George Bluth (Jeffrey Tambor) runs the family business of property development. He gets arrested and puts the family out of its comfort zone. His widowed son Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman) returns with his son George Michael (Michael Cera) to run what's left of the family business. Lucille (Jessica Walter) is the spoiled matriarch and Buster (Tony Hale) is the hopeless idiot son. Son GOB (Will Arnett) is an unsuccessful magician. Daughter Lindsay (Portia de Rossi) is married to weird former psychiatrist Tobias Funke (David Cross). Their daughter Maeby Fünke (Alia Shawkat) catches the eye of George Michael who has inappropriate feelings for his cousin.

I love this family of dysfunctional selfish people. It would easy to hate these self-obsessed narcissus but the show keeps them weird and fun. Their misadventures are comic gold. The rapid-fire dialog keeps the jokes coming. Even the Ron Howard narration works to keep the quirky tone light and full of life. Normally, I don't like narrations but it's perfect in this case. The three year Fox run is some of the best TV around. It's too bad that it never got the ratings despite the critical acclaim. The Netflix continuation is a flatter, less energetic version. It's not as sharp as the original run but it's still fun.