Ichael Bluth(Jason Bateman),a widower with as 13-year-old son,named George-Michael (Michael Cera),is forced to keep his large and dysfunctional family together after his father(Jerrery Tsambor)is arrested for shifty accounting practices at the family-owned conglomerate and the Bluth family assets are frozen,making each member of the e3ccentric family panic.Michael's snobbish mother,Lucille(Jessica Waiter),finds herself living alone in a penthouse without the financial means to maintain it,while Michael's two brother,GOB(Will Arnett)and Buster(Tony Hale),and his sister Lindsay(Portia Derossi)wqith her Husband Tobias(David Cross)and her daughter mae(Alia Shawkat)also find themselves having to recreate their lifestytle to fit their new financial status.