Arrested Development (complete series)

The Chicken Dance alone earns it an A-. Add to that the Chicken Dance leitmotif and you got yerself an A, mister.

This show had a lot of untapped potential. The first season is funny, and almost works, but it's a little too smart for its own good. Season two is better, more settled, more confident. Less jokey. Gob matures into the moral powerhouse we all know he is. Season three is a masterpiece. Maybe it was the staff saying, "Fuck it, we're getting canceled anyway," maybe it was the two practice swings, or dry runs, or what have you, but the show's final season completely lets go and reaches wild comedic heights so thin of air that even the hardiest Sherpa dares not ascend without bottled goods and faster, stronger Sherpas to carry them.

It's sad that the product title, in a fatal moment of irony, came to signify itself. Also, great show or no, Jason Bateman is a twat. David Cross is not.