There was some positive exposure for Larry. His brief incarceration stemming from his violation of the Election Integrity Act has elevated him to the status of “liberal darling.” We seen how conceited and Trumpian Larry could be in the final season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, when he devised many plots in parallel to avoid consequences for leaving his backyard pool unfenced.
Now that Larry has been such an asshole for so long, it appears the show’s makers have set the stage for him to turn around if he so chooses. If you think about it, it’s sort of finale-season stuff, the conclusion of a larger story arc, a way to leave things in a different position than they started.
To a certain extent, it’s nice to see him be a jerk, but is there any way to let him change without making the storyline uninteresting? We will ascertain.
In any case, we begin with him in a holding cell, offering a man named Emmett dietary advice (to avoid lactose) and introducing him to some swanky treats he enjoys, while simultaneously confusing the man. Then a lawyer who sounds and looks just like Mocha Joe—save for the bushy mustache—shows up and surprises him.
Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 12 Episode 2 Recap
Jeff hired him without seeing him, but as soon as they cross paths outside the precinct when Larry is released, Jeff notices the similarity right away. This guy is not going to last long, especially if he becomes obsessed for no apparent reason with coffee beans.
Susie has found them an Airbnb so they can stay in Atlanta through Larry’s first court date while Jeff continues to color his hair. Here, they discover two things: (1) that there is an ugly Black lawn jockey monument in front; and (2) that Larry has been making headlines for giving Auntie Rae that water and breaking the law.
Stacey Abrams interrupts Joe Scarborough’s comparison of him to Jesus, saying, “Larry David is about action, not words.” According to Bruce Springsteen, Larry is “Larry ‘Involvement’ David,” with involvement as his middle name. People now consider Larry to be a good man, and he finds himself falling slightly in love with it.
“Looks like quite a fellow, this Larry David guy they keep talking about,” he says. This is where things start to get a little personal, even for Curb. When Leon arrives, everyone is persuaded to relocate the statue—if not out of sight—by his indignation at it.
And, alas, they manage to break it. Susie asks that the boys replace it since she is enraged at the idea of losing the security deposit because of this. (One wonders, is she not able to absorb the expense?) The following day is Susie’s birthday, and while the boys are shopping for her, Larry urinates profusely in a store bathroom.
However, he declines to make a purchase, which would have made him a paying customer and granted him access to the restroom. Is it not possible for him to purchase a small item there as well?
