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Saving For Arraignment Day
00:00:11{\an8}[Ron] Now, the story of a wealthy family who lost everything
00:00:14{\an8}and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.
00:00:17[theme music playing]
00:00:24{\an8}[Ron] It's Arrested Development.
00:00:28-[player beeping] -[projector whirring]
00:00:31[waves crashing in distance]
00:00:35[George Sr.] Very disappointed with these swimsuits.
00:00:37-That's right. -[George Sr.] What's with the shirts?
00:00:39You better bring it to the talent portion, Michael!
00:00:42A little more Magnum, PI,
00:00:43-a little less Higgins. -[both laugh]
00:00:46Looking for a little Magnum, PI?
00:00:48Oh, for God sakes. Is that Stan Sitwell's eyebrow?
00:00:51I-- I-- I just told him he didn't leave it here!
00:00:54-[knocking on door] -[Lucille] Get that off your face,
00:00:56-you horse's ass. -[George Sr.] Who the hell shows up
00:00:59-in the middle of a pageant? -[door opens]
00:01:02-[woman] Guess who! -[George Sr.] Mimi.
00:01:08Mom.
00:01:11I should have called.
00:01:13Hi! [chuckles]
00:01:15[gasps] Look at you!
00:01:18Look at all of you, rushing your Mimi... [sighs]
00:01:22This is your grandmother.
00:01:24-[George Sr.] Kids, rush your Mimi. -What are you doing here, Mom?
00:01:27Well, I wasn't gonna miss the last summer at the beach house with my gorgeous family.
00:01:33Last summer?
00:01:35You're sick?
00:01:37No. No,
00:01:38-I-- I meant-- I did-- I missed this... -Yeah.
00:01:40...last summer, and, uh... I want to be with you, and... someone's got a big birthday coming up.
00:01:46Where's my Lindsay?
00:01:48[Lindsay] Right here.
00:01:50-Hi, Mimi. -[Mimi gasps]
00:01:51And it's really not that big of a birthday.
00:01:53I mean, I'm just turning 14.
00:01:55And Michael is, too, because they're twins.
00:01:59[whispers] Of course you are.
00:02:00I'm Gob.
00:02:02Uh... Why did you name him that?
00:02:04Mother, we haven't seen you in five years.
00:02:06You don't need to come in here and criticize my children
00:02:09-in the middle of a pageant. We're-- -Oh!
00:02:11Oh, you kept that tradition? Did your mother tell you
00:02:13-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.
00:02:20Oh, please, you were never little. [laughs]
00:02:21[quietly] Your mother was never little. [laughs]
00:02:24[children chuckling]
00:02:27[gasps] Oh, but this is perfect,
00:02:28'cause I have a prize for one of the kids.
00:02:30We already have a trophy for the winner.
00:02:33It has a little magician on it.
00:02:34[Lucille] Yes, for whoever wins.
00:02:36They didn't have one with a boy doing push-ups.
00:02:40[Mimi] All right. The trophy can be your prize.
00:02:41My prize is for whoever I deem to be the winner.
00:02:45It's an all-expense paid cruise...
00:02:48-with her grandmother. -[dramatic instrumental music plays]
00:02:54All right, kids, why don't you get ready for the, uh, talent portion?
00:02:57-Let the grown-ups talk. -[Mimi] Mm-hmm.
00:03:00You know, I've been in the house five minutes.
00:03:03You haven't even offered me so much as a pitcher of martinis.
00:03:06I'll make two.
00:03:08-[door closes] -[Lucille] So, you're not taking a cruise
00:03:11-with Uncle Jack this year? -Uh, no. No.
00:03:15Jack dumped me. [sniffles]
00:03:17He says he wants to start
00:03:18-a clean slate on his 80th birthday. -[cocktail shaker rattles]
00:03:21Ah, well, anyway, I just thought the cruise would be the perfect gift for whoever wins.
00:03:27I know what you're up to.
00:03:29You're not taking Lindsay.
00:03:32Well, soon, Lindsay will be old enough to make that decision for herself.
00:03:36And I know you won't let me take Buster.
00:03:38My God, when he was three years old, you still had him on a leash! [laughs]
00:03:41I said, "She's gonna make a murderer out of that one."
00:03:44Oh, but we're getting ahead of ourselves! Let's see who wins the competition.
00:03:48And I can be a judge.
00:03:49Never too early to get Buster used to being in front of a judge.
00:03:53[ominous piano music playing]
00:03:59[projector whirring]
00:04:03{\an8}[Ron] George Sr. and Lucille entered a courtroom
00:04:06{\an8}that abounded with memories of Bluth family get-togethers.
00:04:09{\an8}[Barry] Hi! Oh, hi.
00:04:11{\an8}-I've saved you some seats right here. -Okay. Thank you.
00:04:13{\an8}Right in front, right...
00:04:14{\an8}[Ron] But there was nothing that could prepare them for the shock
00:04:17{\an8}-[gasps] -...of seeing the bailiff
00:04:19{\an8}-lead their son into the courtroom. -[Lucille] I cannot believe this.
00:04:22{\an8}This is the guy who used to bring me out during my trials.
00:04:26{\an8}-Oh, God, it's great to see you, Chuck. -Oh! I remember Chuck.
00:04:29{\an8}-You used to catch him when he'd run. -Actually,
00:04:31{\an8}-I'm Chuck's son. -No. You're little CJ?
00:04:35{\an8}-[CJ] Mm-hmm. -Your parents must be so proud.
00:04:37{\an8}[chuckles] Well, I'm sure every parent is proud of their...
00:04:43{\an8}Well, why don't I just chain your boy to the bench here?
00:04:45{\an8}-That would be fine. Thank you. -[clicks]
00:04:48{\an8}-[handcuffs jangling] -[in singsong voice] Mother...
00:04:51{\an8}Is there anybody else you'd like to say hello to, Mother?
00:04:54At least I came to your trial.
00:04:56{\an8}For mine, you were too busy juicing it up with that woman you probably pushed--
00:05:00-[in singsong voice] Careful. -Yep.
00:05:01-You look different. -[chains rattle]
00:05:04I'm growing dreads, Mother.
00:05:06Dreads right out of my head.
00:05:08Just because you have an African-American left hand, all of a sudden you're Ray Charles?
00:05:12And I thought you Alibabaed one that was less... threatening.
00:05:15-[Buster mutters] -Hi.
00:05:16-Hello. -Michael, what are you doing here?
00:05:19You kidding me? I want to see our legal team in action.
00:05:22I mean, we're certainly spending a fortune on them.
00:05:24[Ron] It was a legal team that Barry had suggested.
00:05:26...the Guilty Guys.
00:05:28Very expensive but very, very good, especially if you're guilty.
00:05:32[Ron] The so-called Guilty Guys were a law firm
00:05:34whose record was so unblemished...
00:05:37they'd even been the subject of a reality show.
00:05:39The project,
00:05:40which was to show a single case over the span of a season...
00:05:43-[judge] How do you plead? -...was abandoned
00:05:45early on by Netflix as not being binge-worthy.
00:05:48[Michael] Where is this team we're spending all our money on?
00:05:51And-- And please tell me that it is not Barry.
00:05:53Oh, no, no, no, no, no. I'm just here as a fan.
00:05:55And for the referral fee.
00:05:57I'm gonna go in the hall and see if they're here.
00:05:59-Okay. -[Barry] I'm gonna try and get a selfie
00:06:01-with the G-Man. -Shouldn't you be working on the wall?
00:06:04Uh, you know what? I wanna-- I want to take a step back.
00:06:07I want to let my son flap his wings a bit.
00:06:09Oh, God. Did he take another swing at you?
00:06:12[clicks tongue] No, that-- that's not what he did.
00:06:15George Michael fired you?
00:06:17[Ron] That is what he did.
00:06:19But it was only after Michael, having discovered his parents
00:06:22were in cahoots with Chinese investors to build
00:06:25a border wall, secretly spent the investors' money
00:06:29to merge with his son's company...
00:06:31-I bought Fakeblock. -What?
00:06:33[Ron] ...provoking a dire warning from his parents.
00:06:35They're going to be mildly displeased.
00:06:38[Ron] And though he refused to doom his son's company
00:06:40-by selling it... -No, no. No, no, no, no.
00:06:42George Michael's got nothing to do with this.
00:06:44[Ron] ...a package from China threatened a more literal sort of defeat,
00:06:49which is how Michael came to announce both that he was building
00:06:52-a border wall... -...just for this project.
00:06:54[Ron] ...and that it was the reason he purchased Fakeblock
00:06:57-in the first place. -[Michael speaking indistinctly]
00:06:59[Ron] George Michael felt bulldozed by the announcement.
00:07:02[George Michael] What the [bleep]!?
00:07:04-[Ron] Even though it was Gob... -We're building a wall!
00:07:07Come back in two weeks!
00:07:08[Ron] ...who moved up the date of the unveiling,
00:07:10which is what led to this.
00:07:12-We're gonna need it in a month. -You're fired.
00:07:13Which, because of the merger, he had the right to do, but don't worry.
00:07:18The wall's gonna be fine. Gob's on it.
00:07:20I don't want George Michael feeling guilty, so I told Gob, when it comes to the foot,
00:07:24-that mum's the word. -[Ron] Although "clear" might've been
00:07:27-an overstatement. -It was a great move to get rid of your dad. Can't let fear run a business.
00:07:31How do you mean, fear?
00:07:33Well, you get sent one severed foot from the Chinese, and, all of a sudden, you turn into a crybaby.
00:07:38The Chinese sent my dad a severed human foot?
00:07:40Yeah. Although they call it a "mum."
00:07:42Mum's the word for "severed human foot" in Chinese.
00:07:46I don't even know how I know that. But it's to ensure that he finishes building the wall or whatever.
00:07:50It'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]
00:08:00I mean, seriously, call me after that, because I'd be curious to see how-- how you'd handle it.
00:08:07[Lucille] Well, having a child try to embarrass you is part of parenting, sweetheart.
00:08:12Mine's chained to a bench. So, in that sense, he's an overachiever.
00:08:15-[door opens] -[CJ] All rise.
00:08:17The Superior Court of Orange County is now in session.
00:08:20The Honorable Judge Spencer Stanley presiding.
00:08:23Please be seated.
00:08:25-CJ, let me get to the chair. -[CJ] Sorry.
00:08:28[Stanley] Does Defense have a counsel ready?
00:08:30Uh... not quite yet, Your Honor.
00:08:33Someone care to explain to me why there's no one to represent the client?
00:08:36-[upbeat theme music playing] -They're here! The Guilty Guys are here.
00:08:40Oh, it's the Guilty Guys?
00:08:41They're here. They're actually here.
00:08:43-They're coming down the hall. -[CJ] All rise
00:08:45-for the Guilty Guys. -CJ, you don't have to... [sighs]
00:08:48Okay, great. Now I can't see.
00:08:51[Ron] And so, perhaps as an intimidation tactic,
00:08:54the Guilty Guys finally arrived,
00:08:57the fruits of their very expensive preparation
00:08:59on full display.
00:09:01It was hard for anyone not to get caught up in the pageantry.
00:09:04Uh, Barry?
00:09:06[cart squeaks]
00:09:08[Stanley] On the count of murder in the first degree, how does the defendant plead?
00:09:15-[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.
00:09:22Hmm. Okay. Let's set a date for a sentencing presentation.
00:09:25And 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...
00:09:32-I want to say privilege... -Sorry. Did...
00:09:34Did-- Did you say... Did they say guilty?
00:09:37[Barry] Look at that. There is always a guy who wants to know what's going on.
00:09:41It's why I could never go
00:09:42-to the movies with my father. -Hello? Not!
00:09:45We'd like to plead not guilty, Your Honor.
00:09:48Not guilty? You hired us to plead not guilty?
00:09:50[scoffs] Well, that's a first.
00:09:52-[Michael] Barry, what's going on? -[Barry] Yeah?
00:09:54[Michael] What's happening?
00:09:56You didn't want to plead guilty?
00:09:58Of course not! Buster's not guilty.
00:10:01Well, then, these are not the guys.
00:10:03No, I thought I told you that if I was guilty, then I would hire these guys,
00:10:07'cause they get the best sentences.
00:10:10You're saying these guys cannot represent us in-- in a not guilty plea?
00:10:14Why would you want to pay them for two months?
00:10:16I don't think they've ever been on a case that long.
00:10:18[Ron] Which was the same problem the producers
00:10:20of the Netflix series had, and actually why it was canceled
00:10:23-before the end of the main title. -Your Honor, we'd like to enter a plea of... guilty.
00:10:30{\an8}-Oh, honest to God, Barry... -[Barry] Okay.
00:10:33Okay, let me take care of this.
00:10:34Can I just ask, would you mind staying on the case if it's not guilty?
00:10:40-Sidebar, please. Sidebar. -[Ron] And, true to their reputation,
00:10:43this pivotal moment
00:10:44would also prove anti-climactic.
00:10:46-Hey, yeah, we're out. We just can't... -Really?
00:10:48-We can't defend their son. Bye. -[sighs]
00:10:51-[all cheering and whooping] -[Jack] Yeah! Yes!
00:10:53-Yes! -[Shara] We did it!
00:10:55They're out. We won't be hearing from them again.
00:10:58Except for what they're gonna charge us for the phone call.
00:11:00-They've never technically won a case... -Mm-hmm.
00:11:02...but they've never lost a fee.
00:11:05Of course, the bad news is Lottie is pushing to get this on the docket within the month.
00:11:09-But we don't have an attorney. -[Barry] Well, that's what I said.
00:11:11This DA, she is a killer.
00:11:13She has never lost a case. Well, just once.
00:11:16But then, her ex was the opposing counsel.
00:11:18Well, that's our answer. We gotta get him as our attorney.
00:11:21Oh, no. He's retired.
00:11:23Which is too bad, because she was so flustered by his argument, she called for a mistrial.
00:11:28I have never seen Lottie Dottie cower like that before.
00:11:31Of course, she was called Lottie Radler back then.
00:11:34-Lottie Radler? -Yeah.
00:11:36What's her ex-husband's name?
00:11:39-Dustin. -Uh-uh. She means Lottie's ex.
00:11:42Dustin Radler, the guy you're dating.
00:11:45No, it can't be.
00:11:46I mean, he said he was retired, but, uh... I have to get him on this case.
00:11:52Well, I don't think he's gonna do it for free.
00:11:55I'll let him move in. That's what he wants.
00:11:57No, no, no, no. You're so close to ending it with him.
00:12:00I mean, I-- You don't want to be leading him on.
00:12:03We have to get our son off, and in three weeks, a mistrial is the only thing in our favor.
00:12:08So that's my choice?
00:12:10Between my wife and my son?
00:12:13[Barry] Isn't that the worst?
00:12:14Especially when you're checking into a hotel.
00:12:16Here's my advice. Always say that he's your wife,
00:12:19'cause they never have the balls to check.
00:12:23I'm out of context again, aren't I?
00:12:27[quietly] I'm so sorry.
00:12:31[Ron] After firing his father, George Michael
00:12:34was visited by Maeby,
00:12:36who had father problems of her own.
00:12:38[Maeby] ...about being a backup person in the Blue Man Group, when he realizes that Marge is over, so of course he yells,
00:12:44"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
00:12:56-for the third time. -Well, why don't you ask them to move out?
00:12:59It's not that easy. Remember when your dad lived with you?
00:13:02Oh, yeah. Yeah, we had to do some crazy vote-out thing where he... he forgot how voting worked. He voted for himself.
00:13:09[Ron] In fact, it was a deeply complicated plan
00:13:12that required Michael believing he was voting out
00:13:14a third roommate, only to discover
00:13:18that the three turned on him...
00:13:20Michael. Michael. Michael.
00:13:23[Ron] ...leading to a sense of betrayal
00:13:25that neither father nor son would soon recover from.
00:13:28[Maeby] Oh. I just remember it working, so, maybe a vote will do it.
00:13:32But you better watch out, because the gang's gonna try and live with you
00:13:36-at Sudden Valley. -Well, with all the construction going on right now, they wouldn't get through.
00:13:40Construction for what?
00:13:43The wall.
00:13:44You're building the wall? I thought that's why you fired your dad.
00:13:47Yeah, well, that was before I realized... there was something else... afoot.
00:13:54George Michael, you can't do that.
00:13:56Building that wall is gonna affect real people.
00:13:58[George Michael] I don't have the luxury of worrying about that.
00:14:00Someone's gotta protect this family.
00:14:02Well, what about their families?
00:14:04I got to know some of those people when I was working in that border town, acting like I was getting to know those people.
00:14:08You sound just like a slightly self-aware Aunt Lindsay.
00:14:11Well, you sound just like a minimally-woke Uncle Michael.
00:14:14I'm not gonna go into this, because I don't want you getting involved, but we're building the wall.
00:14:18Fine. Abandon your morals.
00:14:21Build your dumb wall. Appease your dumb guilt at firing your father because of his dumb investment.
00:14:26It's not dumb. He's the only person who ever believed in this company.
00:14:29Which isn't real, so that makes it dumb.
00:14:32You know what? I don't even care anymore, though.
00:14:34It'll be you who's guilty of fraud.
00:14:36But, hey, maybe you can get those dumb attorneys from that short Netflix show that's not on the air anymore.
00:14:41[man] They canceled that?
00:14:43[Ron] Lucille was attempting to get a lawyer herself--
00:14:46Dusty, after revealing to him
00:14:48that she now knew about his relationship
00:14:50with Lottie Dottie.
00:14:52-Da. -Da.
00:14:54Da! Oh, I knew you'd find out eventually.
00:14:57I mean, I haven't exactly been in a courtroom for--
00:15:00For several years, I know.
00:15:02I wouldn't ask if I had other options.
00:15:04-Look, I don't want to take advantage... -[sighs]
00:15:07...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.
00:15:17I think you're a very caring mother.
00:15:19In fact, I'll go one step further.
00:15:21I think this is how a mother's supposed to act.
00:15:24Oh, so she's not as sweet as she seems, is she?
00:15:26Trust me, it's all an act.
00:15:28She's not even interested in children.
00:15:30Well, maybe, like, babies, but that's weird, because who likes babies?
00:15:35Mm, especially in the early years, I know.
00:15:37Well, this is a way to expose her.
00:15:39I mean, she'll be so rattled, she'll call for a mistrial before you're even finished with your opening statement.
00:15:44Oh, boy, now I'm really tempted.
00:15:47Yeah. I ca-- I can't wait to see her face when she learns that you're the one I'm with now.
00:15:52Believe me, I even wanted to lie and tell her things had gotten sexual with us, but...
00:15:56I didn't want to make things weird.
00:15:58You don't have to tell her about us. I mean, I'm old enough to be your mother.
00:16:01Right. That's why I chose the word "weird."
00:16:05But maybe that's why I've been eager to move in with you.
00:16:09And I think maybe it's time for that to happen.
00:16:11[Dusty] Then I'm in. I will be your lawyer.
00:16:15Let her see what I can do when I'm with a woman who totally accepts me.
00:16:20I wouldn't change a thing, and of course, you'll need to cut your hair.
00:16:23Oh, that'll make her totally crazy.
00:16:25Yeah. She could never get me to do that. [scoffs]
00:16:29[Ron] But precious weeks had passed
00:16:30before Michael had even heard of the plan.
00:16:32They're gonna do one of their slimy cheat-the-system shortcuts that never works instead of postponing the trial?
00:16:38[Buster speaking on phone]
00:16:46Okay, I have to take over the case.
00:16:48[Buster]
00:16:51Not if he's unprepared. You-- You need someone who's-- who's got a background. I mean...
00:16:55[Buster]
00:16:57With your case.
00:16:58[Buster]
00:17:03No, I don't think that. I am the... [clears throat]
00:17:07Hey, look-- look, I... We're in a financial jam right now.
00:17:10You 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,
00:17:16-the real payment there was-- -[Buster]
00:17:18Uh, no, not at all. No. The--
00:17:20And that was the real payment, just to see her reaction to a boom operator standing on her bed, it was worth it.
00:17:25But... I-- I don't know, may-- maybe we can now afford, like, one Guilty Guy.
00:17:29[Buster, voice shaking]
00:17:38-Allegedly. -[Buster, in singsong voice]
00:17:40[in normal voice]
00:17:42I just spoke to her today.
00:17:44-In person? -[Michael] Uh, no.
00:17:45-On the phone. She calls me all the time. -Oh!
00:17:47[Michael] I heard her in her apartment earlier.
00:17:49[Ron] Michael had been ducking Lucille 2's calls...
00:17:52[Lucille, on phone] It's Lucille Austero.
00:17:54I've been looking--
00:17:55-No! -[Ron] ...after she disappeared
00:17:57on what he believed was May 6th.
00:17:59[Michael] Oh, my God, no, this-- this is open and shut.
00:18:02No, I am taking over the case.
00:18:04-[Buster speaking on phone] -No, I have to. I have proof.
00:18:06She left voice mails. Hold on.
00:18:08[Ron] And that's when Michael realized why all the phone calls
00:18:11from Lucille 2 during her campaign
00:18:14always went on about the same thing.
00:18:15[Lucille 2, on voice mail] It's Lucille Austero.
00:18:18I've been looking for you.
00:18:20-I know you haven't forgotten... -[phone beeps]
00:18:22[Michael] Uh, I guess I erased them. Yeah, fine.
00:18:24Sure, we'll try it your way. We'll do the Dusty mistrial thing.
00:18:27Yup. Yes, that could work.
00:18:30[Ron] Knowing that Fakeblock would be revealed as a fraud
00:18:33at the coming unveiling,
00:18:35George Michael realized he needed to create a distraction.
00:18:38So he went to the most easily distracted person he knew.
00:18:42["Drive" by The Cars playing on stereo]
00:18:43Hey, 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...
00:18:50Um, yeah. I've been thinking about this wall thing.
00:18:52I-- I think that maybe we just cancel the event, and, uh, just do it for the investors.
00:18:57Cancel 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.
00:19:09For what? Just-- Just to look at a wall?
00:19:12Or, I mean...
00:19:14[scoffs] Oh, George Michael, no.
00:19:18If there are gonna be as many people there as you think,
00:19:20I gotta put on a goddamn show.
00:19:22A 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!
00:19:32Except for a very few specific moments where we need them to look away, so I can do the little tricky part.
00:19:37I 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
00:19:44out of hiding, while simultaneously allowing Gob
00:19:47to 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.
00:20:00I'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...
00:20:11I thought you wanted me to pre-tie his tie.
00:20:13[Ron] ...to review their legal strategy.
00:20:15He's not here. He ran off. He's flipping out.
00:20:19[George Sr.] What is he flipping out about?
00:20:20I thought he wins every case. I mean, it's Lottie who should be flipping out.
00:20:23Oh, I'm sure she will.
00:20:24It-- It's just pre-trial jitters.
00:20:27{\an8}-[Ron] It was more than pre-trial jitters. -God, I can't breathe.
00:20:30It's choking me. [grunts]
00:20:33Hey, what's the matter with you?
00:20:35Shouldn't you be working on your opening statement?
00:20:37Ah, I hate it!
00:20:39I just wasted an hour and a half working on an opening joke, till I realized that it's from Fast and Furious.
00:20:45It doesn't even work unless you're in a Camaro.
00:20:47[Lucille] Why are you worried about a joke?
00:20:48You just need an opening argument.
00:20:51Well, 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."
00:20:59I thought the prosecution went first and then the defense.
00:21:02Sorry, I forgot, you know everything.
00:21:05No, I'm sorry. I'm just anxious.
00:21:08You're anxious?! [scoffs]
00:21:10You're the mother of the defendant, everybody's favorite.
00:21:13I'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.
00:21:23Trust me, the moment she sees you walk into that courtroom, the joke's going to be on her!
00:21:27Yeah! That's why I wanted to tell the joke first!
00:21:30God! You never listen to me!
00:21:33What are you doing? Nobody's even swimming out there!
00:21:36Okay, Dusty, you really need to calm down.
00:21:39Ah. You calm down. Stop telling me what to do.
00:21:42Well, I'm sorry. I'm not trying to be your mother, but-- but I'm worried about my son.
00:21:46Okay. If you don't want to be my mother, then maybe stop referring to me as your son, how about that?
00:21:51I-- I'm talking about Buster.
00:21:55Yes! You're always talking about Buster.
00:21:57Buster this, Buster that. How are you gonna represent Buster?
00:22:00Have you talked to Buster today? You know what?
00:22:03[grunts]
00:22:05No!
00:22:07No, say it.
00:22:10I hate him!
00:22:11I hope he loses!
00:22:13I'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.
00:22:22Turista non grata, dude.
00:22:24Yo, dudes! It's me,
00:22:27-Dusty! -What's with the tie?
00:22:29Yeah, I know.
00:22:30She 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.
00:22:54You gave me that "in case you're going away" present.
00:22:56That got the jitters out of me.
00:22:59What do you think about doing that with Dusty?
00:23:03How can you ask me that?
00:23:05I just know how you can be. There was a time right after Gob was born... when you grew cold and contemptuous of everyone.
00:23:14You remember that?
00:23:15Well, only because it's still going on.
00:23:18Maybe I've pulled away from him.
00:23:21In fact, most nights he goes back home to sleep in his own bed.
00:23:24Which is fine. I-- I want his head in his work.
00:23:27Huh. That doesn't necessarily mean yours has to take the night off.
00:23:32Hey, 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.
00:23:41Now you know how I felt all those years, George.
00:23:47[Ron] But even though Lucille felt good about making George feel bad,
00:23:51she knew that he was right.
00:23:54So that evening, she arrived at the home
00:23:57she felt Dusty had been driven back to
00:23:59by her lack of physical affection.
00:24:01Someone will be with you in just a moment.
00:24:04Although 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.
00:24:13I thought this was where Dustin Radler lived.
00:24:15Mr. Radler's in his bedroom.
00:24:17-I'll have to announce you. -Announce me?
00:24:19-Carla, please! -No, no. I--
00:24:21I was just going to casually drop by.
00:24:23-Carla, Miss... -Bluth. Lucille Bluth.
00:24:27Yeah, is here for a casual drop-by.
00:24:29Why is this the first I'm hearing about it?
00:24:31I'm sorry. I didn't... Was the casual drop-by scheduled within the month?
00:24:34You 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.
00:24:42Most likely because it wasn't made into a Vine.
00:24:45[man] That's fine,
00:24:46I'm sure it was booked through our second floor staff.
00:24:48I'm sorry, I didn't realize you were close to the Salazars.
00:24:51No, I didn't book...
00:24:53-Who are the Salazars? -[man] The second floor staff.
00:24:55Mrs. Salazar was our pantry captain for 15 years.
00:24:59[woman] Yes, back when she was Ms. Bautista.
00:25:02Three guesses what she did to get on two.
00:25:04[Lucille] No. You-- You... I'm just here to see Dusty.
00:25:07Uh, Mr. Radler.
00:25:08But, I-- I-- I'm sorry, you all work for him?
00:25:12He 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?
00:25:20What, does he now think the Salazars control everything?
00:25:22I told you! The first floor used to mean something in this house.
00:25:27Jean, no.
00:25:29That pantry is unguarded.
00:25:31You must start keeping up that datebook. Jean!
00:25:36[Ron] Lucille could tell there was tension among her boyfriend's staff,
00:25:39and she felt compelled to say...
00:25:41How rich is this sand hobo?
00:25:43[Ron] Well, yeah, she did say that.
00:25:45But about the staff, she also said...
00:25:48I'm going to [bleep] him.
00:25:50[Ron] Oh, ap-- apologies.
00:25:51I 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
00:26:01her mathematical ingenuity to rig an election.
00:26:04-Annette. -Dad said no talking.
00:26:06Then why the hell are you talking, Bev? Why the...
00:26:09I'm sorry. I didn't know they would both vote against you.
00:26:13-"My daughter Annette." -[Tobias] The... Uh, or...
00:26:16I wouldn't have voted that way, is what I meant to say.
00:26:19-Should we read the last one? -[Maeby] No.
00:26:22Because it's just gonna say my name.
00:26:24I voted myself out, too, okay? 'Cause I can't take it anymore.
00:26:28You've taken all the fun out of the worst part of life.
00:26:33[Ron] But while packing up,
00:26:34Maeby comes across something of Stan Sitwell's
00:26:37from 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]