

00:24:01

Someone will be with you in just a moment.

00:24:04

Although it was considerably less modest than she had imagined.

00:24:07

[piano music playing]

00:24:11

-May I help you? -I'm sorry.

00:24:13

I thought this was where Dustin Radler lived.

00:24:15

Mr. Radler's in his bedroom.

00:24:17

-I'll have to announce you. -Announce me?

00:24:19

-Carla, please! -No, no. I--

00:24:21

I was just going to casually drop by.

00:24:23

-Carla, Miss... -Bluth. Lucille Bluth.

00:24:27

Yeah, is here for a casual drop-by.

00:24:29

Why is this the first I'm hearing about it?

00:24:31

I'm sorry. I didn't... Was the casual drop-by scheduled within the month?

00:24:34

You don't need to ask that. Just check all the way back

00:24:37

-through May. -May I be of assistance?

00:24:39

[woman] Mrs. Bluth is here for a CDB, and Carla didn't know about it.

00:24:42

Most likely because it wasn't made into a Vine.

00:24:45

[man] That's fine,

00:24:46

I'm sure it was booked through our second floor staff.

00:24:48

I'm sorry, I didn't realize you were close to the Salazars.

00:24:51

No, I didn't book...

00:24:53

-Who are the Salazars? -[man] The second floor staff.

00:24:55

Mrs. Salazar was our pantry captain for 15 years.

00:24:59

[woman] Yes, back when she was Ms. Bautista.

00:25:02

Three guesses what she did to get on two.

00:25:04

[Lucille] No. You-- You... I'm just here to see Dusty.

00:25:07

Uh, Mr. Radler.

00:25:08

But, I-- I-- I'm sorry, you all work for him?

00:25:12

He never mentioned that he had so much...

00:25:14

[Ron] Lucille thought better of saying "money."

00:25:16

-...of a staff here. -[man] On the first floor?

00:25:20

What, does he now think the Salazars control everything?

00:25:22

I told you! The first floor used to mean something in this house.

00:25:27

Jean, no.

00:25:29

That pantry is unguarded.

00:25:31

You must start keeping up that datebook. Jean!

00:25:36

[Ron] Lucille could tell there was tension among her boyfriend's staff,

00:25:39

and she felt compelled to say...

00:25:41

How rich is this sand hobo?

00:25:43

[Ron] Well, yeah, she did say that.

00:25:45

But about the staff, she also said...

00:25:48

I'm going to [bleep] him.

00:25:50

[Ron] Oh, ap-- apologies.

00:25:51

I don't know why I thought she said something about the staff.

00:25:57

{\an8}[Ron] On the next Arrested Development...

00:25:59

-[DeBrie] Annette. -[Ron] Maeby uses

00:26:01

her mathematical ingenuity to rig an election.

00:26:04

-Annette. -Dad said no talking.

00:26:06

Then why the hell are you talking, Bev? Why the...

00:26:09

I'm sorry. I didn't know they would both vote against you.

00:26:13

-"My daughter Annette." -[Tobias] The... Uh, or...

00:26:16

I wouldn't have voted that way, is what I meant to say.

00:26:19

-Should we read the last one? -[Maeby] No.

00:26:22

Because it's just gonna say my name.

00:26:24

I voted myself out, too, okay? 'Cause I can't take it anymore.

00:26:28

You've taken all the fun out of the worst part of life.

00:26:33

[Ron] But while packing up,

00:26:34

Maeby comes across something of Stan Sitwell's

00:26:37

from before she moved in.

00:26:41

[Maeby] So if these people really disappeared...

00:26:46

...that means there's an ocean view available.

00:26:55

[upbeat music playing]