Took long enough. I'd pretty much written it off as not happening at this point.
BRING. IT.
So, since the last post in this thread, there's been a recut of season 4 put on Netflix that puts it more in line with the first three seasons' style. Haven't watched it yet, but some of my friends say they're enjoying this cut a lot more than the original.
Oh, also Season 5 comes out this summer, so that's pretty rad too.
they're gonna find intelligent life up there on the moon/and the canterbury tales will shoot up to the top of the best-seller listWhat has not been rad, though, is this galling interview the cast had with the NYT. Spoiler: (nearly?) everyone with a XY chromosome comes off looking bad:
SHAWKAT: But that doesn’t mean it’s acceptable. And the point is that things are changing, and people need to respect each other differently.
WALTER [THROUGH TEARS]: Let me just say one thing that I just realized in this conversation. I have to let go of being angry at him. He never crossed the line on our show, with any, you know, sexual whatever. Verbally, yes, he harassed me, but he did apologize. I have to let it go. [Turns to Tambor.] And I have to give you a chance to, you know, for us to be friends again.
TAMBOR: Absolutely.
WALTER: But it’s hard because honestly — Jason says this happens all the time. In like almost 60 years of working, I’ve never had anybody yell at me like that on a set. And it’s hard to deal with, but I’m over it now. I just let it go right here, for The New York Times.
BATEMAN: She didn’t give it up for anybody else.
HALE: But I will say, to Jason’s point, we can be honest about the fact that — and not to build a thing — we’ve all had moments.
WALTER: But not like that, not like that. That was bad.
HALE: Not like that. But I’m saying we’ve worked together 15 years, there has been other points of anger coming out.
BATEMAN: Exactly. Again, there is context. What we do for a living is not normal, and therefore the process is not normal sometimes, and to expect it to be normal is to not understand what happens on set. Again, not to excuse it, Alia, but to be surprised by people having a wobbly route to their goal, their process — it’s very rarely predictable. All I can say, personally, is I have never learned more from an actor that I’ve worked with than Jeffrey Tambor. And I consider him one of my favorite, most valued people in my life.
CROSS: I agree with everybody. And I think it’s important to note — and it hasn’t been noted — that this kind of behavior that’s being described, it didn’t just come out of the blue. It wasn’t zero to 60. There is a cumulative effect sometimes.
BATEMAN: You have different people’s processes that converge and collide at times. So Jeffrey is not just popping off, coming out of his car and some unhinged guy.
CROSS: That’s what I’m trying to say.
BATEMAN: Not to say that you know, you [Walter] had it coming. But this is not in a vacuum — families come together and certain dynamics collide and clash every once in a while. And there’s all kinds of things that go into the stew so it’s a little narrow to single that one particular thing that is getting attention from our show.
Great job gaslighting your female colleague, Bateman, you utter prick.
If it means anything, Bateman realizes his behavior was unacceptable and has apologized
https://jezebel.com/jason-bateman-on-his-behavior-in-nyt-interview-im-incr-1826288041#r6cidiml2
That interview is horrifying. It really speaks volumes that the only person to speak up in Walters' defense (while she's crying, no less) is the only other woman in the room, while all the men are trying their best to downplay the harm and talk over her feelings. Needless to say, I'm not really interested in seeing season 5 anymore.
they're gonna find intelligent life up there on the moon/and the canterbury tales will shoot up to the top of the best-seller listI dunno if anybody's been watching, but Season 5's second half finally came out a few days ago.
It wraps up all those dangling plot threads that accumulated since Season 4, including the Lucille 2 mystery.
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!So... Buster actually did it, huh?
Is that a Wocket in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?Yep.
And it's not the first time he pushed an elderly mother-figure down the stairs to her death and got away with it.
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!Rip Jessica Walter.
You can only write so much in your forum signature. It's not fair that I want to write a piece of writing yet it will cut me off in the midUnhappy news.
I'm a big fan of Jessica Walter and her work. Arrested Development finished on a satisfying note with Season 5 so I'm not too worried about its (lack of a) future, but it still sucks to lose her.
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!Aw. I'm gonna miss her. RIP.
Season 5.