8.6/1014 votes#1 - The Table Read
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/2009
Larry is miffed at both Marty Funkhouser's sudden presence on set during the Seinfeld reunion's table read and text messages from the nine-year-old daughter of a co-worker. Leon poses as a dead doctor to alleviate Michael Richards' concerns over his Groat's Disease diagnosis.
Director: Larry Charles
Writer: Larry David
8.6/1013 votes#2 - The Surrogate
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 2/22/2004
Larry decides to buy a surrogate mother a gift, but it backfires. He tries (and fails) to pass a routine physical and uses it as an advantage.
Director: Larry Charles
Writer: Larry David
8.3/1012 votes#3 - The Accidental Text on Purpose
Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/2017
Larry invents an ingenious ploy for getting his friends out of relationship jams. Larry upsets Funkhouser's new girlfriend.
Director: Larry Charles
Writer: Larry David
8.3/1012 votes#4 - The Survivor
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 3/7/2004
Larry and Cheryl prepare to renew their wedding vows; Larry mulls an offer from his dry cleaner.
Director: Larry Charles
Writer: Larry David
8.2/1013 votes#5 - The Ski Lift
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/2005
Anticipating having to give a kidney to Richard Lewis, Larry tries to develop a contingency plan should he need a kidney donation himself. Meanwhile, a nurse claims Jeff has some shortcomings. [tv.com]
Director: Larry Charles
Writer: Larry David
8.0/1011 votes#6 - Funkhouser's Crazy Sister
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/2009
Larry attempts a pre-emptive breakup with an ailing Loretta, and learns with Jeff that you can’t make an “empty gesture” to a Funkhouser.
Director: Larry Charles
Writer: Larry David
7.9/1018 votes#7 - Trick or Treat
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2001
Larry offends two uncostumed trick-or-treaters by not giving them candy, so they show him the "trick" side of Halloween. He also alienates Cheryl's screenwriter friend Cliff and a Jewish neighbor AND spoils his romantic anniversary gift when Jeff arrives to play a round of golf.
Director: Larry Charles
Writer: Larry David
7.9/1015 votes#8 - The Bat Mitzvah
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 11/11/2007
Larry uses Sammie Greene's bat mitzvah to try and clear up a nasty rumor about him; the Blacks announce they're returning home; Larry makes another attempt at dating.
Director: Larry Charles
Writer: Larry David
7.9/1014 votes#9 - The Nanny from Hell
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/2002
Larry, Cheryl, Jeff and Susie encounter a ""nanny from hell"" whose reign of terror is thwarted by ten sponge cakes. Larry commits a ""penis faux pas"" after a pool party, and Richard Lewis seeks immortality from Bartlett's Quotations.
Director: Larry Charles
Writer: N/A
7.9/1014 votes#10 - Meet the Blacks
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/2007
The Davids take in a family whose life was destroyed by a hurricane; Larry comes up with a way to avoid going to parties he has no desire to attend
Director: Larry Charles
Writer: Larry David
7.9/1014 votes#11 - The Benadryl Brownie
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/2002
Thanks to Larry's miscommunication on his new cell phone, Richard Lewis' girlfriend succumbs to peanut allergies a week before they're supposed to go to the Emmy Awards. A practicing Christian Scientist, she doesn't take any medicine, so Richard and Larry devise a scheme to cook up some brownies laced with medicine. Like all things Larry does, the plan backfires.
Director: Larry Charles
Writer: Larry David
7.8/1018 votes#12 - The Wire
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/19/2000
Hoping to bury an unsightly telephone wire dangling over their yard, Larry and Cheryl befriend a pair of bizarre neighbors who must approve the burial. The husband is an incompetent lawyer but a big Seinfeld fan, so to appease him Larry arranges to have Julia Louis-Dreyfuss come for a visit. But when the actress arrives, the lawyer is missing; he's been hired to defend Jeff in a case involving a destructive kid Jeff sponsored for a Fresh Air Fund camp. At Larry's house, Julia ends up buying a bracelet from the lawyer's wife -- the same kind Larry wanted in episode 4 -- only to later accuse Larry of stealing it after he buys a similar one for Cheryl.
Director: Larry Charles
Writer: Larry David
7.8/1011 votes#13 - Mister Softee
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 9/4/2011
An ice cream truck triggers a painful childhood memory for Larry.
Director: Larry Charles
Writer: Larry David
7.7/1014 votes#14 - The End
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/2005
Larry finally learns the truth regarding his possible adoption, and makes his final decision about a kidney donation for Richard Lewis.
Director: Larry Charles
Writer: Larry David
7.5/1011 votes#15 - The Bare Midriff
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/2009
When Larry and Jerry Seinfeld get together to write the reunion show, they consider including Larry's latest experience, which involves a crying Jesus and a bare-midriff assistant.
Director: Larry Charles
Writer: Larry David
7.5/1015 votes#16 - The Blind Date
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 1/18/2004
Larry sets up his blind friend on a date with a muslim woman.
Director: Larry Charles
Writer: Larry David
7.5/1014 votes#17 - Mel's Offer
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/2004
After going to a Karaoke bar that Mel Brooks is performing at, Mel is so impressed with Larry's singing that he asks Larry to be the star of his broadway show.
Director: Larry Charles
Writer: Larry David
7.2/1013 votes#18 - The Bowtie
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/2005
Larry seeks professional help to secure information about his past. Meanwhile, his place as a gay rights supporter hits a snag.
Director: Larry Charles
Writer: Larry David
6.9/1015 votes#19 - Katie
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/2012
Jess pretends she's someone else when a handsome stranger mistakes her for his blind date. Meanwhile, a patron at Nick's bar claims to be Nick from the future, and Winston's disapproving mother pays him a visit.
Director: Larry Charles
Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether
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"The Table Read" is the best rated episode directed by Larry Charles. It scored 8.643/10 based on 14 votes. It was written by Larry David. It aired on 11/15/2009 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Surrogate".