9.5/109,570 votesLoading...#1 - The Contest
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 11/18/1992
George's mom lands in the hospital; a contest begins among Jerry, George, Kramer and Elaine, involving a naked woman and an attractive man.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry David
9.5/107,349 votesLoading...#2 - The Hamptons
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 5/12/1994
In the Hamptons, George's date sunbathes topless; Kramer steals lobsters; and a handsome doctor compliments Elaine, or does he?
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Peter Mehlman, Carol Leifer
9.5/107,672 votesLoading...#3 - The Soup Nazi
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1995
Cooing between Jerry and his girlfriend irritates George; Elaine runs afoul of a soup vendor; Kramer loses Elaine's armoire to muggers.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Spike Feresten
9.4/107,028 votesLoading...#4 - The Outing
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/11/1993
Elaine's prank leads a reporter to believe Jerry and George are a gay couple.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry Charles
9.2/106,275 votesLoading...#5 - The Marine Biologist
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 2/10/1994
A writer hits a woman in the head with Elaine's electronic organiser; George lies to impress a woman.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Ron Hague, Charlie Rubin
9.0/105,371 votesLoading...#6 - The Fire
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 5/5/1994
George embarrasses himself at a kids' birthday party; Jerry heckles back at a heckler.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry Charles
9.0/1027 votesLoading...#7 - The Opposite
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/19/1994
George changes his life by going against his instincts; Kramer plugs his book on "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee."
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, Andy Cowan
9.0/105,046 votesLoading...#8 - The Bizarro Jerry
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1996
Elaine hangs out with men who are opposites of Jerry, George and Kramer; Kramer stumbles into a white-collar job; Jerry finds a flaw in Elaine's beautiful friend.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: David Mandel
9.0/104,572 votesLoading...#9 - The Abstinence
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/1996
George's intellect thrives when thoughts of sex are shut out; Elaine wants her intern to become a doctor--stat; Jerry is bumped from a school's Career Day.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: David Mandel, Steve Koren
9.0/104,915 votesLoading...#10 - The Yada Yada
Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 4/24/1997
George adopts his girlfriend's verbal shorthand; Jerry suspects a comic motive behind his dentist's conversion to Judaism; double-daters Kramer and Mickey don't know whose date is whose.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Peter Mehlman, Jill Franklyn
9.0/105,124 votesLoading...#11 - The Merv Griffin Show
Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/1997
Kramer turns his apartment into a talk-show set; Jerry's girlfriend won't let him play with her toys; George's clash with pigeons leads to problems with a squirrel; a new employee's silent movement rattles Elaine.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Bruce Eric Kaplan
8.9/105,941 votesLoading...#12 - The Boyfriend (2)
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/12/1992
Jerry and Elaine compete for the attention of baseball's Keith Hernandez, while Kramer and Newman investigate a spitting incident involving Hernandez.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry David
8.9/105,190 votesLoading...#13 - The Airport
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 11/25/1992
On a flight to NYC, Jerry has a first-class time, but Elaine suffers in coach. Meanwhile, Kramer and George try to hit the right airport.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry Charles
8.9/105,019 votesLoading...#14 - The Race
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 12/15/1994
Jerry dates a woman whose boss has a grudge against him; Elaine dates a Communist whose ideology spreads to George and Kramer.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Larry David, Tom Gammill, Max Pross, Sam Kass
8.9/104,877 votesLoading...#15 - The Switch
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 1/5/1995
George suspects that his girlfriend is bulimic; Jerry dates a woman who has a friendlier roommate; Elaine loans out her boss's tennis racket.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Bruce Kirschbaum, Sam Kass
8.9/104,813 votesLoading...#16 - The Doorman
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 2/23/1995
Jerry runs afoul of a doorman; Kramer invents a bra for men. Elaine offends Mr. Pitt's neighbor.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Tom Gammill, Max Pross
8.9/104,592 votesLoading...#17 - The Little Kicks
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/1996
Elaine's staff loses respect for her after seeing her dance; George benefits socially when Elaine labels him a "bad seed"; Kramer's friend forces Jerry into crime.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Spike Feresten
8.9/104,693 votesLoading...#18 - The Chicken Roaster
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/1996
George loses an expensive hat Elaine charged to her business account; a neon sign prompts Kramer and Jerry to swap apartments.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer
8.9/105,301 votesLoading...#19 - The Betrayal
Season 9 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/1997
Flashbacks trace the evolution of Jerry, George and Elaine's disastrous trip to a wedding in India, and Kramer's desperate need to barter for a birthday wish.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Peter Mehlman, David Mandel
8.8/105,154 votesLoading...#20 - The Puffy Shirt
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1993
Jerry's appearance with Bryant Gumbel is not the expected career boost for Kramer's girlfriend; but George gets a new career after moving back with his parents.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry David
8.8/104,516 votesLoading...#21 - The Rye
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 1/4/1996
George's parents meet Susan's; Elaine fears her enthusiasm may have scared off the musician she's dating; Kramer drives a hansom cab, but feeds his steed bad fuel.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Carol Leifer
8.8/104,629 votesLoading...#22 - The Serenity Now
Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/1997
George goes to work for his father; Jerry's girlfriend wants to see his emotions; Kramer adopts a suburban feel at home; Elaine prompts two Jewish men to renounce their faith.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Steve Koren
8.7/105,964 votesLoading...#23 - The Parking Garage
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/1991
Saturday at the mall with the gang, none of whom bothered to note where the car was parked.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry David
8.7/105,079 votesLoading...#24 - The Tape
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1991
George is hot for a potential baldness remedy, and for Elaine after she plays a joke on Jerry.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: Larry David, Don McEnery
8.7/105,364 votesLoading...#25 - The Subway
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/8/1992
A beauty picks up George; Jerry makes friends with a naked guy; Kramer is tipped off about a hot horse; Elaine gets stuck en route to a lesbian wedding.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry Charles
The Best Episodes of Seinfeld
Every episode of Seinfeld ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Seinfeld!
A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show...
Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC
Episodes
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Avg. Rating
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Best Episodes Summary
"The Contest" is the best rated episode of "Seinfeld". It scored 9.5/10 based on 9570 votes. Directed by Tom Cherones and written by Larry David, it aired on 11/18/1992. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Hamptons".
