The WORST episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm
Every episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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.
#1 - The Acupuncturist
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/2001
An acupuncturist agrees to waive the fee if he cannot cure Larry's back; a writer asks for a loan.
#2 - The Terrorist Attack
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/2002
A rumored threat of a terrorist attack undermines a benefit performance by Alanis Morissette at the home of one of Larry's friends. Meanwhile, Larry can't help snubbing Mindy Reiser, wife of actor Paul Reiser, during a series of encounters at a restaurant and the perfume shop where she works.
#3 - The Thong
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/2001
Larry and Richard Lewis, who both see the same psychotherapist, plot ways of ending their respective relationships with the therapist after Larry sees the man wearing a thong bathing suit.
#4 - Mary, Joseph and Larry
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/2002
Larry proves himself an unskilled Christmas tipper, while both Larry and Jeff prove incompetent at creating believable alibis for the messes they get in. After offending his housekeeper, Larry makes amends with her at the expense of his wife. Later, Larry attempts to reconcile with Cheryl's family after ruining their nativity scene.
#5 - Ted and Mary
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/22/2000
Larry goes shopping with Mary Steenburgen and her mother, but things take a turn when Larry takes a drink out of Mary's mother's glass of water. When he realizes whose water it is, he stops...then gags!
#6 - Angel Muffin
Season 11 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/31/2021
Larry is forced to attend an ill-fated work meeting and investigates the truth behind a faulty toilet. Determined to unravel a mystery of his own, Jeff employs Larry’s detective skills.
#7 - The Baptism
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/2001
The Jewish fiance of Cheryl's sister converts to Christianity; Richard Lewis accuses Larry of stealing the outgoing message on his answering machine.
#8 - The Wire
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/19/2000
Hoping to bury an unsightly telephone wire dangling over their yard, Larry and Cheryl befriend a pair of bizarre neighbors who must approve the burial. The husband is an incompetent lawyer but a big Seinfeld fan, so to appease him Larry arranges to have Julia Louis-Dreyfuss come for a visit. But when the actress arrives, the lawyer is missing; he's been hired to defend Jeff in a case involving a destructive kid Jeff sponsored for a Fresh Air Fund camp. At Larry's house, Julia ends up buying a bracelet from the lawyer's wife -- the same kind Larry wanted in episode 4 -- only to later accuse Larry of stealing it after he buys a similar one for Cheryl.
#9 - Mel's Offer
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/2004
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.
#10 - AAMCO
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/26/2000
Jeff gets a new car, and when Larry takes it for a spin, a commercial comes on the radio for AAMCO, with a noise sounding much like a car horn from behind. Upon hearing this, Larry curses the man behind him, prompting the man to rear-end Jeff's brand new car. Also, Larry and Cheryl hold a dinner party.
#11 - The Lawn Jockey
Season 12 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/11/2024
Still in Atlanta, Larry finds himself stuck at a rental home with a questionable lawn ornament. Meanwhile, Jeff pays the price for taking Larry’s advice for Susie’s birthday gift.
#12 - The Smoking Jacket
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/2005
His father's smoking jacket and "bathroom contamination" cause grief for Larry.
#13 - The Benadryl Brownie
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/2002
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.
#14 - The Pants Tent
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/15/2000
Larry goes to the movies with one of Cheryl's friends and his pants have an unusual bulge in them, making him look like he's having an erection.
#15 - The Nanny from Hell
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/2002
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.
#16 - Disgruntled
Season 12 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/25/2024
Larry finds himself in Takahashi’s crosshairs after a note is found in the men’s locker room. Tensions mount when Larry and Irma’s couple’s counselor crosses a professional line.
#18 - Igor, Gregor, & Timor
Season 11 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/19/2021
Larry does the right thing (and regrets it) while seizing an unprecedented opportunity to avoid Irma. Jeff seeks out a pricey peace offering for Susie.
#19 - Atlanta
Season 12 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/4/2024
Larry heads to Georgia to appear at the birthday party of a prominent businessman, while Leon takes the opportunity to visit his Auntie Rae. Later, Larry has some trouble with his glasses and faces off with a surly hotel cleaner.
#20 - The Lefty Call
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/2007
Larry regrets getting Cha-Cha a job in his building when she monitors his bathroom habits, and runs into further problems with her when he has to make phone calls 'lefty'; the Blacks and Larry are fed up with Cheryl's environmentally conscious, but uncomfortable, toilet paper; a waiter objects to a doggie bag actually being prepared for a dog.
#21 - The Larry David Sandwich
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2005
As the Jewish high holy days approach, a near-death experience, coupled with a comment made by his father, leaves Larry wondering if there's more to his identity than he thought. In better news, a sandwich now bears his name, but it's not entirely to his liking.
#22 - The Blind Date
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/18/2004
Larry sets up his blind friend on a date with a muslim woman.
#23 - The Korean Bookie
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/2005
Larry has his jacket borrowed without permission, but he manages to end up the bad guy. Meanwhile, his investigation into what happened to Jeff's missing dog, Oscar, leads him to suspect his Korean bookie.
#24 - Kamikaze Bingo
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/2005
Larry wonders how a Japanese WWII veteran can call himself a kamikaze, and feels a nursing home bingo game may not be on the up-and-up.
#25 - The Rat Dog
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/2007
A toaster makes life tough for Loretta and Leon; Larry gets to know an exterminator.