#313: Development Arrested (Harboring Resentment)

[kayfabe]

Long time reader, first time poster....

Couldn't the shock that Lindsay recieves be an eventual cessation and conclusion to Justine Bateman's storyline as Nellie. I think it could easily be that it turns out the Nellie is Michael's twin sister and not Lindsay. Opens up GM and Maeby's relationship. But if the show continues... Not sure how they would bring Lindsay back into the scheme of things if the show were (WILL! WILL!) continue.

[Tv junkie]

I really hate Lindsay though. She should still be included in the show if that was the case and just have Nellie pop up like Steve Holt in season 3.

[Beamer]

How can you hate Lindsay? I love all the characters...

Anyway, if that is the case, I can't see Lindsay leaving. After all, Tobias has no reason to be there, but he's still in the show. I think she'll stick around just for Maeby, and of course the Bluths' money. Still, we'll wait and see - after all, we don't even know anything about the twist yet.

[PinkPoodle]

[quote="gobias23"][quote="Beamer"]I'm sure the final twist will involve the yacht party. Sounds like a good season finale, though Righteous Brothers and Let 'em Eat Cake won't be easy to top. :wink:[/quote]

Double true (reference to only funny thing on SNL in a decade).

HAHA its snack-attack mother f!@#$*.

Pass that chronic *what*...

[Cannonballism]

Agreed, it says its life changing, but remember when Tobias recieved a life changing phone call, but missed it and his life stayed the same. Lindsay may find out she's adopted and that Nellie is the real deal, but maybe she'll hide it from the others to stay with the moola's.

[Beamer]

Agreed, it says its life changing, but remember when Tobias recieved a life changing phone call, but missed it and his life stayed the same. Lindsay may find out she's adopted and that Nellie is the real deal, but maybe she'll hide it from the others to stay with the moola's.

Ooh, I like that. I like that a lot. I hope that's what happens, that'd be great.

[Cannonballism]

Agreed, it says its life changing, but remember when Tobias recieved a life changing phone call, but missed it and his life stayed the same. Lindsay may find out she's adopted and that Nellie is the real deal, but maybe she'll hide it from the others to stay with the moola's.

Ooh, I like that. I like that a lot. I hope that's what happens, that'd be great.

I mean it would only further the lieing in the family. And would give reason for some good Lindsay scenes in the upcoming season. I can just see Ron Howard now doing a ridiculously long narration about how GM and Maeby might not be bioilogical cousins because Lindsay had recently found some evidance leading her to believe that she was not actually related to the family at all, yadda- yadda- yadda. Then something like "Boy, this show is a mouthful."

[bcguitar33]

Agreed, it says its life changing, but remember when Tobias recieved a life changing phone call, but missed it and his life stayed the same. Lindsay may find out she's adopted and that Nellie is the real deal, but maybe she'll hide it from the others to stay with the moola's.

Hmm, wouldn't it be a little hard to have her be adopted, considering she's Michael's twin sister?
And wouldn't Lucille and George Sr. know if she were adopted?

I'm not questioning the comic potential of your idea, I'm just not certain it works, continuitywise.

[far from the best]

Agreed, it says its life changing, but remember when Tobias recieved a life changing phone call, but missed it and his life stayed the same. Lindsay may find out she's adopted and that Nellie is the real deal, but maybe she'll hide it from the others to stay with the moola's.

Hmm, wouldn't it be a little hard to have her be adopted, considering she's Michael's twin sister?
And wouldn't Lucille and George Sr. know if she were adopted?

I'm not questioning the comic potential of your idea, I'm just not certain it works, continuitywise.

Like I said in a previous post, Buster was told all his life that he was Lucille and George Sr.'s son, and he isn't. Given the Bluth potential for lying, I think it's entirely plausible that Lucille and George Sr. could have lied to Lindsay all her life.

But if this were true, we still don't yet know reason why they lied to her.

[silentbobtwin]

Lindsay is told life-changing information

Is she finally pregnant?


This time it wouldn't be a $150 000 cup of soup, so who would the father be?

They never made it clear that Lindsay couldn't concieve, or wether Tobias was infertile.I'd say Lindsay just never wanted to have sex with Tobias.

Also, G.O.B did say she had been pregnant many times.

I hope the baby is half black. It could be Carl Weathers or Ice.

[bcguitar33]

Agreed, it says its life changing, but remember when Tobias recieved a life changing phone call, but missed it and his life stayed the same. Lindsay may find out she's adopted and that Nellie is the real deal, but maybe she'll hide it from the others to stay with the moola's.

Hmm, wouldn't it be a little hard to have her be adopted, considering she's Michael's twin sister?
And wouldn't Lucille and George Sr. know if she were adopted?

I'm not questioning the comic potential of your idea, I'm just not certain it works, continuitywise.

Like I said in a previous post, Buster was told all his life that he was Lucille and George Sr.'s son, and he isn't. Given the Bluth potential for lying, I think it's entirely plausible that Lucille and George Sr. could have lied to Lindsay all her life.

But if this were true, we still don't yet know reason why they lied to her.

But the narrator told us that she and Michael are twins. I can't think of any instance in which the narrator lied to us. How could that fit with them being twins?

I also don't think we're certain that Buster is Oscar's son. It's certainly heavily implied, but I think it's left open.

[Chelpo]

I'm not positive about this and I can't think of any quotes off the top of my head to back it up, but the narrator may have lied about Maggie Lizer. I'm pretty sure he actually said she was blind (before Tobias blinded her). He might've also said she was pregnant when she was faking it.

[Cannonballism]

Agreed, it says its life changing, but remember when Tobias recieved a life changing phone call, but missed it and his life stayed the same. Lindsay may find out she's adopted and that Nellie is the real deal, but maybe she'll hide it from the others to stay with the moola's.

Hmm, wouldn't it be a little hard to have her be adopted, considering she's Michael's twin sister?
And wouldn't Lucille and George Sr. know if she were adopted?

I'm not questioning the comic potential of your idea, I'm just not certain it works, continuitywise.

Like I said in a previous post, Buster was told all his life that he was Lucille and George Sr.'s son, and he isn't. Given the Bluth potential for lying, I think it's entirely plausible that Lucille and George Sr. could have lied to Lindsay all her life.

But if this were true, we still don't yet know reason why they lied to her.

But the narrator told us that she and Michael are twins. I can't think of any instance in which the narrator lied to us. How could that fit with them being twins?

I also don't think we're certain that Buster is Oscar's son. It's certainly heavily implied, but I think it's left open.

Maybe there was something wrong with Nellie.

[kayfabe]

Would anyone put it past Lucille and George Sr. to pick and choose who they want as their daughter. Maybe they just wanted a blonde.

[Beamer]

1. Oscar being Buster's father was heavily implied for most of Season 2, but Oscar and Lucille did come right out and say it in Out on a Limb and Righteous Brothers, which was much more than an implication.

2. About the narrator lying to us - What about in Out on a Limb and My Hand to God? Granted, he doesn't lie, but he does leave out key information about Maggie's pregnancy, Loretta and the urine test, etc. Not to mention he said in the Pilot that Maeby was GM's cousin, then we found out in Marta Complex that it may not be the case. I don't think he's lying, I just think he narates all he knows at the time - so some of the things the Bluths reveal are news to him, too.

3. Here's a thought - What if everyone DID think that Lindsay and Michael were twins, and the shocking news Lindsay found out is that Michael and Nellie are in fact twins, and Lindsay and Nellie were accidentally switched in the hospital or something? Would explain why Michael and Nellie look similar and why Lindsay is the only blonde Bluth.