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List Price: $29.99 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 226
Released: August 29, 2006 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
In this Emmy®-winning comedy's hilarious third season, Michael Bluth finally realizes that it's his Uncle Oscar serving time in prison, not his father. Reluctant to spring Oscar due to the effect it may have on the family business, Michael decides that the only fair thing to do is to find his father and place him under house arrest. Yet once found, George Sr. insists he was tricked into working with the Iraqis, leaving Michael no choice but to investigate his father's outrageous claim. But it isn't until Michael and Buster go to Iraq on a rescue mission to save Gob that the depth of the devious plot is revealed...and Michael learns which family member is the real brains behind all the madness.
Description of Arrested Development - Season Three:
Arrested Development--one of the greatest comedies in the history of television--went out in a blaze of glory. The truncated final season packed more biting humor per minute than ever before. In only 13 episodes, dozens of intertwining storylines spun in all directions: In addition to the overarching story about the fractious infighting of the Bluth family and the family's housing development company being investigated for treason in Iraq (a plot arc that comes to a dazzlingly surreal conclusion), the put-upon "good son" Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman, Teen Wolf Too) pursues romance with a lovely British woman (Charlize Theron, Monster) who turns out to be woefully inappropriate; swaggering magician Gob (Will Arnett, Monster-In-Law) flees from his newly-discovered teenage son while still pandering for the affection of his self-absorbed father (Jeffrey Tambor, The Larry Sanders Show); flighty Lindsay (Portia de Rossi, Ally McBeal) and her sexually blurry husband Tobias (David Cross, Mr. Show) both get the hots for the family's new lawyer, Bob Loblaw (Scott Baio, Charles in Charge); and much, much more. It's difficult to describe what makes Arrested Development so brilliant. The ensemble is uniformly superb (Jessica Walter, as the family's boozing, scheming matriarch, is particularly devastating this season) and the surprising guest stars (including Andy Richter, James Lipton, Justine Bateman, and many others) are perfectly cast; the characters' abominable behavior defies conventional television notions of "likability", yet they only grow more endearing the more you watch; the humor embraces wild slapstick and sharp satire, often within a single scene; and the nimble documentary style allows for sly glancing references to jokes and scenes from long-past episodes, rewarding devoted fans. But the key is that, no matter how screwball Arrested Development becomes, the show offers a rich, textured, and wonderfully coherent world in which these characters feel genuine, a world completely unlike the flat, plastic simulacrum offered by the average sitcom. Arrested Development was true to itself to the end. Its followers will cherish it forever. --Bret Fetzer
Stills from The Third Season of Arrested Development (click for larger image)
Arrested Development - Season Three Reviews:
Great Ending to Great Show 
2009-10-11 - This show was definitely cut short in its prime. With some of the funniest characters in television and some of the best writing this series still only managed to last three seasons. The third season does give a great ending to this phenomenal series. Still full of great acting and writing, this season does not disappoint. I was sad to see this show go. I have good hopes for the possibly upcoming movie.
Amazing!
2009-09-25 - This is the best comedy show that has ever been on television. I have probably watched every episode at least 10-20 times and I am constantly discovering new jokes I didn't even realize were there.
The BEST television show in recent memory
2009-08-10 - Who wouldn't love this show? It's got everything: intricate writing, brilliant cast, witty dialogue, interesting characters. The many perfect one-liners will have you howling so hard you'll have to re-watch every single episode to catch all the jokes you missed the first time. Even if you can refrain from laughing through half of the episode, you'll STILL have to watch it again because the extremely clever writers have embedded punchlines to jokes that are started LATER in the season! That's right, joke foreshadowing! It's amazing. You won't regret buying this season. It's not as good as the first two, because by this point the show had been canceled by FOX and the writers were taking every jab at the network that they could hurl past the censors. But a lot of the jokes are wrapped up along with the storylines, making this season an integral part of your AD collection!
Great Show
2009-08-03 - This is one of the best sitcoms ever. Season 3 was very good, but since it got cut down to only 13 episodes during a crucial point in the show (the ending), it lacked a little because it to shove in a lot of stories. Other then that great show and a great season. I don't get the people who didn't like this season.
BEST COMEDY
2009-06-17 - It was one of the best comedies series ever. Now I am thrilled to have the complete 3 series set to watch as I please.
