Reverse The Curse

It was a good season for Curb Your Enthusiasm. But it was more than that. It was a twofer. Not only was it a fine season finale of Curb Your Enthusiasm, it was also the decent Seinfeld season finale we were denied 11 years ago.

Not that we saw a full Seinfeld episode. As David has noted on CYE, reunion shows never work. The moment has passed, the actors and the characters have moved on, and what you gain in nostalgia you lose in relevance and, invariably, humor.

Instead, we got to see the actors reuniting for a reunion show, which works better. They were good as both their old characters (the little we saw of them) and as characters on CYE.

We also got to see--somewhat fictionalized, of course--something we never could on the original show: the close relationship of David and Seinfeld. Their sitcom was built on that, and we could see, with them playing off each other, how naturally they fell into the rhythm of both Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm.

They whole cast was good, but, as always, Jason Alexander stood out. He's a fine actor--nothing like George Costanza, of course--so it was fun to see two not-so-great actors, David and Seinfeld again, mocking Alexander's craft.

At the end, it looked like David might get sentimental, with Cheryl returning. But, as with Seinfeld, we had nothing to fear. He'll still be the same Larry David, who can never leave well enough alone.