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In a strong finale, Curb Your Enthusiasm reminds us a good deed is never its own reward
“I do not like this / I cannot like this/ I do not like this… man!”
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An overlong Curb Your Enthusiasm ends up in the weeds with Lin-Manuel Miranda
“People will watch anything with ‘Chicago’ in the title.”
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Curb Your Enthusiasm flips the tip, then the script of Larry’s life
Where Larry’s lack of fucks about most niceties has been harnessed for the benefit of his friends in the past, it’s his…
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Larry won't acknowledge his inner light on a chaotic Curb Your Enthusiasm
Last week, Danette wrote that “for Curb to work, Larry has always had to be a dick, but not the biggest dick.” Never…
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“Girlfriend” is a four-letter word on Curb Your Enthusiasm
“You’re saying your penis is like the Titanic?”
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Larry’s got mail in a delightfully cringeworthy Curb Your Enthusiasm
Might this be the biggest budget ever given to an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm? The show is notoriously low budget,…
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Bryan Cranston tries to help Larry as Curb Your Enthusiasm struggles to make sense
“Running With The Bulls” continues a couple of Curb traditions, including Larry’s knack for upending a funeral and the…
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Curb Your Enthusiasm wrings major laughs out of minor disturbances
“You two have no compassion, no caring for another human.”
“It’s an illness, for sure.”
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A pickle gets Larry out of a jam on a zany Curb Your Enthusiasm
HBO had a little fun with the promos for the new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, framing Larry David as the hero we’ve…
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Curb Your Enthusiasm returns, along with Larry’s uncanny ability to piss off everyone
Lately, it feels like it’s less a question of whether a beloved or well-received show will find its way back to TV in…
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Curb Your Enthusiasm: “Larry Vs. Michael J. Fox”
The eighth season of Curb Your Enthusiasm ended much as it began: with Larry acting rather inappropriately with a…
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Curb Your Enthusiasm: “Mister Softee”
“Mister Softee” is a bold, ambitious episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, one that begins as so many do—with Larry and the…
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Curb Your Enthusiasm: “Car Periscope”
Meredith is out of town, attending a marriage between an earthquake and a hurricane, so I’m filling in for her this…
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Curb Your Enthusiasm: “The Bi-Sexual”
The nice thing about Larry David’s enormous ego is that it doesn't discriminate. As tonight’s episode, “The Bi-Sexual,”…
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Curb Your Enthusiasm: "The Hero"
Judging from tonight’s very funny and slyly personal “The Hero,” Larry David, our neurologically challenged…
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Curb Your Enthusiasm: "Vow Of Silence"
Here’s something I’ve been wondering: would Curb Your Enthusiasm be as funny as it is if Larry David weren’t an…
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Curb Your Enthusiasm: "The Smiley Face"
If I were to express my feelings about “The Smiley Face” with an emoticon—a move that would certainly infuriate Larry…
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Curb Your Enthusiasm: "The Safe House"
We’re only two episodes in, but already there’s a theme emerging from this season of Curb Your Enthusiasm: now that…
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Curb Your Enthusiasm: "The Divorce"
As awkward and excruciating as puberty was, I can say with certainty that I never experienced anything as traumatic as…