One, Larry clearly has no idea how averages work.

Because one 1-star review is clearly not enough to bring a respectable Uber rating down to 1.

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Thankfully, Namaste is perfectly funny at times.

A real winner for any joke inCurb Your Enthusiasm-land is when a professional takes their work home with them.

In this case, when they take their work to Larrys home.

In an opening scene thats too transparently improv-y and cute, Larry runs afoul of his hot yoga instructor.

Yogi Tina (played by Alison Becker a.k.a.

Shaun Malwae-Tweep) for not doing the group chorus of namaste at the end of the session.

It means the light within me greets the light within you, Yogi Tina tells him.

There is no light within me, Larry says, not inaccurately.

Thats the only problem there.

Larry comes home to find a house blisteringly hot and asks Leon what hes doing.

Im in here fucking at 92 degrees, he says.

Hot yoga Tinas penchant for rooms always being 92 degrees is funny enough in its own weirdness.

The opening scene with Larry refusing to say namaste is tired to the point ofCurb Your Enthusiasmself-parody.

Thats a pretty good run for Yogi Tina.

Larrys encounter with car mechanic Greg sees similar levels ofCurb Your Enthusiasm-style comedic success.

and its undeniably hilarious in bluntness.

*Namaste has a poor track record for understanding how technology works.

Leon is immediately being able to tell Greg is black when he calls, which is amazing.

Justins bravado from earlier (Look, Larry.

You look like a complete garbage person.

How are you going to pay for this, asshole?)

immediately dissipates and he just resolves to pay for the damage to the car, himself.

Susie has a friend who is dying to be set up on a date with Larry.

Larry finally agrees after some predictably awful theorizing about her appearance.

So Larry and Bridget (Lauren Graham) go out for dinner and things go really well.

And not even in a comedic sense, though Bridget is pretty funny.

In a way, Larry is right.

Its surprising the show took this long to examine the possibility that Larry is on the spectrum.

It just doesnt go to the same interesting places that Greg and Yogi Tinas plot lines do.

Even worse it casts aside the Bridget angle far too quickly.

Maybe Bridget will come back in future episodes but it seems unlikely.

(UPDATE: Nope!

Looks like Bridgetwill be back in episode 8 at least).

Thats not really the pace or style of this show.

And thats a shame.

That structure has led theCurbteam to some improvisational gold before in service of the larger plot.

How could you do Lorelai Gilmore like that, Larry?

Last weeks episode ofCurbwas great because it allowed Larry to be the peoples hero for once.

Rating:

3.5 out of 5