Man, I do not get the people who were not absolutely thrilled by this fourth season of Arrested Development Netflix gave us. I mean, it’s more of the one of the greatest sitcoms ever, and if it wasn’t exactly what you wanted, it seems a bit like looking a gift horse in the mouth.

But SarahK and I absolutely loved it. Maybe part of it was expectations. I knew they were having trouble getting all the cast together — they all have other shows and projects now — and that the original idea was ten episodes, each one focusing on one character and catching us up with him or her before they do an Arrested Development movie. So I was looking at these episodes as like a little bonus — more like a DVD extra. So I was delighted to find out it was in fact a full season (in fact, much bigger than their third season). Yes, the main characters aren’t all together very much, but we still got so much of the humor we loved in the series in the first place. And the way the episodes run in parallel and unfolds like layers was brilliant; I’m really looking forward to a second viewing as I assume there are a bunch of jokes you won’t get until you’ve finished the season and now know the story behind everything.

And some people seem upset about how it ends, but the ideas is this is one act of three with either a movie or more Netflix seasons being acts two and three. Man, that better happen. Long live the Bluth family.

Oh, and now word is Dan Harmon is returning to Community. Great comedies are resurrecting everywhere. Now we just need some Firefly news…