So You Were Let Down By the Fourth Season of Arrested Development?

by Jim Kopetz

Go fuck yourself!

I apologize if that was a rough combination of words but the intent is true. Go fuck, yourself. You expected Jesus and when you got Peter, you wept. Dry your eyes you fool, for there is no need to weep.

Season Four of Arrested Development was in question ever since the original series was cancelled in 2007. It seemed as each year went by, rumors of an Arrested Development movie/reunion/second run popped up more and more as sites aggregated a target audience based on conjecture. 

But finally it came to be, as Netflix funded a project that was doomed to fail. The expectations among the fanbase were too big to succeed. Too many references or not enough? Is the idea of Michael making a movie about the Bluths too meta? Why isn't there more of Buster Bluth? Everyone can find something to fault the series for but what about lauding the opportunity that something like this aspires? Why not sit down, pour a drink, a have some fun with these characters we've come to know and love?

I, for one, think Season Four was a complete success. To get everyone back and to go as far as they did in confronting religion, homosexuality, and what it's like to be a sex offender (ANUSTART). It was a task that only the fearless would take on. I truly believe they pushed the boundaries, creating a piece of work that can be watched linear, or by simply shuffling the deck and jumping from story to story. It's an innovative accomplishment in this strange world of storytelling. And it leads the pack in what I can only hope is a new beginning.

This is the prelude to the end of the world. 

Sources: Netflix