Larry David and Cheryl Hines on ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’.Photo:HBO
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Warning: this story contains spoilers from the season finale ofCurb Your Enthusiasm.
Consider your enthusiasm curbed.
Curb Your Enthusiasmcame to an end on Sunday, April 7, following 12 seasons spanning 24 years. The series finale picked up afterLarry Davidfell from grace as a liberal hero because he gaveBruce SpringsteenCOVID.
In the final episode, titled “No Lessons Learned,” Larry stood trial for giving a bottle of water to Auntie Rae (Ellia English) while in line at a polling station, which violated a controversial new Georgia state law.
Of course, the flight to Atlanta to attend the trial wasn’t without incident — Larry got into trouble with the flight attendant for not putting his phone into airplane mode, and so he snitched on Leon (JB Smoove) and Jeff (Jeff Garlin) whose phones were also on. (During the flight, Leon watchedSeinfeldfor the first time, and told Larry he didn’t realize it was a show about “a–,” marveling about how many women Jerry dated.)
Larry David on ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’.John Johnson/HBO
John Johnson/HBO
Then comes the surprise! When viewers met Richard’s flame, it was indeed Janney, the woman who wouldn’t let Larry and Leon in the turning lane, although she denied that was her.
After the trial began, the DA brought in witness Mocha Joe, Larry’s longtime nemesis. Joe told the jurors about their longstanding rivalry. The next witness was Larry’s Country Club owner Mr. Takahashi, who told the jurors how Larry killed the club’s black swan with his golf club. It wasn’t looking great for Larry, so Leon told him that he needs to appear more sympathetic to the jurors, and that he should be seen dating a woman in a wheelchair or something similar.
The next day, Susie rolled into the courtroom in a wig and wheelchair, pretending to be Larry’s girlfriend — a move that ended up being a fail after she stood up out of the chair to shout at her husband Jeff.
The DA continued to call more and more people from Larry’s past whom he’s had run-ins with, includingBruce Springsteen. Later in the evening, Larry sat with old palJerry Seinfeld, who had come to town to support Larry. They had the kind of conversation that felt right out ofSeinfeldepisode.
As the trial continued, there were more flashbacks from seasons past, highlighting things Larry has (hilariously) done wrong over the years. The next day the verdict was read, and — spoiler alert! — the jurors found him guilty. He was sentenced to one year in prison.
As Larry sat in a jail cell, Jerry Seinfeld appeared again. It turned out he’d realized that a man he’d had an awkward run-in with the night before was one of the jurors, who was supposed to be sequestered. The entire event was declared a mistrial, and the sentencing was dismissed.
The episode ended with the whole gang on a flight back to L.A., featuring Susie opening her window shade on the plane and getting in a fight with the regular cast and crew about the awful glare. “Oh go back to jail, Larry!” she shouted.
Larry David (left) and J.B. Smoove on ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’.HBO
Along with Springsteen,Curb Your Enthusiasmseason 12 featured guest appearances fromSteve Buscemi,Savannah Guthrie,Sean Hayes,Hoda Kotb,Dan Levy,Lori Loughlin,Sienna Miller,Conan O’BrienandRob Riggle.
Susie Essman on ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’.HBO
Garlin admitted onThe Rich Eisen Showlast month that he “began bawling” when the show’s final scene wrapped.
“I’m all a mess and I’m walking back to my trailer and I see [Larry] coming back to just pat me on the back, saying, you know, ‘I know, pal’ … now I’m getting sentimental on here!” Garlin, 61, said.
Tracey Ullman, the actress behind politician Irma Kostroski onCurb, credited David with the comedy’s longevity. “Larry’s secretly a lovely man,” Ullman, 64, toldThe Guardian. “A show can’t go on this long without someone great at the top.”
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Curb Your Enthusiasmis streaming now on Max.
source: people.com
