Episode Transcript
Written by Mitchell Hurwitz and John Levenstein.
T-Bone: I’m going to get blamed for this.
Michael: George Michael?
George Michael: Dad.
Michael: Hey, what are you doing?
George Michael: I was just, uh... I was burning down the banana stand.
Michael: What?
George Michael: I’m sorry, dad, I screwed it all up. I’ve no right to call myself Mr. Manager.
Michael: Manager.
George Michael: Manager. I’m sorry, dad...
Michael: Oh, George Michael.
George Michael: I am, I mean, but listen, I’ll make it up to you. I mean, I’ll work weeknights. I’ll lay people off. I’ll give up my summer, all my summers. Just, just tell me what to do, and I’ll do it.
Narrator: Michael realized he had done to his son what his father had done to him. So he came up with a solution.
Michael: Burn it down.
George Michael: What?
Michael: Let’s burn this son of a bitch. It’s going to be our best summer ever, buddy.
Narrator: And so Michael, his son and his brother, together enjoyed the cathartic burning of the banana stand.
Michael: You mailed that insurance check, right, G.O.B.?
Narrator: The next morning, Lindsay woke up late in the day, hung over from celebrating her one day of employment, which it turns out, she had slept through.
Roger Danish: ..all right, Lindsay, forget it. We’ll get someone else.
Narrator: Tobias was next on the call list, but unfortunately, couldn’t hear the phone over the sound of the shower.
Narrator: He did, however, use Lindsay’s conditioner and was surprised to find that it did help his self-esteem.
Lindsay: You look nice.
Tobias: What?
Lindsay: You look very handsome today.
Tobias: Thank you, Lindsay.
Narrator: And Michael finally got to show his father who’s boss.
George, Sr.: You what?
Michael: Burned it right down to the ground.
George, Sr.: Are you crazy? There was money in that banana stand.
Michael: Well, it’s all gone now, Dad, and it was my decision. So next time you want to have a little power struggle, just remember that you’re playing with fire.
George, Sr.: There was $250,000 lining the walls of the banana stand.
Michael: What?
George, Sr.: Cash, Michael!
Michael: Why didn’t you tell me that?
George, Sr.: How much clearer can I say, “There’s always money in the banana stand!”
Guard: No touching!
George, Sr.: No touching!
Guard: No touching!
George, Sr.: No touching!
Guard: No touching!
George, Sr.: No touching!
Narrator: On the next Arrested Development, G.O.B. protests the pet stores frozen-dove exchange policy...
