John Beard

Moments after Michael Bluth decides he’s leaving the family business because he was passed over for a promotion, his father is arrested for shady bookkeeping.

Michael falls in love with Gob's girlfriend, Marta. As part of an advertising act, Gob attempts to escape from the prison where his father is imprisoned. Lindsay joins the environmental cause and Buster receives a romantic note from Lucille's rival.

Michael realizes that running the company isn't going to be as easy as he thought, especially since his father seems to be pulling some strings from inside the joint.

When Michael goes through a difficult time trying to get his son to enter a prestigious school, he decides to hire an attractive publicist to change the sad image of his family.

As Lucille begins an affair with George Sr.'s twin brother, Oscar, the Mexican police arrest George Sr. after they mistake him for Oscar, who's wanted on marijuana charges.

While the government wants to cut a deal with Michael over the whereabouts of his father, George Sr. wants Michael to find out if Lucille is really in love with Oscar.