Curb Your Enthusiasm
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admonition : This clause control spoilers forCurb Your Enthusiasmseason 12 , episode 2 .
From Jeff ’s runny hair’s-breadth dyestuff to Larry ’s enigmatically familiar lawyer to a serial of A - listing cameos , there are plenty of great moments inCurb Your Enthusiasmseason 12 , installment 2 , “ The Lawn Jockey . ” “ The Lawn Jockey ” follows on from the premiere sequence ’s cliffhanger ending , which saw Larry getting arrested in Atlanta for unwittingly breaking a recently passed law by add a bottleful of water supply to Auntie Rae while she hold back in line to vote . Larry has to stay in Georgia while he awaits his tribulation , so he moves into a rental house that has an inauspicious lawn ornamentation .
Much like last week ’s premier sequence , the 2d installment ofCurb Your Enthusiasmseason 12is full of classicCurbmoments . The episode has plenty of great standalone laugh , like Jeff ’s hapless plan to save money on Susie ’s birthday nowadays , while other scene have implications for the rest of the time of year , like Larry ’s attorney and his familiar look . As Larry ’s mischance in Atlanta continue , Curb Your Enthusiasmseason 12 , episode 2 is jam - throng with hilarious moment and surprising plot development .
check Your Enthusiasm ’s time of year 12 premiere has gotten the final season off to a majuscule start with some hilarious joke and a surprise twirl ending .
10Larry Becomes A Hero
Larry is an unwitting champion of voting rights
When he ’s bring out from pokey , Larry is surprised to find a big gang of militant bear signs praise his actions . After violating a legal philosophy he did n’t even know existed to work Auntie Rae water at the polling station , Larry has become a home hero as an unintentional champion of voting rights . This is n’t the first metre thatLarry has stumbled into acknowledgment as a hero . In time of year 8 , installment 6 , “ The Hero , ” he tripped on his shoelaces and tackled a drunk cat who was harassing a escape attendant , prompting similar undeserved praise .
9Larry Befriends Emmett In Jail
Emmett learns the hard way that friendship with Larry David brings unwanted consequences
While he ’s stuck in a holding cell at the clink , waiting to be released , Larry hit up a conversation with a fellow yard bird named Emmett , a thief who ’s compulsive to give up his spirit of criminal offense . Larry convinces Emmett to give up lactose and they exchange numbers so they can continue their friendship after their tone ending . But Emmett learns the knockout way that friendship with Larry David is n’t always a good matter , as Larry gifts him a crownwork in good order off the rack and he ’s arrested when the police spot the tag that ’s still on it .
8Larry’s Lawyer Is Identical To Mocha Joe
Larry’s lawyer Joe D’Angelo looks awfully familiar
Upon his release from jail , Larry is introduced to his lawyer , Joe D’Angelo , wholooks exactly like Mocha Joe(and is played by the same actor , Saverio Guerra).It ’s unclear whether it ’s just a coincidence that Joe D’Angelo is identical to Mocha Joe – and shares his name – or it ’s in reality Mocha Joe in camouflage , exercise on another luxuriant revenge scheme against Larry . Joe D’Angelo has extensive knowledge of coffee beans , so the seeds have been planted for a Mocha Joe reveal .
7Jeff & Susie Join Larry In Atlanta
Jeff and Susie are living with Larry in an Airbnb property
Since Larry ca n’t leave the state while he hold back to abide visitation , Jeff and Susie come down to Atlanta to join him . The three of them move into an Airbnb place for the foreseeable future . Larry like a shot start exasperate Susie by jeopardizing the security deposit and ruining her birthday . This season could see more disagreements between Larry and Susie than ever before , since they ’re being forced to hold up together for the first time .
6The Lawn Jockey
Larry’s rental house has an unfortunate lawn ornament
The sequence is name after the unfortunate lawn ornament out in front of Larry ’s rental property : a antiblack Black jockey statue . When Larry breaks the statue , Susie forces him to replace it , so she wo n’t turn a loss the deposition . Larry heads to a garden center and obtain only whitened lawn jockeys , so he has to flag down a clerk – play byThe Bear ’s Lionel Boyce – to awkwardly ask for a pitch-black one . This is a classicCurbcringe jest , with Larry dig a deep and deeper hole for himself as he tries to explain why the jockey needs to be Black .
5Celebrities Praise Larry “Involvement” David On The News
Stacey Abrams and Bruce Springsteen sing Larry’s praises
When Larry arrives at the rental property , Susie is watch theMorning Joeshow on MSNBC and the hosts are all peach about Larry ’s on the face of it imposing determination to break the law and play Auntie Rae some H2O . Joe Scarborough , Mika Brzezinski , and Willie Geist all sing Larry ’s praises , then a couple of cameoing celebrities pop up to say similarly laudatory things . Stacey Abrams praises Larry for strike activeness , while Bruce Springsteen give him the hilarious nickname “ Larry ‘ Involvement ’ David . ”
Curb Your Enthusiasm time of year 12 is here , and as common , Larry David has assembled an telling crinkle - up of cameo and celebrity client stars .
4Susie Catches Jeff Returning A Backup Birthday Gift
Jeff can never hide anything from Susie
Ahead of Susie ’s birthday , Larry and Jeff get in over their head in one of their classic schemes . To lay aside money , Jeff buys Susie two gifts and design to return the second one if the first one is deemed decent . Susie is felicitous with the first gift , so Larry and Jeff sneak off to retrieve the second endowment . While they think they ’re being invisible , a furious Susie is watching them on the security camera . This run to another definitive Susie showdown , double-dyed with the spaghetti western medicine cue from the early seasons .
3Jeff’s Hair Dye Runs Like Rudy Giuliani’s
Last week’s setup of Jeff’s hair dye is paid off hilariously this week
In last week’sCurb Your Enthusiasmseason 12 premiere sequence , Larry pointed out that Jeff had started dying his hair’s-breadth . In “ The Lawn Jockey , ” under the blistering Atlanta heating , when Jeff is interrogated by Susie , his pilus dye get going operate down his face in a hilarious reference to Rudy Giuliani ’s own tomentum dyestuff tragedy . Like Giuliani , Jeff was sweating profusely under immense pressureand it have streaks of pilus dye to dribble down his cheek . Since they painted a blank lawn jockey with the same hair dye , it starts running down the statue , too .
2The Church Barbecue Fiasco
Larry loses his hero status pretty quickly
When Larry stops by Auntie Rae ’s church barbecue , he ’s shower with kudos by the integral church group . However , the kudos is dead - live as they quickly find the racist lawn jockey statue sitting in Larry ’s railroad car . He loses his hero status just as dead as he earned it . There ’s a fun recall to last week ’s episode in that Brooke is a member of the Christian church grouping , andshe ’s just about to grant Larry “ Brookie ” privilege before the statue ruins those chances .
1Larry Pleads “Not Guilty”
Curb Your Enthusiasm season 12 is set up for a lengthy legal battle
Against Auntie Rae ’s protests , Larry was to begin with plan to plead guilty for get home as soon as possible . However , after the lawn jockey incident , Larry is desperate to make it up to Auntie Rae and finish up plead not shamefaced to assuage her . This turn marks the remnant of the episode , setting up a lengthy legal battlefor the rest ofCurb Your Enthusiasmseason 12 . Now , this trial is fail to get a great deal more complicated than it needed to be .
