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Clips from Arrested Development (2003) - Check Mates (S05E05)

"I'd just like to thank you for joining us for dinner."
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"You have burned so many phones talking to us."
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"-many more burnings. -Ganbei."
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"Well, shall we conclude the pleasantries and move on to business?"
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"Okay, so as you probably heard, our daughter,"
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"-Lindsay, lost the election. -[Lucille] Ah, that's right,"
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"and her opponent Sally Sitwell is very anti-wall."
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"We pleaded with her and asked her to support it,"
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"but she won't do it."
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"-So, our hands are tied. -[George Sr.] That's right."
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"So, unfortunately, we-- we, uh, are unable to build the wall."
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"So unfortunate."
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"[traditional Chinese music playing]"
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"Hey, is this music to you guys?"
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"I mean, do you really hear this as music?"
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"But Ms. Sitwell has publicly supported"
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"the construction of the wall."
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"-[sighs] -[Ron] Caught in a lie,"
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"George Sr. had no choice..."
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"[Ron]   ...but to tell a lie"
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"-with the word "truth" in it. -And, uh, we can get it for you right now."
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"I mean, just like that, but, um, you know what?"
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"-We-- We were thinking... -Wouldn't they rather wait"
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"We want the wall. We'll pass on the fruition."
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"Well, but, the banks are closed, you know, tomorrow being the seventh."
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"Take a little fruition. We'll talk in a couple of days."
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"-Oh, that's good. -[man] No, we won't."
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"Oh, please, please sit down. Please, can we just sit down?"
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"All right? Wait, I cannot believe I'm gonna do this, um..."
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"I want to tell you the truth,"
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"which is what my son insisted we do from the start."
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"The doctors give him three months to--"
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"-We spent all your money. -What did you lie?"
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"We bought the land on the border with your money."
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"I mean, at least we thought we did, and we were gonna"
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"sell it back to the United States for a profit,"
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"and we weren't gonna tell you."
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"But guess what? We-- We bought... [laughs]"
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"We bought the wrong land."
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"-We have Romneys. -Mm-hmm."
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"-Go on. -Then we spent every last dime we had"
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"trying to get our idiot daughter elected."
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"Who, by the way, has completely disappeared."
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"And we've been lying to you for months."
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"And I think she's [bleep] a surfer, and I can't get hard."
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"That is more than enough honesty."
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"how humiliating your circumstances were."
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"even in great failure,"
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"We'd like to offer you the opportunity"
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"to once again experience dignity"
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"by making a monetary gift to your family."
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"[Ron] And that's when the honesty unexpectedly paid off."
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"Perhaps $3 million will suffice"
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"for removing some shame."
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"Three million dollars. I mean, that gets... Whew. That gets... [laughs]"
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"...gets rid of a lot of-- lot of shame."
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"I mean, there would still be shame."
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"Yeah, I mean, we had shame walking in the door,"
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"but, I mean, wow..."
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"Is there a bank account we can wire the money to"
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"that would avoid unwanted attention for you?"
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"[Ron] The Bluths had such an account."
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"Oh, yeah, uh..."
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"That's... She's got that."
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"[Ron] And back at the office,"
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"Michael got off on his son's floor,"
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"-which he claimed was a... -Whoops! Force of habit."
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"Hey, Fakeblock."
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"Hey, Maeby."
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"-Hey. -[Michael] Hi, there."
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"Hey, what's with the games?"
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"The new president seems to think it's good for morale."
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"[employee] We'd rather get paid."
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"[Maeby] The new president gave you checks."
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"-You just can't, uh, cash 'em. -You hired a president?"
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"Yeah, we had to, in order to put the company on the market."
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"Please don't tell me that you made Gob the president."
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"[Gob] Did somebody wonder..."
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"if somebody else made Gob the president?"
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"What are you doing? I thought my son was president."
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"No, he's chief technical officer."
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"The president goes with the company when we sell."
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"I'm all for selling Gob, but I thought I talked him out of that."
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"Can I talk to George Michael? Is he here?"
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"[Maeby] George Michael?"
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"Who's that?"
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"He's a singer, I think. [chuckles]"
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"Like, a gay one. And, you know,"
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"you can't convert that away, but yeah,"
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"Uh, sorry, George Maharis."
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"No, I'm not George Maharis."
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"George Michael is George Maharis, and he's in your old office."
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"-Oh. Thank you. -[Gob] Don't know."
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"[laughs] God, Michael's so stupid. Everybody's gonna see."
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"-[knock on door] -[Michael] Hi. Hey."
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"I'm sure you're busy. I said I'd never do this."
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"-No, it's just-- -Am I interrupting?"
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"Uh, sorry. It's-- You know how deadlines are"
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"-with this stuff. It's tight. -Sure. You're selling the company?"
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"I thought the free office space would help."
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"that I don't know how I'm gonna pay the staff."
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"-[Michael] Mm-hmm. -I've gone through this three times."
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"I'm just... [grunts] I gotta get smart."
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"-What's that? -It's the thread-count question."
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"'Cause we just talked about this."
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"Bluth boys, we never give up."
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"And I hope that this isn't about Rebel."
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"I think it is a big mistake to take her money."
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"She's your girlfriend, not a business partner."
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"No, I agree. I'm not-- I'm not gonna do that."
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"Definitely not. Because I'm a long way from making this thing work."
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"I'll lose the employees, and then I'll never get a buyer."
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"I just don't think I can save it."
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"Oh, boy. Listen, I'm sure I'm not one to talk."
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"I finally got Mom and Dad to admit"
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"But it's over. Some things are just..."
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"they're-- they're beyond saving."
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"Even if I did, they wouldn't be able to admit it."
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"I mean, they just do not appreciate what I do."
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"I just think it's too bad that..."
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