Previously, On Arrested Development

NPR's guide to the running gags from the show.

By Jeremy Bowers, Adam Cole, Danny DeBelius, Christopher Groskopf and Alyson Hurt
May 18, 2013

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Arrested Development is back! Because we're obsessed we care about your watching enjoyment, we wrote down all the recurring gags in every episode — including the new season 4 episodes — with special attention to jokes hidden in the background (like Cloudmir vodka) or being foreshadowed (like when Buster lost his hand).

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New jokes! We've updated with dozens of season 4 gags.

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The Bluths

Michael

G.O.B.

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Lindsay

Buster

Oscar

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Lucille

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