Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 2 on DVD

In the second season of the critically acclaimed Curb your Enthusiasm, Larry David tries to get back into the television game on the show, much to the pleasure of his frustrated wife Cheryl David. He uses an idea for a show about a frustrated actor to try and bring back Jason Alexander and Julia Louis-Dreyfus to their former fame, but his own behavior and happenstance get in the way. As well, Jeff's marriage to Suzie is on the rocks and Larry shows his characteristic insensitivity to his plight.

Curb Your Enthusiasm Episode Guide:
The Car Salesman: Larry and Cheryl are trying to sell their home and buy a new one, but Larry is stuck in a comfortable rut watching television in their hotel room. When Larry and Jeff have lunch, they run into a friend of Jeff's who sells Toyotas and Larry gets a temporary job as a salesman (apparently to fulfill some sort of dream). Larry meet with Jason Alexander to discuss a show idea but get into an argument over the stigma of being connected to Seinfeld and the George Costanza character. Larry's turn as a salesman is hilarious, ending when Richard Lewis comes and they get into an argument on the showroom floor.

Thor: Larry and Jason Alexander can't get together in meetings, first because Larry's tire is slashed by a pro wrestler and then when Larry insists that they find a more convenient meeting place. Jeff leaves Suzie and stays at a hotel where the pro wrestler, Thor, is staying and Larry has Jeff deflate the wrestler's tire.

Trick or Treat: A handicapped friend of Larry and Cheryl has a movie coming out and the opening night is ruined by Larry's behavior. While whistling a Wagner tune, a Jewish neighbor becomes irate and the two get into an argument. As well, their friend becomes suspicious that Larry may be cheating with his wife and is lying about not being an avid golfer (Larry thinks that handicapped people don't want to hear about people's active lives). As well, Larry's house is egged and toilet papered by two teenage girls whom Larry refused to give Halloween candy. One of the teenage girls is the daughter of the Jewish neighbor he had an argument with and Larry's final revenge, an orchestra playing Wagner during the middle of the night, shows Larry's strong sense of spite.

The Shrimp Incident: Larry gets a Chinese order mixed up with an HBO executive who he wronged in the past (detailed in the one hour HBO special "Larry David: Curb your Enthusiasm"). When Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who replaces Jason Alexander as Larry's partner/victim, and Larry meet with HBO, the executive and Larry get into an argument over missing shrimp in the Chinese order. When Larry tries to reconcile at a poker game with friends (including an HBO employee), he blurts out an offensive name and stops the party dead in its tracks. Larry is called a misogynist and a wife beater in this episode, all because of misunderstandings.

The Thong: Larry is auctioned off by Carl Reiner and the Grote's Foundation to have lunch with a patron. Larry, however, does not discern between different groups of people that he talks to, and his rambling discussions on seeing his therapist on the beach in a thong disturb the recipient of the lunch. In the end, Larry has to emcee a Grote's foundation talent show, where he is attacked by a hyperactive child. As well, Larry sees his therapist on the beach in a thong and must terminate his relationship and tell Richard Lewis (Larry calls the therapist a hedonist and says that Richard should terminate by saying that he is a Scientologist).

The Acupuncturist: Larry hemorrhages money in this episode, first making a deal with his acupuncturist to heal his back and borrowing money to an old colleague, Barry, who is in financial troubles. Cheryl meets Barry's father (Ed Asner) at a birthday party and tries to get him to donate to her organization, the National Resource Defense Council, and nearly does so when Larry interferes and causes him to have a heart attack. A grateful Barry, who was the benefactor of a large inheritance, gives the loan money back to Larry but Barry's family thinks that Larry is a bounty hunter.

The Doll: Larry tries to get his new show with Julia Louis Dreyfus on ABC, but his behavior at a movie opening leads to a series of situations where the network turns down the show. Larry cuts the hair off of a doll of an ABC executive's daughter, thinking that he was doing her a favor. He tries to get a new doll head from Jeff's daughter, but Suzie freaks out (as usual) and wants the doll head back. The bait and switch does not work and both parties are upset at Larry.

Shaq: The apparent bad luck that Larry has in this series takes a temporary turn for the better after he trips Shaquille O'Neill while sitting front row at a Lakers game. Friends who had asked for favors decide not to associate themselves with Larry, Cheryl's parents go home after being bothered by the constant calls to the David residence, and he is excited by the prospect of not being bothered by acquaintances. But a favor to Shaq and a turn of good luck for Larry means a return to the bad luck that beleaguers him throughout the series.

The Baptism: When Cheryl's sister gets married to a Jewish man, the Davids have to go to a baptism. But Larry loses the plane tickets, has trouble finding parking at the airport, and gets into arguments with the airplane staff and bystanders when he tries to find the stolen tickets. When they finally arrive at the baptism site, an unknowing Larry thinks the man is being drowned and starts a religious war between the two families (including a hilarious scene where the Jewish family thanks Larry for stopping the baptism).

The Massage: A culmination of all the indignities of the past season occurs at the end of this episode, when Larry is caught stealing silverware from a friend's restaurant. When Cheryl prematurely celebrates Larry's deal with CBS to get a show going with Julia Louis Dreyfus, Larry worries more about the limo driver waiting while they eat and the restaurant owner who he ignored the day before. Larry tries to bring silverware out to the limo driver but is caught by the owner and prosecuted with "scarlet letter" punishment, requiring him to walk around outside the restaurant with a sandwich board detailing his crime. All of the studio executives he wronged over the past season's episodes come by and Larry says his piece.