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whaaat 02-11-06 05:55 AM

I miss it already. :(

movieking 02-11-06 06:02 AM

Laughed when George Michael flinched at the keys being thrown to him.

LorenzoL 02-11-06 07:04 AM


Originally Posted by mmconhea
Classy! They left it optimistically open, yet if it doesn't picked up they gave us a great ending. Very well done.

I agree with this statement.

JasonF 02-11-06 09:00 AM


Originally Posted by movieking
Laughed when George Michael flinched at the keys being thrown to him.

That was a close one!

yohansen5b 02-11-06 11:05 AM

this two hour block was probably the funniest, most freqeuent laugh-out-loud show i've watched in a while. i have loved this show ever since I picked up on it halfway through the first season.

in all honesty, with it's absence of the last few months, i had kind of forgotten about it. the office has quietly taken its place. but these four episodes were waaay funnier than anything i've ever watched and i am truly going to miss this show. if it moves to showtime, i'll be happy to shell out a few more bucks a month to watch.

save our bluths!

Big Boy Laroux 02-11-06 11:35 AM

geez, this was like a huge thank you to everyone who's watched since the beginning. so many callbacks and references (which is one of the complaints people have about the show). but i loved it.

There a Baby in my Soup!

mdc3000 02-11-06 12:13 PM

Absolutely fucking brilliant... I was in tears (from laughing) for most of the entire runtime of these 4 eps... A great ending to the series, but they certainly did set up enough for it to come back if Hurwitz decides to go for it (please mitch, please!). I have to watch these eps again, right now.... so damn good...AD will be missed (but hopefully not for too long, right Mitch?!)

MATT

guildda 02-11-06 01:22 PM

Pimp Franklin- "she turns illusions for money."

God I'm going to miss this show if it's really the end..

rfduncan 02-11-06 02:30 PM

Michael: How long has this been going on?
George Michael: I dunno - 53 weeks?

GENIUS! :lol::up:

johnglass 02-11-06 02:43 PM

Unfortunately the finale didn't fare any better in the ratings then previous episodes.


LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) Fast National ratings for Friday, Feb. 10, 2006
The start of the Winter Olympics on Friday didn't measure up to past opening ceremonies, but it still delivered a sizable ratings victory for NBC.

The Peacock averaged a 13.1 rating/21 share for the night, easily beating second-place ABC's 6.9/11. CBS came in third with a 5.8/9. UPN, 2.9/5, finished fourth, followed by FOX, 2.0/3, and The WB, 1.3/2.


NBC also led among adults 18-49 with a 6.6 rating. ABC was second in the demographic with a 3.0, beating out CBS' 2.6. FOX averaged 1.8, UPN 1.6 and The WB 0.8.
The opening ceremonies from Turin, Italy, posted an 11.2/18 for NBC at 8 p.m. ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" held up well, finishing second at 9.7/16. CBS was third with a repeat of "Ghost Whisperer." The first hour of "Friday Night Smackdown!" on UPN drew a 2.7/4, good enough to beat the first hour of "Arrested Development's" season finale, 2.0/3, on FOX. The WB went with the movie "Swimfan."

At 9 p.m., the Olympics improved to 14.4/23 -- a far cry from the huge 42 share the 2002 Salt Lake City opening delivered but still dominant for the hour. CBS moved up to second with "Close to Home," 5.9/9, which edged out ABC's "In Justice," 5.7/9. "Smackdown!" kept UPN in fourth with a 3.2/5. "Arrested Development" improved slightly in its second hour. The WB's movie trailed.

NBC's Olympic coverage drew a 13.6/22 at 10 p.m., beating the combined total for CBS' "Numb3rs," 6.6/11, and ABC's "20/20," 5.3/9.


Lateralus 02-11-06 06:17 PM


Originally Posted by johnglass
Unfortunately the finale didn't fare any better in the ratings then previous episodes.


Oh well, the Hell with them. More people are probably going to watch those two stupid, stupid shows that had commericals during AD.

dick_grayson 02-11-06 06:19 PM

lot of weird incest stuff going on which seemed to go a little overboard; George Michael kind of lost it overall. There were plenty of laughs though.

It was kind of surreal to watch 4 new back-to-back...episodes.

Drexl 02-11-06 06:35 PM

Was anyone else thinking the third participant in Gob's holy trinity would turn out to be Franklin?

I like how Annyong's name turned out to be "Hello."

"I'm No Scar. Dot com." :lol:

Who was that nurse?

mongoco 02-11-06 07:18 PM

In the scene where Justine is coming on to Jason it looked like they used body doubles the way they shot it and kept cutting back and forth. Maybe they felt uncomfortable?

Patman 02-11-06 07:57 PM

I thought it was revealed that Anyong meant "hello" for quite a while now.

MrX 02-11-06 08:07 PM


Originally Posted by Patman
I thought it was revealed that Anyong meant "hello" for quite a while now.

It was

Draven 02-11-06 08:13 PM

I cannot believe anyone expected the show to IMPROVE in ratings, scheduled in a bizarre 2-hour block airing months after a new episode on a Friday night WHEN THE OLYMPICS ARE STARTING.

Fuck Fox.

Drexl 02-11-06 08:27 PM


Originally Posted by Patman
I thought it was revealed that Anyong meant "hello" for quite a while now.

Yes, that's why they called him that in the first place, but in this episode, they revealed that his actual name was Hello ("one day" in Korean according to the subtitle).

Jimmy James 02-11-06 08:58 PM

I hate to see it go, but this show couldn't go out better than that. Trust me, I'm still haunted by (Newsradio ending spoiler: )
Spoiler:
Dave finding Matthew hiding under his desk.


If there is eventually interest in a movie or TV movie, they have ground to explore. If not, hopefully all involved will move on to projects that will be quite good *and* popular with the people.

rabbit77 02-11-06 09:34 PM


Originally Posted by Drexl
Who was that nurse?

She played the nurse (also) during the Charlize Theron Notapussy episode (in war flashback to where the brits used pussy in a good way). I loved how Michael immediately told Buster after she called him that it was a good thing.

In the Exit Strategy, they went way back with "eating ice cream sandwiches in prison." That was awesome.

worrywort 02-11-06 10:20 PM


Originally Posted by Drexl

Who was that nurse?

her name is Bronwen Masters
http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/92/03/00/10m.jpg

Patman 02-11-06 10:23 PM

That nurse reminded me of Tracy Lords from some angles.

Mazje 02-11-06 10:48 PM

Just a quick story...my wife and I have been joking that she was going to go into labor and miss the finale of "Arrested Development" for a couple weeks now...and guess what happened. She started having contractions Friday morning so we went to the hospital. They gave her the epidural for the pain about 5 and she mellowed out and we just watched TV until it was "go time." 7 p.m. rolls around and she says "Turn on Arrested Development." So we watched the first 3 episodes. Then she said "I think it's time" about 8:40 (for the record, the babies are ok, and were born at 9:30 and 9:41). Also, we had twin girls, and we've been joking about naming them "Maebe" and "Surely" for a while as well (we didn't). Have I mentioned my wife is awesome?

Anyway, everybody is fine, but she didn't get to watch the finale. So being the good husband I am, the next day I went home to get some of her stuff and surprised her by bringing back the Tivo. What's better, flowers or the final 4 episodes of "Arrested Development?"

JTH182 02-11-06 10:50 PM

I think it's safe to say that was the end, even if Showtime is interested. I don't think it's really hit me yet. It was quite surreal. It wasn't like the Seinfeld finale where I knew it was the end because I have still kept hope up. This just had a weird feeling. When the "Epilogue" came on, I knew that was it. I didn't have time to comprehend what I saw.

boogieman03 02-11-06 10:54 PM

I loved that they brought back the "when I miss your lips, I'll put a fig in my mouth and think of you".

rotfl


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