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'''"Pilot"''' is the first episode of ''[[Arrested Development|Arrested Development's]]'' first season.
{{quote|This is Michael Bluth. For ten years he’s worked for his father’s company waiting to be made a partner. And right now he’s happy.|[[Narrator]]}}
 
   
'''"Pilot"''' is the first episode of ''[[Arrested Development|Arrested Development's]]'' first season. [[Michael]] decides to take a job in Arizona after being passed over by [[George Sr.]] for head of the [[Bluth Company]]. George Sr. is jailed, and the family realizes they need Michael.
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[[Michael]] decides to take a job in Arizona after being passed over by [[George Sr.]] for head of the [[Bluth Company]]. George Sr. is jailed, and the family realizes they need Michael.
   
==Summary==
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==Synopsis==
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===Michael and his siblings===
For the past ten years, [[Michael Bluth]] had been waiting for his father, [[George Bluth Sr.|George Sr.]], to make him a partner in their family company. On the morning of his father's retirement boat party, Michael discusses the announcement of his promotion with his son, [[George Michael Bluth|George Michael]]. The two of them are living in one of the Bluths' model homes, to show their support for the business. After dropping his son off at the frozen banana stand his father started, Michael goes to see his oldest brother (an amateur magician) [[George Oscar "G.O.B." Bluth II|G.O.B]], to ask for his check to cover party expenses. G.O.B. asks why the party cannot just be written off to the company. After all, their sister [[Lindsay Bluth Fünke|Lindsay]] had been staying at the Four Seas for a month and the company is probably paying for that. Upset by both Lindsay's avoidance of him (being that he had not spoken to her for over a year) and her abuse of the company's largesse, Michael goes to tell his mother, [[Lucille Bluth|Lucille]], to spread the news that the company checkbook is closing. [[Tobias Fünke|Tobias]], Lindsay's husband, then enters. Tobias recently lost his medical license.
 
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The morning of his father's retirement, [[Michael Bluth]] felt optimistic that his father, [[George Bluth]], will make him the president of the [[Bluth Company]]. Michaels finds his brother [[G.O.B.]] and asks for his check for the party, to which G.O.B. responds that he will be performing the [[Aztec Tomb]] illusion at the party and suggests Michael charge the party to the company's credit card. He then lets slip that their sister [[Lindsay]] has been charging her month-long visit to the city to the company.
   
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[[File:1x01 Pilot (29).png|thumb|300px|left]]
At the Banana Stand, George Michael's cousin [[Mae "Maeby" Fünke|Maeby]] plays a prank on him, taking advantage of the fact that he doesn't recognize her at first. The kids discuss how they never see each other, and Maeby suggests they kiss at the boat party to teach their parents a lesson that they need to see each other more often. Back at the hotel, Tobias, believing that the boat party is pirate-themed because of a joke from Michael, begins trying on Lindsay's blouses. Then mistakes a group of garishly dressed men for pirates, and boards a van full of homosexual protesters. Finally, the Bluth patriarch, George Sr., gives his retirement speech, and appoints the new CEO, which is his wife Lucille, much to Michael's dismay. Michael decides it's time to move on. The family is about to pose for a photo - at which point Maeby takes the opportunity to teach the family a lesson by kissing George Michael - when the SEC raids the ship. George Sr. calls his secretary with instructions on what to do. Lindsay takes command of the boat and Lucille tells [[Byron "Buster" Bluth|Buster]], her youngest son, to find a channel to the ocean on the maps. Buster, despite his cartography lessons, can only offer certainty that the blue part of the map is land before a panic attack sets in. The SEC hauls George Bluth away, leaving the family in turmoil.
 
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Michael visits his mother [[Lucille]] at [[Balboa Towers|her apartment]] and confronts her about using the company credit card on Lindsay. He learns that the company has also paid $16,000 for the Aztec Tomb and $40,000 to Lindsay's anti-circumcision charity [[H.O.O.P.]]. Lindsay and her husband [[Tobias Fünke]] arrive at Lucille's apartment and Michael gives them all an impassioned speech about the virtue of hard work.
   
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At the retirement party aboard the ''[[Marina Hornblower]]'' George decides to name Lucille president of the company, and quietly apologizes to Michael. Michael makes the decision to move him and his son to Arizona away from his family's self-delusions and selfishness when the [[SEC]] raids the party and takes George into custody. [[Buster]], Michael's younger brother and perpetual graduate student, attempts to steer the boat to freedom but suffers froms a panic attack.
At the police station, Tobias joins up with the family and discovers that the men on the other boat with him were not pirates, but in fact actors from the local theater. Believing that a path has been shown to him, Tobias informs the family that he has decided to become an actor. Michael then informs the family that their dad is being kept in jail, and the SEC is putting a halt on the company's expense account, which terrifies everyone. Facing adversity, Lucille decides to put Buster in charge. This is too much for Michael, who accepts a job in Arizona with a rival development company. When Buster discovers his academic pursuits didn't prepare him for running a big company, the family turns to Michael, begging for his help. Michael rejects their imposition, but Lindsay says he should visit their father before leaving. Michael does indeed visit his father in jail, asking why he wasn't put in charge. George informs him that he put Lucille in charge because they can't arrest a husband and wife for the same crime, which isn't true, and George curses the advice of his attorneys. At the model home, Lindsay is seeing what she can grab and sell when she comes across George Michael. He opens up his heart, saying he wishes the family could see each other more often, and when Michael sees this, he makes a decision. They decide to stay in California, give the family a shot and try to save the family business.
 
   
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[[File:1x01 Pilot (53).png|thumb|300px]]
==References==
 
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The family gathers at the police station where they learn George will be kept in custody and all accounts have been frozen. The family reacts to the latter. Lucille names Buster to be acting president of the Bluth company but he suffers another panic attack. The family, tired of attempting to find other work, asks Michael to come back and help run the company. Michael realizes they legitimately need his help and that his son would be better off with more family in his life, so he agrees to stay.
*When Buster is shown taking part in the Native American tribal ceremony, a Native American seen in the background is using a cell phone. Later, while on the boat talking to Delores, George Sr. says "can you hear me now?", the popular tagline featured in the Verizon Wireless advertisements. <small>([[Cell Phone]])</small>
 
*The police station was vandalized with the words "FUNKE YOU", which is the last name of Tobias, Lindsay and Maeby. <small>([[Grafitti]])</small>
 
*Lucille reveals to Michael that someone cut the foot off of the fox fur that she owns, and it is later found by Maeby when she orders a frozen banana from George Michael. <small>([[Lost Appendage]])</small>
 
*Buster has taken 18th century Agrarian Business classes among the many things that he has done.
 
*Michael references the explorers Cortés and Magellan when questioning Buster's choice of cartography.
 
*Tobias performs “I’m a Bad, Bad Man” from the musical, ''Annie Get Your Gun'', at his audition for the Community Theater of Orange.
 
*G.O.B. rides a Segway, a two-wheeled transportation device that would become a recurring character trait.
 
*George Michael and Maeby are seen playing UNO.
 
   
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[[File:1x01 Pilot (44).png|thumb|300px|left]]
==Foreshadowing==
 
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===George Michael and Maeby===
*Lucille claims that the SEC is wrong in calling George Sr. a criminal mastermind. In ''[[Development Arrested]]'', it is revealed that she was the true mastermind. George Sr.'s rationale for naming Lucille CEO instead of Michael is "they cannot arrest a husband and a wife for the same crime," hinting that Lucille is somehow also complicit in the Bluth company scandal. When Michael informs him that he is incorrect, George Sr. says that he has "the worst <nowiki>[bleep]</nowiki>'ing attorneys" hinting at [[Barry Zuckerkorn]]'s ineptitude.
 
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While working at the [[banana stand]], a Bluth family operation since the 1950s, [[George Michael]] is approached by [[Mae "Maeby" Fünke]], his cousin that he rarely sees. She suggests they make out at the retirement party to teach [[Lindsay]] a [[lesson]] about keeping them separated. George Michael expresses fear that it is illegal.
*Michael and G.O.B. have job interviews at Sitwell Enterprises Inc., a company which would play a larger role as rival to the Bluth Company throughout Season 2.
 
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*Numerous scenes from this episode are heavily mirrored in ''[[Let 'Em Eat Cake]]'' and ''[[Development Arrested]]''. On the DVD commentary track for this episode, [[Mitchell Hurwitz]] suggests that there could be a 5th Bluth sibling (and, after [[Annyong Bluth|Hel-loh]] enters the family, a 6th sibling), an idea which was the plot of the Season 3 episode ''[[Family Ties]]''.
 
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At the party, Maeby grabs George Michael and kisses him as Lindsay passes. Lindsay doesn't notice and Maeby sulks off. George Michael, however, is aroused by the kiss and begins to struggle with feelings toward his cousin. He becomes incredibly uncomfortable when he learns that he and Maeby will be sharing a bedroom in the model home.
*When Maeby and George Michael are playing cards during Michael's "intervention," she's wearing an undersized t-shirt that reads "Lotta Love's." This foreshadows Lucille's coverall statement&nbsp;"...and a whole lot of love."
 
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[[File:1x01 I want to be an actor.png|thumb|300px]]
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===Tobias's piracy===
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Ever since Tobias lost his psychiatrist license after performing C.P.R. on a sleeping man he had been searching for a new life calling. When Michael jokingly suggested the retirement party was pirate themed, Tobias took it seriously. He dressed in Lindsay's clothes and accidentally boarded a boat with some gay men to protest the yacht club's refusal to let gays marry at sea. He befriended the men and realized he wanted to be an actor.
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==Appearances==
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[[File:1x01 Pilot (47).png|thumb]]
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[[File:1x01 Pilot (51).png|thumb]]
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; Recurring
 
*'''[[John Beard]] as [[John Beard|Himself]]'''
 
*'''[[Stacey Grenrock Woods]] as [[Trisha Thoon]]'''
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*'''''Unknown'' as [[Man with "Freedom" sign]]'''
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;Guest
 
*Hira Ambrosino as [[Executive]]
 
*Chad Einbinder as [[Birthday Party Man]]
 
*Paul Mendoza as [[Enrique]]
 
*Andy Morrow as [[Teen Magician]]
 
*Johnathan Schmock as [[Captain]]
 
*J. Hunter Ackerman as Protester
   
 
==Recurring Themes==
 
==Recurring Themes==
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[[File:1x01 Pilot (74).png|thumb]]
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[[File:1x01 Pilot (75).png|thumb]]
   
==...on the next Arrested Development==
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===...on the next Arrested Development===
{{quote|George Michael gets a new roommate and Michael finds it difficult to get his father out of jail.}}
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{{quote|George Michael gets a new roommate and Michael finds it difficult to get his father out of jail.|||300}}
   
 
[[George Michael Bluth|George Michael]] sits uncomfortably on the bed, while [[Mae "Maeby" Fünke|Maeby]] showers with the door closed over, while singing Britney Spears' "Oops, I Did It Again". Meanwhile, [[George Oscar "G.O.B." Bluth II|G.O.B.]] interviews for a job at the [[Sitwell Housing Inc.]], only to be told that it is [[Michael Bluth|Michael]] they were interested in, and that he is not a candidate because he did not come prepared with references, to which G.O.B. uses one of his illusions to make a dove appear. Michael visits [[George Bluth Sr.|George Sr.]] in prison with news that he is going to try and free him, only to learn that he is enjoying himself.
 
[[George Michael Bluth|George Michael]] sits uncomfortably on the bed, while [[Mae "Maeby" Fünke|Maeby]] showers with the door closed over, while singing Britney Spears' "Oops, I Did It Again". Meanwhile, [[George Oscar "G.O.B." Bluth II|G.O.B.]] interviews for a job at the [[Sitwell Housing Inc.]], only to be told that it is [[Michael Bluth|Michael]] they were interested in, and that he is not a candidate because he did not come prepared with references, to which G.O.B. uses one of his illusions to make a dove appear. Michael visits [[George Bluth Sr.|George Sr.]] in prison with news that he is going to try and free him, only to learn that he is enjoying himself.
   
==Cast==
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===References===
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[[File:1x01 Pilot (08).png|thumb]]
===Main Cast===
 
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[[File:1x01 Pilot (55).png|thumb]]
   
 
*'''Cell Phone '''- When Buster is shown taking part in the Native American tribal ceremony, a Native American seen in the background is using a cell phone. Later, while on the boat talking to Delores, George Sr. says "can you hear me now?", the popular tagline featured in the Verizon Wireless advertisements.
*[[Will Arnett]] as [[George Oscar "G.O.B." Bluth|G.O.B. Bluth]]
 
 
*'''Explorers '''- Michael references the explorers Cortés and Magellan when questioning Buster's choice of cartography.
*[[Jason Bateman]] as [[Michael Bluth]]
 
 
*'''''Annie Get Your Gun''' - ''Tobias performs “I’m a Bad, Bad Man” from the musical, ''Annie Get Your Gun'', at his audition for the Community Theater of Orange.
*[[Michael Cera]] as [[George Michael Bluth]]
 
 
*'''Segway''' - G.O.B. rides a Segway, a two-wheeled transportation device that would become a recurring character trait.
*[[David Cross]] as [[Tobias Fünke]]
 
 
*'''UNO '''- George Michael and Maeby are seen playing UNO.
*[[Portia de Rossi]] as [[Lindsay Bluth Fünke|Lindsay Fünke]]
 
*[[Tony Hale]] as [[Byron "Buster" Bluth|Buster Bluth]]
 
*[[Ron Howard (Actor)|Ron Howard]] as [[The Narrator]]
 
*[[Alia Shawkat]] as [[Mae "Maeby" Fünke|Maeby Fünke]]
 
*[[Jeffrey Tambor]] as [[George Bluth Sr.]]
 
*[[Jessica Walters]] as [[Lucille Bluth]]
 
   
===Guest Starring===
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===Callbacks/Running Jokes===
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[[File:1x01 Pilot (40).png|thumb]]
*[[John Beard (Actor)|John Beard]] as [[John Beard|Himself]]
 
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[[File:1x01 Pilot (23).png|thumb]]
*[[Stacey Grenrock Woods]] as [[Trisha Thoon]]
 
   
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* '''[[Man with "Freedom" sign]]''' - The gay protester makes several reappearances throughout the series.
===Co-Starring===
 
 
* '''[[Buster's studies]]''' - Buster has taken 18th century Agrarian Business classes among the many things that he has done.
*[[J. Hunter Ackerman]] as [[Protestor]]
 
 
* '''[[Missing limbs]]''' - Lucille reveals to Michael that someone cut the foot off of the fox fur that she owns, and it is later found by Maeby when she orders a frozen banana from George Michael.
*[[Hira Ambrosino]] as [[Executive]]
 
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* '''Winking''' - Lucille winks at Michael, and he asks her to never to do it again.
*[[Chad Einbinder]] as [[Birthday Party Man]]
 
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* '''[[Is Tobias gay?|Tobias is gay]]'''- Tobias crossdresses and befriends gay actors, causing him to decide to become an actor. When Lindsay guesses "you're gay?" his respsonse is "No, Lindsay, how many times..."
*[[Paul Mendoza]] as [[Enrique]]
 
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* '''[[Phoenix]]''' - Michael is convinced Phoenix is a better place to live, and again attempts to move there in "[[The One Where Michael Leaves]]".
*[[Andy Morrow]] as [[Teen Magician]]
 
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* [[The most important thing]] - George Michael says it's breakfast. Michael says it's family.
*[[Johnathan Schmock]] as [[Captain]]
 
   
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===Hidden/Background Jokes===
==Trivia==
 
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[[File:1x01 Pilot (54).png|thumb]]
===Music===
 
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*
 
 
*'''Graffiti ''' - The police station was vandalized with the words "FUNKE YOU", which is the last name of Tobias, Lindsay and Maeby.
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===Foreshadowing/Future References===
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[[File:1x01 Pilot (48).png|thumb]]
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[[File:1x01 - Enrique.jpg|thumb]]
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[[File:1x01 Pilot (66).png|thumb]]
 
*'''Criminal mastermind''' - Lucille claims that the SEC is wrong in calling George Sr. a criminal mastermind. In "[[Development Arrested]]", it is revealed that she was the true mastermind. George Sr.'s rationale for naming Lucille CEO instead of Michael is "they cannot arrest a husband and a wife for the same crime," hinting that Lucille is somehow also complicit in the Bluth company scandal. When Michael informs him that he is incorrect, George Sr. says that he has "the worst <nowiki>[bleep]</nowiki>'ing attorneys" hinting at [[Barry Zuckerkorn]]'s ineptitude.
 
*'''Sitwell '''- Michael and G.O.B. have job interviews at Sitwell Enterprises Inc., a company which would play a larger role as rival to the Bluth Company throughout Season 2.
 
*Numerous scenes from this episode are heavily mirrored in "[[Let 'Em Eat Cake]]" and "[[Development Arrested]]". On the DVD commentary track for this episode, [[Mitchell Hurwitz]] suggests that there could be a 5th Bluth sibling (and, after [[Annyong Bluth|Hel-loh]] enters the family, a 6th sibling), an idea which was the plot of the Season Three episode "[[Family Ties]]".
 
*When Maeby and George Michael are playing cards during Michael's "intervention," she's wearing an undersized t-shirt that reads "Lotta Love's." This foreshadows Lucille's coverall statement&nbsp;"...and a whole lot of love."
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==Quotes==
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{{full transcript}}
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==Notes==
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[[File:1x01 Pilot (63).png|thumb]]
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*Because this was the Pilot episode for'' ''the series, no permanent sets had been built. The model home, the prison, and Lucille's apartment were all shot at different locations than seen in the rest of the series.
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*The Season One DVD contained an "Extended Pilot" with several differences from the original aired version, including extended scenes.
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*This Episode is rated TV-PG-L.
   
 
===Goofs===
 
===Goofs===
 
*When the camera moves to Buster banging the drum in Lucille's apartment, the audio is going much faster than he is banging.
 
*When the camera moves to Buster banging the drum in Lucille's apartment, the audio is going much faster than he is banging.
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Pilot

"Pilot"
Directors: Anthony Russo & Joe Russo — Writer: Mitchell Hurwitz — Aired: November 2, 2003 — Icon-image      


"Pilot" is the first episode of Arrested Development's first season.

Michael decides to take a job in Arizona after being passed over by George Sr. for head of the Bluth Company. George Sr. is jailed, and the family realizes they need Michael.

Synopsis

Michael and his siblings

The morning of his father's retirement, Michael Bluth felt optimistic that his father, George Bluth, will make him the president of the Bluth Company. Michaels finds his brother G.O.B. and asks for his check for the party, to which G.O.B. responds that he will be performing the Aztec Tomb illusion at the party and suggests Michael charge the party to the company's credit card. He then lets slip that their sister Lindsay has been charging her month-long visit to the city to the company.

1x01 Pilot (29)

Michael visits his mother Lucille at her apartment and confronts her about using the company credit card on Lindsay. He learns that the company has also paid $16,000 for the Aztec Tomb and $40,000 to Lindsay's anti-circumcision charity H.O.O.P.. Lindsay and her husband Tobias Fünke arrive at Lucille's apartment and Michael gives them all an impassioned speech about the virtue of hard work.

At the retirement party aboard the Marina Hornblower George decides to name Lucille president of the company, and quietly apologizes to Michael. Michael makes the decision to move him and his son to Arizona away from his family's self-delusions and selfishness when the SEC raids the party and takes George into custody. Buster, Michael's younger brother and perpetual graduate student, attempts to steer the boat to freedom but suffers froms a panic attack.

1x01 Pilot (53)

The family gathers at the police station where they learn George will be kept in custody and all accounts have been frozen. The family reacts to the latter. Lucille names Buster to be acting president of the Bluth company but he suffers another panic attack. The family, tired of attempting to find other work, asks Michael to come back and help run the company. Michael realizes they legitimately need his help and that his son would be better off with more family in his life, so he agrees to stay.

1x01 Pilot (44)

George Michael and Maeby

While working at the banana stand, a Bluth family operation since the 1950s, George Michael is approached by Mae "Maeby" Fünke, his cousin that he rarely sees. She suggests they make out at the retirement party to teach Lindsay a lesson about keeping them separated. George Michael expresses fear that it is illegal.

At the party, Maeby grabs George Michael and kisses him as Lindsay passes. Lindsay doesn't notice and Maeby sulks off. George Michael, however, is aroused by the kiss and begins to struggle with feelings toward his cousin. He becomes incredibly uncomfortable when he learns that he and Maeby will be sharing a bedroom in the model home.

1x01 I want to be an actor

Tobias's piracy

Ever since Tobias lost his psychiatrist license after performing C.P.R. on a sleeping man he had been searching for a new life calling. When Michael jokingly suggested the retirement party was pirate themed, Tobias took it seriously. He dressed in Lindsay's clothes and accidentally boarded a boat with some gay men to protest the yacht club's refusal to let gays marry at sea. He befriended the men and realized he wanted to be an actor.

Appearances

1x01 Pilot (47)
1x01 Pilot (51)
Recurring
Guest

Recurring Themes

1x01 Pilot (74)
1x01 Pilot (75)

...on the next Arrested Development

   George Michael gets a new roommate and Michael finds it difficult to get his father out of jail.


George Michael sits uncomfortably on the bed, while Maeby showers with the door closed over, while singing Britney Spears' "Oops, I Did It Again". Meanwhile, G.O.B. interviews for a job at the Sitwell Housing Inc., only to be told that it is Michael they were interested in, and that he is not a candidate because he did not come prepared with references, to which G.O.B. uses one of his illusions to make a dove appear. Michael visits George Sr. in prison with news that he is going to try and free him, only to learn that he is enjoying himself.

References

1x01 Pilot (08)
1x01 Pilot (55)
  • Cell Phone - When Buster is shown taking part in the Native American tribal ceremony, a Native American seen in the background is using a cell phone. Later, while on the boat talking to Delores, George Sr. says "can you hear me now?", the popular tagline featured in the Verizon Wireless advertisements.
  • Explorers - Michael references the explorers Cortés and Magellan when questioning Buster's choice of cartography.
  • Annie Get Your Gun - Tobias performs “I’m a Bad, Bad Man” from the musical, Annie Get Your Gun, at his audition for the Community Theater of Orange.
  • Segway - G.O.B. rides a Segway, a two-wheeled transportation device that would become a recurring character trait.
  • UNO - George Michael and Maeby are seen playing UNO.

Callbacks/Running Jokes

1x01 Pilot (40)
1x01 Pilot (23)
  • Man with "Freedom" sign - The gay protester makes several reappearances throughout the series.
  • Buster's studies - Buster has taken 18th century Agrarian Business classes among the many things that he has done.
  • Missing limbs - Lucille reveals to Michael that someone cut the foot off of the fox fur that she owns, and it is later found by Maeby when she orders a frozen banana from George Michael.
  • Winking - Lucille winks at Michael, and he asks her to never to do it again.
  • Tobias is gay- Tobias crossdresses and befriends gay actors, causing him to decide to become an actor. When Lindsay guesses "you're gay?" his respsonse is "No, Lindsay, how many times..."
  • Phoenix - Michael is convinced Phoenix is a better place to live, and again attempts to move there in "The One Where Michael Leaves".
  • The most important thing - George Michael says it's breakfast. Michael says it's family.

Hidden/Background Jokes

1x01 Pilot (54)
  • Graffiti - The police station was vandalized with the words "FUNKE YOU", which is the last name of Tobias, Lindsay and Maeby.

Foreshadowing/Future References

1x01 Pilot (48)
1x01 - Enrique
1x01 Pilot (66)
  • Criminal mastermind - Lucille claims that the SEC is wrong in calling George Sr. a criminal mastermind. In "Development Arrested", it is revealed that she was the true mastermind. George Sr.'s rationale for naming Lucille CEO instead of Michael is "they cannot arrest a husband and a wife for the same crime," hinting that Lucille is somehow also complicit in the Bluth company scandal. When Michael informs him that he is incorrect, George Sr. says that he has "the worst [bleep]'ing attorneys" hinting at Barry Zuckerkorn's ineptitude.
  • Sitwell - Michael and G.O.B. have job interviews at Sitwell Enterprises Inc., a company which would play a larger role as rival to the Bluth Company throughout Season 2.
  • Numerous scenes from this episode are heavily mirrored in "Let 'Em Eat Cake" and "Development Arrested". On the DVD commentary track for this episode, Mitchell Hurwitz suggests that there could be a 5th Bluth sibling (and, after Hel-loh enters the family, a 6th sibling), an idea which was the plot of the Season Three episode "Family Ties".
  • When Maeby and George Michael are playing cards during Michael's "intervention," she's wearing an undersized t-shirt that reads "Lotta Love's." This foreshadows Lucille's coverall statement "...and a whole lot of love."

Quotes

→ See more quotes from "Pilot" at Transcript of Pilot.

Notes

1x01 Pilot (63)
  • Because this was the Pilot episode for the series, no permanent sets had been built. The model home, the prison, and Lucille's apartment were all shot at different locations than seen in the rest of the series.
  • The Season One DVD contained an "Extended Pilot" with several differences from the original aired version, including extended scenes.
  • This Episode is rated TV-PG-L.

Goofs

  • When the camera moves to Buster banging the drum in Lucille's apartment, the audio is going much faster than he is banging.

Images

→ See 97 pictures from Pilot at Images from Pilot.

Videos

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SEASON ONE EPISODES

1. "Pilot"
2. "Top Banana"
3. "Bringing Up Buster"
4. "Key Decisions"
5. "Charity Drive"
6. "Visiting Ours"
7. "In God We Trust"
8. "My Mother, the Car"

  9. "Storming the Castle"
10. "Pier Pressure"
11. "Public Relations"
12. "Marta Complex"
13. "Beef Consommé"
14. "Shock and Aww"
15. "Staff Infection"
16. "Altar Egos"

17. "Justice Is Blind"
18. "Missing Kitty"
19. "Best Man for the Gob"
20. "Whistler's Mother"
21. "Not Without My Daughter"
22. "Let 'Em Eat Cake"

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