This article contains spoilers for Curb Your Enthusiasm's series finale.
Cheryl Hines has shared a video of her choking up with tears as she struggles to make a speech after Curb Your Enthusiasm's last-ever scene.
Arguably the greatest comedy series of all time, the hit HBO sitcom was created by Larry David, who co-created Seinfeld. The finale aired on Sunday to rave reviews.
David stars as an ironic version of himself and Hines, 58, plays Cheryl David, first as Larry David's long-suffering wife and later his ex. Hines captioned the Instagram post of her video: "The moment after they said "cut" on the very last scene." It shows her fighting back tears as she pays tribute to David for changing her life.
Curb Your Enthusiasm finished up after 12 seasons, airing 120 episodes. It first hit TV screens in 2000, took a pause in 2011 and returned to HBO six years later.
So it comes as no surprise that the cast and crew were emotional when they filmed the final scene. Hines' video begins with series director Jeff Schaffer on set inside a makeshift airplane. "All right, that's a wrap on the funniest show ever," Schaffer says as everyone cheers and David stands.
Next to make a speech is David's co-star and real-life best friend, Richard Lewis, who died of a heart attack on February 27 in Los Angeles.
"I just want to say Larry David has treated me like a God, and all of you have and this is the greatest experience of my career and I love each and every one of you. I'm honored to be working with arguably the greatest sitcom writer in the last two centuries," he says.
Hines then asks for a chance to say something but, before she can get stuck into her speech, the actress chokes up and fights back tears.
"I was thinking about you because my entire life changed when I met you," she says to David, and then thanks the crew.
"Larry I love you," she concludes and the camera cuts to David who awkwardly walks off, presumably not wanting to give a speech.
Curb Your Enthusiasm follows David, a semi-retired Hollywood writer, as he grumpily navigates the world and life.
The series finale is a nod to the much criticized end to Seinfeld in 1998, in which the main four characters, played by Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards and Jerry Seinfeld, are jailed for one year for being bad Samaritans.
David's sitcom also wraps up its run with the main character facing a year behind bars, this time for being a good Samaritan by violating Georgia's election laws to give a woman water as she queues to vote in the heat, which is actually a misdemeanor in the state.
His trial in the finale features plenty of celebrity cameos including appearances from Allison Janney, Ted Danson, Bruce Springsteen, Trump whistleblower Alexander Vindman and Saverio Guerra (Mocha Joe).
But it is the highly-anticipated cameo from Seinfeld himself that really pleases viewers.
He manages to free David from prison by revealing one of the jurors in the trial had broken the judge's sequestration order, leading to the declaration of a mistrial.
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