Previously, On Arrested Development

NPR's guide to the running gags from the show.

Lucille

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

Lucille loves all of her children equally — except for G.O.B.

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9 episodes feature this joke:

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

  • 6: Double Crossers

    Lucille recommends to Oscar that G.O.B. get sent out into the desert to "sweat for a while" and Oscar agrees.

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.