Script-of-the-Week: Arrested Development “Pilot”

by Mitchell Hurwitz (34 pages)

Awards: 2004 won an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

Points of Interest:

• Pacing: Very Quick. Lots of short scenes.

• Screen Visibility: Minimal.

• Formatting: Traditional formatting. Subtitle or “Chyron” is used to indicate flashbacks.

• Dialogue: Extremely well crafted and well timed.

• Action: Description of character movement in accordance with the timing of many jokes.

• Act Structure: Act One, Act Two, Tag. 52 Scenes.

Note: Only a two act episode with a follow up Tag comprised of short “false prelude” to a potential future episode which never happened (or was never aired as part of the series).