Do you remember Arrested Development? Do you remember it in a good way? If the answer to the second question is yes, then you obviously haven't seen the 4th season right?
(I'll give it my best not to give any spoilers so take pity on me!)
I don't know what it is but I could never, like the slightest bit, could like Jason Bateman. I can't really explain it, I just don't like the guy. That was the sole reason why I resisted watching Arrested Development for all these years despite hearing great things about it.
Anyway, being a huge Harmonian, I caved it when I heard Dan Harmon talking about it so I downloaded the entire show.
Now, there are a few things that I hate in a TV show. First of all the cliche premise. Second of all Jason Bateman... The story of a family that lost everything and a Jason Bateman that had no choice but to keep them together... That is kind of a nightmare to me.
However, as I got to watching the show, I... yeah I loved it. I'm not gonna lie I even liked Bateman. It is a perfectly structured comedy that really makes you laugh. I'm not talking about a grin or a smile, I'm talking LMFAO kind of laugh. I really did laugh my ass off.
Then came the 4th season...
I usually trust Netflix when it's about making shows. I haven't seen a Netflix series that I didn't like... until this week.
Every episode was about an individual character that we came to love. What we learnt however is that what made us love those characters was the unity of their existence. And because they hardly could get more than two characters in one scene together, Buster's immaturity and Gob's stupidness and Tobias' weirdness just didn't have the same effect on us.
At the end the whole of 15 episodes was just a pile of old jokes reheated and served tasting dry.
Scheduling problems, I get it. It's not easy to gather that many big names in front of one camera at the same time especially after almost 10 years. But if you can't do it, don't do it. Just don't half ass it!
What is special about this show is the relationships and yes all the events somehow get tied to each other at one point and the intricate storylines, I like; but it just lacked that thing that I can't really name.
It must be the confused feedback that the show got after its revival season that even though it's not canceled there hasn't been a new season for the past 3 years. Movie sequels come faster than this right?
Anyhow, according to the "mega producer" of the show Brian Grazer, season 5 was "definitely" coming in 2016, starting production in January and airing summer. You know... this summer... like... now....
Then a few days ago Mitch Hurwitz, the creator of the show, made this statement:
"It'll happen. It'll definitely happen. Not before the election, but it's definitely going to happen." (I'm not kidding, this is a direct quote)
And after this statement we are sure that... it's soooo not going to happen. Maybe another 10 years late. Who knows.
As I said, I really did my best not give any spoilers because if you haven't seen the show, I would really really recommend you to see it. It's a great laugh. But I would also like to warn you. Take caution in watching the final season. Sometimes it's better for things to die young so that you'll remember them well.
Thank you for reading my humble opinion.
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