I’m predicting something close to a sweep, with directing, writing, actor, supporting actress, two supporting actors noms, but… no Comedy Series. I’d love if they got in Comedy Series, but I can’t help but feel the show’s individual performers and submissions stand a better shot separately than together. I currently have it at seventh. The best…[Read more]

Will Arnett was fantastic. Seriously. I think this might even be his second best season on the show. I was even surprised, because I did not think the writers would pull off 30 + minutes of nothing but GOB, but I was glad to be wrong. And Arnett is a huge part of why the season worked. He needs to win.

I just saw a random internet comment saying it should’ve been Jon Hamm instead of Seth Rogen playing George Sr, and I so agree, he would’ve been perfect. What a missed opportunity.

So I finished the season. While I really liked Maeby’s and Buster’s episodes, I can’t help but feel bothered by the fact the last episodes have led to no endgame.  I thought the storylines would all meet at some point, or at least conclude the several loose threads each on its own terms, but none of that has happened. We don’t know anything about…[Read more]

“A New Attitude” starts a bit slow, but it’s a really great episode. The pay-off to the first episode and the roofie circle were really, really smart. Very inspired episode, and I love GOB/Arnett in this. 

Watched 9 and 10. I feel 9 is very overrated. It starts really well, but it becomes a huge mess with the Fantastic Four musical and some weaker scenes like Michael and Tobias in Ron Howard’s office, which relied too much on humiliating Michael in a way that went on for too long and it was not funny in execution, just awkward and contrived (I don’t…[Read more]

Double Crossers was really weak. And I really wanted to like it so bad because I have always really loved Tambor and the George Sr./Oscar characters a lot, but that episode is a mess.However, I’m honestly suprised at how (so far) my expectations have been different from the results. I really expected Michael episodes to be among the best because…[Read more]

Underrating doesn’t mean calling it bad, means ignoring it or downplaying its importance and quality.

I agree with you. I have stopped at “Red Hairing” right now, but it’s actually my second favorite of the season so far, behind only “Colony Collapse” for me. It’s only being underrated because it’s Lyndsey-centric, and she was never a fan-favorite. Most people when talking about the season seem to focus on the characters they have always liked the…[Read more]

Too bad Portia submitted lead. Just watched “Red Hairing”, and thought that it was one of the best of the season and her best work on the show. Incredible how the episodes highlights how much she was underused in the original run, since she feels much more a character this time around. She would’ve been very deserving of a nomination.

Yeah, 6 was the weakest so far for me, but 7 was excellent and one of the best episodes of the show in my opinion. Roofie circle was fantastic. 

I like how the Lindsay episode sets up a lot of jokes, and it funny, on its own, it just spends way too much on certain aspects of plot, like living in that huge house. Same thing with George Sr. They are good episodes, but they as not as good as Michael’s second (which flows a lot more) and Tobias first, it’s just packed with jokes. And it’s…[Read more]

Solid in that context means “average but nice”. There are definitely weak moments in both, and too much plot. Michael’s second episode and Tobias first were the only ones so far I felt everything was great.

I’m on episode 5. I thought the first one was good, the two following pretty solid, and the fourth and fifth ones really good. It isn’t at the level of the first three seasons, but it’s quite funny. Tobias’ episode really was the funniest so far.

Netflix has already shown interest in doing another season if everyone involved is willing to return. I have a feeling getting all these actors to have time to be shooting together again will be tricky, but if they can work it out a deal it would be great.

The A.V. Club talks about that ridiculous “news” that reviews for Arrested Development cause the stocks for Netflix to drop:
Though yesterday’s sizeable dip in Netflix stock can likely be attributed to several factors that affected investors—worry over increased competition from a possibly Time Warner-owned Hulu; concern over Netflix’s recent…[Read more]

Backstory won’t matter as much. People have caught up with the show since the break. It’s not a show that lost fans, it’s a show that has only been gaining fans.And I think you’re overthinking this with AD. Sure, it’s a internet show now, but it has won in the past when it aired. I think this will be seen not as “Netflix show” and much more…[Read more]

But this has always been the case with AD. Maybe even more so with the new structure, but the show has always been about callbacks and setups scattered through many episodes that come before or after the actual joke happens. And they still managed to win in their first year. So as long as the submissions are funny, it could work.  

I love this show, but it’s not getting 3 or more slots in supporting actor. It has the Modern Family guys to worry about, and actors that have the vast majority of the votes for their shows (Greenfield, Hader). So it’s a bit unrealistic to say ALL of the guys have a real chance to be nominated. I’m thinking Arnett-Tambor-Cross. Hale has Veep to…[Read more]

And given the consensus seems to be that George Bluth’s episodes are the weakest, I’m replacing Tambor for Cross on my predictions.