Previously, On Arrested Development

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

Michael

"Family first."

Michael struggles to stand by this motto.

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

9 episodes feature this joke:

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

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.