I can't even start with how amazing this show is, it's the most watchable and rewarding comedy I think I've ever seen. It's as good as if not better than Frasier but it's a very different kind of sitcom.

It begins with Michael Bluth (the AWESOME and perfectly cast Jason Bateman) and his large wealthy Californian family having their assets seized and their property company put on the ropes after their father ('The Larry Sanders Show's' Jeffrey Tambor) is arrested and jailed for 'some light treason'. The first season follows the family - as if a camera crew were recording them, with narration from Ron Howard - as they are forced to become a family again and save the company.

The cast works so well together - Jessica Walter is comedy gold as Lucille the Matriarch, Portia De Rossi as Micheal's sister, Lindsay, David Cross as her confused former Doctor husband, Tobias, the equally awesome Micheal Cera (Juno) as Micheal's son George Micheal, and Alia Shawkatt as Lindsay and… more »

I can't even start with how amazing this show is, it's the most watchable and rewarding comedy I think I've ever seen. It's as good as if not better than Frasier but it's a very different kind of sitcom.

It begins with Michael Bluth (the AWESOME and perfectly cast Jason Bateman) and his large wealthy Californian family having their assets seized and their property company put on the ropes after their father ('The Larry Sanders Show's' Jeffrey Tambor) is arrested and jailed for 'some light treason'. The first season follows the family - as if a camera crew were recording them, with narration from Ron Howard - as they are forced to become a family again and save the company.

The cast works so well together - Jessica Walter is comedy gold as Lucille the Matriarch, Portia De Rossi as Micheal's sister, Lindsay, David Cross as her confused former Doctor husband, Tobias, the equally awesome Micheal Cera (Juno) as Micheal's son George Micheal, and Alia Shawkatt as Lindsay and Tobias' daughter Maebe (on whom George Micheal has a conflicting crush), and finally Gob, the last Bluth sibling, a failed magician, played expertly by Will Arnett.

But every episode is SO layered with gags you can literally watch this a dozen times and still see new jokes - both verbal and visual - going off everywhere. It's so densely packed it's as rewarding to me to watch now, after many, many viewings, as it was the first time.

With a guest roster including Liza Minelli, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, Henry Winkler (priceless as the slaezy family attorney), and many other comedy stars this is comedy genius that you rarely see.

Please, please, just buy this first series, and you'll have the rest in no time!!!