1. It's Arrested Development. Of course you have to watch it more than once.
2. But, if it's your first viewing, stick with it. The early episodes seem very uneven but gradually, everything swings into focus quite nicely- usually in ways that you don't get until a few episodes down the road.
3. I like television shows where the characters grow and evolve over time. Season 4 takes these characters and puts them through the wringer... some grow, some brush up against maturity and others stay more or less the same but by the end of the season, all of these characters are in some very interesting places.
4. Tobias (David Cross) just about steals the whole damn season. Gob (Will Arnett) comes in a close second.
5. Wish we could have seen more of Buster. (Tony Hale.)
6. Mad props to the writers for working a crazy sorority chick reference into Maeby's big speech in her episode. (So much win there.)
7. Portia De Rossi's face didn't bother me. It looked a little strange in her first episode but after that, she just looked like she normally did.
8. Terry Crews, Maria Bamford and Isla Fisher are all amazing guest stars.
9. Why hasn't someone given Jessica Welter an Emmy yet?
10. I'm game for a movie or another season of this- this is fascinating puzzle of interlocking narratives and like a seven layer dip of jokes that you can just keep digging into with every viewing. GIVE ME MORE!
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