'Arrested Development': What the critics are saying

The Netflix-only fourth season of Arrested Development went live at 3 a.m. EST this morning, and if you didn't see the Twitter deluge coming, well, you're one of these people:A megalomaniacal magician who makes a lot of huge mistakes. A hook-handed, shoulder-rubbing stay-at-home son who suffers from panic attacks. A well-intended, sensible yet slightly superior martyr/father who's trying toThe Hollywood Reporter: "The beauty about the Netflix version of 'Arrested Development' is that, given the laws of time and hype, it should not have succeeded. But the series quickly found its pacing, the elaborate 'Rashomon' structure revealed itsThere was only one problem: Arrested Development was created in 2003, when almost nobody had a DVR, when TV shows weren't always offered on DVD, and when online streaming seemed unimaginable. (Netflix launched

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