Episodes: "Vow of Silence," "Larry vs. Michael J. Fox"

The last we see of Larry David, social assassin, he's gallivanting in Paris with trusty partner-in-crime Leon. Why? Because he told someone he had to go there as an excuse to get out of doing boring charity work, and so, he did. It's by that same logic, and for a very similar reason, that he spends half of season eight in New York. If you're going to cook up a cover story, commitment is key. Especially when you have unlimited millions and zero responsibilities to hold you back from hanging out in whatever random city you happened to choose for a lie.