Episode guide
Essential Curb Your Enthusiasm Episodes
HBO, 2000 to 2024
Our 5 character guides for Curb Your Enthusiasm point to 23 key episodes across 11 seasons. Of those, 7 turn up in two or more guides, so they come first, followed by every episode in air order.
Season and episode numbers follow the original broadcast order.
The essentials(7)
Episodes that matter to more than one character, the most shared first.
- In 2 guides
Season 2, Episode 7
"The Doll"
- Jeff Greene: Jeff helps Larry swipe a doll's head from his daughter Sammi's collection, and Susie catches on.
- Susie Greene: Susie catches Larry and Jeff in Sammi's room after they take one of her dolls' heads.
- In 2 guides
Season 3, Episode 9
"Mary, Joseph and Larry"
- Jeff Greene: Larry covers for Jeff's late-night phone call, and the lie falls apart and gets Jeff thrown out.
- Susie Greene: Susie learns that Larry and Jeff lied about a late-night phone call and throws Jeff out.
- In 2 guides
Season 5, Episode 5
"Lewis Needs a Kidney"
- Jeff Greene: Jeff turns out to be a kidney match for Richard Lewis, but Susie forbids him to donate.
- Susie Greene: Susie forbids Jeff to donate a kidney to Richard Lewis, leaving it up to Larry.
- In 2 guides
Season 6, Episode 7
"The TiVo Guy"
- Larry David: Larry fumbles Cheryl's call from a frightening flight, and she leaves him.
- Cheryl David: Cheryl leaves Larry after his response to her call from a turbulent flight.
- In 2 guides
Season 7, Episode 3
"The Reunion"
- Cheryl David: Larry agrees to a Seinfeld reunion so he can give Cheryl a role as George's ex-wife.
- Susie Greene: Larry spots that Susie has Lyme disease, then accuses her of being ungrateful.
- In 2 guides
Season 7, Episode 10
"Seinfeld"
- Larry David: Larry's Seinfeld reunion comes together while his hopes of winning back Cheryl hit a snag.
- Cheryl David: The reunion show brings Larry and Cheryl back together, at least for a moment.
- In 2 guides
Season 8, Episode 5
"Vow of Silence"
- Jeff Greene: Jeff and Larry eat the frozen yogurt meant for the Greenes' dying dog, then lie to Susie about it.
- Susie Greene: Susie's beloved dog Oscar is put down, and Larry and Jeff ruin his last meal.
Every key episode by season(23)
Season 1(2 episodes)
Season 1, Episode 1
"The Pants Tent"
- Larry David: A pair of badly fitting pants and a fight at a movie theater kick off Larry's long tradition of social disasters.
Season 1, Episode 7
"AAMCO"
- Jeff Greene: Jeff's new car gets rammed after Larry mistakes a radio ad's horn for a real one.
Season 2(2 episodes)
Season 2, Episode 2
"Thor"
- Jeff Greene: Separated from Susie, Jeff is living in a hotel and gets caught letting the air out of a wrestler's tire for Larry.
Season 2, Episode 7
"The Doll"
An essential, in the guides for Jeff Greene and Susie Greene. Read the notes
Season 3(2 episodes)
Season 3, Episode 8
"Krazee-Eyez Killa"
- Larry David: Larry learns that Wanda's rapper fiance is cheating and cannot keep the secret from Cheryl.
Season 3, Episode 9
"Mary, Joseph and Larry"
An essential, in the guides for Jeff Greene and Susie Greene. Read the notes
Season 4(3 episodes)
Season 4, Episode 2
"Ben's Birthday Party"
- Susie Greene: Larry enrages Susie by repeating a crude phrase in a children's game of telephone.
Season 4, Episode 9
"The Survivor"
- Cheryl David: Larry and Cheryl renew their vows for their tenth anniversary, and Larry is shaky on his lines.
Season 4, Episode 10
"Opening Night"
- Larry David: Larry finally takes the Broadway stage in The Producers, after a stranger curses him to fail.
Season 5(1 episode)
Season 5, Episode 5
"Lewis Needs a Kidney"
An essential, in the guides for Jeff Greene and Susie Greene. Read the notes
Season 6(2 episodes)
Season 6, Episode 2
"The Anonymous Donor"
- Leon Black: Leon makes his first appearance as Loretta's brother and settles into Larry and Cheryl's house.
Season 6, Episode 7
"The TiVo Guy"
An essential, in the guides for Larry David and Cheryl David. Read the notes
Season 7(4 episodes)
Season 7, Episode 2
"Vehicular Fellatio"
- Leon Black: When the rest of the Black family moves out, Leon stays behind with Larry.
Season 7, Episode 3
"The Reunion"
An essential, in the guides for Cheryl David and Susie Greene. Read the notes
Season 7, Episode 9
"The Table Read"
- Leon Black: Leon poses as a man suffering from a fictional disease.
Season 7, Episode 10
"Seinfeld"
An essential, in the guides for Larry David and Cheryl David. Read the notes
Season 8(3 episodes)
Season 8, Episode 1
"The Divorce"
- Cheryl David: Larry and Cheryl finalize their divorce, and Cheryl gets the house.
Season 8, Episode 5
"Vow of Silence"
An essential, in the guides for Jeff Greene and Susie Greene. Read the notes
Season 8, Episode 10
"Larry vs. Michael J. Fox"
- Leon Black: Larry and Leon head to Paris to get out of a charity obligation.
Season 9(1 episode)
Season 9, Episode 1
"Foisted!"
- Leon Black: Leon becomes Larry's new assistant.
Season 10(1 episode)
Season 10, Episode 1
"Happy New Year"
- Cheryl David: Cheryl lands in the hospital after an allergic reaction to Larry's talcum powder.
Season 12(2 episodes)
Season 12, Episode 1
"Atlanta"
- Leon Black: Leon visits his Auntie Rae in Atlanta, where Larry is arrested for giving her water in a voting line.
Season 12, Episode 10
"No Lessons Learned"
- Larry David: Larry stands trial in the series finale, which echoes the end of Seinfeld.
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