Shock and Aww
"Shock and Aww" is the fourteenth episode of the season 1|first season] of the American television satirical sitcom Arrested Development. It was written by consulting producer Jim Vallely and supervising producer Chuck Martin, and directed by producer Joe Russo. It originally aired on Fox on March 7, 2004.
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 List of [Arrested Development characters#Lindsay Bluth-Fünke|Lindsay], his older brother Gob, his younger brother Buster, their mother Lucille and father George Sr., as well as Michael's son Michael Bluth|George Michael], and Lindsay and her husband Tobias' daughter Maeby. In the episode, Michael moves on to George Michael's ethics teacher before realizing he and his son share an attraction to her. Lucille's newly adopted Korean son, Annyong, arrives.
Plot
shares his bed with Buster, while George Michael develops a crush on his ethics teacher Beth Baerly. Lucille's adoption application has been accepted, with her accidentally adoptng a young Korean boy. Lindsay misinterprets George Michael's crush on his teacher as a desire to set up a date for Michael, who is meeting up with Gob for an unsuccessful double date. Gob's date is an 18-year-old high school student, and Michael's is a masculine woman called Nazhgalia. At a parent-teacher conference, Michael sees Beth and asks her out for a drink. Meanwhile, George Sr. is visited by Cindi Lightballoon, a woman who claims to be a fan of his self-improvement tips.Lucille calls Michael to say that the Korean boy, whom she named Annyong, is in her apartment. Lucille initially wants to get rid of Annyong, but after noticing Buster's jealousy over Annyong, she decides she'll keep him. Michael and Beth have a second date and spend the night together, and the next morning Michael sees Nazhgalia just leaving after having spent the night with Gob. George Michael comes down and reveals that he's in love with Beth before Michael can tell him about him and Beth. When George Michael sees Beth come down the stairs, he is devastated, so Michael tells him that Gob slept with her.
Meanwhile, George Sr. prepares for an evening with Cindi, who turns out to be an undercover FBI agent planning to catch George Sr. incriminating himself on tape. She presses him for details, and when he tries to fondle her through the fence, the agents in the surveillance van panic, thinking he's found their camera. Meanwhile, Michael visits Beth to say he cannot see her anymore because George Michael is in love with her. At the school dance, Beth tells Michael he has to tell his son the truth if he wants to see her again, while George Michael confronts Gob about sleeping with Beth. Michael finally tells his son the truth about Beth, and a gloating Gob tells Michael he slept with her too. Miss Baerly overhears Michael talking to George Michael, decides that Michael is moving too fast, and breaks off all contact, going off with another student.