First of all, it was painful to watch Richard Lewis nearing the end of his life. Loved him in "Anything but Love" and in standup. Y'hi zikhro barukh (Blessed be his memory). That said...
Whereas the Seinfeld finale showed the gang punished for a crime that displayed their characteristic self-centeredness, Larry here gets punished for a rare act of altruism. That's a nice touch of irony. (Not that Seinfeld never did anything similar; for example, George's idea that the security guard deserves a chair didn't work out great in Seinfeld season 7 ep 3.) But the Curb Your Enthusiasm courtroom scene went head-to-head with its Seinfeld predecessor and kind of lost. Too much schtick that had too little to do with the suspenseful issue at hand.
Maybe a little more advance attention to the juror who causes the mistrial might have helped. A little more behavior showing he's the kind of person who flouts the rules. Because already the chance spotting of him outside his quarantine is a clumsy coincidence.
And then the mistrial itself. That sent me straight to the web to look up what happens after a mistrial. The answer seems to be that ordinarily the defendant isn't automatically let off, as this episode seems to imply. The defendant can be tried again for the same crime. So-- regarding the ending-- as Larry David might say, "Mmm... I don't think so."
Whereas the Seinfeld finale showed the gang punished for a crime that displayed their characteristic self-centeredness, Larry here gets punished for a rare act of altruism. That's a nice touch of irony. (Not that Seinfeld never did anything similar; for example, George's idea that the security guard deserves a chair didn't work out great in Seinfeld season 7 ep 3.) But the Curb Your Enthusiasm courtroom scene went head-to-head with its Seinfeld predecessor and kind of lost. Too much schtick that had too little to do with the suspenseful issue at hand.
Maybe a little more advance attention to the juror who causes the mistrial might have helped. A little more behavior showing he's the kind of person who flouts the rules. Because already the chance spotting of him outside his quarantine is a clumsy coincidence.
And then the mistrial itself. That sent me straight to the web to look up what happens after a mistrial. The answer seems to be that ordinarily the defendant isn't automatically let off, as this episode seems to imply. The defendant can be tried again for the same crime. So-- regarding the ending-- as Larry David might say, "Mmm... I don't think so."