Arrested Development Season 5: 18 WTF Moments

3. The Howard Family BBQ

Arrested Development Bryce Dallas Howard
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Ron Howard's presence reaches an insane apex this season when he hosts a Howard family BBQ in the sixth episode, which George Michael is invited to and attempts to sabotage by dyeing his hair red.

However, the "Howard Red" hair colouring ultimately charms Ron and the family - including cameos from Howard's real-life wife and kids, including Bryce Dallas Howard - and his desire to blow things up quickly evaporates.

Ron meanwhile finds himself dealing with Michael's desperate attempt to get the rights to the Bluth project - which he decides to transform into a streaming project - all while wearing a cooking apron that reads, "Howard you like your burger?" Genius.

Hell, there's even a brief cameo by Howard's late father Rance, urging Michael to keep an eye on his son.

Self-indulgent though this sequence might be, it was a whole lot of chaotic, bizarre fun all the same.

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