Curb Your Enthusiasm -------------------- ************** ************** ************** Season 1 ************** ************** ************** 0. Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm [0] Directed By: Robert B. Weide Original Air Date: October 17, 1999 In the HBO special upon which the series was based, Larry is approached by HBO about having his own hour-long HBO special. Larry begins performing stand-up comedy again in order to prepare for the special, after a long absence. However, Larry soon becomes nervous about the special and lies to the HBO executives about the illness of his nonexistent stepfather. 1. The Pants Tent [1] Directed By: Robert B. Weide Original Air Date: October 15, 2000 This is the series' pilot episode. Larry's new pants (which are so baggy in the front that they make it look like he has an erection every time he sits down) create awkward misunderstandings between Larry, Cheryl, and her friend. A movie theater argument with a female 'stranger' leads to tensions between Larry and best friend Richard Lewis. Larry's joking referral to Cheryl as "Hitler" (during a car speakerphone conversation with Jeff) cause Larry's attempts to hide it from Cheryl -- and to appease Jeff's Holocaust-sensitive parents -- to backfire disastrously. Kathy Griffin makes a cameo appearance. 2. Ted and Mary [2] Directed By: David Steinberg Original Air Date: October 22, 2000 Larry and Cheryl spend quality time with new celebrity friends, Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen; Larry loses his shoes at the bowling alley. 3. Porno Gil [3] Directed By: Robert B. Weide Original Air Date: October 29, 2000 Larry and Cheryl are invited to a dinner party thrown by a retired porn star, Gil Bang (Bob Odenkirk). Jeff asks Larry to hide his porn collection from Susie. 4. The Bracelet [4] Directed By: Robert B. Weide Original Air Date: November 5, 2000 Larry wants to buy a bracelet for Cheryl but looks unpresentable in his appearance; later, Larry and Richard Lewis help a blind man move into his apartment. 5. Interior Decorator [5] Directed By: Andy Ackerman Original Air Date: November 12, 2000 Larry keeps missing appointments with Diane Keaton; Larry is angered by the operations of his doctor's office. 6. The Wire [6] Directed By: Larry Charles Original Air Date: November 19, 2000 To bury a telephone wire, Larry must befriend his next door neighbors, the Weinstocks (Wayne Federman, Lucy Webb), who ask to meet Julia Louis-Dreyfus. 7. AAMCO [7] Directed By: Robert B. Weide Original Air Date: November 26, 2000 Cheryl holds a dinner party; Larry test drives Jeff's car which leads to an accident after hearing the trademark double-horn sound effect in an AAMCO radio commercial, mistaking it for a real horn. 8. Beloved Aunt [8] Directed By: Robert B. Weide Original Air Date: December 3, 2000 Cheryl's parents ask Larry to write an obituary for Cheryl's aunt, which accidentally results in an obscene typo. 9. Affirmative Action [9] Directed By: Bryan Gordon Original Air Date: December 10, 2000 Larry makes an inappropriate humorous remark to an African-American doctor; Larry and Cheryl travel across L.A. to retrieve a prescription. 10. The Group [10] Directed By: Robert B. Weide Original Air Date: December 17, 2000 Jeff offers Cheryl a role in The Vagina Monologues; Larry runs into an old girlfriend who asks him to go to an incest survivors group with her. ************** ************** ************** Season 2 ************** ************** ************** 1. The Car Salesman [11] Directed By: Robert B. Weide Original Air Date: September 23, 2001 Larry shocks his wife and friends by deciding to take a job as a car salesman, but is foiled when "high-maintenance" Richard Lewis shows up at the dealership. Larry and Jason Alexander contemplate making a new TV series about an actor who can't find work because he is typecast as his character from a hit television show. 2. Thor [12] Directed By: Robert B. Weide Original Air Date: September 30, 2001 Larry seeks revenge on pro wrestler Thor Olson, who he's convinced slashed his tire after an argument on the road, and recruits Jeff to redress the wrong in return for Larry's delivering Jeff's clothes to his hotel after he and Susie had separated. Larry decides to meet with Jason Alexander about their new show, but the two end up getting into an argument about where they should have the meeting. 3. Trick or Treat [13] Directed By: Larry Charles Original Air Date: October 7, 2001 Larry refuses to give candy to uncostumed teenagers on Halloween. As a result the vengeful teens toilet-paper his house and spray-paint "Bald Asshole" across his front door. Larry and Cheryl attend a handicapped friend's movie premiere. 4. The Shrimp Incident [14] Directed By: David Steinberg Original Air Date: October 14, 2001 Larry accuses HBO executive Allan Wasserman of stealing shrimp from his Chinese food; Julia Louis-Dreyfus wants to pitch the show to HBO. 5. The Thong [15] Directed By: Jeff Garlin Original Air Date: October 21, 2001 Larry wants to discontinue his counseling when he sees his therapist in a thong; Rob Reiner asks Larry to be auctioned off for charity. 6. The Acupuncturist [16] Directed By: Bryan Gordon Original Air Date: October 28, 2001 Larry lends $5,000 to an old friend and offers another $5,000 to his acupuncturist if he can cure his neck problems. 7. The Doll [17] Directed By: Robert B. Weide Original Air Date: November 4, 2001 Larry and Julia successfully pitch the show to ABC; Larry then traumatizes the executive's daughter by cutting her priceless doll's head off. Note: "The Doll" was also the name of a Seinfeld episode. 8. Shaq [18] Directed By: Dean Parisot Original Air Date: November 11, 2001 Larry accidentally trips Shaquille O'Neal at a Lakers game which works out to be beneficial for Larry. 9. The Baptism [19] Directed By: Keith Truesdell Original Air Date: November 18, 2001 Larry and Cheryl travel to attend her sister's Jewish fiancé's baptism; Richard Lewis accuses Larry of stealing his outgoing answering machine greeting. 10. The Massage [20] Directed By: Robert B. Weide Original Air Date: November 25, 2001 Larry and Julia make a final attempt with CBS. Larry is arrested for stealing forks from the restaurant at the W hotel in Westwood. ************** ************** ************** Season 3 ************** ************** ************** 1. Chet's Shirt [21] Directed By: Robert B. Weide Original Air Date: September 15, 2002 Larry becomes obsessed with a shirt he sees in a dead friend's picture; Larry and Jeff become investors in a swank new restaurant with Ted Danson and Michael York. 2. The Benadryl Brownie [22] Directed By: Larry Charles Original Air Date: September 22, 2002 Larry's first cell phone call leads to an allergic reaction involving Richard Lewis's Christian Scientist girlfriend. 3. Club Soda and Salt [23] Directed By: Robert B. Weide Original Air Date: September 29, 2002 Larry learns a restaurant tip about stains; Larry becomes tennis partners with Cheryl when he becomes jealous of her current partner, Brad. 4. The Nanny From Hell [24] Directed By: Larry Charles Original Air Date: October 6, 2002 Jeff and Susie get back together after Jeff finds out she is pregnant; Larry gets a restaurant investor's nanny fired when he uses his private bathroom and is held responsible. 5. The Terrorist Attack [25] Directed By: Robert B. Weide Original Air Date: October 13, 2002 Wanda Sykes warns Larry and Cheryl that there will be a terrorist attack in L.A. the weekend they will be holding an NRDC benefit with Alanis Morissette. 6. The Special Section [26] Directed By: Bryan Gordon Original Air Date: October 20, 2002 Larry's mother dies, which he uses as an excuse to get out of things; Larry is angered when his mother's remains are put in a special section of the cemetery and teams up with his father, cousin and Jeff to put it right. 7. The Corpse Sniffing Dog [27] Directed By: Andy Ackerman Original Air Date: October 27, 2002 Larry talks the Greenes' daughter into giving their dog away after Jeff starts suffering from terrible allergies; later, he has to devise a plan to get the dog back. 8. Krazee Eyez Killa [28] Directed By: Robert B. Weide Original Air Date: November 3, 2002 Larry befriends Wanda's fiancé, a rapper, and searches L.A. for a jacket he urgently needs for the re-shoot of an upcoming Martin Scorsese film. 9. Mary, Joseph and Larry [29] Directed By: David Steinberg Original Air Date: November 10, 2002 Larry begins having problems with his housekeeper, Dora; Cheryl invites her family home for the holidays. 10. The Grand Opening [30] Directed By: Robert B. Weide Original Air Date: November 17, 2002 With the restaurant opening in days, Larry manages to fire the chef; accidentally break the thumbs of a food critic and hire a new chef with Tourette syndrome with mixed results. ************** ************** ************** Season 4 ************** ************** ************** 1. Mel's Offer [31] Directed By: Robert B. Weide Original Air Date: January 4, 2004 Larry is offered the lead role in Mel Brooks' musical, The Producers. Larry reminds Cheryl of an anniversary gift she had promised him ten years earlier. 2. Ben's Birthday Party [32] Directed By: Robert B. Weide Original Air Date: January 11, 2004 Larry is reunited with his blind friend, Michael; the Davids are invited to Ben Stiller's birthday dinner. 3. The Blind Date [33] Directed By: Larry Charles Original Air Date: January 18, 2004 Larry sets up Michael on a "blind" date with a veiled Muslim woman; Jeff admits to Larry he fantasized about Cheryl. 4. The Weatherman [34] Directed By: Robert B. Weide Original Air Date: January 25, 2004 Larry is angered by a weatherman's wrong forecast; Larry scares the Greene's daughter with a hideous photograph of his tooth plaque. 5. The 5 Wood [35] Directed By: Bryan Gordon Original Air Date: February 1, 2004 Larry faces termination from his country club if his locker is not cleaned; Larry steals a golf club from a deceased's casket. 6. The Car Pool Lane [36] Directed By: Robert B. Weide Original Air Date: February 8, 2004 Larry finds an innovative way to use the HOV lane while driving to a Los Angeles Dodgers game on time - Hiring a prostitute as a passenger in his car so he can drive through the Carpool Lane; Larry attempts to get medicinal marijuana for his father; Marty Funkhouser is reluctant to give his dead father's seat up. (Note: This episode was the episode involved in the Juan Catalan incident) 7. The Surrogate [37] Directed By: Larry Charles Original Air Date: February 22, 2004 Larry befriends a surrogate mother; Larry confronts his doctor about the waiting room's magazine selection. 8. Wandering Bear [38] Directed By: Robert B. Weide Original Air Date: February 29, 2004 Larry's purchase of an adult video causes him trouble when his long time assistant, Antoinette, becomes unstable after breaking up with a boyfriend. Larry gets some herbal remedies from his gardener, Wandering Bear. 9. The Survivor [39] Directed By: Larry Charles Original Air Date: March 7, 2004 Larry receives a tempting offer from a Hasidic dry cleaner; Larry and Cheryl renew their vows in anticipation for their 10th anniversary. Due to a misunderstanding, the Rabbi conducting the ceremony brings a "Survivor" (from the TV series) to a social occasion and Larry's father brings a Holocaust Survivor, leading to an argument between the two over who is the "better Survivor." 10. Opening Night [40] Directed By: Robert B. Weide Original Air Date: March 14, 2004 Larry opens on Broadway with The Producers and forgets his lines during the performance; Cheryl reminds Larry to cash in on his present before "midnight" of the opening. ************** ************** ************** Season 5 ************** ************** ************** 1. The Larry David Sandwich [41] Directed By: Robert B. Weide Original Air Date: September 25, 2005 Larry is changed by a near-death experience, a revelation about his father, and a sandwich that is named after him. 2. The Bowtie [42] Directed By: Larry Charles Original Air Date: October 2, 2005 Larry hires a private investigator to find out if he is adopted. After Larry adopts a dog, Wanda deems it to be racist after she visits and finds it barking at her. 3. The Christ Nail [43] Directed By: Robert B. Weide Original Air Date: October 9, 2005 Larry buys his housekeeper a bra, and is saved from the wrath of her vengeful husband by orthotics and a special nail. 4. Kamikaze Bingo [44] Directed By: Robert B. Weide Original Air Date: October 16, 2005 Larry dishonors an art dealer at a Japanese restaurant, and accuses a nursing-home resident of a Bingo fix. 5. Lewis Needs a Kidney [45] Directed By: Robert B. Weide Original Air Date: October 30, 3005 When Richard Lewis needs a kidney transplant, Larry and Jeff debate on how far they are willing to go to help out their friend in need. 6. The Smoking Jacket [46] Directed By: David Steinberg Original Air Date: November 6, 2005 On his birthday, Larry makes two wishes that eventually come true. One involves a visit to Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion. While there, Larry swaps "smoking jackets" with a living legend. 7. The Seder [47] Directed By: Robert B. Weide Original Air Date: November 13, 2005 Larry and Cheryl hold a Passover seder for friends and family. Larry befriends a sex offender and winds up inviting him to Passover, which causes a lot of awkwardness among the other guests, and Larry accuses another guest of stealing his morning paper. 8. The Ski Lift [48] Directed By: Larry Charles Original Air Date: November 20, 2005 Larry and Jeff befriend the head of a kidney transplant consortium in an attempt to get Richard Lewis on the top of the hospital waiting list; Jeff and Susie invite Larry and Cheryl to spend the weekend at their ski lodge; Larry learns something about Jeff's penis. 9. The Korean Bookie [49] Directed By: Bryan Gordon Original Air Date: November 27, 2005 Larry pays off a debt, and contemplates how to invest money from a debt paid. Larry then suspects his bookie of eating Jeff's dog, Oscar. 10. The End [50] Directed By: Larry Charles Original Air Date: December 4, 2005 Larry is changed by a trip to Arizona, to Richard Lewis’ profound relief. Larry also finds out the truth of whether he is adopted. Larry dies and goes to heaven until he is re-animated. ************** ************** ************** Season 6 ************** ************** ************** 1. Meet the Blacks [51] Directed By: Larry Charles Original Air Date: September 9, 2007 Cheryl talks Larry into adopting the Blacks, a family displaced by a hurricane; Larry invents an excuse for missing a party which quickly catches on. 2. The Anonymous Donor [52] Directed By: Robert B. Weide Original Air Date: September 16, 2007 The Davids and the Blacks move into a new house; Larry has a wing named after him but is upstaged by an anonymous donor. Larry takes a stained bedsheet to the dry-cleaners and finds that his shirt has been picked up by another patron. 3. The Ida Funkhouser Roadside Memorial [53] Directed By: David Mandel Original Air Date: September 23, 2007 Larry is given an unspendable banknote, takes issue with people who abuse their "sample privileges" and is accused of pinching flowers by a grieving Marty Funkhouser. 4. The Lefty Call [54] Directed By: Alec Berg Original Air Date: September 30, 2007 Larry regrets getting Richard Lewis' girlfriend Cha Cha a job near the office bathroom; a waiter gets into a doggy-bag dispute; and Larry proves inept at "talking lefty." 5. The Freak Book [55] Directed By: Bryan Gordon Original Air Date: October 7, 2007 Larry attends Ted Danson's birthday party but is bothered by his chauffer having to wait outside; A book about freaks, coupled with the chauffeur's incapacity, sets Larry up for a string of ejections involving Danson, John McEnroe and a group of mourners. 6. The Rat Dog [56] Directed By: David Steinberg Original Air Date: October 14, 2007 Larry ruins Leon and Loretta's respective job chances via an accidental cell phone swap and a slow toaster. Larry also offends a deaf woman over her dog which looks similar to a rat; and a 'massage with happy ending' gift to Larry's dad causes confusion. 7. The TiVo Guy [57] Directed By: Jeff Schaffer Original Air Date: October 21, 2007 Cheryl, while on a flight that encounters dangerous weather calls Larry, who has the TiVo guy over at his house (Kevin Heffernan) and asks her to call him back. Cheryl turns to the man sitting next to her for support. Cheryl leaves Larry and their mutual friends have to choose sides, with Cheryl being chosen by nearly all of Larry's friends. Larry goes on a date with Lucy Lawless. 8. The N Word [58] Directed By: Tom Kramer Original Air Date: October 28, 2007 Larry offends Auntie Rae after an overly long hug. Jeff's stay at the hospital to get a "snore job" opens up a new opportunity for Larry, who takes full advantage of it. Also, after Larry hears a man use a racial slur offensive to African-Americans, he can't seem to say the word while relaying that story without having African-Americans hear it. Brenda Strong and Ben Stiller guest star in the episode. 9. The Therapists [59] Directed By: David Mandel Original Air Date: November 4, 2007 Larry alienates Cheryl by following the advice of his therapist (guest star Steve Coogan). In an attempt to win her back he tries to curry favor with Cheryl's therapist by staging a mugging attempt. Marty Funkhouser collects money for a charity under false pretenses. 10. The Bat Mitzvah [60] Directed By: Larry Charles Original Air Date: November 11, 2007 Larry "recommends" a former Seinfeld director (guest star Michael McKean) to Richard Lewis. As Jeff's daughter's bat mitzvah approaches, he uses the opportunity to address a malicious rumor. Larry sees Loretta in a new light.