The 15 Best ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Episodes, Ranked

Like many episodes of “Curb,” this Season 6 favourite finds Larry on an apology tour after mocking a lady on the frozen yogurt store who’s “abusing” her “sample privileges.” (That lady seems to be the headmaster of an elite college that holds the keys to Sammi Green and the Black youngsters’s futures.) In an try and make issues proper, Larry steals flowers from Marty Funkhouser’s mom’s roadside memorial, after which, to curry favor from Cheryl and Loretta (Vivica A. Fox), swipes one other couple of bouquets to convey again dwelling.

Hall of Fame quotes: Larry’s “You’re a little too old to be an orphan. … Little orphan Funkhouser”; “Usually, the customer is a moron and an asshole.”

The collection’ most consequential golf episode (and there are a lot of), “The Black Swan” begins with Larry, Marty (Bob Einstein), Jeff (Jeff Garlin) and Andy (Richard Kind) getting caught behind the slowest foursome on the nation membership. After Larry loudly confronts one of many golfers, he’s advised their screaming match led to his deadly coronary heart assault. Luckily, Larry’s group has an early tee time the following day, however he’ll quickly have extra blood on his palms. When the membership proprietor Mr. Takahashi’s (Dana Lee) beloved black swan costs Larry on the course, he butchers the chook together with his golf membership and buries it within the bushes. Larry couldn’t actually care much less about both of his alleged victims, however he’ll spend the rest of the episode making an attempt to cowl up his crimes.

Hall of Fame quotes: Funkhouser’s awful comfort: “Look, it may have been an accident, but you’re a murderer”; Larry’s lunchtime plea: “Let me explain something to you, moron. Swan killers leave; people who aren’t swan killers stay.”

In an excellent self-satire, Michael J. Fox cameos on “Curb” as certainly one of Larry’s strongest nemeses, shoving him and shaking up his soda with a figuring out glare and an iron protection. As Fox relishes pissing Larry off, he — and everybody else in New York City, together with then-mayor Mike Bloomberg — insists it’s simply his Parkinson’s illness. Elsewhere, Larry warms as much as his flame’s flamboyant son, gifting him a stitching machine a lot to his mom’s dismay (“What, are you making an attempt to show him homosexual?).

Hall of Fame quotes: Larry’s enraged “I’m very sympathetic to the Parkinson’s! But just having Parkinson’s doesn’t give you carte blanche to take advantage of the non-Parkinson’s!”; Larry’s response to Susie’s assertion that Greg is just too younger to have a sexual orientation: “He will be gay. He’s pre-gay.”

After Cheryl’s aunt dies by suicide, Larry takes it upon himself to put in writing an obituary and get it revealed within the paper. Of course, he’s then held answerable for a hilariously unlucky typo that labels her a “devoted sister, beloved cunt.” Whoops! If that wasn’t sufficient, Larry can be accused of “copping a feel” on Jeff’s aged mom and inspiring Cheryl’s sister’s boyfriend to interrupt up along with her regardless of the household tragedy. An early showcase of David’s unimaginable knack for provocation, “Beloved Aunt” fires on all cylinders and proves “Curb” can squeeze laughs from any matter.

Hall of Fame quote: Larry’s musing on Aunt Louise’s suicide: “If you leave your house for 10 minutes to go get a container of milk, you tell somebody where you went … would it have killed her to leave a note?”

For followers of “Curb,” however particularly for followers of “Seinfeld,” the penultimate episode of Season 7 is a treasure trove. The forged of “Seinfeld” gathers for a desk learn of the reunion episode as Larry manages his actors’ egos whereas on his quest to rekindle his marriage with Cheryl. He sends Leon disguised as “Danny Duberstein” to console Michael Richards, who’s affected by “Groat’s Disease.” And he’s compelled to develop a friendship with a 9-year-old woman that results in one of many best closing scenes in “Curb” historical past. Plus: Leon repeatedly mispronouncing “bar mitzvahed” as “bar mitzfit”; Funkhouser crashing the set and telling Jerry an off-color joke; Richards atoning for his N-word scandal; Leon pointing to Jerry Seinfeld and Julia Louis-Dreyfus and asking, “Who are these two right here?”

Hall of Fame quote: Larry, with out even one iota of consciousness, explaining to his physician why his pores and skin is irritated: “I’ve been seeing this 9-year-old girl and she kind of has a rash on her pussy.”

“Denise Handicap” opens with Larry flirting up a woman in a espresso store, just for them each to be unpleasantly stunned — Larry when Denise (Anita Barone) glides over to his desk and he sees her wheelchair, and Denise when Larry later reveals the bald head underneath his hat. Larry genuinely takes a liking to Denise, however he amps up the love after realizing that courting an individual with disabilities scores him social factors. Despite being offended on their first date, Denise nonetheless takes a silly Larry dwelling and lets him work out the easiest way to mount himself on prime of her whereas seated. Larry invitations Denise to accompany him at a personal live performance, however when he loses her quantity, he decides to ask one other lady who makes use of a wheelchair, Wendy (Amy Pietz). Unfortunately for Larry, each ladies present up on the occasion, and predictable awkwardness ensues.

Hall of Fame quotes: Larry’s pickup line: “I’m a good pusher”; Wendy’s response: “Yeah, you’re pushy alright”

Larry returned in full-force for Season 10 with a flurry of recent cultural phenomena so as to add to the “Curb” lexicon, from mansplaining to #MeToo to Trump hats. “Happy New Year” introduces a bevy of storylines and ideas in simply 35 minutes — Larry establishes that the the statute of limitations on the episode’s titular greeting is three days, makes use of a MAGA hat to repel undesirable firm, practices the “big goodbye” and reignites his rivalry with Mocha Joe (Saverio Guerra). All that, and Larry nonetheless manages to sleep with ex-wife Cheryl (Cheryl Hines).

Hall of Fame quotes: Leon (J.B. Smoove) on MAGA hats: “No one ever wears those hats on backwards. If you’re gonna get your ass kicked, you wanna see it coming”; Larry to Ted Danson: “You don’t need to call her when you land. If there’s a plane crash, we’ll know about it.”

Art imitates artwork on this “Seinfeld” reunion contained in the “Curb” universe. Larry’s plan to win again Cheryl through casting her as George Costanza’s ex in a “Seinfeld” reunion is threatened by her on and off-screen chemistry with Jason Alexander, whose character is finally modeled after Larry. But as George and his ex start to reconcile within the episode-within-the-episode, so do Larry and Cheryl off set — that’s, till Larry blames her for leaving a hoop stain on Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ vintage desk. Wrapping up “Curb’s” most ingenious story arc, this episode offers us a pseudo-“Seinfeld” reunion, Larry’s hilariously dangerous George impression and the endlessly quotable, “Do you respect wood?”

Hall of fame quotes: Larry to Cheryl mid-kiss: “Do you respect wood?”; Larry belittling Jason about his pamphlet-sized ebook: “I’ll read it with dinner”

Even if this episode hadn’t saved an harmless man from going to jail, it might nonetheless be ranked among the many best of the “Curb” canon. As Marty Funkhouser (Bob Einstein) mourns the lack of his father, Larry tries — and fails — to guilt him into gifting away his Dodgers tickets. When he snags his personal ticket, he skirts visitors by choosing up a prostitute named Monena (Kym Whitley), permitting him to make use of the carpool lane. After the sport, Larry and Monena get baked with Larry’s dad (Shelley Berman).

Hall of Fame quotes: Monena justifying her hourly fee: “Honey, I got a red snapper that talks to ya”; Larry making an attempt to barter with a prostitute: “Are you familiar with Henry Clay?”

When Maureen (Jillian Bell) insists on carrying crop-tops to work, Larry and Jerry Seinfeld spar over who has to confront her about shopping for longer shirts. Of course, Larry’s brashness causes her to give up, and with a view to keep away from a disaster, Larry should persuade Maureen to return again. In one of the crucial absurd storylines in “Curb” historical past — which entails an aggressive automotive horn, a Jesus portray and Larry nearly getting arrested for exceeding his serviette restrict on the native Italian deli — Larry finally ends up almost falling off a constructing, holding onto Maureen’s flabby abdomen for pricey life.

Hall of Fame quotes: Jerry after seeing Larry’s extreme serviette habits: “You should bring a bath towel to eat”; Larry’s apology to Maureen: “Belly-button or no belly-button, we want you to come back.”

When Wanda Sykes will get engaged to a rapper named Krazee-Eyez Killa (Chris Williams), he confides in Larry that he enjoys dishonest on his new fiancée. When Larry unintentionally tells Cheryl, phrase will get to Wanda, and Krazee-Eyez is livid with Larry for breaching his belief. Predictably, Larry will not be too happy to be the goal of a man who earlier rapped to him, “If you say anything / You’ll beg me to die / ‘Cause I’ll make you suck my dick / Then I’ll nut in your eye.” Williams delivers top-of-the-line visitor appearances in “Curb” historical past, and Wanda is as soon as once more hilarious as Larry’s racial compass.

Hall of Fame quotes: Larry’s suggestions on Krazee-Eyez’s rap: “I would change the ‘motherfucker’ to ‘bitch’”; Larry asking Krazee-Eyez, “Are you my caucasian?”

With Richard Lewis in want of a kidney and Larry unwilling to donate his, Larry decides probably the most logical plan of motion is to fake to be an Orthodox Jew with a view to befriend the pinnacle of the kidney consortium, Ben Heineman (Stuart Pankin), and spend a weekend with him on the slopes, hoping his attraction will transfer Richard to the highest of the kidney transplant checklist. As the charade snowballs, Larry stumbles by way of some pretend Yiddish and yells about milchig plates, however the limits of his faux-Orthodoxy are examined when he finally ends up caught on a damaged ski elevate with Ben’s daughter at sundown. Meanwhile, Richard’s nurse Lisa (Mo Collins) tells Larry that she used up to now Jeff (Jeff Garlin) and that he has a small penis. Jeff denies the allegations, claiming she has “the biggest vagina known to man.” At the tip, certainly one of them is confirmed proper.

Hall of Fame quotes: Jeff’s “These big vagina ladies are getting away with murder”; Larry to Lisa: “I submit you took that baseball, stashed it in your unusually large vagina and walked right on out of here!”

A particular hourlong season finale, “Opening Night” is a worthy payoff after a season of watching Larry rehearse for Mel Brooks’ play “The Producers” (primarily based on his actual play, primarily based on his actual film). The play inside “Curb” — about two producers scheming to get wealthy off a Broadway flop — seems to be fairly meta, as a delighted Brooks rejoices on the bar when Larry almost ruins the manufacturing. Watching Larry and David Schwimmer carry out as Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, respectively, is a real pleasure, and a cameo from Stephen Colbert makes for one of many season’s most memorable moments. This episode additionally caps off certainly one of “Curb’s” most fascinating storylines — Larry hoping to money in on his (quickly expiring) tenth anniversary current from Cheryl by sleeping with one other lady. Larry has principally reached the end line together with his co-star (Cady Huffman enjoying Cady Huffman enjoying Ulla in “The Producers”) — till he spots a photograph of George W. Bush in her inexperienced room.

Hall of Fame quotes: A disgusted Larry’s “You’re a republican?”; a bewildered Jeff’s “A picture of Bush, who gives a flying fuck? I’d fuck her with a Bush mask on!”

A fan-favorite episode, “The Doll” establishes Susie (Susie Essman) as a real power to be reckoned with and introduces her spaghetti western theme (you already know, the type of music usually reserved for cowboy film villains). After Larry and Julia Louis-Dreyfus efficiently pitch a present to ABC, Larry unintentionally traumatizes the pinnacle TV government’s six-year-old daughter by slicing off her vintage doll’s hair. Like any good supervisor, Jeff comes up with a plan to exchange the doll by stealing his personal daughter’s, however first, he and Larry should face Susie within the driveway, who angrily labels the pair “four-eyed fuck and fat piece of shit.”

Hall of Fame quotes: A manic Susie’s “The kid is home, hysterical, because her doll, Judy, has been decaaapitaaateeed”; A younger Tara (Bailey Thompson) summing up the episode completely: “Mommy, that bald man’s in the bathroom, and there’s something hard in his pants!”

Larry David isn’t any stranger to tackling robust topics head-on, however “Palestinian Chicken” is an unmatched excessive wire act in comedy and geopolitics. In an excellent examination of the Israel-Palestine battle through fictional rooster restaurant in Los Angeles, “Curb” explores zionism, antisemitism and forbidden intercourse. When Larry and Jeff begin to patron a Palestinian restaurant, Larry falls for a lady who turns him on by calling him a “filthy fucking Jew” in mattress. Meanwhile, they catch certainly one of their golf mates dishonest on his spouse on the eatery — a dilemma that threatens their upcoming match prospects. When non secular and politically charged protests erupt after a second restaurant location opens subsequent to a Jewish deli, Larry is caught between a a lot bigger wrestle: selecting his buddies versus his star-crossed lover.

Hall of Fame quotes: Jeff’s “If by some chance she’s gonna get over her antisemitism, odds are — not with you”; Larry’s mid-intercourse “I’m an occupier!”