January 19, 2005
Arrested Development
After hearing strong recommendations from Parker and John, I 'obtained' the first season and the new episodes from season two and went on a watching spree. The show is hilarious. The characters are outrageous and the humor is sometimes subtle and other times so blunt its painful. There are so many memorable lines, especially from GOB.
It's won an Emmy for Best Comedy Series and Jason Bateman just won a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Comedy series, and the first season is out on DVD. If you get a chance to watch it from the beginning you should. It may be a little hard to jump into the middle of the second season, since there are so many subtle references to previous episodes that you'll miss. Also the first episode does a good job of introducing all the characters. So borrow the DVD from someone and start watching.
Posted by ramk at January 19, 2005 01:09 AMi love GOB when he defiantly throws the letter into the ocean. more people should watch this show.
Posted by: john at January 20, 2005 11:45 AMWhen he throws the dove back into the ocean:
"Return from whence you came!"
I've finished all of season one. The writing is probably the best I've ever seen for a sitcom on one of the four majors. I need to find an excuse to go to Austin so you can burn season two to date for me.
Posted by: Andrew at January 25, 2005 09:14 PM