[2][3] The series, narrated by Ron Howard, follows the Bluths, a formerly wealthy, dysfunctional family, who made their money from property development.
In the episode, Michael is relieved to have all the charges against his father dropped and shocked to learn who holds the real power in his dysfunctional family.
The family gathers at the penthouse for brunch, and Lucille (Jessica Walter) suggests throwing a party to name Michael as the new CEO of the company.
At the party on the Queen Mary, Lucille asks Maeby to collect signatures for her, offering each family member $100,000, and Michael addresses the gathered crowd.
Lucille makes the claim that the reasons all the charges of embezzlement were strangely dropped from George Sr. was because he "sold her out," but quickly finds that the man she is accosting is actually Oscar (Tambor), who has once again been tricked into posing as his brother.
The boat's rocking sends Buster (Tony Hale) overboard and into the ocean, and is confronted by the seal who bit off his hand.
Club writer Noel Murray commented on the episode being "funny, with some moments that are classic Arrested Development (and thus leaps and bounds beyond the average sitcom).
But it’s also an episode that lives down to some of the most pointed criticism leveled at the show: that it’s often so busy connecting dots and making callbacks that it never gets to anyplace new or surprising."
"[8] Richard Day, Mitchell Hurwitz, Chuck Tatham and Jim Vallely were nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards for "Development Arrested".