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The One Where Michael Leaves
"The One Where Michael Leaves" is the second season premiere of the American television satirical sitcom Arrested Development. It was written by series creator Mitchell Hurwitz and co-executive producer Richard Rosenstock, and was directed by Lee Shallat Chemel. It originally aired on the Fox Network in the United States on November 7, 2004.
The series, narrated by Ron Howard, follows the Bluths, a formerly wealthy, dysfunctional family, who made their money from property development. In the episode, Michael (Jason Bateman) and George Michael (Michael Cera) leave for Phoenix, but they decide go back in order to make a more dramatic exit. Lindsay's (Portia de Rossi) desire for an open marriage leads Tobias (David Cross) to inadvertently audition for the Blue Man Group, which he thinks is a support group for depressed men. Lucille (Jessica Walter) signs Buster up for the Army after being goaded by a documentary filmmaker who questions her patriotism, and Gob (Will Arnett) is made president of the Bluth company, discovering a contract between George Sr. (Jeffrey Tambor) and Saddam Hussein.
Cross found wearing blue paint for the episode to be difficult, as the process of applying and taking off the paint proved tedious. The Blue Man Group assisted with production, only asking that the series correctly represent their mysterious appearance. A cameo of Cross dressed in his Blue Man Group attire from the episode was intended to appear in the film Avengers: Infinity War, but was cancelled due to Cross's directing commitments.
Upon release, "The One Where Michael Leaves" received mostly positive reviews from critics, with some including it in their lists of the series' greatest episodes. Critics praised the episode's humor, but some of its sub-plots drew criticism. Several critics and scholars have analyzed the episode's themes since its release.
Michael takes his son George Michael to start a new life in Phoenix, Arizona, without saying goodbye to the family. When he realizes that the impact of his departure might have been lost on them, he returns to inform them that he is leaving. His brother, Gob, and his sister, Lindsay, speculate that Michael needs them more than they need him. Michael, frustrated that no one is taking him seriously, gets pulled over once on the road again, with the police informing him that his father George Sr. has been caught and arrested for his involvement in illegal property development in Iraq. Michael decides to return a second time to tell his father he is leaving.
The police have actually arrested George Sr.'s twin brother Oscar, and lawyer Barry Zuckerkorn (Henry Winkler) tells Michael he can't leave the state without paying bail, so Michael goes looking for the company checkbook. At the office, Gob is redecorating, and Michael learns from him that their mother Lucille has the checkbook. After Michael leaves, Gob stumbles upon a briefcase containing a contract between George Sr. and Saddam Hussein. Lindsay and her husband Tobias decide to try an "open marriage", and Lindsay immediately makes what she thinks is a date but is actually an appointment with a realtor (Ed Helms). Tobias spots a flyer and attends what he assumes is a support group for depressed men, but is really a performance of the Blue Man Group, where he decides to audition.
Lucille is questioned by a documentary filmmaker, who inquires about the family's patriotism, asking whether she'd ever enlist her son or daughter in the army, and she immediately signs her son Buster up. Michael realizes he must ask the family for the bail money, while Tobias leaves for the theater painted blue to audition for the Blue Man Group, but is accidentally run over by Barry Zuckerkorn. At the hospital, the family pours out their troubles and begs Michael for help, whilst Dr. Fishman (Ian Roberts) subsequently announces that Tobias has survived. The police come and try to arrest Oscar, thinking he is George Sr. Michael explains the mixup, and Oscar leaves. Then, the real Oscar walks in, revealing that the other one was George Sr. in a wig, who has stolen the briefcase containing the Saddam Hussein contract and is planning to flee to Mexico.
"The One Where Michael Leaves" was directed by Lee Shallat Chemel, and written by series creator Mitchell Hurwitz and co-executive producer Richard Rosenstock. It was Hurwitz's ninth writing credit for the series, and the first episode of the season to be filmed.
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The One Where Michael Leaves
"The One Where Michael Leaves" is the second season premiere of the American television satirical sitcom Arrested Development. It was written by series creator Mitchell Hurwitz and co-executive producer Richard Rosenstock, and was directed by Lee Shallat Chemel. It originally aired on the Fox Network in the United States on November 7, 2004.
The series, narrated by Ron Howard, follows the Bluths, a formerly wealthy, dysfunctional family, who made their money from property development. In the episode, Michael (Jason Bateman) and George Michael (Michael Cera) leave for Phoenix, but they decide go back in order to make a more dramatic exit. Lindsay's (Portia de Rossi) desire for an open marriage leads Tobias (David Cross) to inadvertently audition for the Blue Man Group, which he thinks is a support group for depressed men. Lucille (Jessica Walter) signs Buster up for the Army after being goaded by a documentary filmmaker who questions her patriotism, and Gob (Will Arnett) is made president of the Bluth company, discovering a contract between George Sr. (Jeffrey Tambor) and Saddam Hussein.
Cross found wearing blue paint for the episode to be difficult, as the process of applying and taking off the paint proved tedious. The Blue Man Group assisted with production, only asking that the series correctly represent their mysterious appearance. A cameo of Cross dressed in his Blue Man Group attire from the episode was intended to appear in the film Avengers: Infinity War, but was cancelled due to Cross's directing commitments.
Upon release, "The One Where Michael Leaves" received mostly positive reviews from critics, with some including it in their lists of the series' greatest episodes. Critics praised the episode's humor, but some of its sub-plots drew criticism. Several critics and scholars have analyzed the episode's themes since its release.
Michael takes his son George Michael to start a new life in Phoenix, Arizona, without saying goodbye to the family. When he realizes that the impact of his departure might have been lost on them, he returns to inform them that he is leaving. His brother, Gob, and his sister, Lindsay, speculate that Michael needs them more than they need him. Michael, frustrated that no one is taking him seriously, gets pulled over once on the road again, with the police informing him that his father George Sr. has been caught and arrested for his involvement in illegal property development in Iraq. Michael decides to return a second time to tell his father he is leaving.
The police have actually arrested George Sr.'s twin brother Oscar, and lawyer Barry Zuckerkorn (Henry Winkler) tells Michael he can't leave the state without paying bail, so Michael goes looking for the company checkbook. At the office, Gob is redecorating, and Michael learns from him that their mother Lucille has the checkbook. After Michael leaves, Gob stumbles upon a briefcase containing a contract between George Sr. and Saddam Hussein. Lindsay and her husband Tobias decide to try an "open marriage", and Lindsay immediately makes what she thinks is a date but is actually an appointment with a realtor (Ed Helms). Tobias spots a flyer and attends what he assumes is a support group for depressed men, but is really a performance of the Blue Man Group, where he decides to audition.
Lucille is questioned by a documentary filmmaker, who inquires about the family's patriotism, asking whether she'd ever enlist her son or daughter in the army, and she immediately signs her son Buster up. Michael realizes he must ask the family for the bail money, while Tobias leaves for the theater painted blue to audition for the Blue Man Group, but is accidentally run over by Barry Zuckerkorn. At the hospital, the family pours out their troubles and begs Michael for help, whilst Dr. Fishman (Ian Roberts) subsequently announces that Tobias has survived. The police come and try to arrest Oscar, thinking he is George Sr. Michael explains the mixup, and Oscar leaves. Then, the real Oscar walks in, revealing that the other one was George Sr. in a wig, who has stolen the briefcase containing the Saddam Hussein contract and is planning to flee to Mexico.
"The One Where Michael Leaves" was directed by Lee Shallat Chemel, and written by series creator Mitchell Hurwitz and co-executive producer Richard Rosenstock. It was Hurwitz's ninth writing credit for the series, and the first episode of the season to be filmed.