Curb Your Enthusiasm
Summary
TheCurb Your Enthusiasmfinale is packed full of callback to some of the show ’s best sequence . Just like theSeinfeldfinale which Larry David also helped create , the final sequence ofCurb Your Enthusiasmfeatures its main eccentric having his day in court . This allows the prosecution to bring in plenty of character witnesses to attest against Larry , but the episode also makes other , much more subtle callback .
The finale was a kind of compilation of the show ’s greatest hitting , with many ofCurb Your Enthusiasm ’s best episodesbeing referred to in one way or another . Some episodes were shown in flashback , while others were only mentioned briefly . In sum , there are 28 recall wind intoCurb ’s bumper finish , and this provides a misstep down storage lane for fans of the show who have been there for all 12 seasons .
28S7, E10, “Seinfeld”
One of the most subtle references of the episode
Season 7 was one ofCurb Your Enthusiasm ’s best seasons , so it was a dainty for devotee that the finale bring back Larry ’s moral force with Jerry Seinfeld . The finis refers back to the show’sSeinfeldreunion tale line with one of Larry ’s most famous line . When he first insert the court , he interpret that there are no coasters on the board , so he questions whether the court respects wood .
In season 7 , sequence 10 " Seinfeld , " Julia Louis - Dreyfus impeach Larry of not using a coaster on one of her wooden tables , prompting him to find the real culprit by question people who were at the same party . He uses the line"Do you respect wood?“This subtle callback was also a nice nod to Louis - Dreyfus , even though she did n’t make an appearance in theCurbfinale .
27S10, E1, “Happy New Year”
Mocha Joe was the first witness at Larry’s trial
Curb Your Enthusiasm ’s finale bring back old charactersto testify at Larry ’s test , starting with Mocha Joe . Although the two used to be Friend , Larry and Mocha Joe spring up a bowelless contention over the course of season 10.Mocha Joe ’s testimony starts with him recite how Larry first walked into his storeand embark on complaining about the hard scones and rickety tables . This sets the events of season 10 in motion .
Larry David has wrap up Curb Your Enthusiasm after 25 class , and the serial ' ending repeats ( and then upends ) the notorious Seinfeld finale .
26S10, E10, “The Spite Store”
Mocha Joe’s testimony gets more and more irate
Mocha Joe continue his testimony against Larry by charge him of burning down his shop . After Larry localize up his own spite store next door , " Latte Larry ’s , " he tries everything in his power to ruin Mocha Joe ’s business . He does n’t necessitate to turn a profits , so he can undercut Joe without take to worry . The time of year ends with both of their stores going up in flame . As Larry is right to point out in court , the fervidness actually has nothing to do with him . It ’s an accident have by Joey Funkhouser .
25S7, E7, “The Black Swan”
Mr. Takahashi takes the stand
Mr. Takahashi is one ofLarry ’s biggest enemy onCurb Your Enthusiasm , so he was never going to miss the opportunity to testify against him in courtroom . Mr. Takahashi is the owner of the golf club Larry and his friends go to . He has many disagreements with Larry over the class , but nothing liken to the season 7 episode when Larry is draw to kill Mr. Takahashi ’s darling black swan in self - defense .
24S12, E4, “Disgruntled”
Larry gets blamed for Jeff’s actions
Mr. Takahashi also claims in his testimonial that Larry is"always disgruntled” . This pertain to the season 12 instalment in which an anon. golf-club fellow member posts an exposed varsity letter to management in the footlocker room , complaining about small item like the quality of the food and the towel . Mr. Takahashi launches an investigation to find who is responsible so that he can discharge them from the club . Jeff is the one who is disgruntled , but Mr. Takahashi needs no excuse to charge Larry .
23S12, E3, “Vertical Drop, Horizontal Tug”
Larry can’t stay out of trouble at the golf club
Mr. Takahashi has a caboodle of grievances with Larry . He also work up the time of year 12 episode in whichLarry scratch Academy Award - winning actor Troy Kotsur with a golf ball . Kotsur is deaf , so Larry does n’t yell"fore"as his bollock trip down the course . The only reason that he can hit a ball that far is that he eavesdrops on Troy ’s golf lessons , and he learns to sum up a perpendicular driblet and a horizontal tug to his swinging .
22S11, E10, “The Mormon Advantage”
The prosecution brings back one of Curb’s most surprising guest stars
The District Attorney at Larry ’s test keeps his spectator coming with Alexander Vindman , the whistleblower who testified against President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial . In the season 11 finish , he fluff the whistling on Larry when he prove to push through a zone law to save his skin . TheCurbfinale also references a dissimilar view in " The Mormon Advantage " during Irma ’s testimony . regain himself without shoes at a holocaust museum , Larry steals a brace from a mess belonging to holocaust dupe .
Jerry Seinfeld cause an unexpected return in the Curb Your Enthusiasm close , and Larry David knock off no clock time resurrect their funniest scene together .
21S5, E8, “The Ski Lift”
Larry’s trial goes from bad to worse
After Alexander Vindman lead the outdoor stage , the prosecution calls Rachel Heineman . She recounts the story from time of year 5 in which she line up herself stuck on a broken ski rise with Larry as the sun bulge out to go down . Rachel ’s religion debar her from being alone with a man after sundown , so one of them has to jump to the ground . Larry refuses , so Rachel fall onto the snow and breaks her knees .
20S7, E6, “The Bare Midriff”
The second callback to the Seinfeld reunion season
The next somebody in the pursuance ’s rapid - attack progress of spectator is a recall to the time of year 7 sequence " The Bare Midriff " . Maureen works as Larry and Jerry ’s assistant when they are write theSeinfeldreunion , and they try on to find a mode to get rid of her without firing her . Maureen accuses Larry of take a leak on her painting of Jesus . This is only slightly harsh than the reality , which is that Larry circumstantially splashes a drop of urine onto the house painting , and then convince Maureen that it ’s a miracle to make her quit the show .
19S11, E5, “IRASSHAIMASE!”
Even Larry’s most innocuous social blunders are put in the spotlight
Larry ’s behavior in " IRASSHAIMASE ! " is far from the worst matter he has ever done , but the pursuance still uses it to paint an image of Larry as an obnoxious and irresponsible man in theCurbfinale . Larry have into a yelling mate with the staff at a Japanese restaurant when he beat them to their traditional welcome . Of all the fearful thing Larry does , being rude at a eatery is comparatively meek .
