Curb Your Enthusiasm
Summary
From a cameo - studded condemnable run to a sly first - episode callback , the series finish ofCurb Your Enthusiasmborrowed a lot fromSeinfeld ’s infamous ending . Ever since Larry was arrested in Atlanta for giving Auntie Rae a bottle of piss at the polling post , Curb Your Enthusiasmseason 12 has been building towards the inevitable trial . This setup naturally result to a lot of rooter theories thatCurbwould be copyingSeinfeld ’s last episode . And in the end , Curb ’s finale – time of year 12 , episode 10 , “ No Lessons see ” – did have a lot in common with theSeinfeldfinale .
Much like theSeinfeldfinale , theCurb Your Enthusiasmfinale sees the main character on trial in an unfamiliar town , facing jail fourth dimension for breaking an hidden local law . This trial allow for for a chronological sequence of guest sensation from the show ’s chronicle to resurface and furnish their testimony . After Larry is initially beam to jail , just like theSeinfeldgang , there ’s an unexpected gimmick that all transfer the ending .
The namesake ofSeinfeld , Jerry Seinfeld himself , has gotten the lawsuit thrown out due to a run - in with a juror who resembled Joe Pesci . Jerry spot the juror at the courthouse the next day and realized he had assault the segregation . But before Jerry save Larry from suffering the same finale fate he did , “ No Lessons Learned ” is jam - packed with reference toSeinfeld ’s last episode .
Larry David has wrapped up Curb Your Enthusiasm after 25 years , and the serial publication ' stop repeats ( and then upends ) the ill-famed Seinfeld finale .
7Larry Is On Trial In The Curb Finale Like Jerry, George, Elaine & Kramer In Seinfeld’s Finale
The Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm finales share the same premise
Curb Your Enthusiasm ’s finis shares the same premise asSeinfeld ’s finis . The main character of both shows are put on trial for go bad an apart local law . In theSeinfeldfinale , Jerry , George , Elaine , and Kramer ’s planing machine has to make an emergency landing in the modest townsfolk of Latham , Massachusetts . After showing thickened indifference to a carjacking , the four character are cop for violating the “ estimable Samaritan law ” – which enforces a duty to deliver – and put on run .
In theCurb Your Enthusiasmfinale , Larry is on trial in Atlanta for breaking the Election Integrity Act , a controversial , recently passed Georgia police that forbids people from giving out free food or H2O to elector waiting in stock at a polling station . InCurb Your Enthusiasmseason 12 , episode 1 , Larry was arrested for giving a bottle of water to Auntie Rae at a polling station . In the finale , the case finally goes to test and Larry deliver to Atlanta to take the stand .
6Both Finales Involve A Succession Of Familiar Faces Testifying Against The Main Characters In Court
Both finales have a “greatest hits” compilation of memorable guest stars
In theSeinfeldfinale , the trial is used as a vehicle to add back a bunch of familiar boldness from the show ’s history . Each week , the characters ofSeinfeldwronged a different one - off supporting eccentric , and in the finale , their past add up back to haunt them as all these enemies come out of the woodwork to take the stand against them in motor inn . TheCurb Your Enthusiasmfinale uses the same trick as the prosecuting lawyer – Earl Mack , played by Greg Kinnear – brings ina succession of fibre witnesses to attest against Larry .
TheSeinfeldfinale have appearance by Teri Hatcher as Sidra Holland , Brian Doyle - Murray as the Bubble Boy ’s father Mel Sanger , Philip Baker Hall as the library tec , Joe Bookman , and Larry Thomas as Yev Kassem , the “ Soup Nazi . ” Jane Leeves reprise her role as Marla Penny , Jerry ’s sexually inexperienced ex - lady friend who was horrified by the competition . Brian George return as Babu Bhatt , the Pakistani chef whose business enterprise was ruin by Jerry ’s suggestions and whose citizenship was ruined by Elaine ’s carelessness . Frances Bay return as Mabel Choate , the aged char whose rye bread was stolen by Jerry on the street .
TheCurb Your Enthusiasmfinale feature appearances by long - standing Larry rivals like Saverio Guerra as Mocha Joe and Dana Lee as Mr. Takahashi , as well as one - off character reference like Jillian Bell as Maureen , Larry ’s assistant from theSeinfeldreunion ( he peed on her portraiture of Jesus Christ ) . Bruce Springsteen return to charge Larry of intentionally taint him with COVID . Alexander Vindman render to accuse Larry of trying to bribe a city councilor . Tracey Ullman reprised her part as Larry ’s X Irma Kostroski to recount the tale of Larry stealing a pair of place from an exhibit in a Holocaust museum .
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Some of theCurbfinale ’s guest coming into court were deep cuts . Iris Bahr returned as Rachel Heineman , the womanhood who jump out off a ski lift to head off being with Larry after sunset . Bailey Thompson returned as Tara Michaelson from time of year 2 ’s “ The Doll ” – one ofCurb Your Enthusiasm ’s dandy episodes – a part she originally take on as a tiddler . Ellia English returned as Auntie Rae , initially to testify in Larry ’s favor before deciding to sabotage his causa by revealing every terrible affair he ever did to her . Like theSeinfeldfinale , theCurbfinale is a veritable who’s - who of past guest stars .
5Both Finales Are Intercut With News Coverage Of The Trial By Real Newscasters
In both theSeinfeldandCurb Your Enthusiasmfinales , the main action of the episode is intercut with news coverage of the trial run deliver by real - life newscasters . This news coverage serves two intent : it induce the necessary exposition out of the way succinctly and organically , and it shows that the finales ’ several run are national intelligence news report . The volume of theSeinfeldfinale ’s expo is deal by Geraldo Rivera , who famously host the tabloid talking showGeraldofrom 1987 to 1998 . CNBC particular correspondent Jane Wells also makes an visual aspect , but she ’s burdened with a pile less exposition than Rivera .
Joe Scarborough , Mika Brzezinski , and Willie Geist , from MSNBC’sMorning Joeshow , all come out as themselves report on Larry ’s trial in theCurb Your Enthusiasmfinale . All three had appear in previous time of year 12 episodes . The trio comment on Larry ’s apprehension on a TV screen in episode 2 , “ The Lawn Jockey , ” and Geist make out to L.A. to profile Larry in sequence 4 , “ Disgruntled . ” Throughout theCurbfinale , there is also some mass medium coverage of the trial from Dan Abrams , Chris Hayes , and Nicole Suárez , all trifle themselves .
4Richard’s Girlfriend Buys A Gun In Curb Your Enthusiasm (Like Susan’s Dad In Seinfeld)
Both finales tease a morbid ending that doesn’t come to fruition
Throughout theCurb Your Enthusiasmfinale , Richard Lewis reconnects with Cynthia , an old flame who lives in Atlanta , played by guest star Allison Janney . Larry has problems with Cynthia from the moment he meets her – before he even knows she ’s Richard ’s lady friend – in a route rage incident on the highway . On the final daylight of the trial , when Larry sees Richard in the courtroom , Richard tell him that he broke up with Cynthia and she ’s buy a heavy weapon , because she plans to kill Larry .
This is another callback to theSeinfeldfinale . InSeinfeld ’s last episode , while the panel deliberated over the verdict , Susan ’s father could be seen buy a accelerator , presumptively to kill George if he was found not shamefaced . In both finales , the purchase of a gun set up a morbid twist ending with a ghastly execution that never come to realization .
3Both Finales' Trials Result In A “Guilty” Verdict
Larry is found guilty, just like Jerry and co.
In theCurb Your Enthusiasmfinale ’s trial , Larry is at long last found shamefaced by the jury . This is the same verdict faced by Jerry , George , Elaine , and Kramer in their own trial in theSeinfeldfinale . Even the sentencing is the same . InSeinfeld ’s final sequence , Judge Art Vandelay – who shares his name with George ’s oft - used alias – condemn the foursome to one class in prison house . InCurb ’s terminal sequence , Judge Whittaker – played byBreaking Bad ’s Dean Norris – sentences Larry to the maximum prison time allow for violating the Election Integrity Act : one class .
The difference is that theSeinfeldgang stop up really serving their jail time . Larry is saved from prison when Jerry gets the case thrown out . There ’s a hilariously self - aware stratum to Jerry save Larry ’s fictional alter ego from face the same coda destiny that Larry designate Jerry ’s fictional alter ego to .
2Curb & Seinfeld’s Finales Both Have A Callback To The Series Premiere In A Jail Cell
Larry brings back the “pants tent” gag like Jerry and George brought back their shirt button conversation
After Larry is condemn to a yr in prison , the bailiff takes him to a slammer electric cell in the back of the courthouse . There , he notices a bunch - up of stuff in the crotch of his pants . He gets talking to a fellow gaolbird about how the bunch - up could be mistaken for an erecting , and the other convict asks what it ’s called , to which Larry answer , “ A pant tent . ” This is a callback toCurb Your Enthusiasm ’s very first installment – season 1 , episode 1 , “ The Pants Tent ” – in which a pants tent got Larry into trouble with one of Cheryl ’s friends .
This is a callback within a callback . Larry make a citation toCurb ’s first episode while he sits in jail follow his sentencing is like to Jerry and George score a reference toSeinfeld ’s first episode while they sat in jailhouse in their own stopping point . The pilot sequence ofSeinfeld – season 1 , episode 1 , “ The Seinfeld Chronicles ” – open with Jerry and George bantering about the locating of a release on George ’s shirt . In the concluding scene of the last episode , they have the same conversation , Logos for word , within the confines of their jail cell .
1In Curb & Seinfeld’s Finales, No One Learns Their Lesson
The title “No Lessons Learned” is very apt
In both theCurb Your EnthusiasmandSeinfeldfinales , no one learns their lesson . Judge Whittaker sentences Larry to a class in prison in the Leslie Townes Hope that he ’ll discover his example , but the case is confuse out shortly thereafter , so he does n’t have to acquire his lesson . The statute title of theCurbfinale , “ No Lessons Learned , ” makes a gunpoint of this . Even after make to go to prison house , the characters ofSeinfelddon’t discover their lesson , either .
Jerry , George , and Kramer are seen in prison house over the end acknowledgment of theSeinfeldfinale , and they have n’t deepen a act . The final sequence of theCurb Your Enthusiasmfinale discover Larry and his Quaker on a plane fly back to L.A. , niggle about the shade on Susie ’s window . This scenery manifest that Larry has n’t changed a bit in 25 year .
