George Sr.'s new business hits a rough patch, and he must bribe a politician to get his scam back on track.
George Sr.'s con-man scheming drives 22 of 67 jokes through absurdist wordplay.
Directed by Mitchell Hurwitz, Troy Miller · Written by Dean Lorey, Richard A. Rosenstock
WAR
73.7
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“Double Crossers” ranks #54 of 84 Arrested Development episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 80.0 — Elite. The episode packs 67 scored jokes at 1.6 per minute, averaging 7.3 on craft and 6.9 on impact, with George Sr. landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
George Sr.: I just want my son to have a job where his incompetence won't be out of place.
Michael: Oh, my God. I'm dating Ron Howard's girlfriend.
Michael Meta/Self-Referential Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Narrator: And that's when George Sr. finally tipped a black man.
Narrator Wordplay/Pun Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Lawyer: It's a 40 for the flip and a 40 for the flop, and since it's going to cause a flap, I'd say another 40. So it's a flat 40-40-40 flip-flop and a flap fee.
Lawyer Wordplay/Pun Escalation ★ Rewatch Dr. Norman: I think I dumped it with a pot pipe and a bottle of cheetah sedative.
All Jokes — 67 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Herbert Love · George Sr.: You got a point behind all those teeth of yours?
Herbert Love · George Sr.: Action Jackson? What do I look like, Carl Weathers to you?
Herbert Love: getting Barack Hussein Obama Wama Comma Mama on a Llama out of office
Herbert Love: It's a crazy-town name.
Narrator: George Sr. had neither.
Narrator Observational Deadpan/Understatement Herbert Love: You want to reach your hand into my pocket to pay for your birth control? I get to put my hand in your pocket to put it in.
Herbert Love: I had to duck a woman's pump and a mini pizza.
Narrator: And, although too explicit for an American audience, the lovemaking was intense and beautiful
Narrator Meta/Self-Referential Deadpan/Understatement Lucille: Turn him around three times and put him in Fullerton, he won't know the difference.
Lucille Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Oscar · Lucille: Buster? No, no. I won't... I won't hear of it. It could kill him. I meant Gob.
George Sr. · Client · Narrator: Didn't someone die in one of these things? / Oh, no, not in one of ours. / Although his pitch had lost some of its luster.
George Sr.: And, you know, I mean, it's better than dying in the snow. I mean, not... not-not that you'll die, but if you had to choose, uh, I mean... Brr, you know?
Herbert Love: Why, 'cause I'm black?
Lindsay: Well, I should have known you'd be here, supporting this right-wing, dangerous crackpot.
Lindsay Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy George Sr.: Lindsay, I forgot-- you dyed your hair.
George Sr.: Yeah, the first four months, I was in denial. How are you?
Lindsay: a $50,000 check your wife sent to my daughter for plastic surgery. What kind of a woman does that?
Lindsay Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy George Sr.: You don't think Maisie's cuter?
Narrator: And that's when George Sr. finally tipped a black man.
Narrator Wordplay/Pun Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch George Sr.: Oh, no, I-I'm a man. I was just wearing, uh, this blouse because I was, uh, driving and I hate my arms.
Border Agent: Whoever told you that's probably chomping on the maca, if you know what I mean.
George Sr.: You really hurt my feelings, guys.
George Sr.: You can't expect me to read every page of that deal. Besides, that one was particularly difficult because it was all in Spanish.
Business Card/George Sr.: Se habla español. I do not speak Spanish.
Oscar: Well, this is America. If they don't want us to burn signs, they shouldn't write them in Spanish.
Oscar Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Narrator: Only Heartfire knew the truth. But the singing was so loud, no one could hear her thoughts.
Lawyer: It's a 40 for the flip and a 40 for the flop, and since it's going to cause a flap, I'd say another 40. So it's a flat 40-40-40 flip-flop and a flap fee.
Lawyer Wordplay/Pun Escalation ★ Rewatch Lucille: Hey, you've changed, you big (bleep). You're acting like a little girl lately. And not in the good way.
Lucille Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Gob · George Sr.: I'm not a limo driver. I'm a gentleman honey farmer. The only thing I've got back there are my bees. Beans? No, bees! Bees? Bees! Bees! Oh, bees!
Gob: Colony collapse disorder. The guy sold me just really sick bees.
Gob Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Gob: Don't worry. Dad, they're going to hive. They always hive.
Gob Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Crowd: Bees! Wonderful bees!
Crowd Visual Gag Reaction Beat Oscar: Hello, brother. Thought I'd find you in a blouse and a beekeeper hat.
Oscar Character Comedy Callback Callback George Sr.: Oh, God, it was Buster's map.
Narrator: Buster had indeed made the map, as a cartography student, because the class where you get to see naked people, and draw them, was full.
George Sr. · Oscar: I told one lie, but I-I was going to share the money with you. Two lies. And why do I think that you charge more than five dollars for lemonade? Three small lies.
Client: There's two Dr. Normans!
Client Physical/Slapstick Absurdist Lucille: Yesterday, you were amazing. Georgie, I can't stop thinking about it. You haven't been like that in years.
Lucille Irony/Sarcasm Cringe/Discomfort George Sr.: You mean, slow-witted?
George Sr.: That's my penis.
Dr. Norman: Well, you don't have to tell me. Nothing?
George Sr.: I mean, there's some violating federal law stuff that'd put me in prison for the rest of my life, but I've made love with treason charges over me before.
Dr. Norman: But I'm the one who can get hard, so let's focus on you.
Dr. Norman: Have you come across any ancient games, let's say, glowing games, uh, either board based or carnival based, that you may have played against the wishes of your best friend?
Ancient Warrior Harbinger: The strong will become the weak. The weak will become the strong.
Dr. Norman: I'd like you to get on an MRI machine and try to ride it to climax.
George Sr.: And this whole car full of black kids ran over it, for no reason. And they saw it! They saw it!
Michael: You can't swim in that bay for a month after without getting nacho cheese sauce in your hair.
Lucille · George Sr.: ♪ Happy birthday, Mr. President... ♪ I-I don't want to be Mr. President.
George Sr.: I just want my son to have a job where his incompetence won't be out of place.
Michael · Gob: Actually that was a memorial to the death of Pete the mailman. I knew that.
Gob: If I were Muslim, would you say 'Muslim magic act'?
Gob Character Comedy Absurdist Michael: No, but it is hard to imagine any Muslim handcuffing himself to a glittery cross and living to tell about it.
Michael Dark/Subversive Observational Gob: Yeah, well, the Christians aren't so (bleep)-hot about it either.
Gob Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Narrator: Like Bryce Dallas and Paige Carlyle, was named after where she was conceived.
Michael: Oh, my God. I'm dating Ron Howard's girlfriend.
Michael Meta/Self-Referential Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Narrator: She was Ron's illegitimate daughter, a fact unbeknownst to many.
Narrator Meta/Self-Referential Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Michael: You're thinking of Moe Howard, the angry stooge who's been dead for a quarter century.
Michael Observational Setup/Punchline Buster: Daddy, my tummy's turning. I got to get out, I got to get out.
Buster Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick George Sr.: No, thanks. I've already crushed one with my car.
George Sr.: 'Cause I'm fat. It's because I am fat. You think I'm a fat person. These fat arms.
Dr. Norman: your testosterone numbers are off the charts. Below the charts, under the charts. I don't know how to say that.
Dr. Norman: I think I dumped it with a pot pipe and a bottle of cheetah sedative.
Dr. Norman: You, sir, are a very funny lady.
George Sr.: This feels right.
Lindsay: You're right, I mean, it's not like we're even technically related.
Lindsay Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Callback George Sr. (in disguise): I don't allow men in my apartment without my husband present.
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