Previously, On Arrested Development

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

Lucille

winking

Characters wink obviously to convey subtle meaning.

  • Occurrence of a joke
  • Joke in the background
  • Foreshadowing
  • Combined joke

12 episodes feature this joke:

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

  • 10: Queen B.

    Lucille winks at Buster to get him to establish her alibi.

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.