So Curb Your Enthusiasm is my favorite comedy show. Even after watching The Office and Always Sunny, it's still the best one for me and if I had to choose only one show to watch for the rest of my life, it would probably be this.
So the show till at least season 9 or 10 (I still loved 10) was a masterpiece and on par with the show's peak. But season 11 and 12 are just not it. And I don't think I've seen so many meh and mid episodes in any seasons before, not even the previous one!
Not only the situations they've written for this season are not as funny and genius as the early seasons and those iconic episodes, everything feels fake and lazy. And I get it, "Weel, obviously it's a TV show so it's scripted!". Well, yeah. But Curb was at its best when they just outlined what the scene was gonna be about and the actors just went with the flow and improvised every line of dialogue. This season just feels phony and forced and just not as funny.
I chuckled at some of the stuff in this episode, but they weren't as laugh out loud funny like it used to be. I only rated episode 3 of this season highly, and everything before and after that have been meh. I think the overall rating of this season from the episodes for me has been a 6, even considering I gave episode 3 a 9/10. A 6/10 season is a pretty sad rating for a 10/10 show that I deem my favorite comedy ever.
Not to mention them using the same voiced lines again and again when Larry's mouth isn't even moving and adding lines in edit after they shoot the scenes. It's so obvious and forced. Curb was funny when it didn't feel so overly edited and scripted.
As for the episode itself, like I said, there are some funny lines here and there, but the situational comedy isn't really there. The amount of chaos Larry would create at the end of each episode back then were funny because how unexpected and ridiculous they were. Now, you won't even remember half the plotlines or the ending an hour after watching the episode.
It's just such a shame. Curb is still my favorite comedy, I'll have to rewatch to confirm that this is in fact the funniest show compared to Always Sunny at least. But it's just sad seeing such a genuinely funny show with genius writing and iconic ending scenes, end with such a letdown of a final season.
Don't get me wrong, this episode isn't unwatchable or totally unfunny or anything, it's just not like it used to be and doesn't feel as natural.
Also, what a waste of Jackie Daytona. Daytona would've been an iconic character of Curb if he was in previous seasons.
