Season 3, Episode 9

S.O.B.s

Originally aired Monday, January 2, 2006 | Watched by 4.16 million viewers.

George Sr. suggests a last-ditch effort to save the family by holding a fund raiser to raise money to pay their legal expenses. Michael suggests to Lindsay that she take over the house work, and he sends George-Michael to an expensive boarding school. Meanwhile, Maeby has trouble with a snowboarding film and Tobias tries to be a "discipline daddy".

16 recurring jokes in this episode

The Bluths

... flirt with incest

Maeby and George Michael.
... drive a stair car

Michael

The OC. "Don't call it that."

G.O.B.

"Robot!"
"Come on!"
Mr. F (background)

The theme is heard when Donnie Richter explains the "Openings" grading system.

Tobias

... has hair plug complications (background)

Tobias has scabs on his head from his hair plug removal.
... is the world's first analrapist
... is gay

"There's a new daddy in town ... a discipline daddy."

Lindsay

Cloudmir vodka (background)

A Cloudmir advertisement is seen on Variety.com.

Buster

"Hey, brother ..."

"Hey, sister." — Buster to Lindsay.
... loves his mother

Lucille

... doesn't like G.O.B.

Miscellaneous

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"Save Our Bluths"
meta

Andy Richter plays quintuplets, and starred in a comedy called "Quintuplets."
pointed narration

The Narrator pleads with the audience to tell their friends about the show.

Sources: Joke data compiled by Adam Cole / NPR. Episode metadata from The TVDB via a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States (CC BY 3.0 US) license.