Arrested Development: Season 4

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I wish they had this on IFC or something.

Do you not have Netflix? I'm pretty sure when you sign up the first month is free, so you can just cancel after that if you want (though it's only like $8 a month if I remember correctly).

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IT'S LIVE

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This is so great. Each episode builds on the one before it and gets funnier and funnier. They really took advantage of the "season" being released all at once on Netflix and made something really unique and entertaining.

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Meh, Michael was never really that sane or responsible. He's always been just as selfish, cruel and incompetent as the rest of the family. He's a really bad father, he lies as often as the rest of the family, he stole his brother's girlfriend, and let's remember his first acts upon becoming president of the Bluth were buying a box full of whistles and a worthless lemon grove. Season 4 Michael is just the natural progression of his character when he no longer has the sense of superiority that comes from thinking he's taking care of his family.

There's a really good chicken dance joke in one of the last episodes, but the lack of Franklin was very disappointing, yes. And while I do think the individualized episodes ultimately worked pretty well, one of the series' original strengths was the chemistry and interplay between all the characters, which there's a lot less of this season. Hopefully if they do a season 5 they'll be able to schedule it better so that all the actors can take part together.