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1. The Five-Foot Fence
Larry is awakened in the middle of the night by a loud crashing noise and discovers a dead body in his pool. It was a burglar fleeing his house who tripped and drowned in his pool. Larry is told by police ( Merrick McCartha ) that he needs to have a fence around his pool. Larry successfully pitches a new show to Netflix about himself when he was in his 20s, called Young Larry. Larry tries to get back the $6000 he is owed by his friend Dennis, but due to Dennis's early-onset dementia, he believes he has already paid him. Larry is dating Lucy Liu and they attend a dinner party where Larry spills red wine on the couch due to Susie plopping down on the couch, but only Larry is blamed. Leon mentions he and his girlfriend Mary Ferguson are going on a trip to Asia. Larry also walks into a screen glass door. This causes Lucy to view Larry in a different way and she breaks up with him. Larry is extorted by Marcos, the brother of the man who died in his pool and forces Larry to cast his daughter Maria Sofia in Larry's Netflix show. Larry and his friends attend a living funeral for Albert Brooks, but the attendees discover that Albert is a COVID hoarder and has closets full of hand sanitizer and toilet paper, causing everyone to leave in disgust. While leaving, Leon's girlfriend walks into a screen glass door and he later breaks up with her. Because the tickets to Asia are non-refundable, he begins searching for another woman named Mary Ferguson to go with him.
2. Angel Muffin
Larry is frustrated with a toilet seat that will not stay up. Leon's date is offended when Larry thinks she should give him her leftover steak at a lunch he is paying for, when she wants to take it home for her dog, Angel Muffin. The dog later visits Larry's home and vomits the leftover steak on Larry's carpet. Susie insults Larry's well-worn towels, calling them ratty. She is angry that Jeff prefers Larry's type of towels to her new soft fluffy ones. Jeff and Larry go to a rock concert to meet Dylan O'Brien, the proposed lead in Young Larry. Larry offends Dylan by stuffing tissue paper in his ears because he dislikes the music. Larry is suspicious that the Netflix boss is not telling the truth about asking the maintenance worker to fix the faulty toilet seat. Larry goes to a dentist who Jeff recommends. Jeff tells Larry that he had an affair with the hygienist there and she told him that he impregnated her. Jeff paid for an abortion but doubts whether it was real, and asks Larry to scope it out while he is there. Larry witnesses the hygienist showing off new diamond earrings and talking about her plan to take a long overseas holiday. Larry offends the dentist by asking for the traditional Greek music that is played at the surgery to be turned off, and is told to leave before the procedure is complete. Larry uses Angel Muffin to try to apologize to Dylan, but the dog is accidentally hit by a car and the apology fails. Larry pays for the vet's bills, but doubts whether they are all genuine. Larry is fired from Netflix after accusing the boss of not telling the maintenance man to fix the toilet. Larry goes back to the dentist with tissue paper in his ears to block the Greek music, and therefore fails to hear the dentist telling him that the hygienist had had an abortion the previous week, and also that the maintenance worker is very lazy and never does what he is asked to.
3. The Mini Bar
Larry and Jeff have a meeting at Hulu regarding Young Larry. Talking about casting, the Hulu executive recommends Ted Danson for the role of Uncle Mo. They also ask Larry for an audition tape for Maria Sofia. Larry asks Cheryl to give Maria Sofia acting lessons and to record an audition tape. At a dinner party at Jeff and Susie's, Larry talks with Freddy Funkhouser, who has bought a hotel and Larry tells him he wants to curate the minibar. At dinner, Larry's cousin Andy and his wife Cassie sit at the middle of table, which causes problems because they are at the center of attention, boring everyone with their conversation. Eventually, Larry and Freddy take over the middle seats and the rest of the dinner party goes smoothly. They talk about taking the advice from someone who has stage 4 cancer and the wisdom they would have. Cheryl tries to film an audition tape for Maria Sofia, but it goes terribly due to Maria Sofia having no acting skills. Larry goes shopping for the minibar and presents it to Freddy and his associates, but they do not like it. Larry and Jeff go to see Marcos at his restaurant, where Jeff pretends to have stage 4 cancer and offers advice to Marcos to not let her daughter become an actor, which he takes. Maria Sofia sees Cheryl again and Maria thinks Cheryl has stolen her jacket after giving her a compliment on it prior. Maria uses this rage while doing a scene and gets into an altercation with her and Ted, all while the camera is still filming. The Hulu executives see the tape and think it is hilarious and cast her in the show.
4. The Watermelon
Larry and Jeff consider Woody Harrelson for the Uncle Mo role in Young Larry. Susie asks Larry and Jeff to take their rabbi golfing as a favor. While golfing, Larry loses a bet to the rabbi and is forced to go to temple. Larry discovers that Leon is embarrassed to eat watermelon in front of him, due to the stereotype. Woody, who is an animal rights activist, has a meeting at Larry's house and questions him about his coffee cream. Larry tells him he owns a farm and gets it directly from his cow and Woody requests to visit his farm. Larry has an appointment with Freddy's optometrist girlfriend Heidi, during which he is surprised and disappointed when he sees her drop a piece of Pirate's Booty snack on the ground and intentionally not pick it up. Larry leaves the appointment with blurry eyes after having them dilated and bumps into a Klansman, Joe, spilling coffee on his robe. Larry takes the robe to a Jewish dry cleaner, which he originally refuses to clean but accepts it due to Larry saying they should not discriminate. At temple, Larry tells Freddy about what happened with Heidi. After the service, the rabbi gives Larry the shofar as a gift. Larry returns to the dry cleaners and discovers they have lost the robe (presumably on purpose). Larry visits Joe at his home and tells him he will replace the robe. Larry sees Joe lives on farmland with cows and asks him for a favor. Since Larry did Susie a favor, he asks her to sew a new robe, to which she eventually begrudgingly agrees. Larry takes Woody to Joe's farm pretending it to be his own. Upon leaving, Woody drops a grape on Joe's front porch and does not pick it up which causes an argument and Woody quits Larry's show. At lunch, Freddy questions Heidi about the incident and she storms off. At the optometrist, Heidi angrily confronts Larry and slams the phoropter against his eyes. Larry, with blurry vision again, rear-ends a woman with his car and learns her name is Mary Ferguson. Larry takes Mary to his house and they walk in on Leon and his friend eating watermelon, which she reacts to by leaving. At a rally, Joe puts on his new robe, sewn by Susie, but is attacked by other members when they see it has the Star of David sewn on the back. Joe angrily goes to Larry's at night to confront him, but Larry scares Joe away by blowing the shofar, causing the entire neighborhood to wake up.
5. IRASSHAIMASE!
Larry has lunch with Jeff and Freddy at the country club and Jeff sets up Larry with a date with a producer named Gabby McAfee ( Julie Bowen ). Larry's friend Hal's ( Rob Morrow ) father Saul has a heart attack at the country club and Larry offends him after he eventually sits back down to eat while everyone else remains standing. Larry later further offends Hal by refusing to pray for his father, who eventually dies. On the way to the date, Larry discovers one of the buttons on his shirt is missing and Freddy agrees to lend him a shirt. At a Japanese restaurant, Larry offends the sushi chefs when he also uses the greeting " irasshaimase " to greet Gabby, not knowing that the greeting means "welcome to my restaurant." During the date, he and Gabby exchange secrets: Gabby had sex with one of her students when she was a high school teacher and Larry knows a shortcut to the San Fernando Valley. As payback for Larry's use of their greeting, the chefs intentionally yell "irasshaimase" loudly, causing Larry to spill soy sauce on Freddy's shirt and leading to a shouting match between Larry and the chefs. Larry reveals to Freddy the ruined shirt and he is devastated as it had been his favorite shirt; he asks Larry to give him his favorite shirt as compensation but Larry refuses. At the country club, Larry, now obsessed with the "irasshaimase" greeting but still not knowing what it means, continues to use it to greet people until he is reprimanded by Mr. Takahashi for using it. Later, Larry realizes he left his umbrella at the restaurant, but in another effort to spite Larry for saying "irasshaimase," the manager refuses to give it back to him, as it has a hotel's name on it. On the way to Hal's father's funeral, Larry's shortcut through the Valley is now filled with traffic and he tells Jeff he does not want to sit through the traffic and he goes back home. Freddy learns of this and uses his eulogy to reveal Larry's actions. On a second date, Larry learns Gabby told his secret about the shortcut. When the two arrive at the restaurant, the chefs yell "irasshaimase" and yell out Gabby's secret as well, causing her to storm off; it was revealed that Hal, who once dated Gabby, was the one who told the chefs the secret. When Larry leaves, he sees that Mr. Takahashi, who is a regular at the restaurant, has stolen his umbrella.
6. Man Fights Tiny Woman
Larry and Jeff return to Los Angeles from New York and Larry is uncomfortable when his chauffeuse is a petite woman and does not want her carrying his heavy luggage. Larry is nervous when the roofer that shows up to fix the leak in his roof is obese and is scared about him going up on the roof. After hurting his back carrying the luggage, Larry sees a chiropractor and notices the waiting room is empty. During his session, he notices his tattered underwear when he bends over and wonders if this is the reason he has very few patients. Larry later tells him this and Larry drafts an email for him to send to his patients. Larry learns that Jason, the actor playing "Cliff" on Young Larry is a member of Jews for Jesus and has been trying to convert other people on set; Larry tells him to stop doing so. Jason's sciatica is acting up and Larry recommends his chiropractor. After an incident involving Leon and a phone charger at the house, the roofer trips and falls through the roof, landing on Larry's bed. Larry speaks with Seth Rogen about a possible guest role on Young Larry, but Seth decides not to work with him when he sees a video of Larry fighting with the chauffeur over him not wanting her to carry his luggage again. Back at the chiropractor's office, Larry discovers that Jason has converted him.
7. Irma Kostroski
Larry attends a rally for mayoral candidate Jimmy Mayhew, which Susie is involved in. During a table read for Young Larry, Maria Sofia gives a terrible performance and Larry realizes he has to replace her. Asa, the actor playing young Larry, is very picky about the props being used on set and causes grief for Stan, the prop master. Larry tells Stan to take it easy on Asa because he was sexually abused when he was a younger actor. Stan reveals that Asa's "trauma" was that an older, very attractive actress had sex with him when he was 17 and that he received a $400,000 payout. Larry befriends unpleasant, unattractive city councilwoman Irma Kostroski ( Tracey Ullman ) after he learns the city council can repeal ordinances; to hopefully change the bylaw for having a fence around your pool, which in turn means he could finally fire Maria Sofia. Larry later goes canvassing with Irma for Mayhew. While waiting in a long line to vote, Larry speaks with a man who is voting for the other candidate and suggests that they just leave because their votes cancel each other. Larry, Susie, Irma and various others attend a gathering at the Mayhew home and the results are announced in which he loses by one vote. Asa reveals to everybody that he saw Larry leave the voting line and everybody begins to angrily approach Larry.
8. What Have I Done?
Larry has to recast the role of young Larry for his show. He apologizes to Irma about the election and attempts to make amends with her. Jeff reveals to Larry that he is having an affair with Carly, the assistant for the head of Hulu and is buying body wash that has the same scent as her perfume because Susie would become suspicious if he smelt like her, if not for the body wash. Larry goes on a dinner date with Irma and meets her daughter Deidre where he offends her by criticizing Little Women, which she is a fan of. Larry and Irma have sex, which he does not enjoy. He tells Susie he is only in a relationship with Irma because she could help repeal the ordinance about the five-foot (1.5 m) fence law, so he could finally fire Maria Sofia because her father could no longer extort him. Leon starts a service he calls house husband, in which women hire him to greatly reduce the amount workmen charge them by having them do much less work for them, with the assumption that tradesmen routinely do more work than necessary in order to inflate the cost of their work. Larry buys Irma a gift which includes the same body wash Jeff bought. Larry is invited to Deidre and her husband's 10th anniversary party and during the ceremony, the cameraman (whom Larry previously offended) films the vows and catches Larry acting extremely bored. After discovering the cameraman is also Jewish, the two reconcile and he refilms footage of Larry becoming emotional over the ceremony, which impresses Deidre. Susie sees Jeff acting friendly around Irma, then Susie accuses her of having sex with Jeff because they smell the same, due to the body wash. Leon's clients all soon suffer failures related to the work they had done, because they also needed done the rest of the work that the workmen said they needed to do, but did not do because Leon said it was unnecessary. These failures include a leak at the Greenes. When Susie notices it, she also discovers a second cellphone Jeff has nearby and learns it is Carly, with whom he is having an affair.
9. Igor, Gregor, & Timor
Larry keeps mentioning the five-foot fence law to Irma and she tells him she will help to repeal it. In exchange for the favor, Irma wants vaginal rejuvenation surgery. Larry helps an injured bicyclist on the street, putting his sweater on him to keep him warm. When an ambulance takes the injured man with Larry's sweater on, he goes to the hospital to try to retrieve it, annoying one of the receptionists in the process. While at the hospital, Larry speaks with a plastic surgeon about Irma's possible operation and learns if she gets it done, she will not be able to have sex for six to eight weeks, which delights Larry. Jeff attempts to reconcile with Susie over his affair by buying an expensive vase for her. While shopping for it, Jeff and Larry deal with Igor, Gregor, and Timor (all played by Bill Hader ) – an owner of antique shop, a concierge, and a restaurant manager, respectively – who all look alike and drive traffic to each other's businesses, but deny they know each other. Irma is undecided about the surgery because of the amount of time afterwards during which she will be unable to have intercourse. Larry has Susie pretend that she has gotten the same surgery and recommends it. After buying the vase, Larry, while driving, sees the cyclist wearing his sweater and stops suddenly, causing the vase to shatter. After seeing Susie's vulva, Irma decides not to have the surgery. Susie lets Jeff off the hook regarding the vase and tells him that she instead wants vaginal rejuvenation surgery.
10. The Mormon Advantage
Irma, who is living with Larry, is continually arguing with Leon. Irma tells Larry it is either her or Leon who stays in the house. Leon ends up staying with Jeff and Susie until he leaves for his trip, while Larry still needs Irma to repeal the fence law. In exchange, Susie wants to use Larry's house for a party honoring Alexander Vindman. At a council meeting, Larry speaks with a Mormon named Micah Johnson, the husband of one of the councilwomen, Melinda. Larry questions whether Micah would be interested in multiple wives. At an event held at the Holocaust Museum LA featuring Vindman, Larry ends up ruining his shoes after stepping in dog feces when a man hugs him too close and walks around the event in his socks. At the event, Leon introduces Larry to the Mary Ferguson he is taking on the trip. Larry also notices Micah with another woman. When the event ends, it has begun raining and Larry takes a pair of shoes from the Holocaust exhibit. At the party at Larry's, Mary shows an interest in Vindman. When Melinda discovers what Larry spoke to Micah about, she decides to vote against the repeal. Larry apologizes to Melinda over the phone and promises to make a donation to their church in exchange for a favor. Vindman overhears the conversation and believes it to be a bribe and intends on passing this information to head councilman Weinblatt. Vindman also correctly infers Larry stole the shoes from the exhibit. Irma discovers the shoes Larry stole were actually her grandfather's which causes her to start drinking again after being in recovery. Larry goes to the home of Weinblatt to steal the documents given by Vindman. After getting the documents, Larry flees the house but trips over chairs and falls into their pool. Irma misses the council meeting and causes the vote to be tied, thus the law is not repealed. Meanwhile, Mary steals Leon's passport and instead goes on the trip with Vindman.
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