The BEST episodes directed by Larry Charles

The Table Read
star
8.27
995 votes

#1 - The Table Read

Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 7 - Episode 9

Larry is miffed at both Marty Funkhouser's sudden presence on set during the Seinfeld reunion's table read and text messages from the nine-year-old daughter of a co-worker. Leon poses as a dead doctor to alleviate Michael Richards' concerns over his Groat's Disease diagnosis.

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The Return
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8.21
134 votes

#2 - The Return

Dilbert - Season 2 - Episode 13

Dilbert tries to buy a computer online but gets the wrong model, leading to an unpleasant surprise when he tries to return it to Comp-U-Comp headquarters.

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Mister Softee
star
8.13
1190 votes

#3 - Mister Softee

Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 8 - Episode 9

An ice cream truck triggers a painful childhood memory for Larry.

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The Bat Mitzvah
star
8.03
894 votes

#4 - The Bat Mitzvah

Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 6 - Episode 10

Larry uses Sammie Greene's bat mitzvah to try and clear up a nasty rumor about him; the Blacks announce they're returning home; Larry makes another attempt at dating.

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The Bare Midriff
star
8.01
1070 votes

#5 - The Bare Midriff

Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 7 - Episode 6

When Larry and Jerry Seinfeld get together to write the reunion show, they consider including Larry's latest experience, which involves a crying Jesus and a bare-midriff assistant.

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Meet the Blacks
star
7.98
1029 votes

#6 - Meet the Blacks

Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 6 - Episode 1

The Davids take in a family whose life was destroyed by a hurricane; Larry comes up with a way to avoid going to parties he has no desire to attend

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Hunger
star
7.94
167 votes

#7 - Hunger

Dilbert - Season 2 - Episode 6

Dilbert tries to end world hunger by creating a new, safe, artificial food, but it tastes so bad that even people dying of starvation refuse to eat it – until Dilmom gets involved.

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The Ski Lift
star
7.94
862 votes

#8 - The Ski Lift

Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 5 - Episode 8

Anticipating having to give a kidney to Richard Lewis, Larry tries to develop a contingency plan should he need a kidney donation himself. Meanwhile, a nurse claims Jeff has some shortcomings.

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Trick or Treat
star
7.92
1203 votes

#9 - Trick or Treat

Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 2 - Episode 3

When Larry and Cheryl attend the premiere of a movie written by a handicapped friend, Cliff Cobb, Larry offends a Jewish neighbor, alienates Cliff (as well as the memory of his salad-inventing grandfather) and sends misguided romantic overtures to Cliff's wife, Shelly. Later, the Davids experience the "trick" side of Halloween when Larry refuses to give candy to two uncostumed teenagers. Having failed to get a bracelet for his wife on her birthday, Larry makes amends with the perfect gift on a romantic morning, but then Jeff arrives to play a round of golf. In the end, Larry gets revenge on a jewish neighbor and his teenage daughters, by arriving at his home with the orchestra that he used for Cheryl's birthday, as they played the tune that offended this neighbor.

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The Survivor
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7.83
725 votes

#10 - The Survivor

Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 4 - Episode 9

Larry and Cheryl prepare to renew their wedding vows; Larry mulls an offer from his dry cleaner.

Art
star
7.79
165 votes

#11 - Art

Dilbert - Season 2 - Episode 5

Dilbert is assigned to create a digital work of art. The result, the "Blue Duck," ends up appealing to the lowest common denominator of society and destroys the value and popularity of classic artworks.

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The End
star
7.76
869 votes

#12 - The End

Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 5 - Episode 10

Larry finally learns the truth regarding his possible adoption, and makes his final decision about a kidney donation for Richard Lewis.

The Surrogate
star
7.75
741 votes

#13 - The Surrogate

Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 4 - Episode 7

Larry decides to buy a surrogate mother a gift, but it backfires. He tries (and fails) to pass a routine physical and uses it as an advantage.

The Bowtie
star
7.68
795 votes

#14 - The Bowtie

Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 5 - Episode 2

Larry seeks professional help to secure information about his past. Meanwhile, his place as a gay rights supporter hits a snag.

Katie
star
7.66
3529 votes

#15 - Katie

New Girl - Season 2 - Episode 2

Jess pretends she's someone else when a handsome stranger mistakes her for his blind date. Meanwhile, a patron at Nick's bar claims to be Nick from the future, and Winston's disapproving mother pays him a visit.

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Funkhouser's Crazy Sister
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7.60
1088 votes

#16 - Funkhouser's Crazy Sister

Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 7 - Episode 1

Larry attempts a pre-emptive breakup with an ailing Loretta, and learns with Jeff that you can’t make an “empty gesture” to a Funkhouser.

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The Blind Date
star
7.53
867 votes

#17 - The Blind Date

Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 4 - Episode 3

Larry sets up his blind friend on a date with a muslim woman.

The Benadryl Brownie
star
7.52
1059 votes

#18 - The Benadryl Brownie

Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 3 - Episode 2

Nearly five years after the rest of the world, Larry discovers cell phones. Using his new toy, he calls Cheryl and asks her to tell Randy, the chef at Larry's new restaurant, to omit peanuts from the dinner that night because Richard Lewis's girlfriend Deborah is allergic to them. But bad phone reception prevents Cheryl from hearing the message, and Deborah gets sick. A practicing Christian Scientist, Deborah refuses to take medicine to clear up the hives on her face. Richard will not be seen with her at the Emmy Awards that night, so he and Larry concoct a plan to bake a batch of Benadryl-laced brownies for Deborah to eat. The ruse fails, and that night on national TV, the Davids see Joan Rivers lambasting Richard and his none-too-attractive date on the red carpet.

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The Nanny from Hell
star
7.51
1041 votes

#19 - The Nanny from Hell

Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 3 - Episode 4

Larry, Cheryl, Jeff and Susie encounter a "nanny from hell" whose reign of terror is thwarted by ten sponge cakes. Larry commits a "penis faux pas" after a pool party, and Richard Lewis seeks immortality from Bartlett's Quotations.

Mel's Offer
star
7.49
949 votes

#20 - Mel's Offer

Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 4 - Episode 1

After going to a Karaoke bar that Mel Brooks is performing at, Mel is so impressed with Larry's singing that he asks Larry to be the star of his broadway show.

The Wire
star
7.46
1358 votes

#21 - The Wire

Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 1 - Episode 6

Cheryl gives Larry an ultimatum - bury the wire in the backyard - or else! But the permit the city gives Larry requires six signatures from his neighbors, and that means having to be nice to them at all costs - or else.

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Tom & Maya
star
7.14
408 votes

#22 - Tom & Maya

Mixology - Season 1 - Episode 1

Recently been dumped Tom hasn't been out for years. His best friends Bruce and Cal decide to throw him back into the dating game, regardless of how he feels about it.

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