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Worst Parent in Arrested Development (Season 4 possible spoilers)

Posted on 5/28/13 at 10:11 am
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 5/28/13 at 10:11 am
Let's face facts: all the characters in Arrested Development are horrible parents. Really all of them are pretty terrible. It may be relative, but whose the worst. I'll dissect them:

1) Michael- While he likes to pride himself on being a great and considerate parent to George Michael, he really isn't and just likes to pat himself on the back compared to Gob and Lindsay, who almost completely ignore their own children, and his own parents, who were simply cruel. Michael on the other hand is completely overbearing of George Michael and pretty much completely ignores his feelings or sees how screwed up his son is, only waiting til the end of a few episodes to see the era of his ways, and then goes right back to them within the minute. Season 4 in particular shows Michael for being a shite parent, reaching real new lows that any sane parent wouldn't even think of doing. Hopefully he now knows that he's not all he's cracked up to be as a parent.

2) Gob- Just recently found out he was a father, but he is simply cruel and incredibly neglectful to his newfound son, blowing him off or even forgetting him completely forgetting him (and I mean wiping his existence from his memory with a "forget-me-now"), only for Steve Holt to be even sadder by his lack of a loving father figure.

3) Lindsay- Talk about someone not ready to be a mother. Lindsay still lives like she's in her early 20s and ignores Maeby in pretty much every way, only paying any remote attention to her for Lindsay's most selfish reasons, which usually involve Michael calling her out on how terrible of a mother she is. She'll say the most fricked up neglectful things about her daughter (even when she's there), when Lindsay should absolutely know better.

4) Tobias- Just about as neglectful as Lindsay is. He is obsessed with his bullshite and ridiculous pursuit of being an actor and proving to Lindsay that he's not gay that he completely forgets his daughter. Unlike Lindsay though, he does have some genuine moments where he realizes he is not paying attention to Maeby as he should be and tries to hang with her. It's really a wonder why Maeby isn't even more screwed up than she already is.

5) George Sr.- George has been a pretty cruel parent to Gob and Michael in the past, and has often tried to make them play against each other for his own amusement. He plays downright traumatizing pranks that scared his kids for life. I think he was ok to Lindsay, but completely neglectful to Buster, and a big reason why he's still a screwed up man child. However I do think that George has somewhat learned from his mistakes. It's really now more Lucille who plays everyone against each other at this point and will only resort back to his cheap pranks when someone plans on screwing another person over, particularly in the case where Michael wanted to use J. Walter Weatherman against George Michael.

6) Lucille- Well, the big one and pretty much the cause of almost all the conflict in the Bluth family. She outright bullies her children, grandchildren, and everyone else in between. She plays her children against each other and is manipulative as frick. She's basically made sure that Buster can't survive on his own and is just simply a complete, lying bitch that no one in the family can tolerate being around.

So if I had to rank them now:

1) Lucille
2) Gob
3) Lindsay
4) Tobias
5) Michael
6) George Sr.
This post was edited on 5/28/13 at 10:15 am
Posted by wildtigercat93
Member since Jul 2011
116209 posts
Posted on 5/28/13 at 10:12 am to
Micheal was the worst in S4 for sure



ETA put a S4 Spoilers tag some where just in case
This post was edited on 5/28/13 at 10:14 am
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
120445 posts
Posted on 5/28/13 at 10:16 am to
SPOILERS




quote:

Micheal was the worst in S4 for sure



Tobias and Lindsay were pretty high up there, forgetting Maeby completely to go on their spiritual journeys, leaving her in a mass amount of debt that she had to clear up by herself.
Posted by Big Lake
Member since Jul 2011
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Posted on 5/28/13 at 10:17 am to
1)GOB
2)Tobias
3)Lindsay
4)George
5)Lucille
6)Michael

And a surprise winner of best parent is Oscar as Buster's father-uncle
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
120445 posts
Posted on 5/28/13 at 10:19 am to
quote:

And a surprise winner of best parent is Oscar as Buster's father-uncle



Completely agree.

But I don't see how you can make much of a case for George Sr. being a worse parent than Lucille.
This post was edited on 5/28/13 at 10:20 am
Posted by Byron Bojangles III
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 5/28/13 at 10:25 am to
I'd have to agree with those rankings
Posted by Big Lake
Member since Jul 2011
3844 posts
Posted on 5/28/13 at 10:26 am to
Always pitting the brothers against each other. Completely ignoring Lindsay and and Buster.

I like Lucille I would rather have her as a parent than Lindsay or Tobias. She is a bitch and conniving but atleast her kids are the focus of her life.
Posted by TH03
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Member since Dec 2008
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Posted on 5/28/13 at 10:29 am to
quote:

But I don't see how you can make much of a case for George Sr. being a worse parent than Lucille.


Posted by Byron Bojangles III
Member since Nov 2012
52338 posts
Posted on 5/28/13 at 10:30 am to
Buster is the focus of her life.
Posted by wildtigercat93
Member since Jul 2011
116209 posts
Posted on 5/28/13 at 10:31 am to
I would say thats the most humane thing a Bluth parent has done
Posted by Big Lake
Member since Jul 2011
3844 posts
Posted on 5/28/13 at 10:31 am to
I don't think buster is the focus of her life. He is just insurance in case everyone else leaves.
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
120445 posts
Posted on 5/28/13 at 10:33 am to
quote:

Always pitting the brothers against each other. Completely ignoring Lindsay and and Buster.



Lucille does the same damn thing, except with everybody and not simply focusing on the two of them. Buster I can at least understand him ignoring somewhat since he's not actually his kid, but I haven't gotten the impression that he overly ignored Lindsay. He just knew that Gob and Michael could be relied on for a few things, and George has been in some deep crap over the past few years. Lindsay couldn't be relied on or help jack shite. I think he loved her, but just didn't have as many uses for her as he did for Gob or Michael.

Buster though its completely clear that he didn't do jackshit in raising him though.

quote:

I like Lucille I would rather have her as a parent than Lindsay or Tobias. She is a bitch and conniving but atleast her kids are the focus of her life.



That's a tough one for me really. Either have a parent whose never there, or one who will completely use you, make you feel like shite constantly, and always has a sense of ruthless control over you. I think they're really all comparably horrible parents.
This post was edited on 5/28/13 at 10:34 am
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
120445 posts
Posted on 5/28/13 at 10:35 am to
quote:

I would say thats the most humane thing a Bluth parent has done



Yeah, I can think of much worse things all 6 of these parents have done than that.
Posted by Byron Bojangles III
Member since Nov 2012
52338 posts
Posted on 5/28/13 at 10:36 am to
quote:

I don't think buster is the focus of her life. He is just insurance in case everyone else leaves.


She freaked out when he moved in with L2.
Posted by Big Lake
Member since Jul 2011
3844 posts
Posted on 5/28/13 at 10:41 am to
I don't think Lucille is as bad as all that. When it really came down to it when something bad happens she would go all in a twit.

I mean she's is just as much of a softy as Mallory Archer is.

Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
120445 posts
Posted on 5/28/13 at 10:42 am to
quote:

I mean she's is just as much of a softy as Mallory Archer is.



I'd say she was even worse than Lucille.
Posted by Big Lake
Member since Jul 2011
3844 posts
Posted on 5/28/13 at 10:47 am to
It makes you wonder what kind of lady Jessica Walter is. I bet she is really sweet irl.
Posted by ShyftingTiger91
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2011
847 posts
Posted on 5/28/13 at 11:12 am to
quote:

1) Lucille
2) Gob
3) Lindsay
4) Tobias
5) Michael
6) George Sr.


I agree with this for the most part. Maybe could see Gob being number one. The way he outright ignores Steve always gets to me.
Posted by Maximus
Member since Feb 2004
81649 posts
Posted on 5/28/13 at 12:32 pm to
you should report them to child services
Posted by WarSlamEagle
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Member since Sep 2011
24611 posts
Posted on 5/28/13 at 12:43 pm to
After watching Season 4 all the way through...

1. Michael
2. Gob
3. Lindsay
4. Tobias
5. Lucille
6. George
This post was edited on 5/28/13 at 12:45 pm
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