everyone: speech! speech! speech! speech! speech! speech! speech! speech! speech! speech! speech! speech!
narrator: the family continued to chant “speech, speech, speech!” for no one in particular.
everyone: speech! speech! speech! speech! speech!
michael: gee, after all that, I was kind of hoping somebody would make a speech.

— arrested development, s01e12 - marta complex. 

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narrator: he continued to look for a sign, until finally..
george michael: maybe tonight. what are the chances?
narrator: actually, maybe tonight was a very popular candy slogan and the chances were one in eight. 

— arrested development, s01e12 - marta complex. 

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narrator: like his father, george michael had been nursing an impossible crush. it was on his cousin, maeby. and with no one to talk to, he was looking for some kind of direction.
george michael: just give me a sign. the first one’s obvious. okay.

— arrested development, s01e12 - marta complex. 

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michael: jessie… no, I was just.. just saying your name as-as, uh, as you walked away. I didn’t, uh… I have no follow-up.

— arrested development, s01e11 - public relations. 

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jessie: buster.
buster: right here, ready to go, at your service, get me out there!
jessie: I want you to stay in. people find you odd and alienating. you make them uneasy. stay out of the spotlight.
buster: I shall be neither seen nor heard. watch me. 

— arrested development, s01e11 - public relations. 

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jessie: your father is religious now? we’ll play that out, it’s very sympathetic.
lucille: yeah. who doesn’t love the jews?

— arrested development, s01e11 - public relations. 

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buster: uh, I’m unclear about what it is exactly you do.
jessie: excellent question. what a publicist does is..
buster: no, no. I was talking to george michael. when did you get a job?
george michael: at the banana stand.
buster: [laughing] oh, duh! I thought you meant like a plumber or something, and I was like, when did that happen?

— arrested development, s01e11 - public relations. 

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jessie: I’ll race you to the top of the hill.
[michael spits his gum as he smiles]

michael: I’ll race you to the top of the hill.
jessie: I brought a picnic lunch.
[michael smiles and spits his gum again]

— arrested development, s01e11 - public relations. 

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george michael: like, say I had a crush on my own cousin.
michael: hey! [laughs] you just taught me a lesson. alright, we’re even.

— arrested development, s01e10 - pier pressure.

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gob: what? oh no! it’s the cops! oh! and a hot construction worker.

— arrested development, s01e10 - pier pressure.

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gob: show us the pot.
hot cop drug dealer: I got it right here.
george michael: oh my god.
hot cop drug dealer: nice, right?

— arrested development, s01e10 - pier pressure.

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michael: he’s lying to me, can you believe that? where the hell is this family’s morality?
[gob coughs up smoke from a joint]
gob: I don’t know.
michael: what?
gob: it’s cold out here.

— arrested development, s01e10 - pier pressure. 

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narrator: so buster went to the toughest, most streetwise kid he knew.

— arrested development, s01e10 - pier pressure.

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michael: maybe I’m pushing you too hard. you’re all stressed out, your eyes are all red, why don’t you take the night off? just shut the book. go ahead. just close the book. go ahead. your finger is still in the book. george michael.

— arrested development, s01e10 - pier pressure.

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michael: whoa, whoa, whoa. calm down you two, it’s just a math problem.
george michael: well yeah, but if I fail math there goes my chance to get a good job and a happy life full of hard work, like you always say.

— arrested development, s01e10 - pier pressure.

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