Season 4, Episode 2
Borderline Personalities
George Sr. comes up with a get rich quick scam after his family falls apart.
9 recurring jokes in this episode
The Bluths
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Prayer hands
George Sr. and Oscar both use prayer hands when addressing CEOs at the sweat lodge.
Buster
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... loves his mother
That thing with the cigarette smoke.
George Sr.
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... embraces religion
George Sr. finds religion in a sweat lodge. He needed to be ordained as a minister online in order for his sweat lodge ministry to be legal.
His new name is "Father B."
Related Joke: Prayer hands
Miscellaneous
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Stan Sitwell has alopecia
He lost some good human chest hair nipple tufts when they jumped off of the Queen Mary.
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"He's very good."
Barry misunderstands maritime law when directing the Bluths (in 1982) to prepare a backup plan based on fleeing to the open sea. George Sr.: "We have the best f%&king attorneys."
He has a law degree from the Virgin Islands.
He used a look-alike to take the California Bar exam.
Related Joke: Maritime law
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meta
The narrator references the current (and unexpected) fourth season of Arrested Development: "... the beginning of a fourth season that would never come."
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Maritime law
Lucille's trial is held in a seafood restaurant.
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Hot mess
Dr. Norman, we have a hot mess.
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Ostrich troubles
A vision of an ostrich man appears to George Sr. and Oscar in the desert.