Episodes: 18
Run: November 7, 2004-April 17, 2005
Broadcasted on Fox Network
Created by Mitchell Hurwitz
Starring:
Jason Bateman as Michael Bluth
Portia de Rossi as Lindsay Bluth Fünke
Will Arnett as George Oscar "G.O.B." Bluth II
Michael Cera as George Michael Bluth
Alia Shawkat as Maeby Fünke
Tony Hale as Byron "Buster" Bluth
David Cross as Tobias Fünke
Jeffrey Tambor as Geogre Bluth, Sr. and Oscar Bluth
Jessica Walter as Lucille Bluth
Ron Howard as The Narrator

Guest stars for Season 2:
Henry Winkler as Barry Zuckerkorn
John Beard as Himself
Justin Grant Wade as Steve Holt
Liza Minnelli as Lucille Austero
Judy Greer as Kitty Sanchez
Mae Whitman as Ann Veal
John Michael Higgins as Wayne Jarvis
BW Gonzalez as Lupe
Carl Weathers as Himself
Justin Lee as Annyong
James Lipton as Warden Gentiles
Amy Poehler as Wife of Gob
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Maggie Lizer
Ian Roberts as Dr. Fishman
Jay Johnston as Officer Taylor
Mo Collins as Starla
Thomas Jane as Himself
Martin Mull as Gene Parmesan
Dick Van Patten as Cal Cullen
Malik Yoba as Ice
The Blue Man Group as themselves
Jeff Garlin as Mort Meyers
Ed Begley Jr. as Stan Sitwell
Christine Taylor as Sally Sitwell
Rob Corddry as Moses Taylor
J.K. Simmons as General William Anderson
Martin Short as Jack Dorso
Dave Attell as himself
Ben Stiller as Tony Wonder
Dan Castellaneta as Dr. Stein
Alan Tudyk as Pastor Veal
Ione Skye as Mrs. Veal
Zach Braff as Phillip Litt
Andy Richter as himself

Because of his father's latest lie about a heart attack, Michael decides to leave his family and company behind. Lucille appoints Gob to be the new Bluth Company president, but he proves incapable and the position reverts back to Michael. George Sr.'s twin brother Oscar moves in with Lucille in an attempt to rekindle a previous love affair. After faking his death in Mexico, George Sr. returns to the family model home, where he hides in the attic. Meanwhile, Buster joins the army, but escapes serving in Iraq when his hand is bitten off by a loose seal. He bonds with his uncle Oscar, who is revealed as Buster's presumptive biological father. George Michael begins dating a deeply religious girl, Ann Veal; his father does not like her, and tries to disrupt their relationship. Michael fails to break them up, but George Michael sees a chance for his crush on Maeby to bear fruit, and the pair kiss while the living room of the model home collapses under them.

Maeby becomes a film studio executive covertly, and Tobias repeatedly paints himself blue in a futile attempt to join the Blue Man Group. Throughout the season, various blue paint marks can be seen around the family's house and on the back of Tobias's neck when not in full makeup. After being kicked out by Lindsay, Tobias dresses as "Mrs. Featherbottom" to be around Maeby, an explicitly narrated reference to Mrs. Doubtfire. Kitty returns to steal a sample of George Sr.'s semen to make her own Bluth baby. George Sr., in revenge for twin brother Oscar's affair with his wife, exchanges appearances with an unconscious Oscar, who is mistakenly sent to prison in the place of George Sr., who flees again. (Source for plot Wikipedia.org)



Now I have to say out of all three seasons of "Arrested Development" the second season had to have been my favorite one due to its just downright hilarity and smart writing. But there were other funny moments. Allow me to list and show them to you.

Tobias decides to join the Blue Man Group.


Tobias also dresses as a British nanny to stay close to his wife and daughter and tries to put a banger, oh I mean a sausage, in Michaels mouth.


George Michael videotapes himself doing the lightsaber fight from "Empire Strikes Back" and thus proving he has no chance of getting laid by his cousin Maeby, his girlfriend Ann, or any other girl for that matter.

Looks like you'll have to wait until marriage George Michael.

Gob and Lindsay battle off to who has the worse and funnier chicken impression the in chicken off!


Could Oscar be Buster's real father?


Plus Buster has his hand bitten off by a seal. Then Lucille's maid Lupe then comforts Buster and then is fired. Buster then finds in Lucille's robot maid and has to jerk him off.


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Or freakishly mutated little, human killing robots with a hook arm!

But that's getting off subject right there.

Also George Michael becomes the real life Charlie Brown when Ann dumps him and walks rght oast a dog on his dog house.

I'm pretty sure that's happened to all of guys after we break up with or girlfriends or when they break up with us. Ain't happened for me since my one and only relationship was a long distance one but that's once again getting off subject.

Fonzie, oh I mean Barry jumps the shark.


And we're introduced the best, most racist puppet ever! FRANKLIN BLUTH!


And he ground breaking album "Franklin Comes Alive"


But there were other things like I said the very funny, sharp, and smart writing on the show. But there was a little bit of a downside. Fox for some dumb ass reason had cut the order of episodes from 22 to 18. The show made that clear in the episode "Sword of Destiny" when the order of housing contracts from 22 to 18. A big "fuck you" to the excutives at Fox. But overall this was the best season of the show. Won many award as well, won Jason Bateman the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy, and various writing and directing awards. The latter of them Emmy and Writer's Guild Awards.

Special features: commentary on three episodes, deleted scenes, bloopers, and the campaign videos from the episode "The Immaculate Election". Now the campaign videos are an Easter Egg on disc three. Click on Episode Selection. Scroll down to the second episode, "The Immaculate Election." Hit the LEFT button and you will be taken to a screen titled "Campaign Videos" which features extra material from that episode

Star rating: 4 stars/4
Grade rating: A+

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