Talk:Exit Strategy (Arrested Development)/GA1

GA review

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Nominator: Crystal Drawers (talk · contribs) 20:44, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

Reviewer: RedShellMomentum (talk · contribs) 17:28, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

Shall review. Expect comments soon!

@Crystal Drawers: Comments below. RedShellMomentum 23:39, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for archiving the sources yourself, I was actually in the middle of doing them myself so seeing you did them was a nice surprise! All changes have been done Crystal Drawers 🍌 ^{(wanna talk?)} 01:11, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

@Crystal Drawers: Great, thank you! I'm promoting this to GA now. RedShellMomentum 01:11, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

Lead

• "The series, narrated by Ron Howard, follows the Bluths, a formerly wealthy, dysfunctional family, who made their money from property development." → "The series, narrated by Ron Howard, follows the Bluths, a formerly wealthy dysfunctional family that made its money in property development."  Done
• "The episode contains a cameo appearance from Richard Belzer as his character John Munch, which inspired two theories concerning extended universes." → "The episode features a cameo by Richard Belzer as his character John Munch, which inspired two theories about extended universes."  Done
• For "mainly for it's commentary on the Iraq War.", change "it's" to "its".  Done

Plot

• For "Michael and Buster find Gob in a cell, who reveals that he was arrested after his trick unintentionally turned into protest against George W. Bush.", add "a" before "protest".  Done
• "Despite Michael assuming it would take longer, Gob is out of the prison in mere minutes." → "Despite Michael's assumption that it would take longer, Gob is out of prison in mere minutes."  Done
• "Michael agrees to inspect the air conditioning, but finds a secret room containing a bombshell, as the CIA, who rigged Gob's quick exoneration, walks in to arrest them." → "Michael agrees to inspect the air conditioning, but finds a secret room containing a bombshell, only for the CIA, who rigged Gob's quick exoneration, to walk in and arrest them."  Done
• "However, the bombshell is fake, and a recording device of the CIA." → "However, the bombshell is fake, and it's a CIA recording device."  Done

Production

• For ""Exit Strategy" was directed by Rebecca E. Asher, and written by series creator Mitchell Hurwitz and co-executive producer Jim Vallely.", remove the comma after "Asher".  Done
• "One of the Saddam Hussein look-alike" → "One of the Saddam Hussein look-alikes".  Done

Themes and analysis

• For "It also deals with the political climate of the Bush administration with analysis offered by George Sr.'s Iraq profiteering., add a comma after "administration".  Done
• For "not using references to get its point across", change "it's" to "its".  Done

Release and reception

• For "it aired during a four-episode marathon that day where the preceding two episodes aired directly before it", add a comma after "day".  Done
• For "this made it the highest rated episode of the batch", "highest rated" should be hyphenated.  Done
• "Series creator Mitchell Hurwitz ranked it as his joint-favorite episode of the show with "Development Arrested", noting it for helping to wrap up the series." → "Series creator Mitchell Hurwitz ranked it as his joint-favorite episode of the show with "Development Arrested", noting that it helped wrap up the series."  Done

Extended universe theories

Great!

Refs

• Refs 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 20, 21, and 22 need to be archived. Nvm, doing this myself.
• Refs 5 and 19 should use {{cite magazine}}.  Done
• DVD Talk should be in |publisher= for ref 17.  Done

Final review

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable, as shown by a source spot-check. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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