Episode Commentary: Seinfeld

All good things must eventually come to an end and last Sunday marked the season finale of “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” The episode continues the well planned and funny Seinfeld reunion with an episode simply entitled “Seinfeld.” The episode didn’t deliver the “push the envelope” humor that was present all season, but was more of a throwback to previous seasons. Nevertheless, after ten weeks of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” it will certainly be missed Sunday nights.

The show compiled classic Larry David situations well, putting together an intriguing reunion episode of “Seinfeld” that almost doesn’t happen, thanks to some jealousy on David’s part. Tthe whole reunion show was a scam on David’s part to win back the heart of his ex-wife, Cheryl (Cheryl Hines). After seeing her on and off set interactions with Jason Alexander, David becomes convinced they are having an affair. In classic sitcom fashion, questions are never asked and assumptions lead to comical results. Even Alexander’s dogs almost get gassed because of David’s irrational perspectives.

This situation also leads to Alexander walking off the set after David unsuccessfully tries to fill in the iconic shoes of George.

However, this is not David’s only problem he seems to have annoyed Mocha Joe (The hysterical Saverio Guerra) by not tipping him when he asked him for a favor. David finds out from Seinfeld that Mocha Joe is upset about the tip situation and David argues the semantics of a favor with him. This leads to David having to do Mocha Joe a favor when all he had to do in the first place was slip him a five dollar bill. And maybe the worst part of all is that the favor cost him some time with Cheryl.

Now David has one more major problem in this episode. Julia Louis-Dreyfus believes that David forgot to use a coaster and damaged her expensive coffee table. David sets out to find the wood scoffer, which leads to a typical and hysterical ending to the season.

The episode is peppered with the episode of the “Seinfeld” reunion that has the look and feel of that amazing sitcom. In Seinfeld’s opinion, they already messed up one finale they can’t do it again.

The combination of two sitcoms were infused very well in this seventh season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” which ultimately feels like a breath of fresh air for television audiences.

Related posts:

1. ‘Parks and Recreation’ Coverage: Finally, This Season Has Begun Episode Commentary: “The Trial of Leslie Knope” It took some time, but this season of “Parks and Recreation” has finally gotten underway. This week’s episode was big in every way...
2. Curb Your Enthusiasm Coverage: Forgetting Paris Episode Commentary: Larry vs. Michael J. Fox In spite of the fact that this week’s episode of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” was funny, mainly due to the guest star, Michael J....
3. Curb Your Enthusiasm Coverage: And When a Hero Comes Along, With the Bread to Carry on…the Train Episode Commentary: The Hero It looks like “Curb Your Enthusiasm” is finally back on track, after a silly episode that was driven by a conflict between Ricky Gervais and Larry...
4. Curb Your Enthusiasm Coverage: Dead Dogs and Ice Cream Episode Commentary: “Vow of Silence” This isn’t a bad episode of Curb, it just once again fails to pack the same punch as the magical episode two weeks ago. With...
5. Wilfred Season One Coverage: Wilfred Bites Back The laughs continue with the second episode of the FX comedy, “Wilfred.” Although there were several moments where you literally wanted take Elijah Wood’s character, Ryan, and smack him several...