In the present day, Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman), drunk and indebted to "Lucille 2" Austero (Liza Minnelli), offers to have sex with her in a desperate bid to have his debt remitted.
But when he learns that his parents had received economic stimulus money, and once again embezzled it instead of investing it in the Bluth company, Michael attempts to finally disassociate himself from the family by selling his stock to Lucille 2.
George-Michael is occupied with the development of "Fakeblock", a piece of privacy-enforcing and anti-piracy software, along with his roommate, Paul "P-Hound" Huan (Richard Jin Namkung).
Crushed by his son's rejection, Michael tries to take solace in being featured in an issue of Altitude, Outwest Airlines' in-flight magazine in which he appears in a column of.
The staff at the counter (Adam DeVine, Blake Anderson and Anders Holm) refuse to give him a copy of the magazine, which is reserved for passengers.
Club gave the episode a "B+" grade, calling the dorm vote sequence "the funniest in the whole of Arrested Development to date", and opined that the relaunched show "is a sitcom that’s still pretty much clicking.
Additionally, for the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards, Jason Bateman was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for this episode.
[8] Jason Tregoe Newman was nominated for Best Sound Editing in Television – Short Form: Music at the 2014 Golden Reel Award.