It has been seven long years – seven of the longest – for fans of the T.V. series with the ultimate cult following: Arrested Development.
Yesterday, 15 new episodes were released exclusively on Netflix, and no doubt fans around the country didn’t leave their houses for roughly seven hours straight.
Will Leitch is contributing editor for New York Magazine. Earlier this month, he wrote a piece called “The Persistent Cult of Arrested Development.”
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