Curb Your Enthusiasm – Season 12 Episode 6

Published: Nov 08 2024

Season 12, Episode 6 of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" kicks off with Larry and Leon indulging at Shimon’s, an all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant where Leon's appetite knows no bounds, as he repeatedly returns for more heaping plates of food. After a trip to the restroom, Larry strikes up a conversation with Leon, pondering aloud about the time squandered during urination and whether humans could utilize that period more productively.

Elsewhere in the bustling dining hall, the restaurant's owner, Shimon, makes his presence felt by expressing his vehement disdain for Leon's gluttonous behavior. Without hesitation, Shimon bans Leon from his establishment for life, while Larry narrowly escapes a similar fate…for the time being.

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As Larry and Leon depart the buffet, they unexpectedly encounter Ted Danson, who reveals that he's portraying Abraham Lincoln in a play, with Lori Loughlin as his co-star, Mary Todd Lincoln. Ted then asks Larry for a favor: his co-star, a golf enthusiast, has been blacklisted from clubs due to her involvement in the college admissions scandal. Larry readily agrees to help and, inspired by the request, decides to practice Lincoln's Gettysburg Address while visiting various restrooms, reciting it with passion.

Meanwhile, Larry catches sight of an unexpected sight by the roadside: Susie's billboard advertising her new caftan business, now marred by a graffiti penis aimed directly at her mouth, giving the impression that she's cradling its testicles. Although initially incensed, Susie inadvertently experiences a surge in sales dubbed the "post-penis bump." Larry and Jeff crack jokes about how a second penis might skyrocket her sales even further, and, as if on cue, another penis graffiti mysteriously appears.

Larry embarks on an enchanting romantic excursion with Sienna Miller, venturing to an exclusive screening of her latest cinematic masterpiece, an event attended solely by her closest friends and family. As the film unfolds on the screen, Larry notices an intriguing anomaly in her acting approach: during scenes of intense emotion, she inexplicably reaches for a piece of fruit and consumes it. Confronted about this peculiar habit after the screening, Sienna denies it with a hint of discomfort flickering across her face, leading her to subsequently ban fruit from the set of her forthcoming film.

Nevertheless, this unconventional transformation nearly costs her her livelihood, as she finds herself battling to convey the requisite emotional depth in a crucial scene. Her predicament persists, a dark cloud hovering over her career, until Larry, in a stroke of serendipitous fortune, steps into her trailer and hands her a pear. To the utter amazement of everyone on set, amidst a powerful emotional sequence, she takes a hearty bite of the pear and, in the heat of an intense "I hate you" declaration, launches it, projectile-like, into her co-star's face—an act that saves her career in the most unexpected and unconventional manner.

Unfortunately, Larry's gesture, though well-meaning, is tainted by a string of insensitive remarks, doubting her Jewish heritage and questioning the authenticity of her hair. This prompts an indignant Sienna to exclaim, "I have alopecia, you insensitive jerk!"

Meanwhile, Lori Laughlin embarks on a deceitful journey at a prestigious golf club, weaving lies and engaging in cheatery throughout her membership. Recognizing an opportunity to intervene, Larry leverages his newly acquired expertise in The Gettysburg Address to convince the club's board to give Lori a shot at redemption. However, her probation involves facing off against Larry and two other board members in a golfing challenge. Throughout the games, Lori's performance is abysmal, further undermined by her use of a blue handicapped flag for her golf cart—a clear attempt to gain an unfair advantage. Despite her callous remarks about Larry's golfing skills, she nonetheless extends invites to Larry, Jeff, and Susie for the premiere of Ted's Lincoln-themed play, "A House Divided."

At the premiere, Larry finds himself seated next to Cheryl, with the waiter from the restaurant where a fish met an unfortunate demise in a previous episode occupying the seat ahead. Their confrontation over the fish resurrects old tensions. During the play, the waiter's coat draped over the back of his seat incessantly侵扰Larry's space. When Ted recites The Gettysburg Address as part of the performance, Larry, now inexplicably associating the speech with urination, abruptly rises to visit the restroom. Tripping over the coat, he finds himself sprawled face-down on the floor, relief seeking taking precedence over dignity.

The episode concludes with Larry on his way home, where he spots an ominous addition to Sienna Miller's movie billboard—a vulgar graffiti of a penis. Attempting to snap a photo, Larry makes an illegal U-turn, drawing the attention of the law. In his attempt to explain his actions, Larry's defense falls flat when the officer spots a bag of spray paint in the backseat. Forced to confess, Larry admits to tagging "Not" in front of "All you can eat" at Shimon's restaurant, leading to his arrest for this malicious act of vandalism.


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