Curb Your Enthusiasm (Season 12)

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All good things must come to an end, and so we bid adieu to Larry David’s titanic sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm. David has insisted that this is the series’ denouement, although long-term fans will recall its return in 2017 after a six-year hiatus and hope for a similar restoration at some point in the future.

Whether that would be a good thing is questionable for two reasons. Firstly, this final season is a little slow coming out the blocks, with David’s recalcitrant brand of comedy being neither as relatable or, by extension, funny as it once was. Still, Curb’s recent transition to longform storytelling means that even its more unassuming gags are often building towards a more meaningful crescendo.

That culmination comes with David standing trial for inadvertently contravening Georgia’s election laws, a premise which provides the perfect setting for the curmudgeon’s final reckoning. Over the course of a glorious final episode, Curb reels in a throng of famous faces and fan favourites to testify against its star’s character, providing the perfect swansong for a show that has always fundamentally been about the absurdity of societal norms.

While the journey to get to this swansong is a little underwhelming, it feels like a fitting end for one of the undisputed all-time great sitcoms. Nonetheless, with 12 seasons under its belt, this is a well that viewers can always return to when needed.