I think this is one of the very first episodes where the first act has almost nothing to do with the rest of the episode.

I made sloppy joes!

I made sloppy joes!

OH MY GOD

OH MY GOD

Aaaau ammphaumph imph mmmphoggh eeeas?

I am posting in this thread only because I am also from the GTA.

And I've been waiting for the miracle,
for the miracle of magnets to come.

The least sexiest come-on of all time. Uggggh.

So, in "Family Ties" we see a dot matrix printer very slowly printing out the screen with Nellie's phone number on it, and then later, there's a dot-matrix-printed banner that reads "Workers love Nellie". Is this perhaps a subtle way of showing us how the Bluth family's constant omission of connecting words on banners…

So, in "Family Ties" we see a dot matrix printer very slowly printing out the screen with Nellie's phone number on it, and then later, there's a dot-matrix-printed banner that reads "Workers love Nellie". Is this perhaps a subtle way of showing us how the Bluth family's constant omission of connecting words on banners…

It also ties in with Richard Shaw's line about having plenty of time in prison to eat ice cream… sandwiches, which is something, despite having watched the episode probably five times or so, I only caught now, reading the review.

It also ties in with Richard Shaw's line about having plenty of time in prison to eat ice cream… sandwiches, which is something, despite having watched the episode probably five times or so, I only caught now, reading the review.

@avclub-a79f8d92d5ec0c5f1434fca5ee0af8bf:disqus Featuring Michael's clone, Michael Bluuth.

@avclub-a79f8d92d5ec0c5f1434fca5ee0af8bf:disqus Featuring Michael's clone, Michael Bluuth.

I sure hope someone got fired for that blunder.

Ohhh, lumber has a million uses…

Mmm, engine block eggs. If we can keep these down, we'll be sitting pretty.

Oh, uh, I'm uh, I'm on a road, uh, looks to be asphalt, um, aw geez, trees, shrubs, uh, I'm directly under the Earth's sun… n…now.

Ah yes, The Ambassadors