"Marta Complex" | |
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Arrested Development episode | |
Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 12 |
Directed by | Joe Russo |
Written by | John Levenstein Jim Vallely |
Cinematography by | Greg Harrington |
Editing by | Steven Sprung |
Production code | 1AJD11 |
Original air date | February 8, 2004 |
Running time | 22 minutes |
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"Marta Complex" is the twelfth episode of the first season of the American television satirical sitcom Arrested Development. It was written by co-executive producer John Levenstein and consulting producer Jim Vallely, and directed by producer Joe Russo. It originally aired on Fox on February 8, 2004.
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, on Valentine's Day, Marta begins to fall for Michael, to his and Gob's misunderstanding. George Michael investigates his cousin's parentage for validation of his crush. Buster moves out of his mother's apartment. Lindsay wants a divorce from Tobias.