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8/10
Lori Loughlin has a good lie - and steals the show!
wiredranch11 March 2024
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The return of Lori Loughlin - who out "amorals" amoral Larry - makes this the best episode of season 12. Well, that and some graffiti!

The only time I've seen LL before was in her Seinfeld episode - which Larry was NOT involved with (though as Ted needlessly and needingly confirms, he DID write the finale!)

Always thought the prosecution/persecution of Lori and Felicity Huffman (who I would love to see next) in a time when violent criminals are sprung was insane. So maybe that opinion contributed to the love of her performance.

Regardless, Lori's scenes in which she's so rude to her country club benefactor (for the sin of missing a putt and chit chatting when he should be chipping) along with her clueless amorality in golf cart usage - claiming disability based on a favorable hematologist report that she can't remember when applied to preferred parking)- is OUTSTANDING!

So is Larry's take on Lincoln - "This exclusive club, of specific people, by specific people, for specific people" - shows that all his time learning while urinating has not been in vain.

The added alopecia outrage debuting on Oscar night was a bonus (as was Susie's billboard for her latest dumb style innovation being defiled.)

Because of Jeff/Larry's idea and Lori's self-deprecating humor in her willingness to maximize the laughs, funniest episode of the year. And one of Curb's all-time bests.
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1/10
Keeps getting worse...
darryl-johnson12 March 2024
Wash, rinse and repeat... And so it goes as 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' continues to circle the drain this season. A once innovative and laugh out loud comedy keeps demonstrating this season how it has overstayed it's welcome.

Episode 6 is the worst so far this season- not one funny line or premise. JB Smoove's character died long ago as a comedic distraction. Suzie no longer has the energy to go into one of her funny profane rants at Larry's expense and Jeff has no funny lines to give.

It appears Cheryl comes on for nostalgia because she barely has lines now.

The show is badly showing its age. It's limping to the finish line with barely a pulse. If Larry ended it now without any further episodes that might be an improvement for what had been broadcasted this season.
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The Gettysburg Address
bobcobb30120 March 2024
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If they just stuck with the buffet concept this would have been an okay episode. We have all been there and while debating whether or not all you can eat actually means that is not exactly original, this could have been funny. But they had too many other things going on here.

Larry would not read the same Gettysburg Address every time he goes to the bathroom. I thought the point was to learn something? He already knew that?

And a bunch of older people laughing about drawings of pee pees and wee wees on a billboard in the year 2024 is not exactly HBO kind of comedy. Larry is above this, or at least I thought he was.
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