whoo. it's getting kinda heated in here. I was expecting to hear how creative and funny this epsoide was. but instead this. i think LD was just using that as an excuse to explore heaven. i loved the idea. of course, his show has always been not pc. hope you're still fans..

On the episode THE END Larry gives his kidney and then he dies, wonderful!!! I have a friend whose daughter,19, is waiting to have this happen in REAL LIFE and I don't see the humor in it. God its hard enough for them to find anyone to donate and then your episode shows that if you do this you're going to die. I pray this never happens to any of you.

Larry truly is the schmuck of all schmucks. Is it just me or was that a depressing ending? And totally misleading too. Larry finally donates a kidney to his friend Richard, after many episodes of indecision and angst. After the donation you see Richard, looking healthy, running down the beach with a girl. And Larry, well... after being on his deathbed, family gathered around....he dies. Good grief! They never say why. He comes back, because heaven isn't ready for him, but the season finale basically shows Larry being killed by donating to his friend. I have a teenage daughter on dialysis, waiting for a kidney transplant. I cannot donate, I am the wrong blood type, so we have been searching for a living donor. Man, this is a serious set-back for organ donation. I am really upset.

I was suprised, too, that this was the end of the season. In fact, I thought maybe this was even the end of the series and that "The End" was aptly titled I was laughing--excuse me, giggling--throughout the entire episode. How hilarious that Louis Lewis would wake up, fresh as a daisy. Then the news about Larry's adotpive parents. Could this be the reason he was such a pain, maybe some good parental love would solve all of Larry's neuroses. I loved that even the father dressed the same as Larry (even down to the sneakers). The scenes of him drinking milk and eating pot roast were hilarious, too, after a good Christian blessing. Then in the hospital, I loved the montage of all the people Larry has arqued with. It was very Seinfeld-esque . . . and I was rolling. That's what led me to think that maybe this is the last season. How fitting that he would die. But, alas, even Larry's guardian angels couldn't deal with him. Now back on earth, is Larry a changed man? It appears to be so, but not so quick . . . looks like a season 6 is necessary.

Every "Curb" season is 10 episodes. HBO wanted 13 and Larry thought that was too much work.

My quick thoughts: The montage of Larry's life passing before his eyes was almost as great as the cursing frenzy in the restaurant two seasons ago. Sasha Baron Cohen may be hot stuff in his altar egos, but this character just didn't work for me. Maybe I was just expecting somebody more recognizable, like the other guide! Did I read too much into it, or were they hinting that maybe Larry's supposedly real parents were the couple in that famous photo of the end of WWII celebration in Times Square? Larry could have lunched off of that for a long time! Larry leading the life of a gentile needed a whole season to explore. Oh well. Bea Arthur's cameo was worth waiting all season for. Perfect casting based on the description of her character. Larry's in your face shouting match with his second guide was the highlight for me. But stomping the fish in the boat comes a close second!