Miscellaneous: "That was a freebie." - Previously, On Arrested Development : NPR

Previously, On Arrested Development

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

Occurrence of a joke
Joke in the background
Foreshadowing
Combined joke

7 episodes feature this joke:

Season 1

8: In God We Trust

Season 3

1: The Cabin Show

Lucille didn't kill Buster.
5: Mr. F

Maeby isn't found out.
7: Prison Break-In

George Sr. finds a Oscar unconscious.
G.O.B. and Michael get into prison.
13: Development Arrested

Maeby finds a way to get the family to sign her release forms.

Season 4

14: Off The Hook

Buster destroys his neatly tailored Lucille replacement, and not Lucille herself.
15: Blockheads

George Michael: "I got kicked out of my dorm." G.O.B.: "That was a freebie."

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.