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Arrested Development Altar Egos (2003– ) Online
2003– Jason Bateman Portia de Rossi Will Arnett Jay Chandrasekhar
Original Title :
Altar Egos
Genre :
TV Episode / Comedy
Year :
2003–
Directror :
Jay Chandrasekhar
Cast :
Jason Bateman,Portia de Rossi,Will Arnett
Writer :
Mitchell Hurwitz,Barbie Adler
Type :
TV Episode
Time :
22min
Rating :
8.6/10

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Arrested Development Altar Egos (2003– ) Online

Micheal has a one-night stand with a woman named Maggie Lizer. He has a guilt-trip after learning she is blind, but not so much after he discovers that she's the prosecuting attorney against his family. Meanwhile, GOB gets married to a woman after a series of escalating dares, and tries to get a subsequent divorce.
Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Jason Bateman Jason Bateman - Michael Bluth
Portia de Rossi Portia de Rossi - Lindsay Bluth Fünke
Will Arnett Will Arnett - Gob Bluth
Michael Cera Michael Cera - George-Michael Bluth
Alia Shawkat Alia Shawkat - Maeby Fünke
Tony Hale Tony Hale - Buster Bluth (credit only)
David Cross David Cross - Tobias Fünke
Jeffrey Tambor Jeffrey Tambor - George Bluth Sr.
Jessica Walter Jessica Walter - Lucille Bluth
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Maggie Lizer
James Lipton James Lipton - Warden Stefan Gentles
Amy Poehler Amy Poehler - Bride of Gob
Jane Lynch Jane Lynch - Cindi Lightballoon
Michael Paul Chan Michael Paul Chan - Judge Lionel Ping
Verda Bridges Verda Bridges - Woman

The woman that GOB (Will Arnett) marries on a dare was his then real life wife, Amy Poehler.

In the "Next Time on..." segment there is a Bluth Cornballer sitting in a corner of Maggie (Julia Louis-Dreyfus)'s kitchen.

Henry Winkler, who plays Barry the lawyer, is shown near the end of the episode looking into a mirror about to comb his hair and does a "Hey" sort of shrug. Henry played "Fonzie" back in the 70s/80s who was a greaser who combed his hair and did the "Eyyyy" catchphrase.

The wall in the courthouse is decorated with pictures of the Presidents, but the only ones visible in the shot are Reagan, Bush Sr., Bush Jr., and Nixon - all Republicans.

There is a typo in the note from Maeby (Alia Shawkat)'s teacher about her poor performance. It says "paent" instead of "parent."

Even before this episode, posters reading "Save Surely" can be seen on the walls when George-Michael (Michael Cera) and Maeby (Alia Shawkat) are at school.

David Cross had publicly mocked James Lipton (Warden Gentles) as part of his stand-up act, referring to Lipton as "pretentious" and "the most pompous, arrogant failure in history." Lipton was not amused by Cross' impersonations of himself, but during filming, they ended up becoming friends (although Cross maintained his criticism of Lipton's show, Inside the Actors Studio (1994)).

Cindi Lightballoon (Jane Lynch) was wearing a "Caged Wisdom" T-Shirt.

G.O.B. (Will Arnett)'s wife (Amy Poehler)'s plea for a maritime lawyer is reminiscent of a plea for a marine biologist in the Seinfeld (1989) episode Seinfeld: The Marine Biologist (1994); a series in which Julia Louis-Dreyfus starred.

The title is a play on the term "alter ego". The word "altar" refers to the fact that G.O.B. (Will Arnett) gets married in this episode.

Proving his mettle as a Milford man, Buster (Tony Hale) is neither seen nor heard in this episode.

Maeby (Alia Shawkat)'s "failure of 9th grade" letter is shot exactly like Lucille (Jessica Walter)'s "you're an adoptive parent" letter from episode 1.14, Arrested Development: Shock and Aww (2004).

Cindi Lightballoon (Jane Lynch) is seen in front of a fake pet grooming truck. In the movie Best in Show (2000), she played a professional dog groomer.

In Maggie Lizer's (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) house, you can see a CornBaller on her kitchen side. The CornBaller is a product made by George Bluth, Sr. (Jeffrey Tambor).

This episode is rated TV-PG-DLS.

Bride of Gob is played by GOB (Will Arnett)'s then real-life wife, Amy Poehler.

During the "On the next Arrested Development" scene, a Cornballer can be seen on the shelf in Maggie (Julia Louis-Dreyfus)'s kitchen while Tobias (David Cross) is rolling around in an attempt to evade her.

This episode, and the following episode 1.17, Arrested Development: Justice Is Blind (2004), are regarded as a two-parter, as all the story lines directly continue on from each other and nothing is resolved in Part 1.

Episode 1.18, Arrested Development: Missing Kitty (2004), was originally intended to come before this and the next episode.

It's revealed that the "New warden"'s name is Stefan Gentles (James Lipton).

Cindi Lightballoon (Jane Lynch) rides the "Blendin Mobile Pet Grooming" van to the prison.

We first saw a "Surely Funke" poster in episode 1.14, Arrested Development: Shock and Aww (2004)

Most of the time, the "On the next episode" segments contain only final gags that do not actually appear in the next episode. This episode not only contains an actual clip from the next, but gives away a major plot point.

This episode includes a flashback to Michael (Jason Bateman)'s performance in "The Trial of Captain Hook". Michael plays Peter Pan, prosecuting Captain Hook. The scene is repeated in episode 3.10, Arrested Development: Fakin' It (2006), and the song "You're a crook, Captain Hook, Judge won't you throw the book, at the Pirate" is used again in this episode and others, when Michael acts like a lawyer. This is also a foreshadowing to Michael throwing the Bible at Maggie Lizer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) in episode 1.17, Arrested Development: Justice Is Blind (2004). Also near the end of the flashback, Captain Hook's hook falls off his hand, possibly foreshadowing Buster (Tony Hale)'s hook and how it frequently falls off.

When three of G.O.B. (Will Arnett)'s wife (Amy Poehler)'s seals die, she says she needs a maritime lawyer, the type of lawyer Michael (Jason Bateman) pretended to be to Maggie (Julia Louis-Dreyfus).

Surely Fünke - Maeby (Alia Shawkat)'s alter ego:

  • An earlier reference is made to Maeby's alter ego Surely: In episode 1.14, Arrested Development: Shock and Aww (2004), the school has a sign, "Hold on, Surely Fünke. Surely Fünke: How we love thee."
  • Maeby writes her name on her failed math test as S. Funke, claiming that the government wants to know if they are single or married, an S indicating Single.

Barry (Henry Winkler)'s secret life:

  • Barry is looking for a transvestite prostitute.
  • Barry says to Michael (Jason Bateman), "I could kiss you on the ep]."
  • After Barry says he couldn't read the plea because he is trying to "get back in the dating game", G.O.B. (Will Arnett) says Barry is a man and needs a woman. After a short pause, Barry changes the subject.

In the "On the next" tease, it's revealed that Maggie Lizer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) is in fact, not blind at all. This is one of the rare occasions where the footage actually does foreshadow coming events.

At the end of the scene where Michael (Jason Bateman), Gob, and Barry (Henry Winkler) are talking in the bathroom about Maggie Lizer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), Barry reaches up to fix his hair with a comb, notices his reflection, and shrugs as if his hair is too perfect anyway. This is a reference to the opening credits of Happy Days (1974), where Fonzie does exactly the same thing. Henry Winkler (Barry Zuckercorn) played Fonzie.

Cindi Lightballoon (Jane Lynch) rides the "Blendin' Mobile Pet Grooming" van to the prison (a pun on blend in). This surveillance van was first used in episode 1.14, Arrested Development: Shock and Aww (2004).

George Sr. (Jeffrey Tambor)'s habit of cheating on Lucille (Jessica Walter) is once again apparent as he tweaks Cindi (Jane Lynch)'s nipples through a chain-link fence, an activity he did in episode 1.14, Arrested Development: Shock and Aww (2004). Lucille also mentions that George Sr. had slept with her sister in the past, too, causing her to stop drinking.

Barry (Henry Winkler) reacts to seeing who the judge is for George Sr. (Jeffrey Tambor)'s plea bargain court date ("We've got Ping"). He reacted this same way earlier in episode 1.12, Arrested Development: Marta Complex (2004). He also reacts identically upon finding Maggie Lizer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) is the prosecuting attorney, stating her name instead.

G.O.B. (Will Arnett) often teases Michael (Jason Bateman) for only having slept with four women. Michael says the tally is now up to 5 in this episode, as he slept with Beth (Heather Graham) in episode 1.14, Arrested Development: Shock and Aww (2004). It would then go up to 6 after he slept with Maggie (Julia Louis-Dreyfus).

Tobias (David Cross) bribes George Michael (Michael Cera) by offering to pack his "sweet pink mouth" full of ice cream. This phrase is later used in episode 1.20, Arrested Development: Whistler's Mother (2004), for the line "your sweet pink mouth goes north, not south" in "All You Need is Smiles." Tobias's offer is one of many references throughout the series to "ice" and "ice cream."

Michael (Jason Bateman) tells Maggie (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) he's a maritime lawyer.


User reviews

Kerahuginn

Kerahuginn

Curse the recent trend in television of cutting 22-minute episodes down to 20 minutes. The two-minute deleted scene with Lindsay and Tobias meeting the principal is one of the best jokes to be dropped on the cutting room floor. Good thing we can see it on the DVD. But even without that scene, there's much good here. The character of Maggie Lizer, a supposedly blind attorney played by Seinfeld's Julia Louis-Dreyfus, doesn't get a lot of love from AD fans. This is her first of four episodes on AD. I've heard some people claiming her deceptions became tedious after a while. In this episode, Michael has a one-night stand with Maggie, without knowing that she is blind (or pretending to be blind) and that she is the prosecutor of his dad's trial.

Again, there's lots to recommend in this episode. We have an inept and perverted Barry, looking for prostitutes, neglecting his reading and making excuses. There is a ridiculously cruel mole/teeth joke. We have Michael in high school playing a Peter Pan lawyer, singing badly and kind of reflecting school plays. Despite her unpopularity, even Maggie results in some good material. There's the blind jokes which, as the narrator points out, leads to some good non-sequiturs. The Lucille breastfeeding joke is delightfully awkward and GOB and the narrator contradicting each other is fairly funny, exposing GOB as a liar. GOB gets married in this episode, to a woman played by Amy Poehler (Will Arnett's real life wife). In the process we get the earliest bit of foreshadowing of the seal storyline in season 2. Mitch Hurwitz once claimed the series was not planned out ahead of time, that they made it up as they went along. Some of his own actors didn't seem to believe him when he said that.

In short, this episode isn't the greatest of Arrested Development's first season, or close to being so. But it's still great.
Shakagul

Shakagul

Ah, now we get to one of my favorites. This episode, "Altar Egos," plays two-fold with the next episode, "Justice is Blind." I liked these two episodes together because it proves that Arrested Development can have a storyline that lasts for more than 22 minutes an episode. It also introduces one of my favorite guest stars-Julia Louis-Dreyfus as the blind attorney Maggie Lizer. People seem to be cool on her character, but I really laughed at lot. We get the typical blind jokes, but they work very well. I liked the overall theme of this episode and the next. People pretend to be the person they say they are even though they really are not.

Lots of stuff happen in this episode and every storyline shown here is good for multiple laughs. Michael has a one-night stand with lawyer Maggie Lizer who feels bad for her blindness. But that pity goes away when he finds out Maggie is the lead prosecutor in the case against his family. GOB meets some unnamed woman (played by the delightful Amy Poehler, Will Arnett's wife), and they end up marrying each other in a series of escalating dares. Barry neglects reading the case file for the trial because he is out searching for love-mainly male prostitutes dressed as women.

Everything was funny, and I really couldn't stop laughing. Some people say the GOB storyline was superfluous, but I really enjoyed it. As for other things that occurred: Cindi Longbottom played by Jane Lynch revealed to George Sr that she is an FBI Agent but she fell in love with him which calls for divorce from Lucille, a flashback reveals that Michael once played a Peter Pan lawyer in high school, and we have some clear foreshadowing with the involvement of seals. Overall, a brilliant episode!

My Grade: A
Burilar

Burilar

Arrested Development

Arrested Development is another take on dysfunctional family; created by Mitchell Hurwitz, with lots of twists and turns and mystery that helps kick the series into another level and stand alone. The narration by Ron Howard that guides the viewers is actually a smarter concept that it actually seems, since the makers doesn't feel the need to explain the situation and momentum through cheesy and additional dialogues; a slick move.

It is short on technical aspects like cinematography, background score and art design although the camera work is plausible and is shot beautifully with pleasing, light and breezy environment.

The writing is strong in terms of the material offered especially since it doesn't feel the urge to push boundaries just to crack a smile, and instead focuses on the irony of it and lets it flow fluently with well barred structure. The amusing concept, enfolding tricks, gripping screenplay, parallel sub-plots that are well edited which later merges in brilliantly are some of the high points of the series.

There is also a lot of going on in mere 20 minutes for the audience to let it sink in which may seem overstuffed at times but it does the work which is to keep the audience tangled into it. The characters are more mature and pragmatic than the audience usually gets in a sitcom where they might not be lovable or even likable at times, but their humane-ness keeps the viewers rooting for them.

The performance is somewhat fragile in here since the protagonist Jason Bateman is in his A game but unfortunately isn't supported to that extent by its supporting cast (Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Portia de Rossi and David Cross).

Season 01

The first act in here is somewhat of an introductory section for the character development is handled well enough if not evolved entirely (there is no need to grab the whole bite too). It is also fast paced and evenly distributive among the characters that shares their screen time and factors in with a greater impact than the protagonist.

Altar Egos

An ingenious approach on an emotional drama through cutthroat business tactics, family politics and magic tricks that as usual merges into a showdown event that offers every bit of offered equitable taste with a decent performance.