Arts & Entertainment

You’re making ‘a huge mistake’ if you’re not watching “Arrested Development” this weekend

Charlie Craft
May 24, 2013

Hardcore fans, an unbeatable cast, and seven years of anticipation: this weekend, on May 26, “Arrested Development” is back. The defunct Fox sitcom that lasted only four seasons (2003-2006) is returning with 15 new episodes available all at once exclusively on Netflix streaming. The show, although not initially popular with viewers (though it always received rave reviews from critics) accrued a massive following that continued to grow even after the show’s cancellation.

Fans continually wanted more episodes, and the creator of the show, Mitchell Hurwitz, indulged them with hints that he was thinking about writing new episodes. Then, talk of meetings with other writers were rumored and finally, in fall 2011, it was announced that the show was returning with a mini-season.

Since then, the excitement among fans has been growing into a frenzy, culminating in a touring Bluth Banana Stand, an iconic locale in the show, to London, New York City and Los Angeles.

“Arrested Development” Season 4 will be premiering on Netflix on Sunday, although the exact time is not known it is likely that fans will start hitting ‘refresh’ around 12:01 a.m. and they won’t stop until they get their fix. Monthly Netflix subscriptions start at $7.99.

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Charlie Craft, Arts and Culture Editor

Hand-delivering a golden owl to one of your heroes may seem like an impossible dream, but for Charlie Craft, senior, this is a dream come true. Craft’s favorite band, My Morning Jacket, announced a tour before his recent trip to Japan in the summer of 2012. Knowing the band has an obsession with owls and bears, he made it his personal goal to find an item to give to the band. While scouring various markets in Tokyo, Kobe and Osaka, Japan, Craft found the perfect golden owl. Craft was luckily able to obtain sound-check tickets where he met the singer, Jim James. After briefly talking, he handed James the owl and in return, received an owl of his own. Star-struck, he could do nothing but say “thank you.”

“Owls are my favorite animal,” Craft said, “Because they look funny and are silent killers.”

For now, Craft has to worry about repaying his parents for his Japan trip. Craft works at Bellagio’s Pizza where he is a self-proclaimed “Pizza Insider.”

“A Pizza Insider does everything short of delivering pizzas,” Craft said.

Being stuck in a terrible job is Craft’s greatest fear, which is not the current case. Craft plans to work at Bellagio’s until college. He hopes to attend the University of Oregon, ideally majoring in media studies but he admits it could change at any moment.

The college search process has been “weighing down on” him for a while and Craft is ready to finalize his future plans. Until then, he plans on protecting his coveted owl from his three cats and golden retriever and also “loving” his cat Curry.