EPISODE

10. The Massage

Larry is busted by a restaurant owner for stealing forks. Julia Louis-Dreyfus becomes so frustrated by the incident that she drops out of the pilot, and that ends Larry's quest to get it on TV. Meanwhile, Cheryl learns that Larry got a naughty massage, and he's busted for that. Larry later faces an ironic punishment for his restaurant crimes.

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In the street, Larry walks past a restaurant manager, who is annoyed at Larry not stopping to chat. Larry and Julia make a final attempt to pitch the show with CBS. Larry and Cheryl dine at a restaurant, which is managed by the man he walked past earlier, who gives him the cold shoulder. He has his staff phone the police when Larry tries to take a fork and napkin to his chauffeur ( Tom Booker ). Larry receives a massage from Jeff's masseuse ( Kathleen York ), during which she gives him a handjob; he tells her to stop when he realizes what she is doing. Cheryl is told by a psychic that Larry is having an affair with a woman who fits the masseuse's description: long red hair and a star tattoo. Though Cheryl's psychic has a record of extraordinary accuracy, Larry persuades Cheryl he is not having an affair. Larry is convicted of stealing the fork and his sentence is to wear a sandwich board stating "I steal forks from restaurants" while standing outside the restaurant. The couple encounter the masseuse outside the restaurant. When the masseuse recognizes Larry, Cheryl describes her tattoo without seeing it and thinks she is Larry's lover. Larry has to greet all the network executives while wearing the sandwich board as they go in the restaurant, including those from CBS, ruining his last chance of doing the show.

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