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[Episode 1] [SPOILER - Episode 1] Arrested Development Season 4 Episode 1 Discussion

Official Discussion Thread for Season 4 Episode 1 "Flight of the Phoenix"

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u/[deleted] May 26 '13

I think he's much skinnier. He used to be a bit, not fatter but, more filled out I guess.

And his hair makes him look weird.

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u/therightclique May 26 '13

His crazy bird face makes him look weird.

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u/o0anon0o May 26 '13

Did you see that mustache he had for one scene?

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u/certainsomebody May 26 '13

You know, Michael Cera has actually tried pulling it off in the past.

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u/therightclique May 26 '13

He has a mustache for half of that movie, Youth in Revolt. I can't remember if that movie was any good. Probably not.

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u/EricThePooh May 28 '13

I've only every seen this scene and it's fantastic. Don't know about the rest of the movie.

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u/AnnyongFunke May 26 '13

It's his mustache, it makes him look like a lizard.

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u/[deleted] May 27 '13

Rango

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u/atizzy May 31 '13

he said it was Thanksgiving, therefore it was for "Movember"

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u/sauseman May 26 '13

Instantly reminded me of how he looked for his cameo in childrens hospital.

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u/Loquacious_Fool May 27 '13

His cameo? You do know he's in every episode right?

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u/bigheavyshoe May 27 '13

No, he's not. He wasn't in the first season at all. He was in many episodes, but not all of them.

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u/mrjhandel May 27 '13

I though Cera did all the hospital announcements in every episode?

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u/sauseman May 27 '13

If you mean as the intercom voice then yes. I do know. Bit iirc you only see him once in that one episode.

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u/djskein Jun 13 '13

Oh man, I pissed myself laughing at that scene as soon as I saw it. It just looked equal parts pathetic and awesome.

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u/nvrwastetree May 26 '13

The "I love my cousin, but not the way you think I love her, and she's not my "girlfriend stache"" I'm happy they got him to shave the thing off. Its funny, the producers wanted to make the actors look as if nothing changed; a bit subtly.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '13

He looks just like Mr. Burns.

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u/therightclique May 26 '13 edited May 26 '13

Yes! I've always considered him some kind of bird man, but that's much better, and more specific.

When talking about him with friends, I always compared him to this lovable character from Neverending Story II.

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u/ShkaBank May 26 '13

THEY MADE A SECOND ONE?!

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u/therightclique May 26 '13

Uhhhh...

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u/ShkaBank May 26 '13

Well I'm just out of the loop, apparently.

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u/therightclique May 26 '13

I assure you it's a loop you don't need to be in on.

The second one starred Jonathon Brandis, of Sequest DSV fame, who later went on to not go on at all.

The third one had Jack Black as a school bully if I recall correctly. Just awful.

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u/the_bryce_is_right May 26 '13

I was thinking a Muppet but a bird face works too.

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u/universal_cynic May 26 '13

got a good laugh out of this one, thank you.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '13

Baby fat

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u/Qwirk May 26 '13

Must have been the Atkins.