Arrested Development

I want to start by just saying this is an incredible show and in my TOP 5 for sure! But the real reason for this post is that I have always wondered where they got this name from for the show. Today I had an epiphany, as I was studying Freud and his theories, and it all makes sense now. For anyone who has watched the show the gist of it is that it is about a very dysfunctional family (more so then ours:)

So, I was reading about the psychosexual stages in life (that Freud believed to be true) and he discusses how if any of these "stages" is skipped or something traumatic happens during that "stage" then that person is "Stuck" in that stage and will show signs of it later in their life. An example Freud gives (keep in mind this is not my opinion) is a child in the oral stage; if they are not breast fed or their parents don't allow them to suck their thumb or pacifier then they did not get the pleasure they desired from that stage in order to progress....so later on in life they may become a smoker or someone who gossips frequent, all in all, something to do with the mouth.

Long story short, and I do not want to go into anymore detail as Freud is an interesting character that causes a lot of controversy, but the show is called Arrested Development because the family members are all "stuck" in a certain stage. I am going to go on to analyze the characters and the stages I believe they are "stuck" in later...so stay tuned!