Maeby moves out on her own and reconnects with her cousin George-Michael.
Wordplay-driven episode sustains 83.5 score across 76 jokes with minimal standout moments.
Directed by Mitchell Hurwitz, Troy Miller · Written by Jim Brandon, Brian Singleton
WAR
88.2
Wins Above Replacement
“Señoritis” ranks #28 of 84 Arrested Development episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 83.5 — Elite. The episode packs 76 scored jokes at 1.6 per minute, averaging 7.3 on craft and 7.1 on impact, with Maeby landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Bartender · Maeby: I'm supposed to believe you're 17? Oh, no, sorry. That's my fake for sneaking back into high school.
Maeby · Maeby · Maeby: Oh, my God! / Here, that way, that way. / And she wouldn't even let me get a cat.
Maeby · Perfecto: A señor? I'm 17. Ha! You're 17? Yeah. I'm 23. Oh, that's a relief.
Narrator · Maeby · Narrator: which is exactly what she decided to do... / What? / ...at her grandparents' penthouse.
Narrator: It's Maeby's 'Arrested Development.'
Narrator Meta/Self-Referential Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Callback All Jokes — 76 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Maeby: And if you do my Spanish, I'll teach you how to French.
Maeby Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Unknown student: Does that include the crew?
Perfecto: Well, if it's dumb to stay behind with you, call me a dummy.
Teacher: We don't say 'dummy,' and unfortunately you two alge-tards are going to need some special tutoring.
Maeby · George Michael: What kind of loser spends his free time tutoring high school kids? - This kind.
George Michael: George Michael? Huh, what is this? Maeby, what are you doing here?
George Michael: But, wait, why are you in high school? Didn't we graduate together five years ago?
Narrator: It had been seven minutes.
Lindsay · Tobias: ♪ No, it's just a phallus... eee! ♪
Narrator: George Michael wasn't a very good kisser. It seems he both used his tongue to fend off the intruding tongue, but also laterally moved his lower jaw while constricting his lower lip.
Narrator Observational Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Maeby: And that doesn't make me hotter to you?
Maeby Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm George Michael · Maeby: We're a couple of, uh, forces of nature, but... - What? - Forces of nature.
Maeby: I've got two whole months to flunk. That's got to disappoint them.
Maeby Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Narrator: It's Maeby's 'Arrested Development.'
Narrator Meta/Self-Referential Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Callback Maeby · Assistant: Right. Okay, do we have to pay them in money or in rice? If they're in the union, you have to pay with rice.
Maeby: You'd think someone would tell her to shave her arms, the poor thing.
Maeby Visual Gag Character Comedy Maeby: Gangie on the Ganges? That doesn't even make sense.
Maeby Wordplay/Pun Meta/Self-Referential Callback Maeby · Assistant: Pretty makeup or scary makeup? Scary. Well, I think we have the crew that did The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Perfect.
Lindsay · Shaman: I'm so full of passion. You are so full of (bleep). Yeah, yeah.
Lindsay · Narrator: She's away at boarding school in England. Is that where we left it?
Shaman: Please don't squeeze the shaman.
Shaman Callback Wordplay/Pun Callback Lindsay · Maeby: Thank you, Maeby, that's actually a compliment in India. My own fault.
Maeby: Senior year! No? No one cares?
Maeby Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Tobias: Why would they preempt 'Babies Having Babies' for a turkey cartoon?
Tobias Absurdist Character Comedy Narrator: having celebrated it one week earlier when they found that duck in the cupboard, tried to cook it alive, got scared, and then ended up eating it at a Chinese restaurant
Tobias: Maeby, your daddy's not going to be around anymore. Excuse me, I swallowed a bug there. Uh, your daddy's not going to be around anymore.
Tobias Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Widow Carr: Also, Tobias, you got a callback for something called 'The Big Bang Theory.'
Widow Carr Meta/Self-Referential Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Studio Executive: Yeah. 'Cause I feel like we'll be here forever, and I have a meeting. Um, you're fired.
Studio Executive: Actually, I was thinking I wasn't even gonna have to fire you 'cause it's been on Deadline all day.
Ron: Yeah, it does. I told them.
Ron Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Narrator · Maeby · Narrator: which is exactly what she decided to do... / What? / ...at her grandparents' penthouse.
Maeby Visual Gag Running Gag ★ Rewatch Callback Maeby: That is it-- this is like living in 1999.
Maeby Observational Character Comedy Lindsay: And we're not moving in; we're occupying a space with central air.
Lindsay Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Maeby · George Michael: Oh, that's good-- I'm gonna try and work that in there. Yeah-- no, I think it's in there.
Michael · George Michael: P-Hound. I thought it was the other one. No, it-it was P-Hound, yeah.
George Michael: Well, it's just a Boolean-driven aggregation, really, of what programmers call 'hacker-traps...'
Michael: You should see his Facebook page. Doesn't have a friend on it.
Michael Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Narrator: Of course, that last part had nothing to do with Fakeblock...
Narrator Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm High school students · Maeby: Can you imagine what kind of loser pretends to be in high school when they're in their 20s? Well, it's pretty gutsy, right?
Maeby · Bartender: Actually, can we make it-- uh, marry me-- a Wild Turkey? I still need to see some I.D.
Bartender · Maeby: I'm supposed to believe you're 17? Oh, no, sorry. That's my fake for sneaking back into high school.
Bartender: These guys are making a fortune off that 'To Entrap a Local Predator' show they're on. Were. Won't let us shoot in Laguna.
Barry: After 21, it is illegal for you to enroll in high school in the state of California. As a matter of fact, you cannot even lurk.
Barry Character Comedy Observational Maeby · Barry: I could ask you the same thing. I go to high school here. I could answer the same thing.
Barry: What, do they got cameras in the bushes? Why would they do that? You can't even see into the locker rooms from there.
Barry Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Maeby: And she wouldn't even let me get a cat.
Maeby Absurdist Character Comedy Maeby: And she wouldn't even let me get a cat.
Maeby Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Maeby · Maeby · Maeby: Oh, my God! / Here, that way, that way. / And she wouldn't even let me get a cat.
Maeby: I'm getting an Opie? The only bigger honor would be having an award like that named after you, I guess.
Maeby Irony/Sarcasm Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Maeby: You know what? I think I will do better once I get a little Mexican in me.
Mort: No, they only give that award away to somebody after they die or, even worse, after your career is dead.
Mort Dark/Subversive Escalation Mort: I think I just remember it that way 'cause it got dicey when I was sneaking back in to take a (bleep) on Sid's desk.
Mort Escalation Dark/Subversive Mort: Take a hat; we got 18,000 of them.
Mort Visual Gag Observational Mort · Rebel: Well, if you need a name, I'm the guy who came up with Schnoodle. How do we know each other? We don't. That's what it is.
Maeby: What, you think they invite the animals and ask them to wait while they build the zoo? No, that would be a bloodbath. Yeah, a total (bleep) bloodbath.
Maeby Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Maeby · George Michael: Come on, this could be my only chance to be a Harris. A Harris? Oh, heiress. You meant... You don't pronounce the 'H.'
Rebel: I tried to deactivate my Facebook profile. It's easier to get out of Scientology.
Maeby: That's my undercover cop boyfriend. I'm trying to get him in bed.
Maeby Irony/Sarcasm Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Perfecto: It's the kids from 'Modern Family.' Sorry. Rico!
Perfecto Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Narrator · Maeby: To be continued. You better believe it.
Maeby: Double (bleep) newsflash. I'm starting Fakeblock with George Maharis, the world's first antisocial network.
Maeby Wordplay/Pun Escalation Maeby: So you can take this Opie and shove it up your (bleep), all right? Because I will (bleep) punt the next god(bleep) (bleep) who tells me I'm finished, you (bleep) (bleep)hats.
Maeby Escalation Character Comedy Maeby · Lindsay: Are you really gonna whore yourself out like that? I am not a whore. Yeah, you're a whore.
Narrator: and became her mother's pimp.
Narrator Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Campaign Manager · Lindsay: And just to be clear, I want to hire her for prostitution. Yes, no, definitely. That was clear. I'm gonna charge you for that.
Jim Cramer: For all I know, it's not even real! But I think this might be going through the roof! I'm calling it my first 'Hypothetical Buy.'
Maeby · Exterminator: That's funny, I actually used to date a guy named Steve Holt. Ha! Steve Holt! Yeah, that's the guy.
Maeby · Michael · Michael · Michael · Michael: Why did we stop? / We hit a bug. / I know, I know, I've got these things very, you know, meticulously maintained. / (bleep) / There are some vultures. They might still smell Pete.
George Michael · Mort: Maeby, you're fired! I got her coffee.
Anti-bullying badge text: You're never too old to stand up to a bully.
Maeby · Perfecto · Maeby · Narrator: What kind of cop doesn't have a gun? / Okay, I'm not a cop. / But I saw your badge at the bar. / In fact, it was an anti-bullying badge.
Anti-bullying badge: You're never too old to stand up to a bully.
Maeby · Perfecto: A señor? I'm 17. Ha! You're 17? Yeah. I'm 23. Oh, that's a relief.
Rocky Richter · Maeby: Congratulations. You got your first A. Oh, thank God. This A is finally gonna get me out of high school. No, sex offender, your A is going to jail.
Maeby: Oh, God. I'm gonna have to live in Sudden Valley.
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