Arrested Development is one of the funniest shows I've ever seen in my life, and it's one of those shows I just recommend to everyone because it's that great. Everything about this show is amazing. The clever, joke-filled writing, the running gags, even the foreshadowing in this show is insane! The characters and the crazy situations they get into are hilarious, and the actors are incredible. There are no laugh tracks, which makes this show so much better.

So I've listed all positive things, and I think I made it pretty clear that it's one of my favorite shows of all time, so why did I give it 9 stars? Well, this show would have been an easy 10 if Netflix hadn't removed it from its grave to try and revive it with a 4th season.

Season 4 of Arrested Development was... a let down, to say the least. My main issue with it is that each episode only focused on a few characters at a time because of the actors' schedules, so the story moved along very slowly. The intro says "Now the story of a wealthy family who lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together", but they're all split up. Season 5 wasn't great either but at least they were all together for the most part.

The 3rd season ended beautifully, and they could've left it at that. Sure, people are left to wonder what happened next, but by attempting to revive the show, they've also slightly tainted their reputation. Now, instead of saying "This show is so funny, the best thing I've ever watched", it's more like "The first 3 seasons of this show were so funny, don't bother with the last two", or something along the lines of 'the first 3 seasons are the best'.

I think that nowadays there seems to be way too many remakes/reboots of classic movies or shows, and creators might not understand that sometimes it's okay to let a show end, even if it's on a bit of a cliffhanger.

In conclusion, I do highly recommend this show, it's comedy gold, but know that seasons 4 and 5 aren't quite as good, so do with that what you will.