We all know the Seinfeld finale was a major bust. Most recently the Season 7 finale for Curb was also one of the most disappointing episodes of the season. In addition to rehashing scenes of the Seinfeld reunion from previous episodes, his big plot element was a ring stain on wood furniture. Come on.

Mocha Joe’s beef with Larry was pretty ridiculous and Jerry Seinfeld was reduced to background fodder. At least give Seinfeld a couple of funny lines.

Another thing that bothered me was the scene when Larry investigates Jason Alexander’s shaking car. He suspects his ex-wife to be romping about with Alexander and can’t see because of the tinted windows. He flings open the door (unlikely to be unlocked) and discovers that it’s Jason’s two dogs. So here’s what I was thinking: Would Jason Alexander really leave his two beloved dogs in a car in the sun with the windows all the way up? No way. The windows obviously had to be up for the gag to work, but rarely is Mr. David so sloppy.

Here’s hoping for a season 8, like I said I do love the show. At the very least, it will give Larry David a chance to make up for not fulfilling the promise of season 7.

A few sentences into the article and I see they use the (very academic) term “kvetchy/funny” to describe Mr. Allen’s typical protagonist. Go EW! I obviously like this because our site is called Film Kvetch. In case you weren’t aware, “kvetch” is a yiddish word which more or less means complain. We kind of like to think of it as criticize.

Love to see the word “kvetch” in a major publication, hate to see “Whatever Works” get a poor review.