The BEST episodes of Arrested Development
Every episode of Arrested Development ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Arrested Development!
Level-headed son Michael Bluth takes over family affairs after his father is imprisoned. But the rest of his spoiled, dysfunctional family are making his job unbearable.
#1 - An Old Start
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/29/2018
Gob acquires a new office for the company with a "premium view." Michael gets a shock when he returns to a place that holds a lot of memories.
#2 - Everyone Gets Atrophy
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/29/2018
The family unites behind Lindsay’s campaign, but Michael senses that something is amiss. Maeby has an idea that George-Michael likes a little too much.
#3 - Courting Disasters
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/15/2019
George and Lucille overestimate their new lawyer's expertise in the courtroom. Two familiar faces testify, and a video sheds more light on the case.
#4 - Saving for Arraignment Day
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/15/2019
As the trial kicks off, the Guilty Guys throw the family for a loop. Lucille learns surprising news about Dusty. George-Michael plots a distraction.
#5 - The Untethered Sole
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/15/2019
Buster's brief appearance in a TV weather report puts the Bluths back in hot water, but Michael has a plan involving his son's definitely real company.
#6 - Check Mates
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/15/2019
George Sr., Lucille and Maeby give honesty a try. Good news becomes bad for George-Michael. Michael remembers there's always money ... somewhere.
#7 - Chain Migration
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/15/2019
As George Sr. attempts to win back Lucille, Michael assembles a mold of their scheme. Meanwhile, Buster gets caught up in Tobias and Gob's business.
#8 - Unexpected Company
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/15/2019
Buster fails to show for his own prison release party. Michael examines company financial records. George-Michael seeks Anonymous help to deceive Rebel.
#9 - Taste Makers
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/15/2019
Michael jumps at a chance to spend more time with George-Michael, who seeks a clueless president for Fakeblock. Tobias relocates his makeshift family.
#10 - Sinking Feelings
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/29/2018
The Bluths receive/present their award, but it weighs on George Sr. and creates new problems. Michael and George-Michael have a deep conversation.
#11 - Rom-Traum
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/29/2018
George-Michael thinks he's being lied to by Michael, who thinks he's being lied to by George Sr. Gob hires guys to help with his "closet conversion."
#12 - Premature Independence
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/29/2018
As the Second of July parade approaches, Sally steps up her campaign against Lindsay while the Bluths again struggle to keep their stories straight.
#13 - Self-Deportation
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/29/2018
For varying reasons, most of the Bluths (even Steve Holt) feel compelled to run off to Mexico. Michael tries to convince Buster to go to the police.
#14 - Emotional Baggage
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/29/2018
Michael attempts to bail out Buster. George-Michael finally meets the Howards, and Ron informs Michael that his plans for the movie have changed.
#15 - Family Leave
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/29/2018
Surprises greet Michael at the penthouse and Sudden Valley. George-Michael confides in Maeby, who's trying to avoid Sudden Valley.
#16 - The Fallout
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/15/2019
As the Bluths come together to unveil a wall, they once again discover that they deserve nothing more than to be saddled with each other forever.
#17 - Exit Strategy
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/10/2006
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.
#18 - Mr. F
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/7/2005
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.
#19 - Development Arrested
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/10/2006
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.
#20 - A New Attitude
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/26/2013
Gob accepts a job from his brother, but is distracted by a scheme of his own.
#21 - Señoritis
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/26/2013
Maeby moves out on her own and reconnects with her cousin George-Michael.
#22 - Making a Stand
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/19/2005
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.
#23 - Meat the Veals
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/3/2005
George Sr. tries to find a way to attend an anniversary dinner for Lucille while Michael deliberately offends Ann's devout Christian parents. Tobias goes overboard performing his "Mrs. Featherbottom" persona.
#24 - Blockheads
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/26/2013
George-Michael tries to reconnect with his father, but is finding himself overwhelmed by the responsibility of running his business.
#25 - Afternoon Delight
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/19/2004
Gob stages mass firings after being inadvertently roasted at the Bluth Company Christmas party. Michael is forced to rebuild the Banana Stand, and Buster plays hooky from the Army at an arcade game.