Gob steals a file on the government's case against the Bluth Company that Maggie had given to Michael. Tobias is sent to Maggie's house to get evidence, George Michael tries to prove Maeby's fraud, and Lindsay fights to remove the Ten Commandments from the courthouse lawn.
Wordplay and character comedy sustain an 80.8 score across fifty-eight rapid jokes.
Directed by Jay Chandrasekhar · Written by Abraham Higginbotham
WAR
57.7
Wins Above Replacement
“Justice Is Blind” ranks #50 of 84 Arrested Development episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 80.8 — Elite. The episode packs 58 scored jokes at 2.1 per minute, averaging 7.1 on craft and 6.8 on impact, with Michael landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Michael · Maggie: I really can't see anybody right now. - Oh, well, I can't see anybody ever. - I'm blind. - I'm wasted.
Lucille: The solution to all our problems is staring you right in the face and it can't even see you.
Lucille Wordplay/Pun Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Maggie · Michael: Uh, well, I have an irreversible case of ocular retinoblastoma. - Hey. I thought we said no more law talk.
Gob · Michael: What's wrong with her? / Nothing's wrong with her. / She's blind.
Lucille · George Sr.: It looks like you're tweaking her nipples through a chain-link fence. - Yep. Yeah, that's it.
All Jokes — 58 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Barry: Well, I didn't read it. I just got it yesterday.
Barry Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Barry: F.Y.I., I'm trying to get back into the dating world.
Barry Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Unknown woman · Barry: Hey, you're not one of those silly men that's dressed like a woman, are you?
Barry: No, baby. I'm the real thing.
Barry Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun George Sr.: Well, you know, God doesn't care how big your teeth are.
George Sr.: You could grind off about... I don't know... 30%, maybe more. Yeah, I wouldn't miss it.
Barry: Is that a shot at me? 'Cause that makes me want to read it less.
Barry Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Lucille: He thinks he's a lawyer 'cause he played one in 10th grade.
Lucille Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Narrator: The Trial of Captain Hook
Michael: Well, you left during my solo.
Michael Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Michael: considering she was repeating the ninth grade at the time
Tobias: I will pack your sweet pink mouth with so much ice cream... you'll be the envy of every Jerry and Jane on the block.
Tobias Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Tutor: We're the only house on the block.
Tutor Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Gob Character Comedy Escalation Michael: Let's say 'five'.
Michael Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Gob: These are lawyers... that's Latin for 'liar.'
Gob Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Michael: How can something be 'no less than three' if it exceeds six? I mean, six is still more than three, right?
Maggie: If you're pleading with me to have a drink with you, you can stop begging.
Maggie Wordplay/Pun Setup/Punchline Maggie: I'm Maggie Lizer, as in 'Maggie lies her ass off.' One person laughed at that once, and I don't know why I keep trying it.
Maggie Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: Maritime. Maritime law. Lawyers of the sea.
Michael Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Michael · Maggie: Chareth... Cutestory?
Tutor: You got all the answers wrong. You know you, you even got your name wrong here. It says, 'S. Fünke.'
Tutor Character Comedy Escalation Maeby: what they want you to do is put an 'S' if you're single, an 'M' if you're married. I mean, most of us are all single
Maeby Character Comedy Misdirection Tutor · Maeby: Oh, there... there's six 20s here. - That's right.
Maggie · Michael: How else am I gonna get to work? - You ride a dog to work?
Michael: Well, it's tough with your hands in the way.
Michael Irony/Sarcasm Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Maggie · Michael: Uh, well, I have an irreversible case of ocular retinoblastoma. - Hey. I thought we said no more law talk.
Michael · Maggie: I really can't see anybody right now. - Oh, well, I can't see anybody ever. - I'm blind. - I'm wasted.
Michael: Come on. I took a blind woman home with no intention of dating her again? Please!
Michael Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Lucille · George Sr.: It looks like you're tweaking her nipples through a chain-link fence. - Yep. Yeah, that's it.
Lucille: So you could run off with this great redwood of a whore?
Lucille Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Gob: a major blonde who just majored in marine biology, if you know what I mean.
Gob Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Michael: I don't know what you mean. I can't imagine what that means.
Michael Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Gob · Michael: What's wrong with her? / Nothing's wrong with her. / She's blind.
Michael: I'm Chareth Cutestory, a pirate lawyer.
Michael Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Gob: You've just won the gold medal at the sexual Special Olympics!
Gob Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Gob · Michael: Well, she was a darer. She's one of those girls who just dares you to do things. - You married her? - I needed a dare!
Gob's wife: Oh, wait! What time is it? Oh, God! 'Seal the deal.' My seal deal! I gotta get to Sea Land.
Gob's wife · Gob: God! Do you ever listen to what I say? I'm sorry I don't memorize every word that comes out of your mouth.
Michael · Gob: Boy, the lengths you'll go to sleep with a woman. Believe me, we didn't do any sleeping.
Maggie: So you didn't get a case of 'I just had a one-night stand with a blind girl'-itus?
Maggie Wordplay/Pun Meta/Self-Referential Michael: three years is what I give them and then one of them dies and the other one is not too far behind.
Maggie: I can smell right through you, Chareth. You're reading.
Maggie Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Callback George Sr.: Well, you know, I almost did strangle myself on my own prayer shawl. A self-choking for the ages.
George Sr. · Cindi: Faith is not a fact! - Oh, yes, it is. You said so yourself in Caged Wisdom.
George Sr.: Faith is a fact. No. Faith is a facet. I almost said faith is a fact.
George Sr.: I am going to trial because you don't understand what a blooper reel is?
Barry · Gob: You can only get an annulment if you haven't consummated the marriage first. - Well, I guess I'll just stay married then... because we all know that I closed that deal, right?
Lucille: I couldn't breast-feed any of you kids because of that man!
Buster: They still look fabulous.
Buster Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Lucille: Even when you slept with my sister, it was for a good reason. Got her to stop drinking, didn't it?
Lucille Dark/Subversive Callback ★ Rewatch Barry Callback Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Michael: What are you hiding from? You've got to call this off. You gotta get more time. Get more time. She can smell me.
Michael Character Comedy Escalation Callback Gob: That's the blind chick you slept with?
Gob Reaction Beat Character Comedy Lucille: The solution to all our problems is staring you right in the face and it can't even see you.
Lucille Wordplay/Pun Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Announcer: Please welcome... Surely Fünke!
Announcer Wordplay/Pun Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Maggie: What about you? Don't tell me another pirate is still roaming the high seas.
Maggie Callback Wordplay/Pun Callback Gob's wife: Three of the seals died on their way to Chad.
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