It is a small shame that a show as widely loved and praised as Arrested Development ended up petering out with just the smallest amount of fanfare. The show's 2013 return was such an event, mixed reactions notwithstanding. Just five years later when it came back for half of a fifth season, even the biggest fans I knew seemed to be in no real rush to check in; and now, a year further on, that fifth season seems to have concluded with just a whimper.
All this makes sense; nothing gold can stay, and the same unique beats and charms and pacing style that made Arrested Development such a long-term slow-burn success in the mid-to-late 2000s almost seemed to be working against it this time around, especially exacerbated by that decision to release the fifth season in two parts nearly a year apart.
At any rate, this is most assuredly the show's final season. At least two of the actors have explicitly said they're done with the show, and Jif effrey Tambor's on-set controversy wasn't playing well last year, that super-weird interview with the entire cast seems to have opened up fissures everywhere. I mean, maybe a movie at this point? But why bother?
All that said, I enjoyed this fifth season very much; new Arrested Development is a pleasure and a delight even after all these years, and it's nice to see the show brought to some sort of conclusion - even if the third season finale worked perfectly already.
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