Finally, the moment of nothingness for which we've all been waiting. On last night's episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm", aptly titled "Reunion", Larry David's old cohorts, the cast of "Seinfeld", joined him on screen in unison for the first time in more than a decade. Yes, this titular throwback to the nineties was something "Curb" devotees had been expecting for the many months leading up to this season, but that didn't make moment any less sublime.

In the most meta of all meta-plots, the old gang rejoined Larry in order to set up a reunion episode. No, not the reunion episode that served as the plot for this week's installment of "Curb Your Enthusiasm", but an actual reunion episode. A "Seinfeld" reunion episode which Larry finally agreed to produce so he could cast Cheryl, in a complicated attempt to win her back. A bit of screwball neuroses that makes Albert Brooks seem well-adjusted.

Before Larry can pull off this reunion special he must convince the rest of cast it's a good idea. Each for cast member has their own reticence (like Jerry's thinking all reunions are lame) and reason for finally signing on (like Jason Alexander's thinking they can make up for the finale), while others unwittingly agree to the show (Michael Richards' ambivalent distraction in the midst of the breast-strewn walls of a café). Whatever the case, it doesn't take long for Larry to reconvene the fab four and get his plan to win back Cheryl underway. If only he could stay out of his own way.

No, it doesn't take long for the great bald hero to undermine his grand reunion scheme. As a token of appreciation, the head of NBC, gets Larry and Jeff tickets to that evening's Lakers game. Unfortunately for Larry, the tickets are of the bleeding-nose variety, a binocular's squint away from the floor. This, of course, upsets Larry, causing him to instruct his new boss to perform a self-toward act that is otherwise impossible, except in the form of a common insult, and put the whole project in jeopardy. Until Larry's hypochondria saves the day with his diagnosis of the studio head's Lyme Disease.

With the "Seinfeld" cast back in tow, this episode revealed for the first time just how much Larry David is like George Costanza. As his unflagging cheapness and selfishness offends and nearly ruins everybody around him we've all just kind of taken it has new character, this goofy Larry David, throughout the course of the series. Now that we see him doing similar things to characters played by Jerry Seinfeld and Julia Louis Dreyfus all at the same time, it's never been more evident how perfectly and honestly David was able to capture his essence in the series that first brought him overwhelming fame and fortune.

This Constanzaism is certain to become even more apparent as this "Seinfeld" reunion season travels forward. There's certain to be myriad opportunities for Mr. David to run afoul of his former companions in nothingness, undoubtedly putting the certainty of the show's happening as tenuous at best. And, as always, there's certain to be a number of laughs that rival the best of his old show's seasons.

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Story by Andrew Payne

Starpulse contributing writer