MOTHERBOY XXX - Arrested Development S2 EP13
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MOTHERBOY XXX - Arrested Development Season 2 Episode 13
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Created by Mitchell Hurwitz
Cast: Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Wil Arnett, Michael Cera, Alia Shawkat, Tony Hale, David Cross, Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Walter, Ron Howard
Review by John Huelsman
Lucille recruits George Michael to take Buster's place at the annual mother son dinner dance. While Michael and GOB are busy tracking down the seal that ate Buster's hand, Tobias signs away the family's life rights in order to get a part with his former acting coach Carl Weathers.
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I’ve seen this episode once before and was not a huge fan of it…but after re-watching it I have caught a lot more this time that makes me laugh. This episode combines two of my favorite storylines of the entire series – Tobias’ quest for an acting career and Buster dealing with his new hook for a hand. Plus we get a return from one of my favorite guest stars.
Tobias has reunited with Carl Weathers, his one-time acting coach. Weathers wants Tobias to sign the family’s rights away for a biopic on the Bluth family. Tobias is offended that Carl would not consider him to play himself…but begs Carl to allow him to play the only role not cast (George). I love how in order to get his first speaking role, Tobias is conned into signing away the rights to every single person in his family.
Tobias now wants to get into character, so he acts much more masculine and demanding around the house. This attracts Lindsay to him since she is not used to her husband being so manly. Watching Tobias attempt to be a tough guy is quite humorous.
The most memorable part of this storyline is when the man playing Tobias in the biopic assumes that he is playing a gay man. Tobias tries to correct him, but it only further convinces this actor that Tobias is a gay character. He has a hilarious line, “If that man is straight, then I am sober.”
Buster is currently trying to cope with having a hook for a hand. All of the little things he used to do are being affected by his new claw – including trying to zip up the back of Lucille’s dress. As a 32 year old man, he probably shouldn’t be zipping up his mother’s clothes to begin with. Now, he scratches her back when he tries.
This storyline is making me start absolutely loving Buster as a character. Tobias used to be my favorite with pretty much no competition, then I went through a stage of favoring Gob, but now I am starting to be a huge fan of Buster. Watching such a sheltered human being go through such a traumatic event and have to be an adult about it is very engaging.
One of my favorite episodes back in the first season gave us many flashbacks of the way George would teach his children a lesson. I absolutely love how this is referenced to again in this episode. All of the Bluth children are weary around severed limbs ever since their father used a one-armed man to teach them lessons when they were kids. Now they all get a little squeamish around Buster and his hook.
I also love the little reminders that jump out at him while he’s lying in bed. He has a big chair shaped like a hand in his bedroom and a seal stuffed animal. When we see his alarm clock, we get a good glimpse of the “Alarm Off” button…but we only see “Arm Off.”
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Another high point to this episode is the return of the amazingly talented Amy Poehler. Will Arnett’s (who plays Gob) real-life wife, Poehler returns as Gob’s estranged wife. I like the fact that a real-life couple is playing such a dysfunctional couple on the show. Gob’s wife wants a divorce…and Gob doesn’t even remember marrying her. He also seems more concerned with convincing everyone they had sex (even though they never did until this episode) rather than worrying about the actual divorce. This is not out of the usual for Gob.
Meanwhile, Lucille takes George Michael to a mother-son dance. She usually takes Buster but she refuses to take him now that he has a hook for a hand. Poor guy. Michael doesn’t want his son to end up like Buster, a sheltered man who cannot take care of himself. Buster is jealous of George Michael. The two of them work together to get George Michael out of there. I am basically rolling on the ground when Buster tries to get onto the hotel balcony by zip-lining across a telephone wire with his hook (unsuccessfully).
In the end, Michael saves George Michael from suffering through much more of this mother-son dance while Buster reunites with Lucille. They decide to play Peter Pan and Captain Hook and spend the rest of the dance together. I love how Buster wins the award for the saddest person there…and is very excited about it.
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