Talk:Development Arrested

Synopsis Problem

Not only is this synopsis overly long, it makes references to sections of this article that are no longer present. Particularly one sentence reads "He then argues that he still shouldn't be with Maeby because he's only 15 (although this is a mistake, see below) and, even though she isn't a blood relative, she's still family." What is below? There's nothing in this Talk section explaining the removal either... 173.249.64.220 (talk) 18:07, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

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Why is the synopsis written in past tense? It should be in present tense. 144.81.75.165 18:37, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

I agree, good point. Feel free to fix it if you want - I'm somewhat busy now, but I can come back and do it later tonight. DrIdiot 19:05, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

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GA review

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Development Arrested/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Crystal Drawers (talk · contribs) 03:18, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: Olliefant (talk · contribs) 06:54, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

All prose comments have been addressed Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 14:02, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

@Olliefant: forgot to ping Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 14:02, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

@Olliefant: All new comments have been implemented Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 05:39, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

Lead

• Note A should probably be prose instead  Done
• I don't think the scrapped title should be bolded but I'm not certain  Not done

Since it is a title, I think it needs to be bolded, but to be honest I’m also not sure. I personally think it’s fine to keep it bolded

• Can you condense the lead down to three paragraphs?  Done

Plot

• Ref b should be prose, currently it looks like a loophole to keep the word count down  Done

Production

• I think the image could use a better caption  Done
• I think it could use more direct casting information, ie "Justin Lee reprised his role as Annyong. He recalled..."  Done
• State that no movie was made  Done
• It was stated that it was written as a series finale, it’s unclear if the series was cancelled before or after the episode was written. If it was before can you explain why they wrote it that way  Done
• "thus including many references to prior episodes" most episodes do this though?  Done

Omitted

• State that Howard was an ep and the narrator  Done
• Mention Ann  Done
• Infobox says "Jeff Garlin as Mort Meyers (uncredited)" since he was uncredited this needs to be cited in the body

I could not find a source for him being uncredited, so I have omitted it from the info box. I was able to source in Production that he did make an appearance, however

Themes and analysis

• "similar to the humor style of Monty Python" give context to what Monty Python is  Done

Release

• [2006 Winter Olympics] [opening ceremony] is an MOS:SOB error  Done
• "it aired as the conclusion to a four-episode marathon that day where the preceding three episodes aired directly before it." this is oddly worded  Done
• Can you expand how it did compared to other broadcasts in its time slot?  Done
• "by 0.04 million" could be "40 thousand" instead  Done
• I'd drop the "Future" subheading as the "Future" in question is 2013  Done (changed to Revival)
• "Arrested Development was soon revived" I wouldn't say seven years is soon  Done
• "behind the previous by 40 thousand million" huh?  Done

Fixed

Reception

• "SlashFilm" should be "/Film"  Done
• Drop the accolades subheading as it only got the one nom  Done
• "at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards for "Development Arrested" -> "at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards"  Done
• "Jon Weisman, another Variety writer" he's the only Variety writer mentioned, also link Variety (magazine)  Done
• For the non contemporary reviews can you list the year of publication  Done

References

• Spot checks don't flag anything
• Why is ref 24 reliable per WP:IBTIMES?  Done

Changed

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