>jerry is a neat freak, he doesn't need a cleaner in the first place
Jerry's a lazy cunt. You really think he's taking a day off to clean those cereal cupboards of his? Hell no. He'll pay someone the same way he pays the dry-cleaner.
>this character being finnish doesn't make any sense
She sounded more like a Swede and didn't really act particularly Finnish except act vaguely suicidal.
>I think Larry says that’s the worst episode
good so we agree then. Well, I haven't seen season 9. So maybe there's something in there I'd like less.
I'm making sure not to watch season 9 even though I've watched all the episodes from the other seasons at least 50 times each by now. I feel like there's more Seinfeld I have yet to watch, and it feels good.
It's no contest: The Puerto Rican Day Parade and The Finale. These are the only episodes of the show worse than decent.
Why do people hate The Puerto Rican Day again?
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It's just a shitty episode. Back in the day there was a big stink about it because there is a scene with Kramer stomping on the Puerto Rican flag. It was pulled from syndication over it.
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>It was pulled from syndication over it.
it was really weird the first time I saw it, had been watching for years and then here's an episode I've never seen before
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I felt the same way when I watched the NYC episode of The Simpsons, but was disappointed at what a piece of shit it was. I was going in expecting a comfy episode from the last good season, but it more reminded me of the later seasons.
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That episode works as a one-off. I love how Homer is pushed to the absolute limit, and just can't contain his outrage as life is consistently shitting on him through the entire day. The problem was it slowly becoming the baseline for his character, and he's just acting like an asshole unprovoked.
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wrong it was a fine episode and also extremely comfy
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based petey before he started a family and got severed
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damn, didn't realize it was him but now I see it
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>Why do people hate The Puerto Rican Day again?
All the plotlines are shit and it's just not funny.
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That's Gotta Hurt! is great. Wtf are you talking about?
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That's Gotta Hurt! is great. Wtf are you talking about?
>Jerry's beef with black guy in the Golf >George watching Hindenburg movie >That Schindler's List parody >Kramer burning the flag >Jerry, George and Kramer's aliases all meeting in the apartment for sale
Kino episode.
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schindlers list parody ?
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>the fake rivalry between Art Vandalay, H.E. Pennypacker, and Jerry's alter-ego he makes up on the spot isn't funny
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It doesn't pander to groomosexuals so it makes them omegaseethe
PR day parade episode isn’t that bad. It felt like they wanted to do a season one “trapped in one location” episode like the Chinese restaurant or parking garage …but it’s not successful
It’s bad but it’s not unwatchable
The series finale is just weird . First half is okay. When they go on trial it’s just unfunny
The Finale is incredible and I can tell it truly hurt you, condemning you in your useless passivity and cowardice, telling you directly you belong in fucking prison. The greatest series finale of all time.
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>I can tell it truly hurt you
Take it easy Larry, it sucked
Its all about how sex changes a relationship. Jerry and Elaine make a pact where they can have sex supposedly without having a relationships or emotional hang ups and it doesn't work. The episode ends up being more cringey and dramatic then funny. It also resulted in Elaine being written off the show for a while because it ended with the relationship between Jerry and Elaine becoming irreparably awkward.
I think its one of those ideas that sounds funny on paper but doesn't really work.
I don't think they 'threw it in', the episode was clearly written with the gimmick in mind, like George ordering the 'clams casino' or Kramer's lollipop getting bigger. True, in normal order the episode falls apart but it wasn't meant to be viewed like that anyway. And it's a season 9 episode so it wouldn't have been funny either way.
the episode is 'the betrayal' and named after a play that's also in reverse order, with a character named after the writer of the play
they absolutely knew what they were doing
Festivus is alright, if only for the dinner scene at the end
But what I hate about that episode is how they still keep trying to turn Festivus into a real thing to this day. It's just fucking stupid
I typically defend the first couple of seasons as not being as bad as people say, but now that I'm looking at the episode list they are all pretty shit.
The first eps were literally a show about nothing, back when they still believed that would make a good sitcom. Then after a bit, they realized they need actual stories
The Finale is a classic series-ender that just keeps getting funnier and funnier each time I go back and rewatch "Seinfeld". Same with The Puerto Rican Day.
He embodies the neurotic stereotype about israelites. When I think about israelites I picture the scheming hooknosed semites plotting our destruction first and then I picture Larry
Do better. So many good lines for that ep. Shame on you.
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There's no way that's true
>Armstrong writes, “[Jason Alexander] hated the character of the mohel who circumcises Elaine’s friend’s child. Alexander said, ‘You have to go a long way to hit my israelite button. To me, this was anti-Semitic in a hurtful way.’ He told [Larry] David he’d have to boycott the episode and persuaded David to soften the portrayal. (In the end, the mohel was merely incompetent, rather than blatantly offensive.)”
Wow, thanks. That makes sense that it's a toned down version, because I couldn't see why it was antisemitic. LD must have went overboard lmao. Would love to see that version.
Originally the dude was supposed to seem like he enjoyed doing circumcisions because he hated kids so much. That’s a lot of what Alexander didn’t like. He explains it really well in that kino interview he did with Archives on YouTube
really? It didn't feel that long to me and it was amusing. I thought that was a good episode especially when jerry and the mohel go at it in the hospital
Larry David is just not funny performing, but clearly world is not with me.
I remember even when watching Seinfeld being confused with >Mr Steinbrenner
scenes, which were just not amusing and were out of touch with the rest of the episodes (let alone show). Some weird, unfunny impression.
Only later I realized it was show co-creator Larry David playing him, and then it all made sense.
yep, it felt like he was doing some improv that works if the audience is dumb and tipsy
I'm not, so this is complete nonsense to me, but I can appreciate the delivery and joke of Billy Martin being there multiple times despite not being in on the joke.
not that idiot (i love seinfeld), but frasier was actually good, especially seasons 1-7. kinda loses its way after that, but there are some kino episodes.
3 episodes if I recall. >first episode is Kramer giving Jerry back his keys and moving to LA >2nd episode is Jerry and George going to LA for the Tonight Show and searching for Kramer >3rd episode is Kramer being accused of murder
>The Statue >The Limo >The Subway >The Bubble Boy >The Opera >The Airport >The Fire
He's definitely written some half-decent episodes. The Contest is overrated as fuck btw
Larry David also has a writing credit for that episode.
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i'm actually shocked he wrote the bubble boy, but i guess even a broken clock is right twice a day.
There's good stuff in here, especially the Limo. Not sure what's with the larry charles hate. Is it some kind of reddit meme?
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I forgot about the Outing that was also a great episode. Shit beisdes the Heart Attack and the Bris those are all pretty solid episodes.
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It's literally 1 poster. Everyone loves Larry Charles, the third heat.
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no, the t-bone plot is one of the best george ones
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it's funny if you've dealt with elderly israelites
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he just has a darker sense of humor that conflicts with much of the show
like george and the felon in the airplane bathroom
I wish "The Bet" got filmed, it had potential to be one of the best Seinfeld episodes of all time.
Anything directly involving any type of plot about Jerry or George's parents, though some episodes with George's parents are funny, like The Van or The Bro. I just find Jerry's parents to be painfully boring.
I've interrupted this show at 06×09, so I got a lot to see. But the episode that, for the first time, actually got me mad and reduced my appreciament for this serie was "The puffy shirt". >Jerry apparently HAS to wear this ridicule shirt only because he couldn't that autistic fuck of Kramer's girlfriend >He does, he gets ridiculed at an important live show >Gets assaulted by the mongoloid woman because said that he hated the shirt >George gets in between and of course loses what made him unique, his beautiful hands that get burnt by an ironer
The latter was the one that got me more mad, I knew that George couldn't be happy and successful for that thing and has to lose it in a wacky incident
>George couldn't be happy and successful
That’s the joke and what makes George an endearing character. He’s also a horrible person who’s done a lot of shitty things
>Buying cheap wedding envelopes, causing Susan to die >Faking a disability so he could have perks even after getting exposed >forcing his way into a family’s house to watch Breakfast At Tiffanies because he refused to read the book >Pushing children and an old lady out of the way because of a kitchen fire that wasn’t even that severe
So he's a bad person because he's a cheap ass? If you unwittingly bought faulty products that lead to someone's death would that make you a bad person?
> If you unwittingly bought faulty products that lead to someone's death would that make you a bad person
yes
if my warehouse supervisor cheaps out and buys goods that don't meet safety standards, and there's an accident, his ass is 100% on the line
>Ctrl+F >No Newman
Confirmed, Wayne Knight was the best character actor they had on that show, and all of his episodes are elevated because they included him.
it's kind of amazing how many duds the show still had after it already reached it's "golden age" (season 4 onward). this episode when i think about it feels like it belongs in season 2 or 3, yet it was in season 5.
For real. I was looking over the episode list when I started the thread and there is indeed some really bad stuff that I've blocked out of my mind. I completely forgot about the retarded "Kramer moves to L.A." arc. So bad.
It’s weird that the last two seasons were after Larry David left and get way wackier and outlandish but nobody really thinks that the show jumped the shark. Pretty rare to achieve that
ending at 9 seasons was the sweet spot. if they ended at season 7 people would have wanted more seasons or a shitty revival. if they ended at 11, huge portions would have been noticeably different if not just plain bad
It's early season 3, when the show hadn't really gotten good yet. In fact, the next episode is The Library, which I consider to be the beginning of the golden era.
>"The Stranded" is the 27th episode of the sitcom Seinfeld. It is the tenth episode of the show's third season.[1] It first aired on November 27, 1991.[1] The episode was originally produced for Season 2 but was postponed because Larry David was dissatisfied with the episode;[2] it was therefore advertised as a "lost" episode. It was also released in the first and second season set instead of the third.
the episode where Elaine wants to see what a dress looks like in a mirror other than the flattering store mirror, and the whole crew winds up stuck in the dressing room for hours
I think the only time I’ve actually felt bad for George is when his black coworker accused him of being a racist because George complemented him for looking like Sugar Ray Robinson. And it turned out George wasn’t the only one who thought that, proving the co worker was an asshole
When I was younger I always figured she was getting mad at him pitching a tent in his pants, cause why would someone just whip their dick out like that randomly? Made no sense
The Blood
I know season 9 episodea are considered the worst but this episode was particularly bad and felt like a malcom in the middle episode. Not Seinfeld.
I much prefer season 1 and 2 to 8 and 9. There's so much weird and unfunny shit in the final seasons. Like these guys. God bless Lloyd Bridges, but what the fuck was the deal with them?
The final season sucked ass. It felt like a totally different show, almost. Imagine how bad it would have got of they kept going like NBC wanted them too.
>The final season sucked ass.
It was different, but it had some great eps >Butter Shave >Serenity Now >Merv Griffin Show >The Slicer >The Apology >The Strike >The Reverse Peephole
The final season sucked ass. It felt like a totally different show, almost. Imagine how bad it would have got of they kept going like NBC wanted them too.
The post-Larry seasons were mostly trash. Peterman, the worst character by far, started to feature more prominently in the last two seasons.
Most of the two-part episodes just didn't work: 'The Raincoats' from season 5 and 'The Cadillac' from season 7 in particular had weak premises that didn't need to be stretched as far as they were.
>The post-Larry seasons were mostly trash.
They were more goofy, but still very, very funny. >Most of the two-part episodes just didn't work:
I loved them all.
>I loved them all.
Why? Like, hurr this guy likes spending time with old people. Hurr Morty is a israelite who doesn't want Kramer harping in on his raincoats idea too much. That one in particular was needlessly extended
Not counting the first few seasons, one my least favorites is the one where George becomes a genius by not having sex (and Elaine become a retard by not having sex).
They justified it by saying "Kramer never left his apartment" in the early seasons. They talk about it on the DVD extras. Michael Richards was furious over it.
I thought that was only a thing in the first season. He left the apartment in several S2 episodes, like The Busboy, which was before The Chinese Restaurant.
They justified it by saying "Kramer never left his apartment" in the early seasons. They talk about it on the DVD extras. Michael Richards was furious over it.
he was still the weird neighbor who didn't have storylines of his own and just showed up at the apartment, they weren't friends with him yet to go out to places
What a lousy reason not to bring him back. Lawrence Tierney as Alton Benes is classic, has some of the best lines of any character in the series, and The Jacket is also my favorite Seinfeld episode.
If I define worst as the episode I revisit the least, i'd say The Betrayal s09e08. The latter two seasons are certainly different given the shake-up of writers, but they still offer up some great episodes. But for me its the betrayal
I never got that vibe at all. He always points out how good the writing is and seems to rightfully know how important he was as an actor for it to work. He did threaten to quit a few times over things he disagreed with in scripts though
Pic related is a kino interview with how fucking honest Alexander is about everything. Plot lines he hated, actors he didn’t like, etc.
I’m really curious why he and Jerry had a falling out for a bit while the show was still on though. I know he says they worked it out but maybe it was about contracts or some shit
Yeah, it was kind of funny how brutally honest he was but I kinda felt bad. Basically called her a horrible actress and wanted her fired “but we later became close” kek
to be fair she is a pretty shit actress in a lot of her scenes. The delivery of her lines when she and George are talking about the name "Seven" stands out in my mind.
Oh I absolutely agree, just surprising to hear it from him.
>how fucking honest Alexander is about everything.
he even called jerry out for being greedy
>"I'm not ashamed to talk numbers. I would say in the years that we've been in syndication, Julia, Michael and I have probably individually seen about a quarter of a million dollars out of residuals, whereas our brethren have seen hundreds of millions of dollars. Seinfeld has a profit of over a billion dollars."
>"I said to Jerry when he made the decision years ago to not let us in, 'The day will come when you regret this decision, only because it's going to put us in a position eventually of seemingly tainting the wonderful impression of what this was for the four of us.
>"You have created a rift between you and the three of us, and while we are in no way, shape or form looking for parity with you, you have created a chasm that is also inappropriate,' "
Damn, really sounds like the falling out was about money then. He said it was worked out though, so maybe they restructured it or Seinfeld cut them all checks
jason and julia wouldn't do the dvd commentary unless they got a cut of dvd sales
jason also has talked about how an audience cant not see him as george and it's affected his career
>Well, the character of George is not a millstone around my neck but I had to turn to my former bosses and say, 'I'm not invested in the longevity of the show. The longevity of the show actually is a detriment to me right now. It keeps me from getting certain kind of work.
he doesn't have a background in comedy, he's the only one of the main four that would do live theater
>how fucking honest Alexander is about everything.
he even called jerry out for being greedy
>"I'm not ashamed to talk numbers. I would say in the years that we've been in syndication, Julia, Michael and I have probably individually seen about a quarter of a million dollars out of residuals, whereas our brethren have seen hundreds of millions of dollars. Seinfeld has a profit of over a billion dollars."
>"I said to Jerry when he made the decision years ago to not let us in, 'The day will come when you regret this decision, only because it's going to put us in a position eventually of seemingly tainting the wonderful impression of what this was for the four of us.
>"You have created a rift between you and the three of us, and while we are in no way, shape or form looking for parity with you, you have created a chasm that is also inappropriate,' "
Oh I absolutely agree, just surprising to hear it from him.
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Damn, really sounds like the falling out was about money then. He said it was worked out though, so maybe they restructured it or Seinfeld cut them all checks
How do you still make money an issue when you have hundreds of millions? How can you still be greedy at that point?
Because you get greedy and start thinking about "but then I'll be able to leave my shitty kids so much money they'll never have to work in their life, and their kids, and this is good fuck everyone else" and blah blah blah.
He and Jerry had a falling out because he went on the Howard Stern Show around the same time Howard was giving him shit for dating an 18 year old. Jerry refused to go on the show again after being a regular guest for Stern.
Yeah, this one was pretty iffy. George's scenes were great. >Old guy: I guess I'm grateful for every moment I lived. >George (stupefied): ...Grateful!?
I like it. Kinda weird making an episode based around that paricular israeli ritual, but Kramer's obsession with the pigman and Jerry's terrible Godfather imitation is kino.
Honestly, I don't find a single episode of Seinfeld funny. It's much funnier talking about IRL than the execution, since so much of it is relatable to day-to-day life. I even own the DVD set because I find it comfy to watch, but never that funny.
I still think it was The Finale. Felt like they got stuck between trying to make a normal Seinfeld story and something epic so it just didn't work for me. In Seasons 1&2 it felt like even though they were still trying to find their feet their was some classic Seinfeld humour in there. And if not that then the one where George has a toupee as the ending just left me being like "Wow, what an actual fucking cunt Elaine is," as opposed to my usual indifference as to how bad the characters were as people.
The finale is and always will be the worst episode. I know people are like "it's not that bad" well...they're wrong...its bad. >all of the characters felt out of character >the whole episode was basically "hey remember THIS character from season 3 episode 8? Well here they are again, and look. They're doing the thing they did in that episode. Haha. Rememeber them?
Idk, probably something from season 1 or 2.
this. The episode where Jerry and Elaine get back together is particularly bad. That might be my least favorite.
don't like the statue
this character being finnish doesn't make any sense
nbc wanted them to, so larry did it without any romance and it was supposed to be the season finale
>don't like the statue
How can you not like that episode?
jerry is a neat freak, he doesn't need a cleaner in the first place
rava and ray are both bad characters, bad writing
the bris
it's a mohel
>jerry is a neat freak, he doesn't need a cleaner in the first place
He's doing it as a favour to Elaine.
>jerry is a neat freak, he doesn't need a cleaner in the first place
Jerry's a lazy cunt. You really think he's taking a day off to clean those cereal cupboards of his? Hell no. He'll pay someone the same way he pays the dry-cleaner.
>nbc wanted them to
Be it in film or in tv, why is it always the studios that pull this kind of retarded shit?
>this character being finnish doesn't make any sense
She sounded more like a Swede and didn't really act particularly Finnish except act vaguely suicidal.
t. Binland
The Statue was the best episode from the first two seasons
Do better. So many good lines for that ep. Shame on you.
There's no way that's true
I think Larry says that’s the worst episode
>I think Larry says that’s the worst episode
good so we agree then. Well, I haven't seen season 9. So maybe there's something in there I'd like less.
I'm making sure not to watch season 9 even though I've watched all the episodes from the other seasons at least 50 times each by now. I feel like there's more Seinfeld I have yet to watch, and it feels good.
If you ever do decide to watch the last season, never watch The Puerto Rican Day or The Finale.
Why do people hate The Puerto Rican Day again?
It's just a shitty episode. Back in the day there was a big stink about it because there is a scene with Kramer stomping on the Puerto Rican flag. It was pulled from syndication over it.
>It was pulled from syndication over it.
it was really weird the first time I saw it, had been watching for years and then here's an episode I've never seen before
I felt the same way when I watched the NYC episode of The Simpsons, but was disappointed at what a piece of shit it was. I was going in expecting a comfy episode from the last good season, but it more reminded me of the later seasons.
That episode works as a one-off. I love how Homer is pushed to the absolute limit, and just can't contain his outrage as life is consistently shitting on him through the entire day. The problem was it slowly becoming the baseline for his character, and he's just acting like an asshole unprovoked.
wrong it was a fine episode and also extremely comfy
based petey before he started a family and got severed
damn, didn't realize it was him but now I see it
>Why do people hate The Puerto Rican Day again?
All the plotlines are shit and it's just not funny.
That's Gotta Hurt! is great. Wtf are you talking about?
>Jerry's beef with black guy in the Golf
>George watching Hindenburg movie
>That Schindler's List parody
>Kramer burning the flag
>Jerry, George and Kramer's aliases all meeting in the apartment for sale
Kino episode.
schindlers list parody ?
>the fake rivalry between Art Vandalay, H.E. Pennypacker, and Jerry's alter-ego he makes up on the spot isn't funny
It doesn't pander to groomosexuals so it makes them omegaseethe
I may never watch the finale honestly. I have a (good) habit of just not finishing shows. I don't like the feeling of knowing a show is over
PR day parade episode isn’t that bad. It felt like they wanted to do a season one “trapped in one location” episode like the Chinese restaurant or parking garage …but it’s not successful
It’s bad but it’s not unwatchable
The series finale is just weird . First half is okay. When they go on trial it’s just unfunny
The Finale is incredible and I can tell it truly hurt you, condemning you in your useless passivity and cowardice, telling you directly you belong in fucking prison. The greatest series finale of all time.
>I can tell it truly hurt you
Take it easy Larry, it sucked
Yeah, that sucks. I also dont like the spare a square episode, I forget what the actual name is.
I’ve never seen that episode but is it where pic related is from? What was so bad about it?
Watch it and find out
No thanks
>What was so bad about it?
Its all about how sex changes a relationship. Jerry and Elaine make a pact where they can have sex supposedly without having a relationships or emotional hang ups and it doesn't work. The episode ends up being more cringey and dramatic then funny. It also resulted in Elaine being written off the show for a while because it ended with the relationship between Jerry and Elaine becoming irreparably awkward.
I think its one of those ideas that sounds funny on paper but doesn't really work.
This is scary. I don't want to see Larry David like this.
How bout this?
haha oh man
>It also resulted in Elaine being written off the show for a while
no it didn't
it was supposed to be the season finale, but then they moved season 2 episodes around
she was used normally in season 3
jerry doesn't consider himself an actor, he sees himself as different than the cast
Nobody else considers him an actor either.
Wasn't she also pregnant at the time? There were episodes where they shot around it.
those episodes are kino only retards hate them, worst episode is anything with that kike kathy griffin
Is that your contention?
the one where they go to India is always a skip for me
This and the shitty Puerto Rico one are the only two always skipped
If thats the one done in reverse chronological order it's borderline unwatchable, has to be the worst
Maybe I'm a retarded brainlet but I like that one Jugdish
Agreed. Comfy ep featuring drunk Elaine.
I like Kramer's side story about being cursed by his friend who remembered years before, Kramer threw a snowball at him.
the jugdish bit is the only top bit
i like drunk/stoned elaine
requesting the webm where she goes doggy position and jerry is rolling his eyes
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One of my favorites. The backwards sequencing is brilliant.
Agreed. Was definitely more fun watching the second time.
What was brilliant about it? It was a very uninteresting episode in order, so they threw in a gimmick to make people watch it.
It was a largely boring episode though I did like the flashback to when Jerry was moving into his apartment
I don't think they 'threw it in', the episode was clearly written with the gimmick in mind, like George ordering the 'clams casino' or Kramer's lollipop getting bigger. True, in normal order the episode falls apart but it wasn't meant to be viewed like that anyway. And it's a season 9 episode so it wouldn't have been funny either way.
the episode is 'the betrayal' and named after a play that's also in reverse order, with a character named after the writer of the play
they absolutely knew what they were doing
"Jerry Seinfeld's a funny guy!" I liked George's raging in that one.
When someone gets me with a solid roast “(name) is a funny guy!” is my go to response.
>"He SCHNAPED me"
I lo love that episode.
Filtered hard great episode
drop dead
It's Festivus and you fucking know it
Festivus is alright, if only for the dinner scene at the end
But what I hate about that episode is how they still keep trying to turn Festivus into a real thing to this day. It's just fucking stupid
Anything with Kruger is gold.
Gotta be The Dog. Painfully unfunny and cringy episode.
yeah id agree, this episode is just a miss
This. The only unwatchable one in my book
What the fuck were they thinking not having the dog on the set, and instead having a sound machine instead??
Wasn't it Larry David doing the dog noises?
I'd had about half a dozen in mind before you jogged my memory that this existed. Hands down worse than what I'd had in mind.
This too. If I remember right, both Jerry & Larry hate this episode the most.
I thought that Jerry hated "The Alternate Side" more, with the cookies in the old man's mouth
I typically defend the first couple of seasons as not being as bad as people say, but now that I'm looking at the episode list they are all pretty shit.
I don't think they're bad, just unremarkable. Some good episodes, though, like The Chinese Restaurant, The Jacket, The Phone Message and The Statue.
The first eps were literally a show about nothing, back when they still believed that would make a good sitcom. Then after a bit, they realized they need actual stories
The Stake Out is unironically one of my favorite episodes.
Based af good ep and Art Corve-Vandelay
Would have killed the show if it wasn't israeli
the show gets good after Jason Alexander stops doing a Woody Allen impression.
this episode is terrible
>stops doing a Woody Allen impression.
and starts doing a Larry David impression.
The Finale.
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Agreed. The Finale.
The Finale is a classic series-ender that just keeps getting funnier and funnier each time I go back and rewatch "Seinfeld". Same with The Puerto Rican Day.
It's no contest: The Puerto Rican Day Parade and The Finale. These are the only episodes of the show worse than decent.
every single season 1 episode is worse than every other non clip show episode in the series
The Stakeout, The Robbery and The Stock Tip are all decent. Seinfeld Chronicles and Male Unbonding are mediocre.
every episode in season 1 is superior to the babu bhatt episode
Why you hating on Babu? Also that episode had the IQ test sub-plot which I admit was kind of weak.
t. very very bad man
the best part of that episode was kramer calling it a statue of limitations
Is that Rip Torn in the bed?
The one with the 5 minute diatribe by the israeli doctor who is about to do the circumsicm
just painfully unfunny, uncomfortable television. not sure what the joke was supposed to be. maybe the absurdism in how long they let the rant go?
Jason Alexander almost refused to do the episode because he thought it was over the line antisemitic.
Isn’t the whole show written by israelites?
there's certain levels to israeliness and Larry David is on the bottom ones (near the gentiles).
You couldn’t be more incorrect
lmao, larry david is a walking israeli caricature bro.
He embodies the neurotic stereotype about israelites. When I think about israelites I picture the scheming hooknosed semites plotting our destruction first and then I picture Larry
larry david is one of those self hating israelites who never goes to temple
He's also one of those goy and Christ hating israelites.
>Armstrong writes, “[Jason Alexander] hated the character of the mohel who circumcises Elaine’s friend’s child. Alexander said, ‘You have to go a long way to hit my israelite button. To me, this was anti-Semitic in a hurtful way.’ He told [Larry] David he’d have to boycott the episode and persuaded David to soften the portrayal. (In the end, the mohel was merely incompetent, rather than blatantly offensive.)”
>he wishes they hadn't made The Bet
filtered by his own show
Wow, thanks. That makes sense that it's a toned down version, because I couldn't see why it was antisemitic. LD must have went overboard lmao. Would love to see that version.
Originally the dude was supposed to seem like he enjoyed doing circumcisions because he hated kids so much. That’s a lot of what Alexander didn’t like. He explains it really well in that kino interview he did with Archives on YouTube
really? It didn't feel that long to me and it was amusing. I thought that was a good episode especially when jerry and the mohel go at it in the hospital
that's a larry charles episode
his episodes usually seem off
That scene was great though.
>What did you do to my little cableboy?
They were always a little too dark and tend to feature guns, which seems odd looking back.
pure kino
The best scene in the show.
>his episodes usually seem off
I like them, though.
You can't tell me Mr. Bookman isn't a classic character.
Larry David is just not funny performing, but clearly world is not with me.
I remember even when watching Seinfeld being confused with
>Mr Steinbrenner
scenes, which were just not amusing and were out of touch with the rest of the episodes (let alone show). Some weird, unfunny impression.
Only later I realized it was show co-creator Larry David playing him, and then it all made sense.
yep, it felt like he was doing some improv that works if the audience is dumb and tipsy
I could see the steinbrenner impressions being unfunny to people who aren't yankee fans
I find any Larry David performance ufunny.
I'm not, so this is complete nonsense to me, but I can appreciate the delivery and joke of Billy Martin being there multiple times despite not being in on the joke.
Based, seinfeld got better after larry left, and the larry david show is thrash
>MOMMY I WANT WACKY MAN KWAYMEE TO BURST THROUGH THE DOOR AGAIN
I've known people who ramble like that so I liked that bit.
The mohel rant is literally one of the best scenes period
Where the old guy gives jerry his pen
>getting filtered by Jack Klompus
Hundreds of times
Thousands!
Thousands???!!!
kek
That episode is an absolute ripper. Only drawback is no George.
found the fag who'd take the pen and then seethe!
penlet detected
Gotta agree here, it just has no redeeming qualities whatsoever
All of them. Genuinely a terrible TV show and unfunny
Next I bet you'll tell us Frasier was actually good
not that idiot (i love seinfeld), but frasier was actually good, especially seasons 1-7. kinda loses its way after that, but there are some kino episodes.
Frasier was pretty comfy though and actually had some great moments
The one with the creepy clown. Just a weird vibe and not many jokes
The Fire?? The one where George rushes out and leaves everyone to be incinerated is a classic.
No, The Opera.
But that episode's fantastic! What are you, some kind of clown hater?
>Overture! Curtains, Lights!
>This is it! We'll hit the heights!
>O what heights we'll hit....!
>On with the show; This is it!
The Joe Davola episodes are top tier.
Found someone crazier than crazy Joe Davola.
Are you afraid of clowns?
Pool Guy
The Maid fucking SUCKS.
no, the t-bone plot is one of the best george ones
it's funny if you've dealt with elderly israelites
he just has a darker sense of humor that conflicts with much of the show
like george and the felon in the airplane bathroom
>My nickname from now on is...
>... Koko the Monkey
jerry & elaine discussing fucking again
all episode references about jerry v elain romance ruin that episode
the one from season 9 where he digs up the dead parakeet
also, all of seasons 1, 2 and most of 3
that's one of the greatest episodes.
>Fredo was weak and stupid and shoulda never ate the key.
>Phil....Mrs. Phil
it felt like a whacky classic sitcom shenanigans that don't fit the characters, Jerry would never, EVER, go dig up a dead animal for a key. ever.
For me that's what was funny about it. The fact that he went along with Kramer's schemes seemed so out of character but hilarious at the same time.
he was doing it for the cuff links, which he absolutely would do for Jerry Lewis.
it's one of the times jerry calls out george for lying
>george peppard has been dead for years
also
>he drove a car with no arms
Any episode written by Larry Charles. This motherfucker was NOT funny.
Anything from season 1.
The entire LA arc.
>arc
wasn't it like 2 episodes?
That’s an arc.
if you say so
You know who had an Arc?
Noah
3 episodes if I recall.
>first episode is Kramer giving Jerry back his keys and moving to LA
>2nd episode is Jerry and George going to LA for the Tonight Show and searching for Kramer
>3rd episode is Kramer being accused of murder
i think the 2nd and 3rd aired as one long episode originally.
3 episodes, written by the incredibly unfunny Larry Charles.
>The Statue
>The Limo
>The Subway
>The Bubble Boy
>The Opera
>The Airport
>The Fire
He's definitely written some half-decent episodes. The Contest is overrated as fuck btw
i'm actually shocked he wrote the bubble boy, but i guess even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Larry David also has a writing credit for that episode.
There's good stuff in here, especially the Limo. Not sure what's with the larry charles hate. Is it some kind of reddit meme?
I forgot about the Outing that was also a great episode. Shit beisdes the Heart Attack and the Bris those are all pretty solid episodes.
It's literally 1 poster. Everyone loves Larry Charles, the third heat.
I wish "The Bet" got filmed, it had potential to be one of the best Seinfeld episodes of all time.
MOOPS!
Those are all top tier episodes except The Statue.
>Maybe the pervert in the park had a little present for you in his pants, didn't he?
>Hey how'd you know about the guy in the park?
Anything directly involving any type of plot about Jerry or George's parents, though some episodes with George's parents are funny, like The Van or The Bro. I just find Jerry's parents to be painfully boring.
Yeah Jerry's parents were always unfunny and boring though Uncle Leo is always top tier. Easily one of my favourite side characters.
Not this one. Gina was muy caliente.
That one where the fat bald loser has an attractive girlfriend.
No, not a loser
I never really like the very first episode. It just feels weird and makes me uncomfortable.
I've interrupted this show at 06×09, so I got a lot to see. But the episode that, for the first time, actually got me mad and reduced my appreciament for this serie was "The puffy shirt".
>Jerry apparently HAS to wear this ridicule shirt only because he couldn't that autistic fuck of Kramer's girlfriend
>He does, he gets ridiculed at an important live show
>Gets assaulted by the mongoloid woman because said that he hated the shirt
>George gets in between and of course loses what made him unique, his beautiful hands that get burnt by an ironer
The latter was the one that got me more mad, I knew that George couldn't be happy and successful for that thing and has to lose it in a wacky incident
the actual costanza that seinfeld knew did hand modelling
the way he held the ironer was also stupid.
That episode was fucking hilarious. The story about the hand model who’s hand got deformed because he wasn’t master of his domain was funny
>George couldn't be happy and successful
That’s the joke and what makes George an endearing character. He’s also a horrible person who’s done a lot of shitty things
>Buying cheap wedding envelopes, causing Susan to die
>Faking a disability so he could have perks even after getting exposed
>forcing his way into a family’s house to watch Breakfast At Tiffanies because he refused to read the book
>Pushing children and an old lady out of the way because of a kitchen fire that wasn’t even that severe
The wedding envelopes were not his fault. How the fuck could he have known? It's envelopes for a wedding he doesn't even want to be at.
It’s because he’s a cheap ass. It also didn’t help he was seemingly glad Susan died so he could be single again
So he's a bad person because he's a cheap ass? If you unwittingly bought faulty products that lead to someone's death would that make you a bad person?
> If you unwittingly bought faulty products that lead to someone's death would that make you a bad person
yes
if my warehouse supervisor cheaps out and buys goods that don't meet safety standards, and there's an accident, his ass is 100% on the line
Wasn't the episode called The Low Talker or am I thinking about something else?
It's called The Puffy Shirt but it is the low talker episode.
>Ctrl+F
>No Newman
Confirmed, Wayne Knight was the best character actor they had on that show, and all of his episodes are elevated because they included him.
the bottle deposit ones are real stinkers, they don't even feel like Seinfeld
I liked those ones.
are those the only ones you like?
Jerry and Elaine in Miami
Jerry and the dog
The one where Kramer and George are stuck in the liquor store because Saddam Hussein doubled parked is really bad.
That one had some good George moments.
>You're telling me that wine is better than Pepsi? *snort* No way is wine better than Pepsi!
“It’s Gortex”
The Elaine/Jerry story is alright with the hair in the cake.
it's kind of amazing how many duds the show still had after it already reached it's "golden age" (season 4 onward). this episode when i think about it feels like it belongs in season 2 or 3, yet it was in season 5.
For real. I was looking over the episode list when I started the thread and there is indeed some really bad stuff that I've blocked out of my mind. I completely forgot about the retarded "Kramer moves to L.A." arc. So bad.
The LA arc is when the show found its footing. Hard disagree.
I really like the more zany last two season episodes. It's amazing to me that Bizzaro Jerry is a real plotline and they really are from Bizzaroworld.
It’s weird that the last two seasons were after Larry David left and get way wackier and outlandish but nobody really thinks that the show jumped the shark. Pretty rare to achieve that
ending at 9 seasons was the sweet spot. if they ended at season 7 people would have wanted more seasons or a shitty revival. if they ended at 11, huge portions would have been noticeably different if not just plain bad
"The Dog" sucked. It seems like a season 1 episode but its season 4. No memorable jokes.
It's early season 3, when the show hadn't really gotten good yet. In fact, the next episode is The Library, which I consider to be the beginning of the golden era.
>"The Stranded" is the 27th episode of the sitcom Seinfeld. It is the tenth episode of the show's third season.[1] It first aired on November 27, 1991.[1] The episode was originally produced for Season 2 but was postponed because Larry David was dissatisfied with the episode;[2] it was therefore advertised as a "lost" episode. It was also released in the first and second season set instead of the third.
Yeah, it's shit.
hey that's the one with The Shield in it
the episode where Elaine wants to see what a dress looks like in a mirror other than the flattering store mirror, and the whole crew winds up stuck in the dressing room for hours
The first two seasons, basically. I don't find them watchable in the least.
I'm really starting to dislike the Drake
Hate The Drake?
I for one really like the later seasons where the plots and characters get zanier. Seasons 1 and 2 are terrible.
The pilot
>The Dog
>The Busboy
>The Stranded
>The one with Bette Midler
>The Wizard
Only ones I usually skip.
I think the only time I’ve actually felt bad for George is when his black coworker accused him of being a racist because George complemented him for looking like Sugar Ray Robinson. And it turned out George wasn’t the only one who thought that, proving the co worker was an asshole
“Well you’re not doing too bad yourself”
Kino.
could they make fun of retards today?
Sadly no.
That whole episode had some great moments, specially from Jimmy
>"what you mean you not gonna have sex with me in front of my ex husband's corpse, are you even a man?"
Women are truly evil, aren't they?
her body her rules sweetie, if he truly cared about her he wouldn't have dropped dead, that's an inconvenience for her to deal with.
All of them.
whats the most unrealistic scene in the series?
George running on the pitch "naked"
I can see this happening back in the 80s/90s.
George dating 9/10 models.
When I was younger I always figured she was getting mad at him pitching a tent in his pants, cause why would someone just whip their dick out like that randomly? Made no sense
God she looks so sexy here
Aside from season 1/2 stuff, the episode where george tries to fuck his cousin and the peterman book tour are ones I remember being stinkers
Oh yeah and the one with the mechanic that steals jerry's car. That one is just awful
The ones after Larry David left
The Blood
I know season 9 episodea are considered the worst but this episode was particularly bad and felt like a malcom in the middle episode. Not Seinfeld.
I much prefer season 1 and 2 to 8 and 9. There's so much weird and unfunny shit in the final seasons. Like these guys. God bless Lloyd Bridges, but what the fuck was the deal with them?
>but what the fuck was the deal with them?
well they weren't having any of Jerry's macho head games
It was go time
The final season sucked ass. It felt like a totally different show, almost. Imagine how bad it would have got of they kept going like NBC wanted them too.
I like The Voice, The Frogger and the Kruger episodes, but other than that, it sucked.
I liked the absurdity of it all. It felt like live action looney Tunes.
>The final season sucked ass.
It was different, but it had some great eps
>Butter Shave
>Serenity Now
>Merv Griffin Show
>The Slicer
>The Apology
>The Strike
>The Reverse Peephole
These.
You think you're better than me?
You think you're better than HIM?
The Bubble Boy.
The columnist episode
The one when kramer doea the aids walk
These episodes felt "off" and nothing particularly funny happened in them.
The very last episode was so goddamn bad. Not a single thing went over. It was so weird they went ultra normie
The episode where Jerry had to deal with his girlfriends step mom.
The one where jerry dates the loser girl
The post-Larry seasons were mostly trash. Peterman, the worst character by far, started to feature more prominently in the last two seasons.
Most of the two-part episodes just didn't work: 'The Raincoats' from season 5 and 'The Cadillac' from season 7 in particular had weak premises that didn't need to be stretched as far as they were.
>The post-Larry seasons were mostly trash.
They were more goofy, but still very, very funny.
>Most of the two-part episodes just didn't work:
I loved them all.
>I loved them all.
Why? Like, hurr this guy likes spending time with old people. Hurr Morty is a israelite who doesn't want Kramer harping in on his raincoats idea too much. That one in particular was needlessly extended
Probably the one with the Midget actors who got mad at the other midget for wearing lifts. That or the alcoholic episode.
Not counting the first few seasons, one my least favorites is the one where George becomes a genius by not having sex (and Elaine become a retard by not having sex).
Why did Kramer do it?
literally me
...and i love it
This whole scene is probably my favorite seinfeld moment
Best episode incoming
>no Kramer
>no interconnecting plots
>characters acting like impatient retards
I don't get the love for this episode
Its just a fantastic bubble episode
Why wasn't Kramer in this again?
Kramer doesnt leave his or Jerrys apartment in the earlier seasons right? he's basically a shut in
I thought that was only a thing in the first season. He left the apartment in several S2 episodes, like The Busboy, which was before The Chinese Restaurant.
I think its more that Jerry, George and Elaine in the earlier seasons wouldnt invite Kramer out for dinner etc since he's the strange neighbour
he would have improved it
jerry's storyline with the woman isn't funny
They justified it by saying "Kramer never left his apartment" in the early seasons. They talk about it on the DVD extras. Michael Richards was furious over it.
he was still the weird neighbor who didn't have storylines of his own and just showed up at the apartment, they weren't friends with him yet to go out to places
I'm just happy none of you plebeian turds said The Jacket, which is my favorite episode.
>they couldn't bring back elaine's dad because the actor tried to steal a knife from jerry's apartment set
What a lousy reason not to bring him back. Lawrence Tierney as Alton Benes is classic, has some of the best lines of any character in the series, and The Jacket is also my favorite Seinfeld episode.
they explain why
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The Jacket
Best episode is the ASSMAN episode
I hate that episode where george gets hair and the resolution/punchline is just elaine being an annoying cunt for no reason
I hate the way Elaine fucks over the Soup Nazi guy
If I define worst as the episode I revisit the least, i'd say The Betrayal s09e08. The latter two seasons are certainly different given the shake-up of writers, but they still offer up some great episodes. But for me its the betrayal
Worst episode is where george becomes a genius after not getting to have sex
So hacky and sitcomy
Big bang tier episode
I honestly can't remenber most episodes from the first 2-3 seasons so the worst episode is probably around there or it's the final
S3 is the best season, get filtered harder
Best season is like 5 or 6.
I just said S3 is the best season
Any episode from seasons 8-9 except the finale which is just ok.
I wasn't a fan of Puerto Rican day.
Reminder a perfectly kino 480p DVD rip exists online, dont fall for the 16:9 HD meme
Based 4:3 chad. I've been picking up the old dvds at thrift shops to rewatch since they're mad cheap and have the show uncropped.
I love how Jason Alexander acts like he had a huge part of writing the show
I never got that vibe at all. He always points out how good the writing is and seems to rightfully know how important he was as an actor for it to work. He did threaten to quit a few times over things he disagreed with in scripts though
Season 4 is the best season
The Marine Biologist is a perfect episode.
I really fucking hated The Doorman episode. I like the actor enough, crazy that he was locked in to play George before Alexander came along.
Seriously, what the fuck was his problem?
Pic related is a kino interview with how fucking honest Alexander is about everything. Plot lines he hated, actors he didn’t like, etc.
I’m really curious why he and Jerry had a falling out for a bit while the show was still on though. I know he says they worked it out but maybe it was about contracts or some shit
Probably because Jerry started dating a freshly turned 18 year old he'd known for years and was grooming.
Probably. Larry and Jerry made hundreds of millions from syndication and I don't think any of the other three saw even a tiny fraction of it.
The part of the interview where he roasts Heidi Swedberg is weird.
Yeah, it was kind of funny how brutally honest he was but I kinda felt bad. Basically called her a horrible actress and wanted her fired “but we later became close” kek
to be fair she is a pretty shit actress in a lot of her scenes. The delivery of her lines when she and George are talking about the name "Seven" stands out in my mind.
Oh I absolutely agree, just surprising to hear it from him.
Damn, really sounds like the falling out was about money then. He said it was worked out though, so maybe they restructured it or Seinfeld cut them all checks
jason and julia wouldn't do the dvd commentary unless they got a cut of dvd sales
jason also has talked about how an audience cant not see him as george and it's affected his career
>Well, the character of George is not a millstone around my neck but I had to turn to my former bosses and say, 'I'm not invested in the longevity of the show. The longevity of the show actually is a detriment to me right now. It keeps me from getting certain kind of work.
he doesn't have a background in comedy, he's the only one of the main four that would do live theater
>how fucking honest Alexander is about everything.
he even called jerry out for being greedy
>"I'm not ashamed to talk numbers. I would say in the years that we've been in syndication, Julia, Michael and I have probably individually seen about a quarter of a million dollars out of residuals, whereas our brethren have seen hundreds of millions of dollars. Seinfeld has a profit of over a billion dollars."
>"I said to Jerry when he made the decision years ago to not let us in, 'The day will come when you regret this decision, only because it's going to put us in a position eventually of seemingly tainting the wonderful impression of what this was for the four of us.
>"You have created a rift between you and the three of us, and while we are in no way, shape or form looking for parity with you, you have created a chasm that is also inappropriate,' "
How do you still make money an issue when you have hundreds of millions? How can you still be greedy at that point?
I don’t think any of the other three actors ever had “hundreds of millions”. Maybe Dreyfuss but I think that’s because her parents are loaded as fuck
I was thinking about Jerry.
Because you get greedy and start thinking about "but then I'll be able to leave my shitty kids so much money they'll never have to work in their life, and their kids, and this is good fuck everyone else" and blah blah blah.
He and Jerry had a falling out because he went on the Howard Stern Show around the same time Howard was giving him shit for dating an 18 year old. Jerry refused to go on the show again after being a regular guest for Stern.
who was in the wrong there?
I don’t think Alexander would give a shit
The one where Jerry turns himself into a pickle
Before you go would you mind changing my diaper?
Yeah, this one was pretty iffy. George's scenes were great.
>Old guy: I guess I'm grateful for every moment I lived.
>George (stupefied): ...Grateful!?
The Bris.
I fucking hate that episode and always skip it.
Weird seeing hate for this, this is one of my favorites.
But that has the pigman in it.
I hate all the scenes with the Rabbi. Whoever played him was the single worst actor to ever guest star in the whole series.
I like it. Kinda weird making an episode based around that paricular israeli ritual, but Kramer's obsession with the pigman and Jerry's terrible Godfather imitation is kino.
the episode wear jerry cuts newmans face off. that was weird.
Honestly, I don't find a single episode of Seinfeld funny. It's much funnier talking about IRL than the execution, since so much of it is relatable to day-to-day life. I even own the DVD set because I find it comfy to watch, but never that funny.
My wife watched every episode and hated every one. Fucking Finns.
I still think it was The Finale. Felt like they got stuck between trying to make a normal Seinfeld story and something epic so it just didn't work for me. In Seasons 1&2 it felt like even though they were still trying to find their feet their was some classic Seinfeld humour in there. And if not that then the one where George has a toupee as the ending just left me being like "Wow, what an actual fucking cunt Elaine is," as opposed to my usual indifference as to how bad the characters were as people.
I dont find the Rob Schneider one funny
The finale is and always will be the worst episode. I know people are like "it's not that bad" well...they're wrong...its bad.
>all of the characters felt out of character
>the whole episode was basically "hey remember THIS character from season 3 episode 8? Well here they are again, and look. They're doing the thing they did in that episode. Haha. Rememeber them?
ive never seen an episode