Obviously not as funny as the show's peak. These past couple of seasons have had this feeling of being scripted and forced for a while now and unfortunately, this season doesn't seem to be any different.
But at the same time, I still found these first two episodes funny, and the second one more than the first. So I'm not complaining that much. I'm glad to have more Curb in my life since it's been so long since we got more new episodes. And I'm happy that Larry is actually maybe giving the show a proper conclusion instead of just announcing the show will not get any new seasons.
Anyway, the episode structures do have the same feeling as how the show has always been, with setups and payoffs in each episode. And surprisingly one payoff to the last episode's setup of Jeff's hair dye that I thought was weird they mentioned it without following up on it in the last episode. But it does come together nicely for the Lawn Jockey plotline to happen. But I think as funny as the Lawn Jockey joke is, it's kinda the most predictable thing to do and it's weird to have it be the joke payoff they're focusing on. But I guess it ties to his plea in the hearing.
Overall I think this is all gonna come together and become a much bigger thing than this and a lot funnier. I just think that the main plots of the episodes aren't as memorable or interesting as they should be and they're pretty much predictable and not as hilarious as the situations Larry got himself into in the older seasons. I just wish they toned down the scripting and the phoniness for the last season and did it the usual way with the improvs that felt way more organic and funny.