Review: Curb Your Enthusiasm, “Fish Stuck” | Season 12, Episode 5
Real-life loss adds some poignancy to a deck-clearing episode
First off: rest in peace, Richard Lewis.
Just a couple weeks ago, I wrote about the distinct energy Lewis has brought to this show since the first season; Larry David himself has said their real-life friendship is exactly like their on-screen friendship, which comes across. You can feel how much they love each other through every screaming match.
But Lewis’s presence has been slightly less consistent in recent years, mainly when he appeared in just one episode of season eleven as a result of multiple medical issues and surgeries. When he announced last year that he’d been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease two years before, it remained an open question just how involved he’d be in future seasons of Curb Your Enthusiasm—so I feel very grateful that he was able to come back for this final stretch (and from what I’ve read, he’ll making at least a few more appearances in the back half of the season). It’s just a real shame he won’t get to see these episodes, an…