Dirty Jerry Crazy Larry

Curb Your Enthusiasm, Season 6
story by Larry David
rating: 4 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Stealth

As I prepared to anoint six as "the best season yet," I thought back to those first few, and remembered (at least in my mind) a more shambling, less rambunctious life for Larry. It was more often a smaller misstep, and fewer missteps per episode, which meant more time for Larry and Jeff to just walk around (a cemetery, a birthday party) and more shrugs of the shoulder instead of escalating, shouting outrages. Cheryl was always a sentimentalist, and always - I thought - more full of herself than Larry (it's hard, for example, to think of Larry suggesting that they renew their wedding vows). What I've always liked about Curb Your Enthusiasm is how unlike Seinfeld it was - how Larry, unlike Jerry, was a good guy, thoughtful and considerate and never a bullshitter. So season 6 ends in probably the best place the show could end (which is to say the most sincere), and it ends where great scenes always end: with dancing.