Larry David was saved from serving a year in prison by Jerry Seinfeld in Sunday’s series finale of Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO.
The final episode titled No Lessons Learned was the 120th episode of the series which premiered in October 2000 and starred Larry, 76, and his Seinfeld co-creator Jerry Seinfeld, 69.
The 20th and final season premiered in February with an episode titled Atlanta in which Larry was arrested for giving water to Leon Black’s aunt while she was waiting in line to vote in Georgia.
The finale concluded their court case with Jerry going to Atlanta to show his support along with Larry’s close friends Jeff Greene. [Jeff Garlin] and his wife susie [Susie Essman’, Richard Lewis, his ex-wife Cheryl [Cheryl Hines]Ted Danson and Leon [J. B. Smoove].
The circumstances were similar to the Seinfeld series finale in which its star characters Jerry, Elaine, Kramer and George were imprisoned for not obeying a new Good Samaritan Law.
Larry David was saved from serving a year in prison by Jerry Seinfeld in Sunday’s series finale of Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO.
A guard told Larry that someone was there to see him and Jerry showed up with good news.
The trial provided an opportunity for Larry’s behavior to be brought to light when characters from the show’s history appeared to testify against him.
Jurors were told how Larry killed a swan with his golf club, stole shoes from a Holocaust museum, took flowers from a memorial, removed a five-wood golf club from a man’s coffin and smashed the obituary of a “dear aunt.”
They also learned that Larry refused to give Halloween candy to children, took a sex offender to a Seder dinner, ate a dying dog’s last meal, hired a prostitute to use the carpool lane, gave her COVID to Bruce Springsteen and once pretended to be incest. survivor named Todd.
During the trial, Leon stayed up watching Seinfeld, which he had never seen before, and told Jerry that he heard he “ruined” the ending of the beloved sitcom.
The jury found Larry guilty and the judge sentenced him to the maximum sentence of one year in the hope that he would finally learn a lesson.
Larry in jail showed another inmate how his pants formed a ‘pants tent’ while sitting in reference to the first episode of the show titled The Pants Tent.
A guard told Larry that someone was there to see him and Jerry showed up with good news.
He informed Larry that he met a juror who looked like Joe Pesci at a restaurant and the jury broke the embargo forcing the judge to declare a mistrial.
The jury was told how Larry killed a swan at his golf club.
Bruce Springsteen testified and told how Larry gave him COVID
Larry in jail showed another inmate how his pants formed a ‘pants tent’ while sitting in reference to the first episode of the show titled The Pants Tent.
‘You don’t want to end up like this. Nobody wants to see it. Believe me,” Jerry said in a wink at the end of Seinfeld.
Jerry and Larry then realized that they should have done this sooner.
“My God, that’s how we should have ended the finale,” Larry said as they walked out.
“My God, you’re right, how did we not think of that?” Jerry asked.
‘Ahhh,’ they said together as they raised their hands.
‘You don’t want to end up like this. Nobody wants to see it. Believe me,” Jerry said in a wink at the end of Seinfeld.
The late Richard Lewis also appeared in the finale which was filmed before his death in February.
The finale ended with Larry and his friends on a plane back to Los Angeles.
Susie irritated Larry by raising the window blind and he yelled at her to close it.
‘Fuck you, Larry. Go back to fucking jail, Larry!’ Susie yelled as the series concluded.
The ending and its reference to Seinfeld conquered social media and many gave their approval to the ending.
One fan on Twitter borrowed Larry’s line and said the series finale was “nice, nice, nice, good!”
Another appreciated the nod to the show’s Seinfeld ending.
One fan on Twitter borrowed Larry’s line and said the series finale was “nice, nice, nice, good!”
Another appreciated the nod to the show’s Seinfeld ending.
Fans took to social media to share their appreciation for the series finale.
Another viewer said it was the perfect ending to the show.
Another appreciated the nod to the show’s Seinfeld ending and said they couldn’t ask for a better ending.
“That was a complete circular journey,” read another post on X, praising the “perfect” ending.
The final episode also featured Larry’s good friend Richard Lewis, who died in February at age 76.
Richard and Larry played fictional versions of themselves and the banter between the old friends was a highlight of the series.