Was season 4 Arrested Development's best yet?  Feature Gem
Wheeler 12 Jun 2013 - 07:00  Gem argues that in many ways,
Arrested Development's fourth season is the show at its very
best...  This article contains spoilers for the fourth season of
Arrested Development.  It was always going to divide opinion.
Let's face it, classic sitcoms aren't revived every day, and the
build-up to Arrested Development's return from TV limbo fostered
ridiculously high expectations. No showrunner could ever hope to
please all of the fans, all of the time. Unsurprisingly, reviews
have been mixed. Some praised the continuing audacity of AD's
plotting, the multi-layered references and the depth of the
characterisation. Others criticised the immoderate length of
some episodes, while lamenting the absence of several key cast
members for long stretches.   Yet for all that, Arrested
Development's fourth season was perhaps its most accomplished to
date. Okay, some elements didn't quite work. Yes, the longer
episode length proved to be p