| "Switch Hitter" | |
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| Arrested Development episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 7 |
| Directed by | Paul Feig |
| Story by | Courtney Lilly |
| Teleplay by | Barbie Adler |
| Cinematography by | Greg Harrington |
| Editing by | Robert Bramwell |
| Production code | 2AJD07 |
| Original air date | January 16, 2005 |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Guest appearances | |
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"Switch Hitter" is the seventh episode of the second season of the American television satirical sitcom Arrested Development. It is the 29th overall episode of the series, and was written by supervising producer Barbie Adler from a story by Courtney Lilly, and directed by Paul Feig. It originally aired on Fox on January 16, 2005.
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, armed with Michael's good ideas, Gob goes to work for their competitor, Stan Sitwell. George Sr. thinks Sitwell is just trying to win the company softball game.