What’s your most relatable Curb Your Enthusiasm gripe?

Before the HBO series bows out on Sunday, we revisit the times we felt seen by Larry David

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What’s your most relatable Curb Your Enthusiasm gripe?
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It feels pretty (pretty, pretty…) weird to say goodbye to Larry David’s singular HBO comedy. Curb Your Enthusiasm has been something of a constant over the last quarter century (if you include the excellent special that spawned the series). And even if we didn’t watch every episode live and even if there was that six-year break between seasons eight and nine, Curb has always felt there, picking apart life’s little annoyances and hovering in the pop-culture landscape somewhere. So, to toast the series before its finale on April 7, we asked: What’s your most relatable Curb Your Enthusiasm gripe? Here are our picks, in order of when they aired on the show.

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Curb Your Enthusiasm: Larry David Goes to a Movie

In the fantastic pilot episode, “The Pants Tent,” Larry meets his wife’s friend (Robin Ruzan) at a movie theater, and, on the way to his seat, a woman (Sofia Milos) sighs and makes an annoyed face when he has to scoot by. Now, I would never get in a shouting match with a stranger for a subtly dickish move like that. But—and this was the beauty and brilliance of Curb, especially early on in its run—Larry gets to say and do what we all wish we could. He knows he’s in the right and he will speak up about it, even if he burns bridges in the process. As someone who pays to sit in aisle seats on planes so as not to put anyone out and half-whispers “I’m sorry” on repeat while getting to my seat at a ball game, I a.) couldn’t agree with Larry more here (surprised scoffers at events are, indeed, the worst), and b.) wish I could act like this man just once. [Tim Lowery]

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