Meat the Veals
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| Arrested Development episode | |
| "Meat the Veals" | |
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| Episode No | 2AJD15 |
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| Airdate | April 3, 2005 |
| Writer(s) | Barbara Feldman and Richard Rosenstock |
| Director | Anthony Russo |
| On the next: | “Buster finds someone else interested in kissing his hook, so Buster gets a hook replacement.” |
| Guest star(s) | Mae Whitman as Ann Alan Tudyk as Pastor Veal Ione Skye as Mrs. Veal |
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"Meat the Veals" was the thirty-eighth episode aired of the TV comedy series Arrested Development.
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[edit] Synopsis
Oscar wants to throw Lucille a party to celebrate her wedding anniversary. He got the idea from Buster who said it would show how Oscar has been there for Lucille while George Sr. has been a fugitive. On hearing of the party, George Sr. concocts a plan to get back Lucille by renewing his vows. He enlists G.O.B. to abduct her and take her to Church of the Good Shepard.
Tobias continues to disguise himself as Mrs. Featherbottom, unaware that everyone knows that it is him. The others are taking advantage of this, with Maeby getting her ironing done, while Lucille uses him for catering.
Meanwhile, George Michael has decided to ask Ann if she would get pre-engaged to him. Michael is against the idea and meets with Ann's parents thinking they will feel the same way. It turns out they support the pre-engagement, so Michael invites the Veals to the party, thinking they will see how dysfunctional the Bluths are.
At the party, the family is surprisingly normal, much to the annoyance of Michael. He does convince George Michael against the pre-engagement. However Ann's mother starts kissing Michael on the balcony and on seeing this, George Michael decides to go ahead anyway. Meanwhile, G.O.B. and George Sr. have abducted Lucille using ether and taken her to the church where Ann's father, a pastor, is presiding.
The whole family arrives at the church where two fights ensue — one between Oscar and George Sr. over Lucille and the other between Michael and Pastor Veal over Mrs. Veal. When the police arrive George Senior escapes wearing Tobias' Mrs. Featherbottom wig.
[edit] Episode notes
[edit] References
- This episode's title sometimes is wrongly spelled as "Meet The Veals"
[edit] Callbacks/Running Jokes
- Bleeps - Much of Franklin is censor-bleep-filled
- Church of the Good Shepherd - This is the church bus boarded by Bluth Company employees during Staff Infection.
- Franklin - G.O.B.'s African-American puppet appears for the first time.
- Forced Kiss - G.O.B. uses Franklin dipped in ether to knock out Lucille and Buster and then accidentally himself.
- G.O.B. Witnesses - While driving parents to the church, G.O.B. is worried that he might witness his parents having sex as he did in Visiting Ours
- Her? - George Bluth says he is eavesdropping from the attic while George Michael and Lindsay discuss Ann. G.O.B. uses it when George Senior says he needs to recommit to Lucille. Maeby says it when she finds out the attractive woman at the party is Ann's mom
- Maeby's job - She asks if Ann's mom looks old enough to play Topher Grace's mom
- Mary Poppins - Tobias as Mrs. Featherbottom attempts to float under an umbrella like Mary Poppins
- "Marry me!" - Maeby uses her standard deflection, though regrets it after someone actually accepts. She also used a deflection of "babysit me!" while trying to convince a security guard she is younger than 15
- Mrs. Featherbottom - Tobias appears several times disguised as a British nanny.
- Peanuts - Franklin was the name of the African-American character in the cartoon strip.
- Tobias is gay - Tobias continues to drop inadvertent hints to his sexuality.
- As Mrs. Featherbottom, he asks if anyone would like a "banger in the mouth" when talking about sausages. He then quickly corrects himself, saying that he forgot that he was in the states, where it is referred to as a "sausage in the mouth."
- "The mere fact that…" - Michael uses this line when he is trying to convince George Michael not to get pre-engaged to Ann
- The music/song at the very end as the camera focuses on George Michael is the same from the very end of the Pilot, which also ends on a focus on George Michael.
[edit] Hidden/background jokes
- Maeby is reading a script for a film entitled Operation: Hot Mother, the same named used by Buster in "Motherboy XXX".
- Fake mustache - Tobias is wearing an obviously fake mustache, since he had to shave it off to be Mrs. Featherbottom. This parallels the fact that, in reality, David Cross must wear a fake mustache in order to play Tobias.
- The narrators refers to Lindsay's middle toe as roast beef
- Tobias as Mrs. Featherbottom is wearing a "Bush/Cheney 2000" sweatshirt. This is also a reference to Lupe wearing out of date shirts.
- The tune that is heard when Franklin is first and subsequently introduced has the lyrics "Come On!" which is GOB's catchphrase
