: Michael’s teenage son, who tries to be a "good man" like his father but struggles with an awkward crush on his cousin, Maeby .

: The socially awkward youngest brother who is pathologically attached to his mother.

: Michael's older brother, a failed magician prone to elaborate and disastrous "illusions".

: Lindsay’s husband, a "never-nude" former psychiatrist who dreams of becoming an actor.

The plot begins when the family patriarch, , is arrested by the SEC for fraud and "light treason". With the family assets frozen and the business in ruins, the level-headed middle son, Michael Bluth , is forced to stay in Orange County to run the company and keep his selfish relatives from destroying themselves. Key Characters and Dynamics

: The manipulative, hypercritical matriarch who is constantly drinking and out of touch with reality.

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