Both shows had been hit or miss in recent weeks, but "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "How I Met Your Mother" both had their best show of the season, by far, on Sunday and Monday.
For 'Curb,' we can talk all about Vicki Lewis' crude description of her daughter's rash, or Marty Funkhauser's joke to Jerry. But how great did they handle the MIchael Richards thing? His meeting with J.B. Smoove was something to behold. And even better, how awesome is it to see the "Seinfeld" cast together again on the set? And the script for the reunion was actually good! Even though it's pretty jarring to hear Jerry and George talk about iPhone apps and Bernie Madoff.
As for HIMYM, I think they realized that the plot possibilities for a Barney/Robin coupling were limited, so they broke them up almost immediately. But last night's episode was a return to glory, doing everything HIMYM does best- lists, jumps back and forth through time, and NPH being NPH. Legen... wait for it... you know the drill.
And let me talk again how awful Slate's "Shame Index" is. If you're going to recap HIMYM, why have it be by someone who obviously neither likes the show or understands anything about its appeal?
Posted by Stephen Silver at November 17, 2009 05:15 PM