| "Making a Stand" | |
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| Arrested Development episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 8 |
| Directed by | Peter Lauer |
| Written by | Mitchell Hurwitz Chuck Tatham |
| Cinematography by | Greg Harrington |
| Editing by | Richard Candib |
| Production code | 3AJD07 |
| Original air date | December 19, 2005 |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Guest appearances | |
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"Making a Stand" is the eighth episode of the third season of the American television satirical sitcom Arrested Development. It is the 48th overall episode of the series, and was written by series creator Mitchell Hurwitz and co-executive producer Chuck Tatham, and directed by Peter Lauer. It originally aired on Fox on December 12, 2005. The episode is Hurwitz's joint-favorite episode, the other being "Pier Pressure",[1] while also making the Parents Television Council's Worst Primetime TV Show of the Week list for the first week of 2006 due to its "graphic violence and dysfunction."[2]
The series, narrated by Ron Howard, follows the Bluths, a formerly wealthy, dysfunctional family, who made their money from property development. The Bluth family consists of Michael, his twin sister Lindsay, his older brother Gob, his younger brother Buster, their mother Lucille and father George Sr., as well as Michael's son George Michael, and Lindsay and her husband Tobias' daughter Maeby. In the episode, after yet another instance of George Sr. pitting Michael and Gob against each other, Michael decides to teach his father a lesson.