#lindsay bluth funke

[gobautism]

[nepobabyshowdown]

[anneslovegood]

every time I rewatch arrested development I’m always reminded of how clever the show was. I always notice something new each time so it almost feels like I’m watching the show for the first time again

[arrestedexgirlfriendafterhigh]

Gob Bluth is a self identified pretty boy: change my mind

[hoss-bonaventure]

michael kinda giving live slug reaction here

[strawbyarts]

on the next arrested development… gob tries the grimace shake

[rainc0at]

[9puppiesdrowninginapool]

have i forgotten smth?

[gracies-dzienny]

Arrested Development (2003-2019): Season 1, Episode 1 Moments - Part 1

[constantine-2005]

if anyone in the bluth family knew how to communicate properly none of that show would've ever happened

[binabadaboom]

did they ever follow up on maggie’s REAL pregnancy?

[ko-conner]

Arrested Development Version 2 Version 1

[westcovinas]

I think one of the most appealing character building aspects of arrested development is how fully fleshed out the women are. It came out in 2003 and it does better than shows coming out now, 20 years later. All of the women are equally if not more so scheming, conniving, and manipulative as their male counterparts. Lindsay is portrayed at being good at manipulating men’s emotions and sexualities despite marrying a gay man, which makes sense when the show establishes her better relationship with her father. Her mother gave her an eating disorder, so her father got to teach his little girl how to get people to give you what you want. She’s also (inadvertently) adept at running a business, which was no doubt the influence of both parents and her “twin” brother.

Her daughter, Maeby, took her mother’s skill for lying and her father’s aptitude at earnest acting. She’s just as manipulative as the women before her, if not more. By pure lies alone, she gets multiple jobs, free housing, and cheats the school system. Instead of using roofies to sexually assault Steve Holt, she uses them specifically to avoid sex. Maeby constantly defies expectation, subverts standards, and makes her own path as the daughter with two negligent, well meaning parents.

Which brings us to Lucille. Lucille and her husband set the standard for all of their children and grandkids. Although we can assume there was a long line of weirdly fucked up Bluths and Jenkins (Lucille’s maiden name) before them, they are the epitome of the Bluth name: selfish boomers/silent gens that will stop at nothing to get their way. Lucille is a queen at mind games and casually cruel offhand remarks. She is revealed to be in charge, in a spin that surprises few watchers. Everyone know’s Lucille pulls the strings, even if George sr is equally exploitive.

Even the minor ladies in ad pass the bechdel test with flying colors. Maggie is, quite frankly, kind of a bitch - she doesn’t care who she’s screwing over, as long as she looks good (par course for the Bluth family). Kitty is a true home wrecker: she knows her partner’s wife and she knows that she “hates” the cheating. We don’t know how much it actually bothers Lucille, but Kitty doesn’t care. All of Michael’s love interests leave him, and he’s the main character. His son, George Michael, doesn’t fare much better romantically either, except with Ann, who also eventually rejects him. Even Ann, the devout evangelical Christian, is still given notable characteristics and personality traits: faithful, passionate, stubborn. From Lupe to Lucille II, the women are allowed to be just as full as the men, which is refreshing, especially from 20 years ago.

[arrestedexgirlfriendafterhigh]

They were made for this dialogue

[gay-caveman]

same but different tbh

[failmarriage-of-the-day]

The failmarriage of the day is Tobias Funke and Lindsay Bluth from Arrested Development!