Arrested Development: Season 3
20th Century Fox (2003)
Comedy
USA / English / Color / 286 min
9.6 
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| Cast | View More ↓ |
| Jason Bateman | Michael Bluth |
|---|---|
| Portia De Rossi | Lindsay Bluth Fünke |
| Will Arnett | George Bluth II |
| Michael Cera | George-Michael Bluth |
| Alia Shawkat | Mae Fünke |
| Crew | View More ↓ |
| Director | Paul Feig, Joe Russo |
|---|---|
| Writer | Mitchell Hurwitz, James Vallely |
| Producer | Dean Lorey, John Amodeo |
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Plot
After George Bluth, Sr. (Jeffrey Tambor), is arrested for embezzelling funds from the Bluth Development Company, the Bluth family is forced to give up their pampered lifestyle. Michael (Jason Bateman), the responsible one, tries to keep his son George Michael (Michael Cera) from being corrupted by his acerbic mother Lucille (Jessica Walter), his older magician brother G.O.B. (Will Arnett), his twin sister Lindsay (Portia de Rossi), his psychologist-turned-actor brother-in-law Tobias (David Cross), and his niece Maeby (Alia Shawcat). Younger brother and mama’s boy, Buster (Tony Hale), also enters the mix. Watch as this zany family bumbles through 3 seasons of extremely clever, hair-brained antics.
"This is the story of a wealthy family who lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together. This is Arrested Development."
"This is the story of a wealthy family who lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together. This is Arrested Development."
Episodes
1
The Cabin Show
30 min 2005-09-19
Michael learns that it's actually George Sr.'s twin brother Oscar serving time in prison, not George. After getting a tip from Barry, Michael heads to Reno to find George, but that costs him a camping trip he promised his son.
Director: Paul Feig
Writer: Mitchell Hurwitz, Jim Vallely
Guest starring: Justin Grant Wade, John Beard, Henry Winkler, Judy Greer, Blue Man Group, Gary Kraus, A. DeSantis Martin, Brandon Johnson, Paul Vogt, Jim Cramer
Writer: Mitchell Hurwitz, Jim Vallely
Guest starring: Justin Grant Wade, John Beard, Henry Winkler, Judy Greer, Blue Man Group, Gary Kraus, A. DeSantis Martin, Brandon Johnson, Paul Vogt, Jim Cramer
2
For British Eyes Only
30 min 2005-09-26
Investigating his father's claim that a British group set him up, Michael goes to "Wee Britain" and is smitten with a beautiful woman named Rita. Lindsay attempts to seduce the new family attorney, and Gob goes to extremes to avoid his newly discovered son.
Director: John Fortenberry
Writer: Richard Day, Mitchell Hurwitz
Guest starring: Justin Grant Wade, BW Gonzalez, Charlize Theron, John Beard, Jonathan Schmock, Clinton Leupp, Rory Knox Johnston, Steve Stapenhorst, Harry Hamlin, Justin Grant Wade, Dave Thomas
Writer: Richard Day, Mitchell Hurwitz
Guest starring: Justin Grant Wade, BW Gonzalez, Charlize Theron, John Beard, Jonathan Schmock, Clinton Leupp, Rory Knox Johnston, Steve Stapenhorst, Harry Hamlin, Justin Grant Wade, Dave Thomas
3
Forget Me Now
30 min 2005-10-03
George Sr. is placed under house arrest by the family's new attorney Bob Loblaw, and finds that it's not exactly a walk in the park. Michael sets up his first date with Rita, but Rita has an unfortunate encounter with the family beforehand.
Director: John Amodeo
Writer: Tom Saunders
Guest starring: Jonathan Schmock, Justin Grant Wade, Bob Einstein, Dave Thomas, Scott Baio, Asante Jones
Writer: Tom Saunders
Guest starring: Jonathan Schmock, Justin Grant Wade, Bob Einstein, Dave Thomas, Scott Baio, Asante Jones
4
Notapusy
30 min 2005-11-07
To prove he's a man to Rita, Michael and his nephew Steve Holt compete in the Church And State Fair's annual triathlon. George Sr. tries to scare some at-risk youth, and Tobias tries to help George-Michael's girlfriend Ann to compete in the fairs' "inner beauty" pageant.
Director: Lev L. Spiro
Writer: Ron Weiner
Guest starring: Scott Baio, Dave Thomas, Mae Whitman, Justin Grant Wade, Bronwen Masters, Nathalia Ramos, Marcy Goldman, Charlize Theron
Writer: Ron Weiner
Guest starring: Scott Baio, Dave Thomas, Mae Whitman, Justin Grant Wade, Bronwen Masters, Nathalia Ramos, Marcy Goldman, Charlize Theron
5
Mr. F
30 min 2005-11-07
Michael must deal with a huge mole problem in order to salvage a major real estate deal with Japanese investors. In an effort to help Michael, Gob and Buster team up with George Sr.'s surrogate, Larry, to devise a plan and save the deal, but their plan falls apart in a big way. Meanwhile, Tobias mistakes a CIA agent for a CAA agent and inadvertently betrays the family, and Michael makes Rita a proposal she can't refuse. Frankie Muniz makes a cameo as himself.
Director: Arlene Sanford
Writer: Richard Day, Jim Vallely
Guest starring: Bob Einstein, Frankie Muniz, Branden Weslee Kong
Writer: Richard Day, Jim Vallely
Guest starring: Bob Einstein, Frankie Muniz, Branden Weslee Kong
6
The Ocean Walker
30 min 2005-12-05
After Michael announces he's marrying Rita, George Sr. worries that she's after the family's money. But when Rita's Uncle Trevor tries to stop the wedding by revealing some surprising information about Rita, Michael must decide if he wants to walk down the aisle.
Director: Paul Feig
Writer: Jake Farrow, Sam Laybourne
Guest starring: Charlize Theron, Dave Thomas, Bob Einstein
Writer: Jake Farrow, Sam Laybourne
Guest starring: Charlize Theron, Dave Thomas, Bob Einstein
7
Prison Break-In
30 min 2005-12-12
The family plans their annual fund raiser, and they actually have a cause this time. Tobias is ailing due to his transplanted hair plugs, which appear to be rejecting him. Lindsay uses the illness as her ticket back into high society, and Michael learns of the prison warden's true intentions with his mother after reading the warden's screenplay.
Director: Bob Berlinger
Writer: Karey Dornetto
Guest starring: Mackenzie Hannigan, Sema'jay Hall, Ruby Jossen, James Lipton, Kenneth Kimmins, Hector Atreyu Ruiz, Cameron Covell, Andrew Vo
Writer: Karey Dornetto
Guest starring: Mackenzie Hannigan, Sema'jay Hall, Ruby Jossen, James Lipton, Kenneth Kimmins, Hector Atreyu Ruiz, Cameron Covell, Andrew Vo
8
Making a Stand
30 min 2005-12-19
Michael is tired of his father always having Gob compete with him, so Michael gets Gob his own banana stand franchise, only to find that Gob has set it up 20 feet from the old one. After the two compete, they decide to teach their father an elaborate lesson, and Buster refuses to use his handicap to scare kids. Meanwhile, Maeby uses Lucille's surgery in a horror film.
Director: Peter Lauer
Writer: Mitchell Hurwitz, Chuck Tatham
Guest starring: Jeff Garlin, Joe Camareno, Alan Marco, Jason Jurman, Justin Grant Wade, Scott Baio
Writer: Mitchell Hurwitz, Chuck Tatham
Guest starring: Jeff Garlin, Joe Camareno, Alan Marco, Jason Jurman, Justin Grant Wade, Scott Baio
9
S.O.B's
30 min 2006-01-02
George Sr. suggests a last-ditch effort to save the family by holding a fund raiser to raise money to pay their legal expenses. Michael suggests to Lindsay that she take over the house work, and he sends George-Michael to an expensive boarding school. Meanwhile, Maeby has trouble with a snowboarding film and Tobias tries to be a "discipline daddy".
Director: Bob Berlinger
Writer: Richard Day, Jim Vallely
Guest starring: John Beard, Andy Richter, Helen Slayton-Hughes, Richard Belzer, Andy Dick, Ben Stiller, John Larroquette, Zach Braff, Judge Reinhold, Bob Einstein
Writer: Richard Day, Jim Vallely
Guest starring: John Beard, Andy Richter, Helen Slayton-Hughes, Richard Belzer, Andy Dick, Ben Stiller, John Larroquette, Zach Braff, Judge Reinhold, Bob Einstein
10
Fakin' It
30 min 2006-02-10
George, Sr. hires a new attorney who asks the Bluths to participate in a mock trial to help prepare them for the real thing. The attorney gets actor Judge Reinhold to preside over the mock case. Meanwhile, Buster fakes a coma to get out of testifying, and George Michael and Maeby participate in a mock wedding to entertain hospital patients. Back at the office, Michael discovers that he may have a long-lost sister named Nellie Bluth.
Director: Lev L. Spiro
Writer: Dean Lorey, Chuck Tatham
Guest starring: John Michael Higgins, Bronwen Masters, Peter Michael Goetz, Carrie Preston, Michael P. Byrne, John Fremont, John Farley, Ron Matthews, Michael Bartel, William Hung, Judge Reinhold
Writer: Dean Lorey, Chuck Tatham
Guest starring: John Michael Higgins, Bronwen Masters, Peter Michael Goetz, Carrie Preston, Michael P. Byrne, John Fremont, John Farley, Ron Matthews, Michael Bartel, William Hung, Judge Reinhold
11
Family Ties
30 min 2006-02-10
In an effort to get to the bottom of things, Michael tracks Nellie down and hires her as a consultant for the Bluth Co. Unfortunately, Michael discovers Nellie's hands-on approach is more than he bargained for.
Director: Bob Berlinger
Writer: Rob Weiner
Guest starring: Tom Saunders, Ron Riggle, Mark Mueller, Ben Carroll, Olanrewaju Idewu, Charlie Hartsock, Bronwen Masters, Justine Bateman
Writer: Rob Weiner
Guest starring: Tom Saunders, Ron Riggle, Mark Mueller, Ben Carroll, Olanrewaju Idewu, Charlie Hartsock, Bronwen Masters, Justine Bateman
12
Exit Strategy
30 min 2006-02-10
Gob goes to Iraq to perform his Christian magic act on the USO tour and ends up incarcerated. Michael learns George, Sr. sent Gob to Iraq to burn down the model home he built there, so Michael and Buster fly to Iraq to spring their brother from prison.
Director: Lev L. Spiro
Writer: Dean Lorey, Chuck Tatham
Guest starring: John Michael Higgins, James O. Evans, Gary Cole, Jon Curry, Robert Michael Morris, Kathy Kolla, Cooper Thornton, Michael A. Shepperd, Richard Belzer, Mousa Kraish, Bashar Rahal, Ross Gibby, Hector Atreyu Ruiz, Tyler Sedustine, Erica Vittina Phillips, Mitsu Hadeishi, Bro
Writer: Dean Lorey, Chuck Tatham
Guest starring: John Michael Higgins, James O. Evans, Gary Cole, Jon Curry, Robert Michael Morris, Kathy Kolla, Cooper Thornton, Michael A. Shepperd, Richard Belzer, Mousa Kraish, Bashar Rahal, Ross Gibby, Hector Atreyu Ruiz, Tyler Sedustine, Erica Vittina Phillips, Mitsu Hadeishi, Bro
13
Development Arrested
30 min 2006-02-10
After returning home from Iraq, George Sr. is finally cleared of all charges, and Michael is relieved to be the head of a successful company for a change. The real brains behind the madness is revealed, and just as the family begins to celebrate their victory, a whole new set of problems emerge.
Director: John Fortenberry
Writer: Richard Day, Mitchell Hurwitz
Guest starring: Jim Cramer, Bill Rutkowski, J.J. Wall, Somer Dice, Brandon Hilluam
Writer: Richard Day, Mitchell Hurwitz
Guest starring: Jim Cramer, Bill Rutkowski, J.J. Wall, Somer Dice, Brandon Hilluam
Editions
| Barcode | Format | Region | Release | Edition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 024543244394 | DVD | 1 | 2006-08-29 | |
| 5039036029322 | DVD | 2 | ||
| 9321337075884 | DVD | 4 | 2007-00-00 | |
| 024543400066 | DVD | 2006-08-29 |