Season 2, Episode 1
The One Where Michael Leaves
Michael and George Michael leave for Phoenix but go back to ensure the family misses them. Lindsay wants to have an open marriage, which causes Tobias to try to join the Blue Man Group under the impression that they are a support group for depressed men. Lucille signs Buster up for the Army after being goaded by a Michael Moore look-alike. Gob becomes president of the Bluth Company.
35 recurring jokes in this episode
The Bluths
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... don't understand hammers
G.O.B. uses a sledgehammer to destroy office walls.
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... drive a stair car
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stair car escapes
Related Joke: ... attempts to escape
Michael
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"Family first."
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"He said some wonderful things."
Tobias: "No, I'm afraid I just 'blue' myself."
Related Joke: ... leaves blue paint stains
G.O.B.
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"I've made a huge mistake."
G.O.B. can't remember ever saying "I've made a huge mistake."
George Sr. escapes with the evidence.
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... messes up a trick.
Pennies.
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... can't use the phone
Tobias
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Blue Man Group (foreshadowing)
In his attempt to join the Blue Man Group, Tobias paints himself blue which indirectly lands him in the hospital.
Related Joke: ... wants to go to the hospital (foreshadowing)
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... leaves blue paint stains
In his attempt to join the Blue Man Group, Tobias paints himself blue. "He looks like he's dead."
Related Joke: literal doctor
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... is a never-nude
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... has cat-like agility (background)
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... is gay
"It's nice to be back in a queen."
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... wants to go to the hospital
Barry hits Tobias at dusk because he is painted blue and blends in with the sky
Buster
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... gives back rubs
George Sr. gives back rubs, impersonating Oscar, who is himself impersonating Buster.
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... curses (abbreviated)
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missing limbs (foreshadowing)
A seal attack is mentioned on the TV news and the camera pans to Buster.
Related Joke: seal (foreshadowing)
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seal
A seal attack is mentioned on the TV news and the camera pans to Buster.
Oscar
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Oscar's hair / George Sr.'s Wig
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... is Buster's real father (foreshadowing)
Buster: "Then I'd look like you." Oscar: "More than you'll ever know."
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late hit cop
George Sr.
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... hides things in walls
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... attempts to escape
George Sr. escapes on the stair car.
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"No touching!"
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Saddam Hussein
Miscellaneous
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paint on Michael's shirt
Tobias paints himself blue, which rubs off on Michael's dress shirt.
Related Joke: Blue Man Group
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names for Ann
"Bland"
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Barry's secret life
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hit by a car
Barry hits Tobias at dusk because he is painted blue and blends in with the sky.
Related Joke: ... wants to go to the hospital
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literal doctor
"It looks like he's dead." — Tobias is painted blue
"You look really hot." — Lindsay has a fever.