The Best Episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm
Last Updated: Feb 4, 2019
The unscripted Curb Your Enthusiasm brings the off-kilter comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.
#1 - Opening Night
Season 4 - Episode 10
The show travels to New York City as Larry prepares to open on Broadway in "The Producers".
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#2 - Palestinian Chicken
Season 8 - Episode 3
A Palestinian chicken restaurant is incredibly popular with Larry and his friends despite its open hostility towards Jews and Israel. Meanwhile, Larry's approached to inform people that their habits are agitating by family members too scared to do so.
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#3 - Seinfeld
Season 7 - Episode 10
Not tipping for a favor gets Larry into bad graces with the studio lot's coffee guy, while Julia Louis-Dreyfus accuses him of leaving a ring on an antique table in her house. Meanwhile, he deals with the suspicion that their closeness during production of the Seinfeld reunion has led to Cheryl sleeping with Jason Alexander.
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#4 - The Table Read
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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#5 - Vehicular Fellatio
Season 7 - Episode 2
Against the will of a renowned doctor, Larry tries his best to irritate Loretta. Once again, Larry causes issues in Richard Lewis' new relationship, and, after being unintentionally tipped off by Leon, takes advantage of the wife of a depressed friend.
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#6 - Larry vs. Michael J. Fox
Season 8 - Episode 10
Larry accuses his neighbor, Michael J. Fox of harassment; Jeff takes a bullet for Susie; Larry gives an inappropriate gift to Elizabeth's son.
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#7 - Mister Softee
Season 8 - Episode 9
An ice cream truck triggers a painful childhood memory for Larry.
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#8 - The Hero
Season 8 - Episode 6
Larry plays the hero in the sky and underground; Jeff’s courtship of Ricky Gervais is sabotaged by a nosy waiter.
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#9 - The Grand Opening
Season 3 - Episode 10
Larry figures out a way to fire a chef, and alienate an important restaurant critic, in the days before his new restaurant is scheduled to open. As Susie stews over a misunderstanding with Larry and Cheryl, the Davids spend some quality time at the car wash. With its grand opening at hand, the restaurant owners hire a new chef with a penchant for speaking his mind.
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#10 - Denise Handicapped
Season 7 - Episode 5
Larry believes that he has found a way to enjoy someone else's disability without being disabled himself. Meanwhile, he hopes to end a rumor that Rosie O'Donnell can beat him up.
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#11 - The Therapists
Season 6 - Episode 9
Larry tries to use Cheryl's therapist to get back into her good graces after getting bad advice from his own; Larry's miffed at Marty's participation level in an Alzheimer's walk
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#12 - The Doll
Season 2 - Episode 7
Larry's attendance at a screening results in chaos; an unlockable bathroom door causes trouble. Guest starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Rita Wilson and Susie Essman.
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#13 - The Survivor
Season 4 - Episode 9
Larry and Cheryl prepare to renew their wedding vows; Larry mulls an offer from his dry cleaner.
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#14 - The Bat Mitzvah
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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#15 - The Ski Lift
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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#16 - The Car Pool Lane
Season 4 - Episode 6
To get to a Dodgers game, Larry finds a creative way to use the HOV lane. Then, he finds himself in a bit of trouble when he gets his father medicinal marijuana.
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#17 - Shaq
Season 2 - Episode 8
When Larry accidentally trips Shaquille O'Neal at a Lakers game, the incident brings him good luck. Guest starring Shaquille O'Neal and Richard Lewis.
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#18 - Krazee-Eyez Killa
Season 3 - Episode 8
Larry is accused of betraying the confidences of Wanda's boyfriend, Crazy-Eyez Killa, a rapper he met at a party. Later, Larry alienates Jeff's wife Susie by declining her house-tour offer. He encounters further problems when he tries to replace a sports jacket Cheryl threw out.
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#19 - The End
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.
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#20 - The Safe House
Season 8 - Episode 2
Larry becomes an unlikely role model for battered women. Richard Lewis's relationship with a burlesque performer is put to the test. Leon survives a case of mistaken identity.
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#21 - Foisted!
Season 9 - Episode 1
Larry tries to rid himself of an inept assistant, offends Jeff’s barber and gets into hot water over a new project.
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#22 - Vow of Silence
Season 8 - Episode 5
Larry's evolving alibi to get out of a charity function results in unexpected travel plans. Meanwhile, Susie makes demands for the terminally ill family dog's last meal; and Larry points out personal flaws in the buffet line and in parking lots.
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#23 - The Accidental Text on Purpose
Season 9 - Episode 6
Larry invents a clever ploy for getting his friends out of relationship jams; Larry upsets Funkhouser's new girlfriend.
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#24 - Club Soda and Salt
Season 3 - Episode 3
Dismayed in part over the peanut incident, Randy quits his job at the restaurant, and Larry, Jeff and Ted must search for a new chef. Ted suggests they audition his personal chef, but at dinner Larry feels the food "just wasn't that good" and rejects the candidate. Meanwhile, Larry accuses his wife Cheryl of having a crush on a tennis-playing cast member of "Tony n' Tina's Wedding"; a couple refuse Larry's wedding gift because it's more than a year late; and a saleswoman becomes convinced that Larry is stalking her as revenge for her being too aggressive.
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#25 - Trick or Treat
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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