When Michael realizes that Oscar, not George Sr., is serving time in prison, he sets off to find his father while trying to find time to reconnect with his son at the family's cabin. Gob learns he has a son.
The Arrested Development episode "The Cabin Show" provides examples of:
- All Part of the Show: Reportedly, George Sr. almost choked on a marshmallow during a Blue Man act but nobody noticed because it looked like miming. And being blue didn't help either.
- Almost Kiss: Between Maeby and George Michael in Reno.
- Fun with Acronyms: Sons And Dads reunion project.
- Fun with Homophones:Narrator: While George Michael waited for the sunset... another set of sons arrived.
- Immediate Self-Contradiction: Michael notes that Lindsay only wants things she cannot have and will not like things she can. She denies but then Michael promises her the Volvo which she suddenly doesn't want any longer.
- Kitschy Themed Restaurant: Tobias waits tables in a Reno restaurant dressed as a cowboy.
- Mistaken from Behind: Invoked by Tobias who dressed up as Kitty to make Lindsay jealous.
- Something Only They Would Say: Michael goes to visit his father in jail. However, George Sr. tricked his twin brother Oscar into taking his place, and Oscar tries to convince Michael of this. When Michael doesn't believe him, and leaves to follow through on his plans with George Michael, Oscar tells him "I understand. Your child comes first." Michael responds with, "Oh my God, you're Oscar!"
- Trapped in a Sinking Car: Played with. Lucille is watching a news story about Susan Smith
, who drowned her sons by letting her car roll into a lake with her sons inside. Lucille later lets her car roll into a lake with Buster still in the back. - Waiting for a Break: Tobias resorts to his practice in Reno.
