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The Untethered Sole

‘The Untethered Sole’

Season 5, Episode 13 -  Aired March 15, 2019

The Bluths are back in the media spotlight after Buster is arrested on murder charges. As Michael tries to squeeze cash out of Fakeblock to pay for Buster's legal defense, George Sr. and Lucille are worried about paying back their Chinese investors.

Quote from Gob

Michael: Guys, we we're not selling Fakeblock, okay? We're gonna be able to find the money to pay for these great lawyers, all right? I've already identified a couple of assets that we can part with.
George Sr.: Yeah, anything, Michael.
Michael: We should sell the beach house.
Lucille: This is why we never told you about the beach house, Michael.
Gob: Uh, can I add something? This is why we never told you about the [bleep] beach house. Let's roll.

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Quote from Michael

Michael: I mean, Jesus Christ, $7,000 to find out that Ann Veal had nothing to do with Buster's case?

Quote from George Michael

Michael: Frankly, I'd ask you to bring your rich girlfriend on as a business associate, but I respect your space. Unless maybe we give it a shot? Ship sailed on that or...?
George Michael: It's- It's difficult, actually, because I'm trying to figure out whether her father can even be trusted. It's difficult for me to find that balance-
Narrator: Oh, that's not why he can't ask her. I wasn't even going to put this in, but here's why.
[flashback:]
Rebel: You sold the company?
George Michael: A little.
Rebel: You can't sell a company a little. That's like saying you're a little bit tired.
George Michael: You don't think you can be a little bit tired?
Rebel: My dad was gonna invest in your company. I was gonna invest in your company. Then, suddenly, you go behind my back and have sold it. You clearly don't trust me.
George Michael: I do trust you. I just didn't want Fakeblock to get in the way of our relationship.
Rebel: Well, now it's not gonna get in the way of anything.
George Michael: Anything? I mean, so it's over now?
Rebel: A little.

Quote from Michael

Michael: I'm trying to get a timeline on when profits from the Fakeblock business and so forth start up. But I do respect your space.
George Michael: Well, I mean, I hope I haven't put the family in a bind.
Michael: Well, the family is the other issue. Your grandparents promised to build that crazy border wall to some- [opens parcel] Oh. Chinese. Now they're worrying that the Chinese are gonna be upset and say- Oh. "You will pay." Huh. Anyway, I said, "We're not selling Fakeblock, 'cause, I promise you, it'll make plenty of money."
George Michael: Well, you know, I'd be careful of promising even a little. You know, some people, you give them an inch, and they take a...
Michael: Foot.
George Michael: Is it a foot now? I guess they shortened it.

Quote from George Sr.

George Sr.: I think you're doing the right thing. We want to make the Chinese happy. Believe me, you don't want them sending your severed foot to threaten some other guy who doesn't want to build a bridge or something.

Quote from Michael

Adhir: I finished writing your speech about the wall. Question. Do you need an opening parable? It's hard to find one where the wall builder isn't, you know, starved to death by his own wall, or dies of loneliness by his own wall. Or, of course, is crushed to death by his own wall.
Michael: Yeah. We don't want to blow the ending anyway.
Adhir: Ah. Then you'll hate the one about the honeybee.

Quote from Gob

Gob: [on the phone] You want to see some ? You wanna see groundbreaking gay TV? Don't start without me.

Quote from Michael

Michael: In a modern world where there are certainly more threats greater than a 34-year-old hard-working migrant hoping to send money home to feed his wife and three young... future rapists. [Lucille applauds] Of course, I'm talking about the threat of cyber. And that is why the Bluth Company acquired a new partner just for this project.
Adhir. Thank you. [crowd applauds] Wow! Look at that. Okay? Introducing Fakeblock. We've purchased this company solely in order to embed its privacy technology-
George Michael: [watching TV] What the [bleep]?
Michael: ...into our state-of-the-art prototype wall project. We meant to do this, folks, so nobody was deceived. [chuckles] And that's it.

Quote from Gob

Narrator: And so, as Michael went to ceremonially break ground to prove that Fakeblock could build an indestructible wall...
Michael: To the wall! May it bring us all together.
Narrator: Gob kind of made the opposite.
Gob: My name is Gob Bluth, and as president of Fakeblock, I have an announcement! I'm building a wall! Come back for the unveiling in two full weeks!

Quote from George Sr.

George Sr.: It's great, Michael. I mean, it placates the Chinese, and as long as cash comes in from the software within the month...
Michael: Yeah.
George Sr.: ...we'll be able to pay the lawyers who are working on Buster's murder charges. Come in close. [whispers] I think I'm winning your mother back. I'm gonna stick it to her tonight.

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