Editing Arrested Development (section)

=== Season 2 (2004–05) ===
{{Main|Arrested Development season 2}}

Because of his father's latest prison break deception (a faked heart attack), Michael decides to leave his family and move to [[Phoenix, Arizona]] with George Michael but discovers that he cannot leave the state due to the Bluth Company being under investigation and him having to go to jail as a replacement for his father. Lucille appoints Gob the new Bluth Company president, but since Gob proves utterly incompetent, the position's real duties revert to Michael. During the rest of the season Gob serves as figurehead president; Michael is still under scrutiny for George Sr.'s illegal activity.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/arrested-development-the-one-where-michael-leaves-t-1798173078 |title=The One Where Michael Leaves/The One Where They Build a House |website=The A.V. Club |last=Murray |first=Noel |date=June 6, 2012 |access-date=July 29, 2012 |archive-date=November 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105155631/http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-one-where-michael-leavesthe-one-where-they-bui,75790/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

George Sr. is not, in fact, gone. After faking his death in [[Mexico]] by paying off the cops, George Sr. returns to the family model home, where George Michael discovers him hiding in the [[attic]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/arrested-development-amigos-good-grief-1798173176 |title=¡Amigos!/Good Grief |website=The A.V. Club |last=Murray |first=Noel  |date=June 13, 2012 |access-date=July 29, 2012 |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001401/https://tv.avclub.com/arrested-development-amigos-good-grief-1798173176 |url-status=live }}</ref> To protect his son from legal implications, Michael hides George Sr. in Gob's prop Aztec Tomb, orchestrates a diversion, and tells the family that George Sr. has escaped once more. Throughout the rest of the season, Michael sneaks George Sr. provisions, and George Sr. keeps tabs on the Bluth family through the ventilation system. George Sr. also faces an onslaught from the outside world; the press begins looking for him in [[Iraq]], fumigators surround the house while he's still in the attic, and Kitty returns to steal a sample of his [[semen]] to make her own Bluth baby.

Buster meanwhile joins the army, but escapes serving in Iraq when his hand is bitten off by a loose [[Pinniped|seal]] (a play on "Lucille") Gob had mistakenly trained to develop a taste for mammal flesh. Buster is refitted with a sharp [[Transradial prosthesis|hook]], which he copes with poorly and often brandishes dangerously in social situations.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/arrested-development-out-on-a-limb-hand-to-god-1798173612 |title=Out on a Limb/Hand to God |website=The A.V. Club |last=Murray |first=Noel  |date=July 25, 2012 |access-date=July 29, 2012 |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001410/https://tv.avclub.com/arrested-development-out-on-a-limb-hand-to-god-1798173612 |url-status=live }}</ref> During Buster's long psychological recovery, he bonds with George Sr.'s stoner twin brother Oscar, who moves in with Lucille in an attempt to rekindle a past love affair. Uncle Oscar slowly reveals himself as Buster's presumptive biological father. Eventually, George Sr. takes revenge on the adulterous Oscar and Lucille by kidnapping Oscar, knocking him unconscious, exchanging appearances with him, and sending him to prison in his place.<ref name="S02E18">{{cite episode |title=[[Righteous Brothers (Arrested Development)|Righteous Brothers]] |season=2 |number=18 |airdate=April 17, 2005 |series=Arrested Development |network=Fox}}</ref>

Lindsay and Tobias continue their disastrous open relationship. Lindsay tries—but fails—to secure a lover, while Tobias paints himself blue each night in a futile attempt to join the [[Blue Man Group]].<ref>{{cite episode |title=Afternoon Delight |season=2 |number=6 |airdate=December 19, 2004 |series=Arrested Development |network=Fox}}</ref> When Lindsay kicks him out of the house, Tobias disguises himself as a singing British nanny named "Mrs. Featherbottom" (an idea he gets from the film ''[[Mrs. Doubtfire]]'') so he can watch over his daughter Maeby. The family sees right through this incompetent disguise, but they humor Tobias since—in the guise of Mrs. Featherbottom—he does their chores.<ref>{{cite episode |title=The Immaculate Election |season=2 |number=14 |airdate=March 20, 2005 |series=Arrested Development |network=Fox}}</ref>

George Michael begins dating a deeply religious girl, [[Ann Veal]], who encourages him to smash pop music CDs and to run for student body president against perennial favorite [[Steve Holt (Arrested Development)|Steve Holt]]. Michael dislikes her and tries to disrupt the kids' relationship, most notably by breaking up Ann and George Michael's pre-engagement.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Meet the Veals |season=2 |number=15 |airdate=April 3, 2005 |series=Arrested Development |network=Fox}}</ref> Meanwhile, [[Maeby]] cons her way into an after school job as a film studio executive. When Maeby's studio remakes "Les Cousins Dangereux", George Michael abandons Ann to pursue his crush on Maeby. Maeby herself realises she has feelings for George Michael in light of his relationship, and the two kiss while the living room of the model home collapses.<ref name="S02E18" />