The Best Episodes Directed By Larry Charles

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.7/10(19 votes)

   #1 - The Table Read

   S7:E911/15/2009

   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.

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   8.6/10(16 votes)

   #2 - The Surrogate

   S4:E72/22/2004

   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.

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   8.4/10(16 votes)

   #3 - The Ski Lift

   S5:E811/20/2005

   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]

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   8.4/10(17 votes)

   #4 - The Accidental Text on Purpose

   S9:E611/5/2017

   Larry invents an ingenious ploy for getting his friends out of relationship jams. Larry upsets Funkhouser's new girlfriend.

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   8.3/10(16 votes)

   #5 - The Survivor

   S4:E93/7/2004

   Larry and Cheryl prepare to renew their wedding vows; Larry mulls an offer from his dry cleaner.

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   8.2/10(19 votes)

   #6 - The Bat Mitzvah

   S6:E1011/11/2007

   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.

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   8.1/10(15 votes)

   #7 - Funkhouser's Crazy Sister

   S7:E19/20/2009

   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.

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   8.0/10(23 votes)

   #8 - Trick or Treat

   S2:E310/7/2001

   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.

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9. 

   7.9/10(18 votes)

   #9 - The Nanny from Hell

   S3:E410/6/2002

   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.

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    7.9/10(18 votes)

    #10 - Meet the Blacks

    S6:E19/9/2007

    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

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11. 

    7.8/10(24 votes)

    #11 - The Wire

    S1:E611/19/2000

    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.

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    7.8/10(16 votes)

    #12 - Mister Softee

    S8:E99/4/2011

    An ice cream truck triggers a painful childhood memory for Larry.

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13. 

    7.7/10(18 votes)

    #13 - The End

    S5:E1012/4/2005

    Larry finally learns the truth regarding his possible adoption, and makes his final decision about a kidney donation for Richard Lewis.

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    7.7/10(18 votes)

    #14 - The Benadryl Brownie

    S3:E29/22/2002

    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.

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    7.7/10(16 votes)

    #15 - The Bare Midriff

    S7:E610/25/2009

    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.

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    7.6/10(19 votes)

    #16 - The Blind Date

    S4:E31/18/2004

    Larry sets up his blind friend on a date with a muslim woman.

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    7.6/10(18 votes)

    #17 - Mel's Offer

    S4:E11/4/2004

    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.

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    7.0/10(18 votes)

    #18 - The Bowtie

    S5:E210/2/2005

    Larry seeks professional help to secure information about his past. Meanwhile, his place as a gay rights supporter hits a snag.

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    6.9/10(19 votes)

    #19 - Katie

    S2:E29/25/2012

    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.

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