It’s actually kind of disappointing that the entire episode doesn’t try something new and let us spend time with these two on this date. At the date itself, Larry makes enemies with the restaurant staff for greeting Gabby with the staff’s greeting of “Irasshaimase!”ĭavid and Bowen’s scene at dinner works well, as David shows off his charms, while Bowen is great at playing against David’s sense of humor. On the way to the date, Larry borrows a shirt from Freddy Funkhouser ( Vince Vaughn), which Larry will later get soy sauce on and completely ruin in trying to get rid of the stain. Larry finds out that Jeff set Gabby up with Hal Berman ( Rob Morrow), a man known for having sex with his mother-in-law, and Gabby and Hal didn’t work out for some unknown reason. Larry gets Jeff ( Jeff Garlin) to set him up on a date with his friend Gabby McAfee ( Julie Bowen), and from there, the episode starts to fan out. “IRASSHAIMASE!” actually starts quite promising, with a more straightforward focus than the show is used to having. While it’s nice to see a stand-alone episode of Curb every once in a while, “IRASSHAIMASE!” is the weakest episode so far in Season 11. Every episode this season has in some way related to the creation of Larry David’s new show Young Larry, but this week’s “IRASSHAIMASE!” completely disregards the larger story in order to tell a simpler episode that - as of right now - doesn’t tie into the bigger picture. As recent seasons of Curb Your Enthusiasm have become about telling a larger overarching story, there’s something special about a good standalone episode.

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