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Flight of the Phoenix

‘Flight of the Phoenix’

Season 4, Episode 1 -  Aired May 26, 2013

After Michael severs ties with his family and completes the Sudden Valley development on his own, the property crash sends him into a new crisis. Looking for a place to stay, Michael moves into George Michael's dorm room.

Quote from Gob

Gob: Michael?
Narrator: This is Michael's brother, Gob. Neither had expected to see each other after some recent unpleasantness.
Gob: Michael, I didn't expect to be seeing you again after all the unpleasantness.
Michael: I- I- I've been out of control. Sorry. In fact, I just did something that I don't know why I did it.
Gob: Do you want to talk about it?
Michael: No, I do not, I've said too much already. You cannot help me.
Gob: Well, I wasn't hoping to help. I was hoping to rub it in because of all the unpleasantness.

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Quote from Gob

Michael: I was the one that was wrong, not you, and besides, you could not make me feel worse right now.
Gob: Well, I'd be willing to let you have your apology back if you give me the chance to try. I mean, I'm gonna need some specifics about the thing that you're ashamed of. Otherwise I'll just be taking general potshots. Bad example, if you were ashamed of being in love with a man, suddenly discovered these new feelings, then I might say something like, "Homo much?"
Michael: It's not that.
Gob: I said, "Bad example."

Quote from Gob

Michael: I went to go see Lucille 2 and I just... I just... I lost control. I did something that I wish I could forget. You have got no idea how I feel.
Gob: Well, if you're talking about doing something embarrassing with a woman, then no, I don't.
Narrator: But he should have. It's almost as if he found a way to simulate amnesia.
Gob: Hey, I'm down to my last Forget-Me-Now.
Narrator: In fact, that is what he had done. Gob had always taken a pill he called a Forget-Me-Now for that, but was commonly known as a roofie.
Gob: There's only one left. How could that possibly be? Unless John Beard Jr...

Quote from Narrator

Narrator: Now, the story of a family whose future was abruptly canceled, and the one son who had no choice but to keep himself together. It's Michael's Arrested Development.

Quote from Michael

Michael: My point is, we have no secrets from each other. We know everything there is to know about each other.
[Michael takes off his robe and undraws the shower curtain as George Michael showers]
Michael: We're like twins.
George Michael: I don't see us as twins.
Michael: Yeah? You name me one way in which we're different.
George Michael: I think you tend to be better at feeling like you belong places.
Michael: Do I?

Quote from George Michael

Michael: I want you to start feeling like you belong places. Why don't you look at that guy. He thinks he's a musician. You know, like, you've got to start having a little bit better sense of humor about yourself. Look at me. People say I don't age. Like, "Hey, look at that guy. He's got the hair of a teenager." And I say, "Take your best shot," because I think that that's a good thing... Because I'm self-effacing. Hmm? I want you to be able to do that.
George Michael: Well, it's hard to be self-effacing when you're a perfect specimen of rugged manlessness. [chuckles]
Michael: Well, you can't hear this, but we're gonna work on it. That's why I'm living in your dorm.

Quote from George Michael

George Michael: Yeah, you see, that's the other thing, is that I kind of wanted to use this time to almost kind of, you know, wean off of the name George Michael.
Michael: What?
George Michael: I don't know, you know, you get older, you do a something search of your own name...
Narrator: In George Michael's case, you find this.
[news report:]
News Reporter: It was in this men's room in, get this, Beverly Hills, that singer George Michael was arrested for soliciting sex from an undercover cop.
[present:]
Michael: Well, it was your mother's idea to call you George Michael and I think it was just so that we didn't confuse you with your Uncle George or your Grandfather George.
George Michael: Right.
Michael: I got it, let's call you Boy George.
[Wee O.C. news report:]
British News Reporter: Singer Boy George in the news again today, this time for sexual assault in a men's public bathroom. Beatrix Hebberly-Sneed, Wee BBC2.

Quote from Michael

Narrator: Michael Bluth, was fitting right in with his son's college experience.
Michael: She'd be cute for you. Gettable, right? Hey, tell me about the software thing. This is the Faceblock thing you were working on? Is it like Facebook?
George Michael: Well, no. It's kind of the opposite of Facebook, you know. Facebook connects you with everyone, and this blocks you from everyone.
Michael: Oh. Okay. Kind of like the antisocial network, right?
George Michael: That's very good.
Michael: You can use it. I don't understand the internet stuff. You give me all the parts and you tell me to build a television set, I can bang that out, but I I can't get the right day to display on my calendar.
George Michael: Just press "Today."
Michael: Yeah, just tried that, doesn't work on mine, pal.

Quote from Michael

Michael: But this is very, very, very exciting, you know, because once they come out with that article on me in that in-flight magazine, now, the family's gonna be right back on top. The guy's doing a whole spread on me.
George Michael: In-flight magazine?
Michael: Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah. It's called Altitude. It's for OutWest Airlines. Next to SkyMall, it's like the number two most read in all of coach. Well, three with the safety card, but get a lot of attention for Sudden Valley. And then with your internet company, it's gonna be like, we're gonna have two businesses, you know? And yours sounds like such a natural. I mean, no one likes to share their identity. Right?
George Michael: Well...
Michael: Okay, give me your meal plan card. I'm gonna run in there, I'm gonna grab a tray, you run around back, make sure you get there in time before my hand stamp dries, okay? Here we go.

Quote from Michael

Barry: Well, I missed the hearing.
Narrator: ...and then passed.
Barry: Oh, it just snuck up on me, and then they called, and they wanted me there at eight bells. I thought that was their 5:00 p.m. By the time I got back, the courtroom was reverted back to the crab restaurant.
Michael: "Eight bells" refers to a watch length. It's maritime law.
Narrator: Yes, Michael returned after all. One bell is struck after 30 minutes...
Narrator: It seems Michael had been interested in maritime law since playing a lawyer in an original school play titled The Trial of Captain Hook.
[flashback:]
Young Michael: [sings] You're a crook, Captain Hook...
Narrator: Prior to this, his only dream had been to possess the power of flight. But that one turned out to be not as much fun as he thought.
Young Buster: Watch out for the seal! Loose seal! Loose seal!
Young Lucille: I'm watching!
[present:]
Michael: That's why, at sea, a watch with no incidents is described as "eight bells and all is well."

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