Arrested Development (2003)

The show that rewards a notebook more than any other. The Bluth family saga hides jokes in the background, plants setups episodes ahead of their payoff and stacks running gags until a single word or chicken impression can bring the house down. Buster's eventual run-in with a seal is hinted at several times before it happens, and you only notice the clues once you know. Ron Howard's dry narration adds another layer of punchlines on top of each scene. The original three seasons on Fox are the tightest; the later Netflix seasons are more uneven, so start at the beginning.