Motherboy XXX
"Motherboy XXX" is the thirteenth episode of the second season of the American television satirical sitcom Arrested Development. It was written by series creator Mitchell Hurwitz and co-executive producer Jim Vallely, and was directed by Joe Russo. It originally aired on the Fox Network on March 13, 2005. The episode received mostly positive reviews from critics, with Hurwitz calling it his fourth favorite episode of the series. The series, narrated by Ron Howard, follows the Bluths, a formerly wealthy, dysfunctional family, who made their money from property development. In the episode, ashamed of Buster's missing hand, Lucille recruits George Michael to compete in the thirtieth annual "Motherboy" contest with her.
Plot
approaches Michael, asking him to be her partner to “Motherboy”, an annual mother-son dinner dance. In every year prior, she went with Buster, but is embarrassed that he now has only one hand. Michael refuses to go with her. Meanwhile, George Michael is getting ready to go on a Christian camping trip with Ann. Upon hearing this, Michael tells him not to go and to instead visit Buster. Gob speaks with Michael about planning his divorce to his wife, who he married on a dare and barely remembers. He learns that the seal who bit off Buster's hand had a tracking device on it, so he and Michael decide to go after it to try and recover Buster's hand for a transplant.Tobias meets with Carl Weathers at a Burger King, speaking about a project Carl is working on about George Sr.'s escape from jail. He tells Tobias that in order to be in the episode, he needs to sign a release for the family. Later, George Michael meets Buster per his father’s request. While there, Lucille offers to take him out of town to the camping trip, and he complies. He soon learns that she is instead taking him to the Motherboy event. Having signed away his family’s life rights for the role of George Sr., Tobias begins research for the part. He sees George Sr. in the attic, who threatens him not to tell anyone of his whereabouts. When he hears of the show, he asks Tobias to act manly in the role.
Gob, Michael, and Buster arrive at the port where the seal’s tracking device had gone, only to find that the seal had been eaten by a shark, which carried the tracking device to the port. Buster mentions to Michael that George Michael had gone to Motherboy, and they both agree that they have to ‘save’ him from the event. Gob meets with his lawyer Barry, who tells him to say in court that he never consummated his marriage. Barry then says: "I missed breakfast, so I'm on my way to Burger King," and then jumps over the shark on the pier. Gob later meets with his wife and tells her that he plans to tell the court they never consummated the marriage, but they end up doing exactly that. Michael and Buster stake out the Motherboy dance, looking for a chance to create a diversion and take George Michael home. They confront Lucille, who takes on Buster as a dance partner when Michael leaves with his son. When Motherboy ends, Michael takes George Michael to the camping trip to see his girlfriend.