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"Development Arrested"
Episode No	3AJD13
Airdate	February 10, 2006
Writer(s)	Story by Richard Day and Mitchell Hurwitz, Teleplay by Chuck Tatham and Jim Vallely
Director	John Fortenberry
On the epilogue:	“Michael wakes up to another strange bedfellow after his first night at sea," (George) "and Maeby pitches her TV show to a Hollywood icon.” (Ron Howard, who wanted to make a film instead)
Guest star(s)	Mae Whitman as Ann Justin Lee as Annyong Jeff Garlin as Mort Meyers Ed Begley Jr. as Stan Sitwell Jim Cramer as himself Charlie Hartsock as Ted
Arrested Development Season 3 September 2005 - February 2006
The Cabin Show For British Eyes Only Forget-Me-Now Notapusy Mr. F The Ocean Walker Prison Break-In Making a Stand S.O.B.s Fakin' It Family Ties Exit Strategy Development Arrested
All Arrested Development episodes

"Development Arrested" aka "Harboring Resentment" was the fifty-third episode aired of the TV comedy series Arrested Development. It is the season finale for Season 3. It is also assumed to be the last episode ever to be produced.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Episode notes 2.1 References 2.2 Callbacks/Running Jokes 2.3 Hidden/Background Jokes 2.4 Character Cameos 2.5 Foreshadowing/Future References 2.6 Goofs 3 Sources

[edit] Synopsis

Michael Bluth was being honored by his family for his work in getting the treason charges against his father dropped. At the party, Michael became depressed, realizing these people would now be part of his life for a long, long time.

The day before, Michael woke up to find George Michael in his bed. After going to second base one night, then finding out they were probably related, Maeby kicked George Michael out of their room to prevent further make out sessions. Michael figured his son was just nervous about his dad running a successful company for a change, now that all the charges against George Sr. had been dropped.

In fact, on Mad Money, Jim Cramer upgraded Bluth Co. from a “Don’t Buy” to a “Risky”. Michael asked his son if he had anything on his mind, and George Michael suggested moving out of town now that things were turning around. Michael promised he’d discuss it later, after breakfast with the family.

And so, the family gathered at the penthouse for a catered Sunday brunch. Lucille suggested throwing a party on the same boat to finally name Michael CEO. Michael actually expressed hope for the future of the company and mentioned in passing that the family could now sell their stock for $2 million each, although they shouldn’t, since the company is now moving forward.

Lindsay privately told Michael she wanted to sell her shares since she was almost 40 and wanted to remarry. Then George Sr. told Michael he wanted to cash out and move down to Cabo San Lucas. Michael assured them both that the honestly run family business would generate plenty of money, but George Sr. warned his son that there was no way Lucille would allow a clean business. She even stole the idea of selling frozen bananas from a Korean immigrant and then had him deported when he threatened to sue. Michael was surprised to find out Lucille was behind all the dirty business.

So Michael went to cancel the reservation on the party boat Buster so feared. Down at the harbor, Michael found G.O.B. trying to flee on a boat. The boat he lived on. Michael asked G.O.B. how he planned to pay for the boat and G.O.B. replied that Stan Sitwell made a generous offer for his stock, an offer G.O.B. was determined to take.

Michael called his mother for advice. Her idea was to lease the boat to G.O.B. through the company to show the shareholders the family was united. So Michael sold out just a little. George Michael visited his father at the office, wanting to talk about moving. Michael told his son the party was important to show unity, so George Michael blurted out that he and Maeby had made out. They didn’t think they were cousins until Tobias showed them the very graphic birth photos. So George Michael felt like he couldn’t be around Lindsay or Maeby any longer. Michael was shocked and told his son he could no longer act on his feelings. But he still needed to keep the family together, so he brought up Ann Veal, suggesting George Michael bring her to the party.

Lindsay, meanwhile, was doing a little selling out of her own, telling Stan Sitwell that she refused to sell her five percent of the company, even though he hadn’t made an actual offer. Sitwell expressed surprised that Lucille gave Lindsay less of the company than she gave her actual children. Lindsay expressed surprise that she was adopted. Sitwell apologized, assuming Lindsay knew already, but she was overjoyed to hear that she wasn’t actually sprung from Lucille. Sitwell went on to explain that they wanted to adopt Lindsay, that the Bluths took her from under their nose when she was three. He then suggested having a party for her upcoming 40th birthday party. This part of the news Lindsay didn’t take so well.

Maeby, meanwhile, headed to Tantamount Studios, where word was she was about to be replaced because they found out she wasn’t the age she had claimed to be. But she wasn’t going to be fired. In fact, the studio already got ten offers on Maeby’s life story. Her boss needed her to get her family to sign the rights away.

Michael had compromised his morals and was having trouble sleeping. Some of that was Lindsey, who was currently in his bed. She happily told him the news of her adoption and propositioned him, saying if she didn’t’ get divorced and remarried in a month, she was going to sell her shares. But even Michael couldn’t sell out that much.

The next morning, Michael awoke to Tobias in his bed. He told Michael he was going to have sell his shares and move on. Michael told Tobias that if he could find another venue for the upcoming party, one that wasn’t a boat, perhaps he could put Tobias on the company payroll as an Events Coordinator.

Soon, George Michael went to Ann’s to try and win her back. But her Uncle Paul told him that Ann had moved in with her boyfriend. Feeling that he couldn’t go home, George Michael decided to seek out his own creepy uncle. And Michael confronted Lucille about the adoption, which she openly admitted to. But she said they didn’t tell anybody Lindsy was adopted because it would look bad if they took in a child just to stick it to the Sitwells.

Michael said this was a problem, because it made it harder for him to keep the family from selling their shares. Lucille suggested a payoff called an accrued cash dividend. But the family won’t get their money until they sign an agreement promising not to sell their shares for ten years. However, this maneuver was illegal.

Tobias caught up with Michael and told he had booked the Queen Mary for the party, thinking this was a chain of nightclubs and not the luxury ocean liner permanently docked south of Los Angeles. He had also booked G.O.B.’s old stripper troupe, the Hot Cops. Buster, still terrified of the ocean after having his hand bitten off by a seal, began to dread the party.

And George Michael caught up with G.O.B. at the harbor. That’s when he found out that G.O.B. had been dating a made over Ann ever since he judged the Inner Beauty pageant. They now lived together on the boat. G.O.B. told George Michael that Ann needed a man, and that’s when George Michael became one. By punching out G.O.B. Ann became upset.

As was Buster, when he saw the ship where the party was being held. And Maeby was trying to get the family to sign away their TV rights to her story. Lucille was trying to get signatures from the family too. Although ones that would prevent them from selling company stock. And G.O.B., hearing Lindsay say she was adopted, and upset that Michael sent George Michael to the docks, went into a sort of knee-jerk revenge mode, trying to bed Lindsay. Her reaction was violent, to say the least.

Lucille then asked Maeby to collect signatures for her, offering each family member $100,000 to sign. This neatly solved Maeby’s TV rights problem. Then Michael addressed the gathered crowd. While lauding the family, Michael finally began to cry. After the speech, G.O.B. told Michael of his run in with George-Michael and how he offered to let the boy have the yacht if he didn’t hit him again. Upset that his son was somewhere with a yacht, Michael prepared to leave the party. But Lucille wouldn’t let him, saying that wouldn’t look good to the investors. Michael chose to ignore her.

Stan Sitwell approached Lucille at the bar, remarking that he had never seen a CEO cry before and that perhaps Michael was a curious choice to run the company. After a quick negotiation, Lucille agreed to sell Stan the company for 12% above the market value. Using one of the telescopes on the ship, Michael spotted the C-Word in the harbor. Rushing to a rubber dinghy, Michael chased after his son.

And that’s when G.O.B. noticed something too: SEC police boats approaching the party. Lucille wondered who had tipped off the feds to the company’s misdealing. And that’s when the informant stepped forward. Annyong, Lucille’s formerly adopted son, who revealed that he did it as revenge for his grandfather. The man Lucille stole the banana stand idea from. But Lucille wasn’t going peacefully, and Michael caught up with his son.

George Michael complained that with Ann dating someone else and Maeby being his cousin, he couldn’t stay in Newport. Michael informed him that Maeby wasn’t actually his cousin because Lindsey was adopted. But he still can’t be with Maeby because he’s only 15. Plus, even if she wasn’t a blood relative, she was still family.

Suddenly, the yacht was rocked by a huge wake as Lucille tried to power the Queen Mary off the dock and into the open sea. The boat’s rocking sent Buster overboard and into the ocean, his second greatest fear. He was soon confronted by his greatest, a seal. A seal with a yellow ribbon tied around its neck. The very same seal that G.O.B. used in his magic act until it developed a taste for flesh and he dumped it in the ocean. It was the very same seal that bit off Buster’s hand.

And the Queen Mary and C-Word both made a break for it. George Michael offered to go back and stick with the family, but Michael realized they had a full tank of gas, a house waiting in Cabo and $500,000 in cashier’s checks. So maybe the family would have to handle their own problems for a change. Michael pushed the throttle forward and he and his son motored off into the sunset.

[edit] Episode notes

• This episode was titled "Harboring Resentment" in press releases, though its listed title was changed to "Development Arrested" several days before it aired. It appears that "Development Arrested" is the official title, as this is what the episode was referred by at the 2006 Emmy Awards, as well as on the season 3 DVD released days later.
• This episode is the season finale of the third season and likely the final episode to air on FOX.
• This episode was the last of four episodes in a two-hour season finale aired on Fox.
• This episode is a fan favorite, and is generally ranked among S.O.B.s and Exit Strategy as one of the best episodes of the third season, and the series itself.
• Unlike the other season finales, which ended with "On the next season of Arrested Development," this episode ends with "On the epilogue." However, when this was broadcast, closed captioning had "On some future Arrested Development" as this line.
• This episode earned writers Chuck Tatham, Jim Vallely, Richard Day and Mitchell Hurwitz an Emmy Nomination For Outstanding Writing In A Comedy Series

[edit] References

• Mad Money - Jim Cramer bumps up the Bluth Company from “Don’t Buy” (as heard in The Cabin Show) to “Risky.”
• Risky Business - Ted is dressed like Tom Cruise in Risky Business (sunglasses, collar up, no pants) under the "Risky Business" banner. He can be heard saying "I couldn't see through the glasses and I slid into the ladder", implying he (unsuccessfully) attempted to re-create the famous "sliding in front of the stairs" scene from the movie, in front of the ladder.
• Skating With Celebrities
  • Maeby’s taxi drives by a billboard for the show Skating with Celebrities, which has the tagline “Train Wreck on Ice!” Skating With Celebrities is the show that replaced Arrested Development in its Monday timeslot.
  • Buster says he prefers that show when Maeby attempts to get him to sign away rights for a series. (Celebrities not only took Arrested's Monday night time slot, but also increased the Monday ratings considerably.)
  • Maeby later circulates a "petition to help improve television," referencing the numerous petitions requesting that FOX keep Arrested on the air.

[edit] Callbacks/Running Jokes

• "And a whole lot of love." - Lucille uses love as an excuse for committing a horrible deed, which she had first done in Let 'Em Eat Cake.
• Chant - The Bluths chant the words "risky, risky" over and over again when Michael walks in, the same way the Bluth employees chanted "don't buy, don't buy" in The Cabin Show and "Speech" in Marta Complex.
  • The Bluths also later chant "$2 million, $2 million" in the same way.

• Come On! -G.O.B.'s running line (most notably from Afternoon Delight), is used by Michael, George Michael and Buster.
• C-Word - G.O.B. is seen on a party boat named the "C-Word"; a callback to the Seaward in The One Where They Build a House. Lucille had misheard the word "seaward" as "C-Word" in that episode. The C-Word is of course "cunt".
  • Later, G.O.B. doesn’t want the "C-Word" to smell like fish. This is a reference to the rather crude notion that unwashed female genitalia can take on a smell similar to fish.
• Flee - G.O.B. once again tries to flee from Michael on a boat. He had first attempted to do this in My Mother, The Car.
• Her? - When George Michael finds out G.O.B. had been dating Ann, he says, "her?"
  • When G.O.B. tells Michael that he had been dating Ann, he says, "her?"
• Hot Cops - Tobias hires the Hot Cops to perform at the party. Hot Cops is the stripper agency G.O.B. worked for in Pier Pressure, and has been referenced several times throughout the series (most notably in Best Man for the GOB and Queen for a Day).
• "I’ve made a huge mistake" - When Lucille regrets putting Michael in charge, she utters G.O.B.'s catch phrase. This was first used by G.O.B. in Key Decisions.
• Knee-Jerk Revenge Mode - The Narrator says that G.O.B. went into a "kind of knee-jerk revenge mode" when G.O.B. attempts to sleep with Lindsay to get back at Michael. G.O.B.'s tendency to sleep with women he thinks Michael is interested in was first displayed in Shock and Aww.
• "Maeby ever mention my name?" - Annyong is interested to know whether Maeby has mentioned him. Annyong developed a crush on Maeby in Let 'Em Eat Cake.
• Nellie - We learn that Lindsay is the Nellie from the photo Michael discovered in Fakin' It.
• Nose job - Lindsay says "this is the happiest I’ve been since the day I got my new nose," refers to the nose job she had done when she was younger. We first learned she had a nose job done in The One Where Michael Leaves.
  • We also learn that Lindsay had work done on her lips, forehead and teeth. Additionally, Lindsay mentions that her hair color isn't natural, referring to Michael's "bleach-blonde" comment from The Cabin Show.
• Pilot - This episode has numerous scenes and moments mimicking the Pilot. Often, things are the opposite of what they were in the pilot.
  • Both episodes starts off with a boat party, panning from the sky to Michael, followed by the Narrator saying "This is Michael Bluth." The same opening music is heard in both episodes.
  • Both contain the banner reading "Mount Up Pard'ners!"
  • Both cold openings end with the Narrator explaining why Michael is in a certain mood. Both times are due to his family. However, in the Pilot, Michael is happy that he will never see his family again, whereas in this episode, he is sad that he has to stay with them.
  • After the intros, both of which occur chronologically later in the episodes, both episodes then cut to Michael in his bed, then pan out to reveal George Michael laying next to him.
  • George Michael saying the “most important thing” is “family” and Michael saying “breakfast.” In the Pilot, these lines were reversed.
  • In the Pilot, George Michael wants to stay with the family and Michael wants to leave. In this episode, George Michael wants to leave and Michael initially wants to stay.
  • Tobias walks into Lucille's penthouse and hugs Michael. Michael then says "hey, oh" and nervously laughs as Tobias hugs him.
  • In both episodes, the song "Free At Last" is present.
  • In both episodes, the Securities and Exchange Commission interrupts the boat party. When G.O.B. sees the police boats, he says "Are those police boats?", followed by Lucille saying "Oh, my God, it’s the SEC" and Buster saying "They have boats?" Here, these lines are mirrored exactly, except Buster's line is changed to "They still have boats?"
  • Once again, Lucille tries to flee the SEC in the Queen Mary, resulting in another slow boat chase. However, this time, the SEC is coming after Lucille and not George Sr.
• Queen Mary - Tobias (mistakenly) selects the boat in Long Beach as the location for the party instead of chain of nightclubs seen in Queen for a Day.
• Religious Girlfriend - G.O.B. has been dating Ann since the pageant at the Church and State Fair in Notapusy, when he said that the third place contestant is "a little bit plain" and has "super low self-esteem" so he "steps in and lays her crown upon his sweet head."
  • The Holy Trinity scene continues from Family Ties, revealing Ann.
• Robot - G.O.B. once again calls Michael a robot due to his apparent lack of emotion. G.O.B. had first used this expression in The Cabin Show, S.O.B.s and Exit Strategy.
  • When Michael cries during his speech, the Narrator says "and that's when Michael finally cried," emphasizing Michael's tendency to not openly express his emotions.
• Seal - Buster encounters the seal with the yellow bow-tie, that had bitten off his hand in Out on a Limb.
• Shiner - The bruise on G.O.B.'s face looks identical (and is in the same spot) as the bruise he got in Beef Consommé.
  • Throughout this episode, G.O.B. is hit repeatedly. He always takes the blow in the same area of his face.
• Shrimp - George Sr. uses free shrimp to trick Oscar into attending the boat party in his place. George Sr. showed his love of shrimp in Fakin' It when he would visit Buster only so he could eat at ShrimpFest.
• Skip Church's Bistro - The brunch is catered by Skip Church’s Bistro, seen in Out on a Limb. Among the food being served are several dishes of the infamous "Skip's Scramble."
• Stick It - Lucille says she bought Lindsay just to "stick it" to Sitwell. G.O.B. and George Sr. had talked about Michael "sticking it" to Sally Sitwell in Burning Love.
• "That was a freebie" - Maeby says "that was a freebie" when Lucille gets her to take down signatures. Maeby used this expression in Mr. F and George Sr., along with G.O.B., used this expression in Prison Break-In. Lucille first said it in The Cabin Show.
• "This was as good an opening as George Michael was going to get." - George Michael finally talks to his father about his crush on Maeby, something which he's been trying to do throughout the series (most notably in Pier Pressure, The Cabin Show, For British Eyes Only and S.O.B.s).
• Wee Brain - Mort Meyers refers to Rita as a "wee brain," the very same thing it said in Forget-Me-Now when she was covering up the letters of the "Wee Britain" bench.

[edit] Hidden/Background Jokes

• 53 Weeks - George Michael says that he's had a crush on his cousin for 53 weeks, referring to the fact that this is the 53rd episode (although in the show's actual time, George Michael has had a crush on his cousin for 3 years, though this may be 53 weeks excluding his crush on Ms. Baerly and his relationship with Ann).
• Alpaca - Lucille accidentally calls Stan Sitwell an alpaca.
  • Later in the episode, Sitwell is wearing a wig made from alpaca hair.
• Bluth's Original Frozen Banana Stand - According to the photo, a Korean immigrant first marketed the frozen banana as "Cold Banana in Delicious Brown Taste."
• Commercial - When Michael switches on the television, the "and they deliver insulin right to my door" commercial plays. This commercial was also heard in Exit Strategy.
  • Bob Loblaw's commercial from Forget-Me-Now can also be heard in the background after this.
• G.O.B.'s home - The joke where none of the Bluths know where G.O.B. lives refers to the fact that G.O.B. has had no official place of residence since he blew up the yacht he was living on in Missing Kitty. This sparked a lot of similar discussion among fans about where G.O.B. lives.
• Maeby's Birth - The Fünkes’ announcement reads "There’s A Girl in My Soup! Announcing Our Daughter: Maeby Fünke." In Beef Consommé, Lucille had remarked that Maeby was made in a cup, "like soup," so it is possible that her comment originated from the birth announcement.

• Maeby's release forms - Maeby asks Buster to sign release forms, saying TV is "not as good as it used to be" and that signing her "petition" would "make it better." Arrested Development fans often used the same argument against FOX's cancellation of the show. Buster replies by saying he liked "Skating With Celebrities," a FOX reality show, indicating that many other people did not care.
• Mimicking Photos - When Tobias is in bed with Michael, he does the same expression George Michael is doing in the photo behind him.
• Mock Trial with J. Reinhold - The front page of Variety also features an article "There go the Judge" in the bottom right corner.
• Monster - George Michael says he's "kind of" scared of a monster. Although the Narrator says this is the monster of lust, this line could also be interpreted as a penis joke, and a callback to Rita's "That way I can see if you have a monster" line from The Ocean Walker. It may also be a reference to the potential incestuous child he and Maeby could one day have.
• One Day - Annyong says his grandfather vowed "One day, he would get even for Banana Stand you stole from him." Given that Annyong's real name, Hel-loh, is captioned "One Day" when translated to English, this sentence can also be interpreted as his grandfather saying that Annyong would get even for this.
• Sign - Michael updates the “Days Without a Workplace Injury” sign from 27 to 1. Since the sign should actually have read "0", it can be interpreted that Michael was trying to misrepresent the office's safety.
• Variety Article - The Variety article “Tantamount To Child Labor; Teen Exec Cons Studio Job” reads:
  • “Sources say the hiring of new film kid on the block Maeby Fünke, age 16, is Tantamount to child abuse but studio head Mort Meyer [sic] says it was pure genius on his part to draw in the younger demographic they sorely need. / But others disagree. They believe that Ms. Fünke's foray into film, though innocent enough, happened when she inadvertently managed to be indoctrinated into the fold through a mistaken identity phenom that was not of her own making.
  • Fünke’s calling card apparently fell into her lap as she was helping her father, wannabe actor Tobias Fünke, gain entrance into Tantamount Studios. Who could blame her for hanging on when she suddenly found herself behind a desk and in a position of power than many spend a lifetime trying to attain? ‘At least it’s better than high school, except for the food!’, she was overheard saying. / Well, no doubt, but does any of this excuse Tantamount from its legal responsibility regarding the child labor laws? One would have to argue, NO! / What passes for the upper echelon of studio masterminds if a teenage girl can pull the dyed in the wool cloth over their eyes? / It seems, however, as though the industry, or at least Tantamount Studios, is more than ready to wrap their arms and minds around Ms. Fünke and are putting their money where their slack jawed mouths are. / Now industry insiders are even whispering about a reality show, MOW or sitcom about the sassy lass’s life.
  • Ms. Fünke's ex-boyfriend and cousin, Steve Holt, is reportedly anxious to sign on to play her ex-boyfriend and cousin. When asked about it Holt raised his fists in the air and shouted, ‘Steve Holt’. / Ms. Fünke’s other cousin, George Michael Bluth, got a deer in the headlights look on his face and curled up in a ball on the floor. This reporter took that to mean ‘no comment’. / Is this media darling's success wreaking havoc in her home life? / Her family has already been fodder for the rumormill microscope due to the litany of charges against her grandfather, Bluth patriarch George Bluth, head of the development empire the Bluth Company. Charges of possible incest and insanity seemed to continue to flit around this kids inner circle. MOW here we come! / At the end of the day will Ms. Fünke be just a one hit wonder or will she spur a whole new era in the movie biz? Only time will tell but for now, things are undoubtedly getting funky at the Fünke household. It was reported that her father is jealous of her budding fame and has refused to eat until he gets equal press time. Though that has not happened yet, it is said that he has scheduled a photo session for new head shots to cash in on his new svelte figure. / So has all of this surprised studio execs to start combing the hallways and lockerrooms of their local high schools? No telling for sure but I think I saw a certain SS superfigure huddled at the lunch counter with a gaggle of gals at Beverly Palisades high school last week. Can you say power lunch sloppy joes?”
  • Another article in the first Variety reported the cancellation of Mock Trial with J. Reinhold.

• The second Variety features articles “Biz Slips On Uni-tard; Managing Rita’s Development” as well as “TV DVD Sales Enjoy All Time High.”

[edit] Character Cameos

• Ann (Mae Whitman) has a brief cameo in this episode. This is her second appearance in the third season, her first being in Notapusy (though she'd been mentioned several times throughout Season 3, sometimes just by G.O.B. referring to his 'religious girlfriend', whose identity at the time was unknown to the audience).
• Ed Begley Jr. makes his first appearance in the third season as Stan Sitwell, who was a recurring character throughout Season 2.
• Jim Cramer has another cameo as himself, hosting Mad Money. He first did this in The Cabin Show.
• Justin Lee returns again as Annyong. This is his second appearance in the third season of the show, his first being a brief cameo at the end of Mr. F.
• This is Oscar's third appearance in Season 3. His first two were in The Cabin Show and Prison Break-In.
• Uncle Paul (Ann's uncle, as seen in Afternoon Delight and Burning Love) makes a brief cameo in this episode, and while he does have a speaking role, none of his lines are audible as the Narrator is talking over them.
• After narrating the entire series, Ron Howard finally makes a physical appearance in the epilogue.

[edit] Foreshadowing/Future References

• Adopted - Lindsay's adopted is hinted at, early in the episode, during the flashback to Michael comforting Lindsay as children. Lindsay is clearly a LOT older than Michael in this flashback, despite the fact they're supposed to be twins.
• Oscar - There are several hints that it is in fact Oscar on the ship, rather than George Sr.
  • First, when Oscar walks up to Buster, the Narrator says "and Buster was approached by his loving father." Buster has a much stronger relationship with Oscar rather than George Sr., and throughout the show it is made clear that Oscar is in fact Buster's biological father.
  • Oscar (a well-known marijuana user) replies with "We're on a ship?", implying that he is under the influence of drugs at the time.
  • When Michael mentions George Sr. in his speech, Oscar yells out "He's a great man!", once again implying that Oscar is on marijuana at the party. The audience, however, passes this off as a joke from George Sr. and simply laughs, while Oscar looks around, somewhat confused.
  • This is revealed to be true when the S.E.C. boards the boat and Oscar realizes that he has been used as a switch for George Sr.

[edit] Goofs

• Before finding out she's adopted, Lindsay believes she's 37, which conflicts her line in the previous episode Exit Strategy when she told Lucille she was 35.
• Michael says George Michael is 15. This seems to contradict earlier episodes, in which George Michael drives and says that he is older than Maeby (who has her 16th birthday in Exit Strategy. Though this could also be taken to mean that Michael simply does not know George Michael's age, as he has a proven track record of not paying close attention to his son).
• The S.E.C. boat is clearly labelled “Sheriff.”
• The seal with the yellow bow-tie appears to have no trouble swimming, despite the fact it had its left flipper bitten off by a shark in Motherboy XXX.
• The Skating with Celebrities billboard, due to it being an actual billboard for the program on the lot where AD is filmed (according to the Season 3 DVD commentary on the episode), refers to a "FOX 11". The Fox affiliate on the show has always been "FOX 6".

[edit] Sources

• The-OP.com
• FOX
• Quotes for this episode on WikiQuote