How ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ ended with a ‘Seinfeld’ twist
It’s pretty, pretty good.
“Curb Your Enthusiasm” ended Sunday nig🐬ht with a tw🌳ist paying homage to creator Larry David’s “Seinfeld” roots.
Spoilers ahead for the series finale of “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
At the end of the HBO 🍸comedy, titled “No Lessons Learned,” the show — which a൲ired for 12 seasons, from 2000 to 2024 — circled back to the plot line that began when Larry was arrested in Atlanta for giving water to Auntie Rae (Ellia English) while she was standing on line to vote.
This violated a local Georgia law and made Larry an unlikely folk 𝐆hero, despite the fact that he didn’t do it on purpose. In the spirit of the show, he had been unawa🌜re that he was breaking any law, and he hadn’t intended for the gesture to be a grand statement.
In the finale, Larry and his pals go to Atlanta for the trial. He’s accompanied by Cheryl (Cheryl Hines), Ted Danson (playing himself), Jeff (Jeff Garlin), Susie (Susie Essman), Leon (JB Smoove) and the late Richard Lewis (playing himself. He died in February).
During the trial, presided over by Judge Whitaker (Dean Norrisꦯ), Larry and his lawyer Sibby Sanders (Sanaa Lathan) 🃏are up against district attorney Earl Mack (Greg Kinnear).
But, Larry is more concerned ab☂out more 🧸urgent matters, like the lack of coasters in court.
Many of Larry’s enemies over the years take the stand to testify about his antisocial behavior, including Mocha Joe (Saverio Guerra), Mr. Takahashi (Dana Lee), Rachel Heineman (Iris Bahr), and Bruce Springsteen (playing himself — appearing via video to berate Larry fꦑor giving him COVID-19).
Larry is found guilty and se🧸ntenced t♔o a year in prison.
“Seinfeld” notoriously ended with a pol✅arizing episode that David wrote. It saw Jerry, George Costanza (Jason Alexander), Kramer (Michael Richards) and Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) also spending a year behind bars.
But, unlike the “Seinfeld” cast, on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” Larry is then saved by Seinfeld, who rescues him after he learns t🔯hat a juror broke the rules of his sequestration, causing a mistrial. So Larry gets out on𒈔 a technicality.
Jerry🐠 and Larry have a chat❀ that gives a nod to the “Seinfeld” finale.
“You don’t want to end up like this. No one w📖ants to see it. Trust me,” Jerry says.
Larry responds, “Oh my God, this is how we should h🍌ave ended the finale!”
The series closes on Larry and his en🧜tourage getting into a🃏 petty squabble on the flight back to LA after Susie opens the window shade.
