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| "'''Queen for a Day'''" is the eighth episode of the ] of the American television ] ] '']''. It is the 30th overall episode of the series, and was written by producer ] and directed by ]. It originally aired on ] on January 23, 2005. | |||
| The series, narrated by ], follows the Bluths, a formerly wealthy, ], who made their money from property development. The Bluth family consists of ], his twin sister ], his older brother ], his younger brother ], their mother ] and father ], as well as Michael's son ], and Lindsay and her husband ]' daughter ]. In the episode, when the Bluth company stock is unfrozen, Michael sells his shares to buy a new Corvette and Tobias uses his shares to purchase a gay nightclub called the "Queen Mary". | |||
| "'''Queen for a Day'''" is the eighth episode of season two and 30th episode overall of the TV comedy series '']''. | |||
| ==Plot== | == Plot == | ||
| ] (]) comes across a box of love letters he had written but never sent to ] (]), and hides them in the attic, while at the studio, ] (]) tells Maeby that he is waiting on notes for a pile of scripts he sent her. ] (]) asks ] (]) to go dancing with him while he is on ], but Michael declines and ] (]) offers to go instead. ] (]), wanting a job at the Bluth company after being fired by ] (]), says that he wants a company car since he had one at Sitwell. ] (]) tells Michael how bored he is in the attic and asks for some reading material. ] (]) tells Michael that the company stock is unfrozen, and Michael asks if he could sell enough to buy a car, and Barry says as long as everyone doesn't sell it would be fine because they could lose control of the company. | |||
| After Maeby gets a paper cut from reading her scripts and quits, George Sr. is happy to have something to read, and begins to make notes on them. Michael buys an expensive sports car, and Tobias brings Buster to the "Queen Mary" where he meets ] (]), and Michael introduces ] (]) to Buster, who have the same interests as each other. Michael discovers that Lucille has had some work done in the bathroom, which stole some space from Lucille 2's apartment, and that she paid for it with her portion of the unfrozen stock. He learns that Gob is planning on buying a yacht, Lindsay promised her share to the country club, and Tobias had already bought the Queen Mary. Barry tells Michael that they're 2000 shares short of being the majority stock holders, and the current majority stock holder is a company called Standpoor, which Michael assumes is Sitwell since it's the opposite, and Lucille tells him that it's Lucille 2's company. | |||
| As George Michael is getting ready for school he comes across a box of love letters he'd written but never sent to Maeby. Michael comes in to offer George Michael a ride to school, causing George Michael to lay over the spread out love letters to hide them. George Michael tells Michael he's getting a ride in with the Veals and goes to hide the love letters in the attic. Maeby meanwhile is at the studio when Mort Meyers asks he if she'd read the pile of scripts he'd sent her and that he's expecting her notes on them. Maeby uses her "Marry me" deflection to get out of this. Back at the house Buster comes in because he's on furlough and everyone is out dancing with their girl and he's at home sitting around with Lucille. Michael mentions that Buster should go out and meet women who haven't given birth to him. Buster asks Michael to go out with him but he says his schedule is too busy, Tobias offers to be Buster's wingman even if it means him having to take a chubby. G.O.B. comes home because he was fired from Sitwell Enterprises because he kept pushing his Single City idea which became Swing City which became Fuck City, which then became Fuck Mountain. G.O.B. wants his old job back at the Bluth company but says that he wants a company car since he had one at Sitwell. G.O.B. also mentions that George Sr. gave him a company car, Michael goes upstairs to the attic to confront his father about this. While upstairs George Sr. tells Michael how bored he is in the attic and asks for some reading material. | |||
| Michael and Lucille decide to give Buster to Lucille Austero, taking him away from Starla. When he is confronted by a group of roughnecks outside the Queen Mary, Tobias recruits them as dancers. At the office, after Buster breaks up with Starla, Michael tells him to stick with Starla and says he'll take care of Lucille 2. Michael brings Lucille 2 for a ride in his new car, which retriggers her vertigo. Tobias takes his gang on the street where they meet a real gang which they try to turn to good, and are subsequently beaten and one of them is shot. Michael apologizes to Lucille 2 and confesses that the only reason Buster had asked her out that night was because they wanted to get control of the company again, and Lucille says that she loves the Bluths and agrees to give Michael the shares necessary for him to regain control of the company. Gob comes into Michael's office and says he slept with Lucille 2, and she's not going to give the shares back, but is going to make Gob president of the company again. | |||
| At the office G.O.B. tries to convince Michael to give him his old job back and says he will prove to Michael that he deserves it. .. and then promptly leaves. Barry is waiting for Michael in his office and tells Michael that the company stock is unfrozen. Michael asks if he could sell enough to buy a car, Barry says as long as everyone doesn't sell it would be fine because they could lose control of the company. Back at the house in the attic Maeby is reading her scripts and gets a paper cut from one of them and calls it quits. George Sr. is only too happy to have something to read and he begins to make notes on them. Michael goes to the car salesman to buy a modest economical car and ends up buying an expensive sports car. Tobias brings Buster to the Queen Mary where he meets Lucille 2, who just got back from a month long stay at the Plumb Clinic, a clinic specializing in the treatment of ]. | |||
| === On the next ''Arrested Development''... === | |||
| Michael is called to Lucille's apartment where he learns that Buster is back with Lucille 2. Thinking that something urgent had come up Michael had asked Starla to bring some documents over to the apartment. Michael introduces Starla and Buster who have the same interests as each other (they both love their mothers). Michael discovers that Lucille has had some work done in the bathroom, a larger tub has been installed. Lucille was supposed to let some workers into Lucille 2's apartment but instead had them do work on her bathroom and had them move the wall a couple inches into Lucille 2's apartment, she paid for it with her portion of the unfrozen stock. Michael returns home to make sure the others have not spent their unfrozen stock. He learns that G.O.B. is planning on buying a yacht, Lindsay promised her share to the country club, and Tobias had already bought the Queen Mary. | |||
| Lucille 2 pushes her wall back, giving Lucille Bluth's bathroom less space, Tobias sells the Queen Mary to Barry, and Gob becomes needy with Lucille 2. | |||
| == Production == | |||
| Michael is in the office asking Barry about the company stocks, he learns that they're 2000 shares short of being the majority stock holders the current majority stock holder is a company called Standpoor, which Michael assumes is Sitwell since it's the opposite. Lucille calls wondering if the Bluths had really lost control of the company, Michael mentions Standpoor and Lucille tells him that it's Lucille 2, Standpoor because she can't stand up without falling down. Lucille says that Lucille 2 is trying to get back at her for the wall moving. Michael and Lucille decide to give Lucille 2 Buster, taking him away from Starla. Meanwhile Tobias is in front of his newly purchased club, the Queen Mary, discussing a mistake the sign maker made, writing "Tobias is Queen Mary" instead of "Tobias's Queen Mary." When he is confronted by a group of roughnecks, really the Hot Cops hired by Lindsay to scare Tobias into selling the club, Tobias ends up recruiting the gang as dancers. At the office Buster breaks up with Starla, once Michael learns of this and the fact that Buster didn't sell his stock as to not hurt the family Michael tells Buster to stick with Starla and says he'll take care of Lucille 2. Michael brings Lucille 2 for a ride in his new car, which retriggers her vertigo. That night Tobias takes his gang on the street where they meet a real gang which they try to turn to good. They are subsequently beaten and one of the Hot Cops is shot. | |||
| "Queen for a Day" was directed by ] and written by producer ]. It was Fleming's first and only directing credit and Copeland's fifth writing credit.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arrested Development |url=https://directories.wga.org/project/192692/arrested-development/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=directories.wga.org}}</ref> It was the eighth episode of the ] to be filmed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-10-30 |title=20th Century Fox - Fox In Flight |url=http://www.foxinflight.com/tv/8/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111030035137/http://www.foxinflight.com/tv/8/ |archive-date=2011-10-30 }}</ref> | |||
| == Reception == | |||
| Back at the Tobias is Queen Mary, Michael apologizes to Lucille 2 and confesses that the only reason Buster had asked her out that night was because they wanted to get control of the company again. Lucille 2 says that she loves the Bluths and that she's always had an order to buy all outstanding Bluth Company stock. Lucille 2 agrees to give Michael the shares necessary for him to regain control of the company. The next day G.O.B. comes into Michael's office and says that he's fixed all the company's problems. We find out that G.O.B. fucked Lucille 2 and that she's going to make him president of the company again. As president G.O.B. mentions that he's going to need the company car. In the "On the next. .." we see Tobias selling the Queen Mary to Barry. | |||
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=== Viewers === | ||
| In the United States, the episode was watched by 5.20 million viewers on its original broadcast.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Disney General Entertainment Press – Disney General Entertainment Press |url=https://www.dgepress.com/ |access-date=2024-07-12 |language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
| * The room where Michael signs some papers when purchasing his Corvette is the same room where Gob signs some papers after making a firm offer on the boat in "]". | |||
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=== Critical reception === | ||
| '']'' writer Noel Murray praised the episode, and commented on how "After several consecutive ''Arrested Development'' episodes with strong main plots alongside the subplots and serialization, “Queen For A Day” is pretty heavily skewed to the serialized side".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2012-06-27 |title=Arrested Development: "Switch Hitter"/"Queen For A Day" |url=https://www.avclub.com/arrested-development-switch-hitter-queen-for-a-day-1798173305 |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, Brian Tallerico from '']'' ranked the episode 68th out of the whole series, calling it "yet another mid-season sag of an episode."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tallerico |first=Brian |date=2019-03-18 |title=Every Episode of Arrested Development, Ranked |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/arrested-development-every-episode-ranked-worst-to-best.html |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=Vulture |language=en}}</ref> | |||
| * Michael thinks that G.O.B. won the Camaro he had been driving on the game show '']''. | |||
| * At the prison, '']'' was shown on movie night, and there was a knife fight. | |||
| * Starla says that her mother and ] are the two most important people to her. Later, Starla says goodbye to "someone named Q". Q is Quincy Jones' nickname. Mo Collins, who plays Starla, was a long-time cast member of Mad TV, produced by Quincy Jones. | |||
| * Barry mentions that his lawsuit against the ] is moving forward. | |||
| *When Tobias sings "New York, New York", Lucille 2 says, "Everyone thinks they're ]." ] (who plays Lucille 2) sang the song as the theme for the film '']'' in 1977, before Frank Sinatra performed it in the early 1980s. | |||
| * Barry gets his knowledge about private stocks and their acquisition from ]. | |||
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| ===Hidden/background Jokes=== | |||
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| * After Maeby converses with Mort in the first few minutes of the episode, she's seen heading towards the car she received from her job at Tantamount Studios. This is a reference to later in the episode, when Michael complains about everyone in the family having a company car but him. | |||
| * When G.O.B. is first presenting ideas to Stan Sitwell about housing geared toward single people, there's a pie chart in back of him with one side labeled "Single". | |||
| * In the kitchen scene where G.O.B. tells Michael he's returning to the Bluth Company, there are blue paint smudges on the cabinets and walls. This is a reference to Tobias' continuing aspiration to get a job working for the Blue Man Group. | |||
| * When Tobias and Buster first visit the Queen Mary, man wearing beads and holding a sign that says "Freedom" walks by the camera. He's a recurring extra, and appears in every scene set in a homosexual hotspot. | |||
| * The interior of the Queen Mary features a neon sign that reads "Park in Rear", a veiled homosexuality joke. | |||
| * Lucille Austero's vertigo facility is called the "Plumb Clinic," as in the phrase "plumb and level." | |||
| * A case of Native American spearheads hangs on the wall in Buster's room, a reference to his post-graduate studies at various archaeological digs. | |||
| * Starla and Buster's date is at the restaurant Klimpy's, where several other scenes, including G.O.B.'s date with a high school girl, have been set. | |||
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8th episode of the 2nd season of Arrested Development| "Queen for a Day" | |||
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| Arrested Development episode | |||
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 8 | ||
| Directed by | Andrew Fleming | ||
| Written by | Brad Copeland | ||
| Cinematography by | Greg Harrington | ||
| Editing by | Richard Candib | ||
| Production code | 2AJD08 | ||
| Original air date | January 23, 2005 (2005-01-23) | ||
| Running time | 22 minutes | ||
| Guest appearances | |||
| Episode chronology | |||
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| Arrested Development season 2 | |||
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"Queen for a Day" is the eighth episode of the second season of the American television satirical sitcom Arrested Development. It is the 30th overall episode of the series, and was written by producer Brad Copeland and directed by Andrew Fleming. It originally aired on Fox on January 23, 2005.
The series, narrated by Ron Howard, follows the Bluths, a formerly wealthy, dysfunctional family, who made their money from property development. The Bluth family consists of Michael, his twin sister Lindsay, his older brother Gob, his younger brother Buster, their mother Lucille and father George Sr., as well as Michael's son George Michael, and Lindsay and her husband Tobias' daughter Maeby. In the episode, when the Bluth company stock is unfrozen, Michael sells his shares to buy a new Corvette and Tobias uses his shares to purchase a gay nightclub called the "Queen Mary".
Plot
George Michael (Michael Cera) comes across a box of love letters he had written but never sent to Maeby (Alia Shawkat), and hides them in the attic, while at the studio, Mort Meyers (Jeff Garlin) tells Maeby that he is waiting on notes for a pile of scripts he sent her. Buster (Tony Hale) asks Michael (Jason Bateman) to go dancing with him while he is on furlough, but Michael declines and Tobias (David Cross) offers to go instead. Gob (Will Arnett), wanting a job at the Bluth company after being fired by Stan Sitwell (Ed Begley Jr.), says that he wants a company car since he had one at Sitwell. George Sr. (Jeffrey Tambor) tells Michael how bored he is in the attic and asks for some reading material. Barry (Henry Winkler) tells Michael that the company stock is unfrozen, and Michael asks if he could sell enough to buy a car, and Barry says as long as everyone doesn't sell it would be fine because they could lose control of the company.
After Maeby gets a paper cut from reading her scripts and quits, George Sr. is happy to have something to read, and begins to make notes on them. Michael buys an expensive sports car, and Tobias brings Buster to the "Queen Mary" where he meets Lucille Austero (Liza Minnelli), and Michael introduces Starla (Mo Collins) to Buster, who have the same interests as each other. Michael discovers that Lucille has had some work done in the bathroom, which stole some space from Lucille 2's apartment, and that she paid for it with her portion of the unfrozen stock. He learns that Gob is planning on buying a yacht, Lindsay promised her share to the country club, and Tobias had already bought the Queen Mary. Barry tells Michael that they're 2000 shares short of being the majority stock holders, and the current majority stock holder is a company called Standpoor, which Michael assumes is Sitwell since it's the opposite, and Lucille tells him that it's Lucille 2's company.
Michael and Lucille decide to give Buster to Lucille Austero, taking him away from Starla. When he is confronted by a group of roughnecks outside the Queen Mary, Tobias recruits them as dancers. At the office, after Buster breaks up with Starla, Michael tells him to stick with Starla and says he'll take care of Lucille 2. Michael brings Lucille 2 for a ride in his new car, which retriggers her vertigo. Tobias takes his gang on the street where they meet a real gang which they try to turn to good, and are subsequently beaten and one of them is shot. Michael apologizes to Lucille 2 and confesses that the only reason Buster had asked her out that night was because they wanted to get control of the company again, and Lucille says that she loves the Bluths and agrees to give Michael the shares necessary for him to regain control of the company. Gob comes into Michael's office and says he slept with Lucille 2, and she's not going to give the shares back, but is going to make Gob president of the company again.
On the next Arrested Development...
Lucille 2 pushes her wall back, giving Lucille Bluth's bathroom less space, Tobias sells the Queen Mary to Barry, and Gob becomes needy with Lucille 2.
Production
"Queen for a Day" was directed by Andrew Fleming and written by producer Brad Copeland. It was Fleming's first and only directing credit and Copeland's fifth writing credit. It was the eighth episode of the season to be filmed.
Reception
Viewers
In the United States, the episode was watched by 5.20 million viewers on its original broadcast.
Critical reception
The A.V. Club writer Noel Murray praised the episode, and commented on how "After several consecutive Arrested Development episodes with strong main plots alongside the subplots and serialization, “Queen For A Day” is pretty heavily skewed to the serialized side". In 2019, Brian Tallerico from Vulture ranked the episode 68th out of the whole series, calling it "yet another mid-season sag of an episode."
References
- "Arrested Development". directories.wga.org. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
- "20th Century Fox - Fox In Flight". 2011-10-30. Archived from the original on 2011-10-30. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
- "Disney General Entertainment Press – Disney General Entertainment Press". Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- "Arrested Development: "Switch Hitter"/"Queen For A Day"". The A.V. Club. 2012-06-27. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- Tallerico, Brian (2019-03-18). "Every Episode of Arrested Development, Ranked". Vulture. Retrieved 2024-07-07.