Jerry Seinfeld returns for a few important moments in Curb Your Enthusiasm’s series finale, which happens to ignore a huge change that the fictional Jerry and Larry previously made to Seinfeld’s ending. As Curb Your Enthusiasm’s ending hilariously remakes Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David’s 1998 Seinfeld series finale, it’s fitting that the former returns to support the latter in his sensationalized trial. Jerry and Larry’s legacies have often been tied together through the infamy of their Seinfeld finale and overall impact on sitcom television, and the two are finally able to properly redeem the ‘90s show’s ending together 26 years later.
Jerry Seinfeld & Larry David’s Seinfeld Finale Remake Ignores Curb Season 7’s Reunion Storyline
Surprisingly, Jerry and Larry don’t acknowledge the fact that they wrote, filmed, and aired a reunion episode for Seinfeld in Curb Your Enthusiasm season 7. In a tie-in to Cheryl and Larry’s divorce, the 2009 Curb season’s overarching storyline followed the two comedians finally deciding to make a Seinfeld reunion special, as Larry hoped it would help him win his ex-wife back. Jerry and Larry wrote the episode, got Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander, and Michael Richards back to reprise their roles, and performed a table read together for the fictional event in Curb Your Enthusiasm’s season 7 finale.
Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Seinfeld Reunion & Finale Remake Prove A Reboot Should Never Happen
With plenty of classic TV shows having received remakes and reboots in recent years, the idea that Seinfeld could potentially see this treatment has been thrown around. However, Curb Your Enthusiasm has already proven that doing so would be a mistake. Seinfeld worked because of the unique, genius comic talent and collaboration of Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, with the main characters being lightning-in-a-bottle creations that can’t easily be replicated by different actors.
FAQ
Why didn’t Jerry and Larry acknowledge the Seinfeld reunion from Curb Your Enthusiasm season 7 in the finale of Curb Your Enthusiasm?
It’s unclear why the writers chose not to reference the events of the Seinfeld reunion storyline from Curb Your Enthusiasm season 7 in the series finale. It’s possible they wanted to focus solely on the meta-humor of remaking Seinfeld’s finale within Curb Your Enthusiasm’s own finale.
Does the lack of acknowledgment of the Seinfeld reunion impact the continuity between Curb Your Enthusiasm and Seinfeld?
While it may seem like a continuity oversight, Curb Your Enthusiasm often plays fast and loose with continuity for comedic effect. The lack of acknowledgment doesn’t necessarily impact the overall continuity between the two shows.
Even if Seinfeld were to bring back the original cast for a revival, it would need Larry David at the helm to work, and if Curb Your Enthusiasm is any indication, this isn’t something that he’d be up for. Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Seinfeld reunion special and finale remake are Larry and Jerry’s ways of keeping the sitcom alive, acknowledging and engaging with its enduring legacy and popularity, and reacting to its controversies and implications over the years. Anything groundbreaking and new that could be accomplished by a Seinfeld reboot has already been done to its greatest possible extent by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld in Curb Your Enthusiasm.