Lindsay tries to reclaim her sense of self while traveling and getting back to her political activist roots.
Fifty-one jokes in 36 minutes sustain the show's densest post-revival comedic output.
Directed by Mitchell Hurwitz, Troy Miller · Written by Dean Lorey, Caroline Goddard
WAR
60.2
Wins Above Replacement
“Indian Takers” ranks #31 of 84 Arrested Development episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 83.4 — Elite. The episode packs 51 scored jokes at 1.4 per minute, averaging 7.2 on craft and 7.2 on impact, with Lindsay landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Sign: 'Garden Grove Methodone Clinic.'
Sign Visual Gag Misdirection ★ Rewatch Marky: No. I have no idea what you look like. I have this condition called face blindness.
Marky Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Lindsay: No, Michael. I'm not a whore. I don't get any of the money until after I do the disgusting thing.
Lindsay Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Michael: I'm just not that into older women.
Michael Dark/Subversive Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Shaman · Lindsay: This bag is as fake as you are. Well, how do I learn? Just look at the spelling.
All Jokes — 51 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Lindsay: I don't remember Vuitton having two E's.
Vendor: Best bag on the mountain... $120. You just bought the best bag on the mountain.
Vendor Running Gag Absurdist ★ Rewatch Narrator: Lindsay was on a spiritual journey to let go of all possessions and to find something cute to keep her stuff in.
Michael: I'm just not that into older women.
Michael Dark/Subversive Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Lucille: If I'd told them we were taking a bunch of gays out there to get married, they'd have thrown me a parade.
Lucille Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Michael: Yeah, I don't think your record on that issue is going to back that up, Mom.
Michael Setup/Punchline Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Lucille: At least I was able to turn my Queen around.
Lucille Wordplay/Pun Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Narrator: None taken. This is Tobias Fünke, who should have taken more.
Narrator Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Court Official: Kenny, Chet, Curtis, Mike, Bix, and Gator are over here.
George Sr.: Sorry. I was thinking of Mike, the hot seaman.
Lindsay · Tobias: Is that a gall see? No, it's just a fallacy
Lindsay · Tobias: Yeah, we should end it. / Let's give it another shot. To the head. Kill it. Yes.
Lindsay: Stay in your lane, anus tart!
Lindsay Callback Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Narrator: a self-cleaning litter box in case she ever got a cat, and an inflatable hat box in case she ever got a hat
Bus Driver: No. It wasn't a cow. It was just a tourist.
Vendor: Oh, no, anything under a small is considered a David Spade.
Hotel Clerk: There's a pool? It's hard to tell because there are so many people in it, but yes, it is a pool.
Shaman · Lindsay: You are so full of (BLEEP). Yeah, yeah. Although, in my culture, 'full of (BLEEP)' is kind of like a dig.
Shaman · Lindsay: This bag is as fake as you are. Well, how do I learn? Just look at the spelling.
Narrator: She had. It was just too crowded to see the water.
Narrator Visual Gag Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Lindsay · Narrator: I just talked to the shaman, just right back at... Coincidence?
Lindsay: Would you take a grimace?
Lindsay Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Michael: Stop with the prayer hands. It just looks like you're out of ideas. Seriously, shoot me if you ever catch me doing that.
Michael Visual Gag Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Lindsay: No, Michael. I'm not a whore. I don't get any of the money until after I do the disgusting thing.
Lindsay Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Lindsay · Tobias · Realtor: That way, we have it... That way, you'll have it... That way, you have it.
Realtor: Now, that's John Beard, he's on television. No one's gonna look down on you just 'cause you have less than John Beard.
Realtor Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Lindsay: God, they grow up so slowly.
Lindsay: 'Suckled at her champagne glass breasts' isn't a joke?
Lindsay Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Lindsay: And I want to smell the suds.
John Beard: good luck getting that (BLEEP) raccoon smell out of the gatehouse, because I never could.
Tobias: Well, I'm sorry, but I'm such a star (BLEEP) that I didn't pay attention to anything he said!
Tobias Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Tobias: And that was with me picturing fudge.
Tobias Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Tobias · Clinic Worker: Well, that's an easy one. You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown. / No, Mame.
Sign: 'Garden Grove Methodone Clinic.'
Sign Visual Gag Misdirection ★ Rewatch Marky: He joined al-Qaeda. / And I only signed up 'cause he was giving away a free beard brush.
Marky Dark/Subversive Absurdist Marky: A bunch of deranged bees chased him out of a tree and he fell to his death.
Marky Dark/Subversive Escalation Lindsay: That's why I swiped that methadone tray.
Lindsay Callback Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Lindsay: Oh, no. He just took some methadone. He thought he was driving with a cocktail tray.
Lindsay Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Lindsay: Those were wetlands? That explains our Thanksgiving miracle.
Lindsay · Tobias: It's a miracle!
Lindsay · Marky · Narrator: Coincidence? / That's not a coincidence. / Yes, it is
Visual: Live truthfully. Skate through life.
Visual Visual Gag Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Marky: So this guy all the way to that guy back there, that's just a piece of wood I stick in there.
Marky Visual Gag Cringe/Discomfort Marky: No. I have no idea what you look like. I have this condition called face blindness.
Marky Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Marky: Also wanted to make sure you weren't a dude. I can tell with voices usually, but some guys, they'll fool you if that's what they want to do.
Marky Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Marky: I thought you were taking a dump. I must have scared the (BLEEP) off that lady in the bathroom when I threw the door open and told her I loved her.
Marky Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Lindsay: I have the worst (BLEEP) shaman.
Lindsay Setup/Punchline Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Lindsay: Great. Even cuter.
Tobias: Could I get some more of that acting juice?
Tobias Cringe/Discomfort Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Top Episodes — Arrested Development
