What I’m Watching: Curb Your Enthusiasm

Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 11, Episode 4 “The Watermelon” (B+)

There’s always a long game here, and the introduction of the rabbi that Susie asked Jeff to bring with him to the golf club was a carefully-calculated setup for Larry’s mutually-beneficial relationship with Joe the Klansman. Of course Larry would respect the need to make up for spilling coffee on his white robe, and then ask Susie to sew him a new one as a favor without expecting that she was going to include a personal touch that ended up earning him a beating. Larry almost managed to use Joe to his advantage when he realized that he had cows, but Woody Harrelson refusing to pick up his grape led to the dissolution of that scheme. When I first saw Kaley Cuoco as Heidi the ophthalmologist, I wasn’t sure if it was going to be a substantial role, but I’m glad that it turned out to be perfect casting since she got very angry at Larry reporting her dropping to Freddy and took out her rage on her interfering patient. Larry driving after she essentially punched him in the face resulted in a car crash that could have been bad, but instead it was the perfect opportunity to get out of paying for any damages with a new Mary Ferguson. Unfortunately, Larry’s need to affirm Leon’s secret love of watermelon couldn’t have come at a worse time, and now Leon’s going to have to work harder to find yet another Mary Ferguson before those tickets have to finally be used.