The BEST episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm

Every episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm!

An unscripted series that 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.

Last Updated: 4/24/2025Network: HBOStatus: Ended
Denise Handicap
star
8.40
537 votes

#1 - Denise Handicap

Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/2009

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.

Directors: David Mandel
Writer: Larry David
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Vehicular Fellatio
star
8.40
483 votes

#2 - Vehicular Fellatio

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/2009

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.

Directors: Alec Berg
Writer: Larry David
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Larry vs. Michael J. Fox
star
8.39
544 votes

#3 - Larry vs. Michael J. Fox

Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/11/2011

Larry accuses his neighbor, Michael J. Fox of harassment; Jeff takes a bullet for Susie; Larry gives an inappropriate gift to Elizabeth's son.

Directors: Alec Berg
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The Table Read
star
8.30
484 votes

#4 - The Table Read

Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/2009

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.

Directors: Larry Charles
Writer: Larry David
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Palestinian Chicken
star
8.30
753 votes

#5 - Palestinian Chicken

Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/24/2011

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.

Directors: Robert B. Weide
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The Hero
star
8.30
754 votes

#6 - The Hero

Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/14/2011

Larry plays the hero in the sky and underground; Jeff’s courtship of Ricky Gervais is sabotaged by a nosy waiter.

Directors: Alec Berg
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Running with the Bulls
star
8.24
108 votes

#7 - Running with the Bulls

Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/2017

Larry’s therapist accuses him of overstepping. Susie grows suspicious of Jeff. Larry bribes an usher at a funeral.

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Meet the Blacks
star
8.20
483 votes

#8 - Meet the Blacks

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/2007

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

Directors: Larry Charles
Writer: Larry David
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The Bare Midriff
star
8.20
537 votes

#9 - The Bare Midriff

Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/2009

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.

Directors: Larry Charles
Writer: Larry David
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Opening Night
star
8.20
268 votes

#10 - Opening Night

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/14/2004

The show travels to New York City as Larry prepares to open on Broadway in "The Producers".

Writer: Larry David
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Mister Softee
star
8.18
677 votes

#11 - Mister Softee

Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/4/2011

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

Directors: Larry Charles
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The Corpse-Sniffing Dog
star
8.10
376 votes

#12 - The Corpse-Sniffing Dog

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/27/2002

Over a makeup dinner with the Braudys, Larry openly ponders the question, "When a husband pays the check, do you have to also thank the wife?" Meanwhile, Jeff's return home is ruined by his allergy to the family's corpse-sniffing German Shepherd, but his daughter Sammy refuses to give away the dog. Concerned about his agent's welfare, Larry figures out an ingenious way to give the pooch to the Braudys, who are looking for just such a dog.

Directors: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Larry David
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The Therapists
star
8.10
483 votes

#13 - The Therapists

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/4/2007

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

Directors: David Mandel
Writer: Larry David
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The Divorce
star
8.00
862 votes

#14 - The Divorce

Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/10/2011

Larry learns his lawyer isn't kosher, and rescinds a cookie order from the Girl Scout daughter of a beleaguered sports owner.

Directors: David Steinberg
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Happy New Year
star
8.00
3 votes

#15 - Happy New Year

Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/19/2020

Larry kicks off the new year with a new rival – Mocha Joe. Later, at a cocktail party hosted by Jeff and Susie, Larry gets roped into lunch plans and has a misunderstanding with a caterer.

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Vow of Silence
star
8.00
646 votes

#16 - Vow of Silence

Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/7/2011

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.

Directors: Alec Berg
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The Safe House
star
8.00
834 votes

#17 - The Safe House

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/17/2011

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.

Directors: Bryan Gordon
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Officer Krupke
star
8.00
376 votes

#18 - Officer Krupke

Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/2009

Larry is forced to embrace his feminine side; Cheryl competes for a Seinfeld role; a law officer has an unusual name.

Directors: David Steinberg
Writer: Larry David
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The Bat Mitzvah
star
8.00
430 votes

#19 - The Bat Mitzvah

Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/11/2007

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.

Directors: Larry Charles
Writer: Larry David
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Trick or Treat
star
8.00
539 votes

#20 - Trick or Treat

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2001

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.

Directors: Larry Charles
Writer: Larry David
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Fatwa!
star
7.94
108 votes

#21 - Fatwa!

Season 9 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/2017

Larry has a scheduling conflict, takes issue with work associates, and hosts a pair of ungrateful houseguests.

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The Group
star
7.90
539 votes

#22 - The Group

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/17/2000

Thanks to Larry's manager Jeff, Cheryl is up for a part in "The Vagina Monologues." Meanwhile, Larry runs into an ex who asks him to accompany her to her incest-survivors group to lend moral support while she deals with her past.

Directors: Robert B. Weide
Writer: Larry David
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Shaq
star
7.90
430 votes

#23 - Shaq

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/2001

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.

Directors: Dean Parisot
Writer: Larry David
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Chet's Shirt
star
7.90
376 votes

#24 - Chet's Shirt

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/2002

Larry and Jeff invest in a restaurant with actor Ted Danson. In lieu of attending his dentist's dinner party, Larry decides to shop for waiters' uniforms, and in the process buys matching shirts for Ted and himself. But after Danson realizes his shirt has a small rip in it, he demotes Larry in The Wizard of Oz scene they're re-enacting for his daughter's birthday party (Larry refuses to switch from the Lion to the Tin Man). At the party, little Jill Danson misses the piñata and hits Larry in the mouth with her bat. Following an emergency visit to his dentist (who learned why Larry had skipped the dinner party), Larry is left with two abnormally large front teeth and one clean shirt that both he and Ted covet.

Directors: Robert B. Weide
Writer: Larry David
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Krazee-Eyez Killa
star
7.90
430 votes

#25 - Krazee-Eyez Killa

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/2002

Larry is accused of betraying the confidences of Wanda's boyfriend, Krazee-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.

Directors: Robert B. Weide
Writer: Larry David
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