Michael sets up an "intimate conjugal visit" for his parents, while it is revealed that George Sr. had an affair with Kitty, his secretary who recently slept with Gob. Tobias and Lindsay see a marriage counselor.
Cringe-driven character comedy sustains 86-point score across 37 tightly-packed jokes.
Directed by Greg Mottola · Written by Richard A. Rosenstock, John Levenstein
WAR
46.6
Wins Above Replacement
“Visiting Ours” ranks #18 of 84 Arrested Development episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 86.0 — Elite. The episode packs 37 scored jokes at 1.6 per minute, averaging 7.4 on craft and 7.1 on impact, with Gob landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
George Sr.: Daddy horny, Michael.
George Sr.: There's a good chance that I... that I may... have committed some, um... light... treason.
Kitty · Narrator: Your wife's on line one. Michael's wife had been dead for two years.
Gob · Narrator: You won't even know I was here. But after a shiv to his side... thus fulfilling, in Gob's mind, his contract with the public. Ta-dah?
Narrator · George Michael: In fact, he'd been terrified of the very notion of prison since, as a young boy, he accidentally watched HBO's Oz mistaking it for the classic Judy Garland musical.
All Jokes — 37 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ George Sr.: This game is never gonna happen. Half of these guys are still in their cuffs.
George Sr.: I'm catcher, or I'm nothing!
Kitty · Narrator: Your wife's on line one. Michael's wife had been dead for two years.
Narrator: But not immediately.
Narrator Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement Kitty: That's actually not any of your business. My business. That's not any of my business.
Kitty Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Lucille: If I wanted something your thumb touched, I'd eat the inside of your ear!
Gob · Narrator: You won't even know I was here. But after a shiv to his side... thus fulfilling, in Gob's mind, his contract with the public. Ta-dah?
Kitty · Michael: I wish I would've known you were coming. I am a mess. Don't know if a call from me would've changed that.
Maeby · Lindsay: Can we come? Sorry. It's not for kids.
George Michael: It says 'Bluth Company' right on the side. Plus, it's a stairway. That's gonna catch the eye.
Narrator: Also, that House of Pies that went out of business.
Narrator Observational Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Narrator · George Michael: In fact, he'd been terrified of the very notion of prison since, as a young boy, he accidentally watched HBO's Oz mistaking it for the classic Judy Garland musical.
Oz character: I'm an innocent man! Eat it, bitch!
Gob: Oh. Wait, wait. Let down your hair. No. Glasses on. Hair back up. Let's just get that hair right back up.
Gob Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Kitty · Gob: Do you want me to turn all the lights off? Yes, yes, please. How's that? Is that better? There's still light coming in from under the door.
Tobias: If I gave a performance that good, I'd have my own Alias type show.
Tobias Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Michael: It's like a carnival. Without the half-person on the skateboard that grabbed your knee to steady himself.
George Michael: No touching! No touching! No touching!
Prison inmates: No batter. No batter. No batter.
George Sr. · Michael: You remember the carjacker? Well, she's certainly toughened up since then.
George Sr.: Daddy horny, Michael.
Lucille: Pool food. My system's not used to curly fries.
Lucille Character Comedy Observational Lucille: Golf membership want it?
Lucille Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Tobias · Lindsay: If I'm no Schwimmer, you're no Jennifer Aniston! Maybe I'm not even Lisa Kudrow.
Lindsay: Now there are two men I wanna leave.
Lindsay Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Michael · Gob: I just came from convincing Mom to have sex with Dad. God! What is wrong with you? That is disgusting!
Gob Wordplay/Pun Cringe/Discomfort Michael: I'm gonna use the touch lamp to set the mood in the conjugal trailer when Dad's nailing Mom!
George Michael: Sometimes I don't know if it's gonna be a long or short hug or a middle-medium hug. It's hard to tell sometimes. That was a good hug. That's plenty for now. Hug's gotta end sometime, obviously.
George Sr.: Every Friday for the last eight years.
Gob: lit by nothing but natural light.
Gob Character Comedy Absurdist George Sr.: This bear needs some honey, wife.
Gob: Glasses off. Glasses on. Hair up. Glasses off. Down, on. Have we done up, off?
Gob Escalation Physical/Slapstick ★ Rewatch Callback Gob: Oh, God, Mommy! What did you do?
Gob Visual Gag Cringe/Discomfort Michael: Oh, yeah. Incredibly guilty.
Michael Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive Michael · George Michael: he's, uh... he's guilty. / He is? / Oh, yeah. Incredibly guilty.
George Sr.: There's a good chance that I... that I may... have committed some, um... light... treason.
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