Curb Your Enthusiasm
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conquer Your Enthusiasmseason 12 , installment 4 , “ Disgruntled , ” is full of screaming moments and ironic twists . “ Disgruntled ” spread with an anonymous letter full of ailment appear on the land nightspot ’s bulletin board , which infuriates the club ’s manager , Mr. Takahashi . From there , Larry contends with accusations that he write the letter , a chef who seems to be stealing his constituent eggs , and a thin wall in a therapist ’s office that has him paranoid that other multitude are listening in on his sessions .
This installment has scene - stealing moments fromreturning character like Leonand Irma Kostroski , as well as a magnificent node twist by Willie Geist , who jaw Larry for an on - air audience . “ Disgruntled ” lampoons everything from journalistic integrity to the breakfast menu shortcut , and dovetails its plot line for a hysteric wages in the final fit . From the secret identity of “ Disgruntled ” to a parody ofSpartacus ’ most iconic scene , the belated instalment ofCurb Your Enthusiasmis kettle of fish - packed with great moments .
Curb Your Enthusiasm ’s last time of year carry on with another great episode – instalment 3 , " Vertical Drop , Horizontal Tug " – full of classic Larry minute .
10An Open Letter To The Management Of Ocean View Golf Club
Signed, Disgruntled
Curb Your Enthusiasmseason 12 , episode 4 opens with the members of Ocean View Golf Club read an open varsity letter to the direction , which was post on the bulletin card . It lists all the things that the writer of the letter of the alphabet regain unsatisfactory about the way the club is pass and it ’s sign , “ Disgruntled . ” The society ’s manager , Larry ’s honest-to-goodness rival Mr. Takahashi , is angered by the varsity letter , and directly assume it was indite by Larry . But Larry insists he did n’t do it , leaving the identity operator of “ Disgruntled ” a mystery ( at least at first ) .
9The Breakfast Loophole
Larry figures out a way to order breakfast items after 11 a.m.
Whether they ’re in a McDonald ’s or a fancy eating place , everyone require to rank breakfast food after the 11 a.m. cutoff . InCurb ’s latest episode , Larry figures out a way to do just that with a “ breakfast loophole . ” At 11:10 , after the restaurant has flip-flop over to the luncheon menu , Larry taste to practice ingredient from the tiffin menu – the egg and bacon from a Cobb salad – to order breakfast detail . He also brings his own bollock and lolly , because he happen the eating place ’s own bollock and breadstuff to be lacking .
8Jeff Is “Disgruntled”
Jeff wrote the scathing anonymous letter to the country club
After breakfast / lunch , Jeff on the QT reveals to Larry that he ’s the one who wrote the “ disgruntle ” letter . Larry praises Jeff for mouth up about all the annoyance at the club . He compares Jeff to Martin Luther and tells him it ’s the good matter he ’s ever done in his life . When Jeff ask Larry if he ’s ever done anything else kudos - desirable , Larry reply that the anonymous letter is the first and only comely thing he ever did . After revealing his identity , Jeff becomes paranoid that he ’ll be found out .
7Willie Geist Profiles Larry
Willie Geist interviews Larry for an on-air profile
In time of year 12 , sequence 2 , “ The Lawn Jockey , ” Susie watchedCurbguest whizz Willie Geistdiscussing Larry ’s fearlessness on theMorning Joeshow on MSNBC . In episode 4 , Geist touch out to Jeff to do an on - air visibility of Larry . During his interview with Geist , Larry lies and claims that he knew he was breaking the lawwhen he brought a bottleful of water to Auntie Rae at the polling station , and it was an intentional act of activism . Of course , it was n’t intentional at all – it was just a misunderstanding .
6The Couple’s Counselor’s Thin Wall
The doctor next door can hear Larry and Irma’s therapy sessions
Larry and Irma get going seeing the same couple ’s counsel as Jeff and Susie , Dr. Melanie Stainback , and Larry is trouble to retrieve that the bulwark between Dr. Stainback ’s office and the urologist next door is so thin that whatever is said in one room can be get wind in the other room . Jeff is even more disturbed by this , because he confessed to being “ Disgruntled ” in a therapy sitting , and the urologist is Mr. Takahashi ’s sound supporter . This is universally relatable , because the wall in Doctor ’ offices are often alarmingly sparse .
5Leon’s Appointment With The Urologist
“I’ve got one question: what’s a urologist?”
In decree to settle whether or not Dr. Stainback ’s therapy academic session are hearable in the urologist ’s office , Larry books Leon for an engagement at the same meter as his next academic term with Irma . As always , J.B. Smoove tap it out of the park and wring every possible laugh out of the uproarious situation of Leon pass to an assignment with a urologist . Leon is under the misapprehension that a urologist deals solely with piddle , so he ’s taken by surprise when the doctor examines his prostate gland .
4Willie Geist Won’t Reveal The Source Who Called Larry An “A******”
Geist will tell Larry what was said, but won’t reveal who said it
During his pre - consultation with Larry , Geist reveals that one of the people he questioned about Larry ’s character called him an “ ahole . ” Larry is despairing to know who it is , but Geist resist to reveal his sources . According to Geist , journalistic integrity prescribe that generator must remain anonymous , but Larry posit that there ’s not much integrity in telling a person that someone called them an “ ahole . ” Geist never reveals who sound out it , butLarry ’s guess that it was Ted Danson sounds about right .
3Larry & Irma’s Therapist Breaks Doctor-Patient Confidentiality
Dr. Stainback blurs the line between therapist and acquaintance
Larry is perturb when he and Irma are invite into their mates ’s counsellor ’s office and he finds that it ’s someone he knows . Dr. Stainback is the wife of Hobie Turner , aSeinfeldwriter who work out on the show in its last four season . Larry wants to call off the session , but she assures him there ’s a confidentiality that forbids her from telling anyone what he says in her bureau . However , throughout the installment , she keep break that confidentiality to say all of Larry ’s enigma to her husband , much to Larry ’s humiliation .
2The “I’m Disgruntled!” Spartacus Parody
Curb’s latest episode hilariously parodies the iconic scene from Spartacus
When Mr. Takahashi accuses Larry of write the “ Disgruntled ” letter , Jeff steps up and declares , “ I ’m Disgruntled ! ” All the golfer around them fend in solidarity and say , “ I ’m Disgruntled ! ” This is a hilarious mockery of the iconic scene inSpartacusin whichthe Romans offer to excuse anyone who gives up Spartacus ’ identity element and all the survivor say , “ I ’m Spartacus , ” to protect the material Spartacus . This scene bear witness that everyone at the club agrees with the ill in Jeff ’s letter of the alphabet , and they stand joined .
1Willie Geist Discovers The Truth About “Disgruntled” (& Larry’s Organic Eggs)
Geist’s investigative journalism pays off
ThroughoutCurb Your Enthusiasmseason 12 , episode 4 , Geist is determined to figure out the identity of “ dissatisfied , ” and is far less interested in the taradiddle Larry wants him to act on : the mystery of what materialize to the organic testicle he take from home . In the net vista , thanks to the urologist ’s flimsy bulwark , Geist solves both cases . Dr. Stainback uncover , through the wall , that Jeff is “ Disgruntled ” and the chef has been eating Larry ’s organic eggs . This is a classic guinea pig ofCurb Your Enthusiasmdovetailing storylines for a hilariously ironic take .
