What I’m Watching: Curb Your Enthusiasm

Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 8, Episode 7 “The Bi-Sexual” (B+)

Larry has had his fair share of run-ins with Rosie O’Donnell, and I would say that this is by far the funniest. From the title, it was obvious that Jane was interested in both men and women, but watching Larry and Rosie figure out that fact was still absolutely terrific. What’s so brilliant about this show is that we see almost everything from Larry’s perspective, and anything involving Rosie and her supposed romance with Jane is only revealed when she confronts Larry about it. The return of Leon wasn’t necessarily expected or called for, but having him back does mean that he can dish out wholeheartedly stupid advice to Larry which our protagonist will more than happily gobble up. His “bats and balls” metaphor was a bit more than disturbing. “Juicing” proved to be an excellent idea with a truly poor finish, and the fact that it was revealed thanks to Larry’s showy bow was hilarious. Not securing the takeout soup is definitely a lamentable offense, and I love that Larry can’t accept his half-hearted bow. Not wanting to have lunch with a fellow Angelino in New York since they never see each other in LA and aren’t actually friends is a very typically Larry thing to do, and having Duckstein choke in the park because he was eating alone was a great twist, resulting in Larry actually having lunch with him in the hospital and the start of their rather unfortunate (for Larry, at least) and seemingly unavoidable friendship.