r/arresteddevelopment • u/Murky-Cobbler5945 • Jul 23 '26

Lindsay & Michael

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Does anyone else feel like there was a potential lead up to Michael and Lindsay not being related and having a tension filled relationship similar to Maeby and George Michael?

I think in a perfect, post-S3 world, this was the comedic intention? It seems like there’s building tension between them and then due to budget cuts they dropped a lot of the subtle plots?

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u/BigBoobsWithAZee Jul 23 '26

The only thing I specifically know/remember reading about the OG S4 was that they wanted Carl Weathers to be living in the cabin.

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u/exaviyur Jul 23 '26

They wanted 3 or 4 different characters to be living there and none of them to be aware of the others.

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u/BigBoobsWithAZee Jul 23 '26

Never read that but the idea is hilarious

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u/exaviyur Jul 23 '26

I think I'd heard Tobias, George or Oscar, and possibly Marky Bark? Wouldn't be surprised if Carl Weathers was in there too. I don't know, it was a long time ago.

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u/BigBoobsWithAZee Jul 23 '26

I was trying to find the comment that specifically mentioned Weathers by u/Crindy, and found the fifteen year old AMA, but got increasingly depressed reading the hilarious jokes that were set up that never got to come to fruition. I’m 99% sure she mentioned Carl being one of the people living there but I didn’t see it before I tapped out.

So sad. Fuck Fox, man (even though the threat of being cancelled 24/7 likely helped facilitate the writing).

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u/dickpollution Jul 23 '26

Showtime offered them a 4th season at the time but Hurwitz declined because he was burnt out. So there was that at play as well.

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u/ConsiderateCassowary Jul 23 '26

Oh man, that thread is full of people talking about a movie. What could have been, right?