Jenna Mullins, on the return of Arrested Development:
Jason Bateman doesn’t want fans to call this season four, but it should be referred to as an “act one” that will lead to a feature film. “These are episodes that set that up.” However, if the feature film doesn’t happen, the new episodes won’t leave viewers hanging. “It is certainly a satisfying conclusion to these episodes if for some reason a movie doesn’t happen, but they are all meant to work within one another as a hybrid package of Arrested Development stuff,” Bateman insisted.