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Marta Complex
"Marta Complex"
Complex" Gob’s girlfriend Marta, who is impressed by the roman-
tic side of Michael when she finds out he’s responsible for
Arrested Development episode the party. Like his father, George Michael is also harbor-
Episode no. Season 1 ing a secret crush, on his cousin Maeby. He searches for a
Episode 12 sign using the messages stamped on candy hearts. After
some digging, he finds one that reads "Maybe Tonight"
Directed by Joe Russo
and considers that a sign. And Lucille, still trying to break
Written by John Levenstein up the relationship between Buster and Lucille Austero,
Jim Vallely sets Lucille up with Carl Weathers, Tobias’s acting coach,
Production code 1AJD11 on a night Buster has class. Michael gives a stirring toast
to each couple and to love in general, and that’s when
Original air date February 8, 2004
Marta realizes that Michael is the one she should be with,
Guest stars not Gob. The next morning, Lindsay says the party finally
woke her up: she needs a divorce. Tobias’s never-nude af-
Patricia Velásquez as Marta Estrella
Liza Minnelli as Lucille Austero fliction is too much for her.
Carl Weathers as Himself Meanwhile, Gob thinks Marta is cheating on him with
BW Gonzales as Lupe a man named Hermano after overhearing her on the
Oliver Patrick Sandino as Amable phone talking to her mother. Hermano is Spanish for
Casey Sandino as Cortesio
"brother": she was talking about Michael. But neither
Season 1 episodes Michael nor Gob realize this, and they agree to work to-
gether to find Hermano. Lindsay decides she and George
November 2003 – June 2004
1. Pilot Michael will switch roommates: he’ll bunk with Tobias
2. Top Banana now, and she with Maeby. George Michael fears that To-
3. Bringing Up Buster bias saw the "Maybe Tonight" candy heart and figured
4. Key Decisions out his cousin-crush. Buster, fed up with Lucille’s inter-
5. Visiting Ours
ference, decides to move out and live with Lucille 2, but
6. Charity Drive
7. My Mother, the Car she doesn’t want to be his substitute mother, so she
8. In God We Trust doesn’t allow him to move in. Lucille 1 refuses to let him
9. Storming the Castle move back in.
10. Pier Pressure Michael follows Marta around all day in an effort to
11. Public Relations
track down the mysterious "Hermano." Visiting the set of
12. Marta Complex
13. Beef Consommé her show, he asks around for Hermano and gets directed
14. Shock and Aww back and forth between two brothers. Elsewhere, Lucille
15. Staff Infection visits George Sr. in prison for some advice, because she’s
16. Missing Kitty living alone for the first time ever and she’s a little ner-
17. Altar Egos
vous. George Sr., who has just released a self-help video
18. Justice Is Blind
19. Best Man for the Gob about his learning experiences in prison, advises her to
20. Whistler’s Mother find happiness in being alone.
21. Not Without My Daughter Buster arrives at the model home, where Tobias is ex-
22. Let ’Em Eat Cake cited about an upcoming audition. Marta drops by, and
All Arrested Development episodes Buster immediately falls in love with her. Michael, who
had been following Marta, arrives shortly after, and is
"Marta Complex is the 12th episode of the TV comedy
Marta Complex" surprised to see both Buster and Marta. Michael agrees to
series Arrested Development. let Buster stay with him for a while. Marta asks Michael if
they can go out to dinner to have a talk. Upstairs, Lindsay
confesses to Maeby that she and Tobias are having trou-
Plot ble. In the next room, Tobias confesses to George Michael
Michael Bluth convinces his mother to throw what she that he hasn’t made love to Lindsay in years. He also
thinks is a Valentine’s Day party, but is, in fact, an an- mentions that they couldn’t conceive, which makes Ge-
niversary party for Tobias and Lindsay. In attendance is orge Michael wonder if Maeby isn’t a blood relative. But
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then Carl Weathers calls to tell Tobias that he has gotten Character cameos
the role of "Frightened Inmate #2."
• Liza Minnelli’s character, Lucille Austero, left the
At dinner at Marta’s home, Marta and Michael talk at
show after this episode, but both her character and
cross purposes: she alludes to her attraction to Michael,
her romance with Buster will be rekindled in Season
while he implies that he "knows" she’s cheating on Gob.
2’s "Queen for a Day."
Michael, still believing that Marta is having an affair with
• This is the second time real-life brothers Oliver
someone named Hermano, calls out Marta for her affair;
Patrick Sandino and Casey Sandino appeared as
she asks him to leave. Then he notices a gift and note
Marta’s children, Amable and Cortesio, but the first
addressed to him. Michael asks Marta’s son what "her-
time they appeared for more than just a cameo.
mano" means, and finally realizes that she meant him.
• This is Carl Weathers’ last performance as himself on
the show until he returns in Season 2’s "Motherboy
Episode notes XXX," though he continues to be mentioned.
• This episode was intended as the Valentine’s Day
episode, and several decorations can be seen
Foreshadowing
throughout the episode. • Tobias’s role as "Frightened Inmate #2" will recur
• This episode’s title is a reference to the psychological future episodes, most notably in "Staff Infection,"
term Martyr complex. when he has himself incarcerated in George Sr.’s
• When Arrested Development was first picked up by prison for research.
FOX, it was for only 13 episodes, so this episode was • This episode marks the first indication that Maeby
largely intended only to set up the next episode, might not be George Michael’s biological cousin, a
"Beef Consommé," which continues the storylines concept that will recur.
involving Marta, George Michael searching for
Maeby’s parentage, and Lindsay’s marital difficulties Hidden/background jokes
with Tobias; it was designed to possibly serve as the • - During this episode Lucille’s maid, Lupe, is wearing
series finale. a Thanksgiving sweatshirt, even though the episode
• When Marta arrives at the house to talk to Michael, is supposedly set during Valentine’s Day.
she’s interrupted by Michael’s cell phone ringing in • - Tobias’ wardrobe seems to consist primarily of
the same manner that he was once interrupted by "never-nude" cutoff jeans.
Marta’s house phone when he went to her house to
confess his attraction. Running jokes
• On the next...: "George Michael begins an • I’ve made a huge mistake - Michael to Marta’s son
investigation, Tobias faces his greatest acting referring to him suspecting Marta of being unfaithful
challenge, and Buster rebounds from Lucille 2." to Gob; Gob to Marta during flashbacks; Marta to
herself about being with the wrong brother.
Cultural references • Like Annyong later on, the Bluths mistake a foreign
• Maeby references the film Action Jackson starring Carl word (hermano) for a name.
Weathers.
• When introducing Carl Weathers, a clip is shown
from his role in the movie Predator.
External links
• When Lucille invites Carl Weathers to dinner with • "Marta Complex" at the Internet Movie Database
Lucille 2, she references Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, • "Marta Complex" at TV.com
which also portrays a black man visiting a white • "Marta Complex" at The-OP.com
woman and her entirely white family.
• Lucille listens to the Ethel Merman version of the
song "Rose’s Turn" from the musical Gypsy while
celebrating her first night alone.
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