Monday, July 20th, 2009
02.00 Arrested Development
Arrested Development. Season 2, Episode 2. "The One Where They Build A House"
A very different type of episode. Less frantic-comedy, more honest-to-goodness drama between the brothers. Gob is in charge, and Michael doesn't want that. George Sr. (now on the run) phones the company but is unhappy to find Gob there (which genuinely hurts Gob's feelings), and when Michael thinks that his father doesn't want to talk to him, his feelings are genuinely hurt, too. And the (few) scenes that document this really do play them as drama and make us care about the characters and their feelings. Great comedy comes, they say, from tragedy and pain, so - at times like these - the show prevents the characters from being altogether absurd. Yes, it's a zany, crazy show but you do come to care about the characters.
The Ann jokes have started. Wonderful. Simply wonderful. Michael calls her 'Egg' at one point. I mean, he calls her 'Egg'! Does it get any better than this?
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