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• 1 sig // Oct 22, 2007 at 11:15 pm

  the best episode I’ve seen for ages & ages… really brilliant - one of the reasons being that the storyline is a departure from the norm and tackles something that everyone has wondered about from the beginning of the season 1… “why does Cheryl stay with him”

• 2 andrew // Oct 23, 2007 at 12:43 am

  Wonderful episode. Everything tied togeter perfectly. Excited for the rest of the season.

• 3 Dan Garrett // Oct 23, 2007 at 2:31 am

  ‘Ya got long-ass balls Larry.’

• 4 Nadine // Oct 23, 2007 at 5:18 am

  I agree with Sig- this was one of the best episodes I´ve seen for a long time. It really made me laugh out loud… A lot of great moments, good storyline, funny scenes with Leon in the hospital and Richard Lewis in the end…. Brilliant :).

• 5 Chuck Noris // Oct 23, 2007 at 2:21 pm

  I have to agree with you all

  Pure Genius

• 6 Alex // Oct 23, 2007 at 3:41 pm

  I’m yet to see it, gonna watch it tonight with my Dad. But really looking forward to it after hearing from all of you!

• 7 Martin // Oct 24, 2007 at 2:35 am

  I’ve been waiting ages for a Cheryl leaves Larry storyline and not only did it meet expectations but far exceeded them. The episode was brilliant on so many levels, from Larry not wanting to know what happened on Lost to the “Mint? Tissue? Pen?” moment. Just amazing.

• 8 Phil // Oct 24, 2007 at 2:50 am

  one of the best curb episodes ever

• 9 Andreas // Oct 27, 2007 at 9:24 pm

  We have all known that the Larry on TV is insane. He suffers not just from paranoia-schizophrenia but is also disillusional. He is without any sort of social skills. He has diffeculties expressing his feelings to the people close to him. He is incapable of admitting his own faults. He is, in short, the most malfunctional fictional character in TV history! No one! Not even Homer Simpson, as a cartoon character, is more of an idiot (in the Dosteyevskian sense) than the fictional Larry David.

  BUT,

  He has, despite his lack of social skills, an inherent humanism which shines throughout all the seaons. He has always been the man to, if not help in a direct sense, then apply his understanding towards people in need. This is the key, as I see it, to appreciate Larry David that he is a person who is not so self-absorbed as the Hollywood that surrounds him.

  He has an obsession with truth; very much like a kid. If someone does him or anyone else wrong, despite the situation, he will seek out the truth - he will bypass unwritten social rules to have the truth and that is what sets him apart from society. And in this, I believe, is his sense of humanity. Almost every episode has a situation where Larry goes out of his way to make someone else feel better, a stranger etc. and of course to cause a complete panic.

  This season has been very, very different from all the others. I have tried to find the epic theme of it and I believed that it was helping the Blacks. But I believe now that it is more about forcing reality on Larry. He lives in his own world, where he can say whatever is on his mind, because he believes that he is assisting someone. Like in this episode where he asks, to make sure, that Cheryl’s boyfriend has a tissue and a pen etc.

  When Cheryl left Larry, I was really feeling sympathy for him because Cheryl is the one person that has kept him within society and without her he will “die”. If not in the literal sense, then he will be dead to society - as we see when every one chooses Cheryl because she is a part of the community through her constructive and sane personality.

  But Cheryl leaving Larry, is also a natural consequence of ‘Curb your Enthuasism’ as a series. I think that the relationship was no longer believeable. Larry has been acting even more insane this season and no woman would stand for it, epsecially as he is completely unable to change his ways. The relationship was simply no longer plausible to the viewer - remember how he tried to have sex with her when she was sick - this break-up was a long time coming! These last episodes have all been scrambling for a sense of direction and it is clear now that Larry’s enounter with reality will put him into a major existential crisis. And yet, we know that he will avoid it by not paying attention to his emotions and be more concerned with all the rules and unwritten laws of social life. But it is important for the series’ survival because it brings us closer to Larry and hopefully it will add depth to his character. If it does, then we may have a season 7 which will be even more serious and perhaps it will even evolve into something bordering on documentary. Who knows?

  The character of Cheryl. I was really surprised to see her make such a decision. And yet, I knew that it was necessary because no woman would stay with a man so “out of focus” (to quote Woody Allen) in a community where he dosn’t belong; where his nature is not applicable. This is what all his wealth has given him, but it never taught him to belong. But does Cheryl really love Larry? I believe that she does, but I think it fluctuates between being a caretaker (like you would take care of a stray dog) and whatever it is that made her choose him to begin with, which I think is his sense of compassion which he reveals on many occasions, though subtlely. And in this, they are united becuase Cheryl is also a compassionate person. She never chose him for the money; for that I am very certain. She is simply not the sort of person to do that.

  But Cheryl will never return to Larry. It is definitely over. And I was just a little surprised not to see Larry shed a tear, but that would make ‘Curb’ into a dramatic series which would demand a lot from Larry David, the actor and creator. My guess is that the series will end with season 6. We will probably see Larry in a mental institution or maybe even dead. He will not be successful in the dating field and as a consequence, because he lacks a woman - a companion who can hurl him back into coherence, then he will stay disconnected from everything and that is where, I believe, that the series will end.

  In my view, the more Larry is going to suffer this season, it will reveal more about society than him. And I believe that exactly this statement (Larry and ‘phony’ Hollywood as opposites) is the key to understanding this series in depth.

  Andreas - Copenhagen, Denmark

  your’re welcome to share thoughts with me on this:

  e-mail: anwla121@gmail.com

• 10 Franky // Oct 27, 2007 at 11:26 pm

  I thought larry would of at least put up a fight in regards to cheryl dating someone else… he was wayy to casual to in terms of that, but hey thats larry.. I think the katrina crew haLarry have outlasted their welcome although leon is hilarious… I think cheryl is a sweetie although it was rushed the way she moved on.

• 11 Phil // Oct 28, 2007 at 3:35 am

  hmm I can’t even express how wrong the guy is @ thinking larry is a paranoid schizo. then i read his guess into how the season will end. good lord, some people just don’t get it.

• 12 Mike // Oct 29, 2007 at 6:57 am

  i dont think it was one of the best eps. but it is a good one. i think it is kind of sad that all of larrys closest friends turn on him in his time of need, even though cheryl is out enjoying herself with the underwear man and going to parties. this is really screwed up. i guesss the only true friends larry has in the series are jeff and maybe susie. but that is just my opinion. on a happy note, looking forward to “the N word” tonight!

• 13 Tomaz // Oct 31, 2007 at 8:38 am

  @Andreas: Larry David signed contract for another 3 seasons with HBO just a couple of months ago, so I can ensure you he is not dying at the end of season 6 I personally don’t like the twist in the plot, yet I’m still a big fan of the show.

  Regards from Ljubljana

• 14 YR // Nov 1, 2007 at 5:47 am

  To Andreas,

  We all know that people who are critical of Larry’s attitude are insane. Over-analyzing people’s behavior is insane enough, but trying to analyze a comedian’s on screen persona is pretty… pretty… stupid.

  Phil is truly right, some people really, really don’t get it.

• 15 Andreas // Nov 1, 2007 at 7:42 am

  Great another 3 seasons! means alot to my life - as you can probably see

• 16 Phil // Nov 1, 2007 at 8:59 am

  save us the analysis in the future too please

• 17 Andreas // Nov 1, 2007 at 9:32 pm

  I’m gonna say what I want to say.. and a lot of it was very well-thought over.. so stop being so critical yourself

• 18 Alex // Nov 1, 2007 at 9:39 pm

  Phil, Andreas is allowed to give his opinion, just as you are allowed to disagree with it. While I don’t agree with everything you said it was an interesting, well-written read and thank you very much for contributing. That’s why I made the site. So keep it coming.

• 19 Phil // Nov 2, 2007 at 2:54 am

  It wasn’t well founded, nor was it interesting. It was just aggravating.

• 20 KM // Nov 2, 2007 at 6:43 am

  Absolutely over the moon Larry has commited to another 3 seasons. I thought, like Andreas, that this would be the last. To be honest though, I thought that when he was lying in a bed at the end of season 5!

  Thanks for a great show LD, and also thanks to the webmaster for a good place to read up on our favourite man!

• 21 Jim // Nov 2, 2007 at 10:41 am

  Where did you hear that he committed for another 3 seasons? He is not even sure if he is doing a 7th.. let along 3 more

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