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Pilot

‘Pilot’

Season 1, Episode 1 -  Aired November 2, 2003

Michael Bluth is ready to leave his family and their business behind when his father doesn't promote him to CEO.

Quote from Michael

Lucille: Good grief. I dipped into the kitty a couple of times. You should be focused on tonight. Dad's making a big announcement.
Michael: Yeah? I knew it. It's about me, isn't it? [Lucille winks] I wonder how I can talk you out of ever making that face again.

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Quote from Tobias

Michael: How's your job search comin'?
Tobias: ... It's good. It's going to be good.
Michael: Yeah? Great.
Tobias: I'm hoping the universe provides a path for me.
Narrator: Tobias recently lost his medical license for administering C.P.R. to a person who, as it turned out was not having a heart attack.

Quote from Lindsay

Michael: Lindsay!
Lindsay: Michael!
Michael: How was your flight?
Lindsay: Great. Great. We just got in.
Lucille: He knows.
Lindsay: A month ago.

Quote from George Sr.

Narrator: And Michael's big moment finally came.
George Sr.: I give you the new C.E.O. for the Bluth Company. Certainly the smartest Bluth. My favorite Bluth. And the, uh, sexiest creature I have ever laid eyes on. My lovely wife, Lucille.

Quote from Lindsay

Lindsay: I'm not gonna lie to you, Michael. This is great news for HOOP.

Quote from Buster

George Sr.: That's the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Buster: They have boats?

Quote from Tobias

Tobias: What an adventure, gang. I thought that the homosexuals were pirates but it turns out that most of them were actors in the local theater. You're right though. It is amazing. I've been waiting for the universe to provide a path for me, and and I think it has.
Lindsay: You're gay?
Tobias: No. No. I'm not I'm not gay. [laughs] No. Lindsay, how many times must we have this... No. I want to be an actor. [chuckles]

Quote from Michael

Narrator: Michael was able to secure a job with a rival housing company almost immediately.
Man: We'll set you up in Arizona in one of our finest estates.
Michael: Attic or main house? [man laughs]

Quote from Michael

Michael: I'm sorry. What exactly is this intervention for?
Lucille: We need you to come back and run the business.
Michael: Okay. So technically it's not really an intervention. It's more of an imposition.
Lindsay: Whatever you want to call it.
Michael: I'd love to call it an imposition.

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