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Season 3, Episode 5

Mr. F

Originally aired Monday, November 7, 2005 | Watched by 3.94 million viewers.

Michael must deal with a huge mole problem in order to salvage a major real estate deal with Japanese investors. In an effort to help Michael, Gob and Buster team up with George Sr.'s surrogate, Larry, to devise a plan and save the deal, but their plan falls apart in a big way. Meanwhile, Tobias mistakes a CIA agent for a CAA agent and inadvertently betrays the family, and Michael makes Rita a proposal she can't refuse. Frankie Muniz makes a cameo as himself.

18 recurring jokes in this episode

The Bluths

G.O.B.

Tobias

Buster

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