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"It's Not a Seinfeld Reunion," says HBO.
For the thousands of “Seinfeld” fans out there who have been craving a comeback since the show's final episode on May 14, 1998, your wait is finally over. Although it won't technically be a reunion, Larry David, the shows one-time producer (and co-creator) is saying that we may be looking at the closet thing we will ever get.
It is hard to believe that it's been eleven and a half years since we last saw the outrageous foursome doing a lot of "nothing" throughout New York City. As you remember, the series ended with Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer being sentenced to some hard time in a New York State Penitentiary for crimes against humanity. With the prison bars closing on the gang, fans were left wondering "What now?"
Well Larry David, the current creator, producer, and star of the HBO hit comedy “Curb Your Enthusiasm” has an answer. Before ‘Curb’ began its seventh season, the big news surrounding the show would be the highly anticipated return of the “Seinfeld” cast.
This week on the season’s the third episode, appropriately titled "The Reunion" which aired Sunday night on HBO. Its plot brings the cast back together as Larry, who plays and exaggerated version of himself is asked by a faux-NBC Exec to consider a "Seinfeld reunion." The hilarity in the episode is found in the dialogue between the cast and Larry, as they don’t want to make a “typical reunion” episode or one that “was done for all the wrong reasons” (like so many before.)
“Seinfeld's” main cast, Jerry, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander, and Michael Richards, are all brought back together as themselves, because Larry sees the reunion as a chance for some personal gain (a common theme throughout "Curb's" prior six seasons).
In case you have never seen the show, it centers on Larry (co-creator of “Seinfeld”) seemingly always causing trouble for his (now) estranged wife Cheryl (Cheryl Hines) and friends Jeff and Suzie (Jeff Garlin and Susie Essman) in some way or another. Just like the show he helped created with Jerry all those years ago, everything is connected and almost the smallest detail could play into each episode’s conclusion.
As you would expect, the entire plan begins to unravel and the first reunion episode ends by putting Larry in a very tight spot. If you want to catch the continuation of the “Seinfeld” gang back for a limited time only, be sure to tune into HBO on Sunday's at nine, for a "reunion" that is sure to be a part of TV history.
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