Larry David got his 'Seinfeld' do-over in the 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' series finale, 'No Lessons Learned.' Read our review.
for the looming series finale sin of his past. Rather than serving viewers a steaming cup of spite, David and showrunner Jeff Schaffer wrapped up’s quarter-century run with a cocktail of nostalgic callbacks, celebrity cameos, predictably petty grievances, and a characteristically cynical attempt at redemption.
Before he turned griping about minutiae — the “stop-and-chat,” save the dates, and so much more — into an art form on. But at their worst, Jerry, Elaine, George, and Kramer never reached the anti-social heights — depths? — of their miserable maker. Inepisode. “This would never happen in real life, but certainly, if it did happen in real life, no one would react like this,” he told the writers. “And Larry came up and he said, ‘This happened to me, and this is exactly what I did.
“He’s not at peace with himself after he bombs, until he goes up onstage again and does well,” explained Larry's manager, Jeff Greene , Leon , Richard, Cheryl, and Danson — down to Atlanta for the trial. No matter how many times his lawyer, Sibby Sanders , tries to impress upon him how serious his situation is — “If you get convicted, you’ll be a felon!” — Larry is pathologically incapable of taking the proceedings seriously.
And as Larry confesses to Jerry Seinfeld, who also comes to Atlanta in a show of support, he’s not even thinking about the trialthe trial. Their subsequent exchange — about a hypothetical romance with a beautiful bearded lady — was the finale’s best moment, a pure and potent hit of the duo’s singular dynamic.
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