After a six-year absence, Larry David hasn’t lost his Curb Your Enthusiasm fastball

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“The 2011 season was mostly underwhelming, with a couple of Hall of Fame episodes mixed in; would these new ones feel even rustier?” Alan Sepinwall writes, after fearing Curb might have lost its edge after so much time away. “Thankfully, ‘Foisted!’ felt like… well, like an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Not a pantheon installment — which, given how many amazing episodes the show has done over close to 20 years, is no sin — but wickedly funny at times, and effective at both bringing us back into the fold and setting up this season’s storylines.”

ALSO:

• How Larry David landed on that season-long arc idea
• The season premiere was a mixed bag of celebrity cameos and provocative jokes
• Nothing has changed, which is both a blessing and a curse
• Curb really has no reason to change — it’s great how it is
• Curb is still funny, but the same jokes are becoming a bit stale
• Susie Essman admires her character: “she's a very solid person”
• Curb producer doesn’t fear any real-world consequences to this season’s storyline
• J.B. Smoove recounts his crazy Curb audition story
• Is there a link between Ryan Gosling’s Drive and Curb?