Review: Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Colostomy Bag
Maybe I’ve just gotten used to the slightly longer run times, but at 31 minutes, “The Colostomy Bag” feels like a short episode by recent Curb standards. The writing is just tighter here than at least half the other episodes this season, and that’s not just down to the jokes (although the batting average is somewhat high here, with none of the bits getting too cartoony or outstaying their welcome). There’s just a certain efficiency to the writing, with each scene serving multiple purposes and propelling us along to the next scene.
Sure, Richard Lewis’s date getting derailed by a forgotten package of rotting cheese isn’t an all-timer conclusion—like many, it relies on a randomly placed contrivance instead of truly trying to intertwine every thread. But this is generally a fun, zippy set of stories. “The Colostomy Bag” does get back to the central legal storyline of this final season, bringing back Sean Hayes as Larry’s lawyer Christopher Mantle. But Larry’s…
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