The series, narrated by Ron Howard, follows the Bluths, a formerly wealthy, dysfunctional family, who made their money from property development.
The Bluth family consists of Michael, his adopted sister Lindsay, his older brother Gob, his younger brother Buster, their mother Lucille and father George Sr., as well as Michael's son George-Michael, and Lindsay and her husband Tobias' daughter Maeby.
Tobias (David Cross), dressed in a Thing costume, drives to reconnect with Maeby (Alia Shawkat) at Sudden Valley.
[a] Tobias becomes infatuated with Debrie Bardeaux (Maria Bamford), who had played Sue Storm in a Fantastic Four film that was never theatrically released.
After Debrie finds out that Tobias' ANUSTART licence plate shares the same name as a softcore porn film she starred in, she suggests they run away together.
After consuming a large amount of butter, Debrie collapses from a heart attack, and Tobias rushes her to a hospital.
Tobias initially uses the knock-off names, but after being offered $10, calls refers to him and Debrie as the Thing and the Invisible Woman.
Tobias visits Balboa Towers, where he rescues Lucille Austero (Liza Minnelli) from being attacked by an ostrich.
[2] Eric Goldman of IGN gave the episode an 8 out of 10, saying "While it was sort of fun to learn Tobias was in India with Lindsay and unwittingly had several encounters with her, it also didn’t feel all that inspired.
Murray stated that "“A New Start” sports a wealth of top-notch Tobias slapstick and double-entendres" and Adams called the episode "an experiment with a greater degree of success" than "Double Crossers".
[5] Chris Longo of Den of Geek gave the episode five stars out of five, praising David Cross' performance, saying he "delivered.