| Tv Club Arrested Development, Season 4 Tobias is a terrible theralist. By Torie Bosch
Posted Monday, Jun 03, 2013, at 01:01 PM ET  In Slate's Arrested Development TV Club, two fans will IM about each episode of Season 4 once they finish watching it. Today, Future Tense editor Torie Bosch and video producer Chris Wade recap Episode 9, "Smashed." Chris Wade: It's hard to talk about specific episodes after having finished the whole thing. Have you finished?
Torie Bosch: No, this is the last episode I've watched. Wade: For me, everything feels just like a piece of one giant story, and the rewatch was more a reminder of what I can't talk about, even though I know it's implied in the 'sode. Which in itself is interesting, and I think says a lot about the ultimate strengths of the season as a whole. Bosch: I'll trust you to hint—without spoilers, of course—where my viewing and predictions will end up as off-note as Argyle Austero. Wade: Perfecto. (By the way, that word is foreshadowing.) Bosch: Episode 8 seemed to go on forever. But this one reinvigorated me. So much terrible behavior! Wade: Yes, I had been looking forward to more Tobias, and I found it pretty satisfying, save for maybe fewer never-nude jokes and less expertly-worded gay innuendo than I would have hoped. But overall, it was a pretty perfect little Tobias story of him insinuating his nonexistent performing career into where it doesn't belong. Bosch: His direction of The Fantastic Four (or The Fantastic Three and Lousy One) was arguably even more disastrous than ... To continue reading, click here.
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