Larry David was saved from a year in prison by Jerry Seinfeld on Sunday in the series finale of Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO.
The series finale titled No Lessons Learned was the 120th overall episode of the series which premiered in October 2000 and starred Larry, 76, and his Seinfeld co-creator Jerry Seinfeld, 69.
The 20th and final season premiered in February with an episode titled Atlanta, in which Larry was arrested for giving water to Leon Black’s aunt while she waited in line to vote in Georgia.
The finale wrapped up his trial when Jerry went to Atlanta to show support, along with Larry’s close friends Jeff Greene (Jeff Garlin) and his wife Susie (Susie Essman’, Richard Lewis, his ex-wife Cheryl (Cheryl Hines), Ted Danson and Leon (JB Smoove).
The circumstances were similar to the final episode of Seinfeld, in which main characters Jerry, Elaine, Kramer and George were imprisoned after failing to comply with a new Good Samaritan law.
Larry David was saved from a year in prison by Jerry Seinfeld on Sunday in the series finale of Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO
A security guard told Larry that someone was there to see him and Jerry came with good news
The trial provided an opportunity to address Larry’s behavior when characters from the show’s history showed up to testify against him.
Jurors were told how Larry killed a swan at his golf club, stole shoes from a Holocaust museum, took flowers from a memorial, took a five-piece golf club from a man’s coffin and butchered the obituary of a ‘beloved aunt’.
They also found out that Larry refused to give Halloween candy to children, brought a sex offender to a Seder dinner, ate the last meal of a dying dog, hired a prostitute to use the carpool lane, gave Bruce Springsteen COVID and once pretended to be incest. survivor named Todd.
During the trial, Leon was binge-watching Seinfeld, which he had never seen before, and told Jerry that he had heard that he had “ruined” the finale of the beloved sitcom.
The jury found Larry guilty and the judge sentenced him to the maximum sentence of one year, hoping that he would finally learn a lesson.
Larry in prison showed another inmate how his pants formed a “pants tent” while he sat, referencing the first episode of the show entitled The Pants Tent.
A security guard told Larry that someone was there to see him and Jerry came with good news.
He informed Larry that he had met a juror who looked like Joe Pesci at a restaurant, and that the juror broke the sequester, forcing the judge to declare a mistrial.
Jurors were told how Larry killed a swan at his golf club
Bruce Springsteen testified and talked about how Larry gave him COVID
Larry in prison showed another inmate how his pants formed a “pants tent” while he sat, referencing the first episode of the show entitled The Pants Tent
“You don’t want to end up like this. Nobody wants to see it. Trust me,” Jerry said with a nod to the Seinfeld finale.
Jerry and Larry then realized that they should have done this sooner.
“Oh my God, this is how we should have ended the finale,” Larry said as they walked out.
“Oh my God, you’re right, how did we not think of that?” Jerry asked.
“Ahhh,” they said together, throwing their hands in the air.
“You don’t want to end up like this. Nobody wants to see it. Trust me,” Jerry said with a nod to the Seinfeld finale
The late Richard Lewis also appeared in the finale which was filmed before his death in February
The finale ended with Larry and his friends boarding a plane back to Los Angeles.
Susie annoyed Larry by raising her window curtain and he yelled at her to close it.
“Go fuck yourself, Larry. Go back to jail, Larry!’, Susie shouted as the series ended.
The finale and the Seinfeld reference took over social media with many giving their approval to the ending.
One fan on Twitter borrowed Larry’s line, saying the series finale was “beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, good!”
Another appreciated the nod to the show’s Seinfeld finale.
One fan on Twitter borrowed Larry’s line, saying the series finale was “beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, good!”
Another appreciated the nod to the show’s Seinfeld finale
Fans took to social media to share their appreciation for the series finale
Another viewer said it was the perfect ending to the show
Another appreciated the nod to the show’s Seinfeld finale and said they couldn’t ask for a better ending.
“That was one hell of a ride,” read another post on X praising the “perfect” ending.
The final episode also featured Larry’s good friend Richard Lewis, who died in February at the age of 76.
Richard and Larry both played fictionalized versions of themselves and the banter between the old friends was a highlight of the series.