It’s a disaster, of course, although a little on the lengthy side - Gob’s magical failures work best as snappy sequences. Neither Michael nor any Bluths are interested in attending Gob’s wedding/ultimate illusion. On the heinously titled Christian talk show And As It Is Such, So Also As Such Is It Unto You, Gob delivers an announcement that demands faithful transcription: “At our wedding, I will be performing one of my famous magical illusions, that once your eyes have beholden it, you will put no god before me, because of its spectacularity.” Okay, Gob. Cue “I’ve made a huge mistake.” Debate among yourselves which is the bigger classic. Ann’s Evangelical family swarms from the shadows, mobbing Gob and bending him into a Christ pose while hugging and celebrating him. Gob’s brain is short-circuiting with Arrested Development references.Īfter a facetious, Maeby-style “marry me,” Gob and Ann are engaged. He tries channeling his haughty suit-wearing self, only to fail again. Momentarily sharing his father’s propensity for womenswear, Gob tries to bust out a renowned C’MON!! but can only splutter. The man has encountered a lot of difficult scenarios and never reacted quite this frantically. Afterward, Gob hits one of three rock bottoms for the episode. Regardless, after one long pajama-unzipping, the deed is done. I just rewatched the first three seasons ultra closely (putting this quiz together in the process) and I’m still having a hard time remembering what made Ann go from being 100 percent virtuous to wanting to bone Gob. (You can also hear Tobias singing his fallacy bit from the earlier new episodes offscreen - nice detail.) Gob realizes he’s got the world’s most forgettable lady all to himself and sinks into a Simon & Garfunkel–soundtracked depression. Ann, on the other hand, appears unchanged. And boy does Michael Cera look nothing like he did in that original scene, although it’s set on the same day. Gob, freshly face-punched by George Michael, squeezes some forgiveness out of his nephew. To learn how Gob got here, we do the ol’ Netflix rewind to see what happens between Gob and Ann back in 2006. Gob is now rolling with Mark Cherry - the baby-faced, Bieber-faced singer, not the baby-faced, non-Bieber-faced Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry - and, played by Parks and Recreation’s Ben “Jean Ralphio” Schwartz, J.B.J., the son of Arrested’s favorite news anchor. Gob’s unpredictability means it makes perfect sense for his episode to open with an Entourage homage blatant enough to feature the crew walking into a Jeremy Piven–owned and/or –themed club. You can’t be sure what Buster will stumble into next, or how he’ll land back in the hospital, but you know he’ll wind up close to Lucille. While you never know what ridiculous path Tobias will take, you know his endgame is to become an actor. There are plenty of wild cards on Arrested Development, but none wilder than Will Arnett’s Gob Bluth. More in-depth analyses of the new episodes will appear in the coming weeks.

Five regular Vulture writers will write on three episodes each. Vulture is doing fifteen immediate recaps for hard-core Arrested Development fans.

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