Arrested Development
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Pilot - S1-E1

Michael: They're going to keep Dad in jail until this whole thing gets sorted out. [Silence.] Also, I've been told that the company's expense accounts have been frozen. [Gasps.] Interesting. I would have expected that after "they're keeping Dad in jail."

Barry Zuckerkorn: So basically you're about 2,000 shares short of being the majority stock holders. Now unfortunately it's a private stock so you can not just buy up the shares unless someone is willing to sell
Michael: Are you sure?
Barry Zuckerkorn: That's what it said on 'Ask Jeeves'.

Pilot - S1-E1

Lucille: I'm giving the company to Buster.
Michael: Buster? You're giving the company to a guy who thought the blue on the map was land?

Gob: Steve Holt's not my son.
George Michael Bluth: Steve Holt? What, the moron jock?
Gob: That's my son, you pothead.

Lucille: The company is in danger.
Michael: What tipped you off? The falling profit margins or the fact that we're a regular feature on Bill O'Reilly's most ridiculous item of the day?

Lucille Austero: Today at lunch, you were ashamed to be with me.
Gob: No. I was ashamed to be seen with you. I like being with you.

Tobias Fünke: Michael, you are quite the cupid. You can stick an arrow in my buttocks any time.

Lucille: You idiots. If your father sees me here with Wayne...
Michael: ...we'll be stuck with Barry.
Wayne Jarvis: I shall duck behind that little garbage car.
Michael: Guy's a pro.

Key Decisions - S1-E4

[Gob is getting ready to perform his escape from prison trick.]
Gob: Hey, is there a private bathroom I can use?
George: Uh... [taps the in-cell toilet with his foot.] You're looking at it.
Gob: No, I can't use that. I, uh, I need privacy. I've always been that way. Come on, if I'm going to pass this key, I can't do it in front of all these other guys.
George: Well, we could ask them all to leave, but uh, they've been locking the doors.
Gob: I've made a huge mistake.

Good Grief! - S2-E4

Tobias Funke: Michael, you should really try to find a way to release your feelings. Otherwise, they could come out at an inopportune time.
[Tobias looks into the refrigerator.]
Tobias Funke: Where the fuck are my hard-boiled eggs?!

Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: In the roof of the model home, George Michael hugs Lindsay while packing his belongings. In the shot where we see Michael watching them, they are standing apart, but in the following shot they are hugging again. (00:18:20)

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Chosen answer: "The One Where They Build a House," S2E2.

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