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The Best Episodes of Seinfeld

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The Best Episodes of Seinfeld

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  1. 9.5/10(9.7k votes)

    #1 - The Contest

    S4:E11

    George's mom lands in the hospital; a contest begins among Jerry, George, Kramer and Elaine, involving a naked woman and an attractive man.

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    Director:Tom Cherones
  2. 9.5/10(7.4k votes)

    #2 - The Hamptons

    S5:E21

    In the Hamptons, George's date sunbathes topless; Kramer steals lobsters; and a handsome doctor compliments Elaine, or does he?

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  3. 9.5/10(7.8k votes)

    #3 - The Soup Nazi

    S7:E6

    Cooing between Jerry and his girlfriend irritates George; Elaine runs afoul of a soup vendor; Kramer loses Elaine's armoire to muggers.

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  4. 9.4/10(7.1k votes)

    #4 - The Outing

    S4:E17

    Elaine's prank leads a reporter to believe Jerry and George are a gay couple.

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  5. 9.2/10(6.4k votes)

    #5 - The Marine Biologist

    S5:E14

    A writer hits a woman in the head with Elaine's electronic organiser; George lies to impress a woman.

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  6. 9.0/10(5.4k votes)

    #6 - The Fire

    S5:E20

    George embarrasses himself at a kids' birthday party; Jerry heckles back at a heckler.

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  8. 9.0/10(5.1k votes)

    #7 - The Bizarro Jerry

    S8:E3

    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.

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  9. 9.0/10(4.6k votes)

    #8 - The Abstinence

    S8:E9

    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.

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  10. 9.0/10(5.0k votes)

    #9 - The Yada Yada

    S8:E19

    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.

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  11. 9.0/10(5.2k votes)

    #10 - The Merv Griffin Show

    S9:E6

    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.

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  12. 8.9/10(6.0k votes)

    #11 - The Boyfriend (2)

    S3:E18

    Jerry and Elaine compete for the attention of baseball's Keith Hernandez, while Kramer and Newman investigate a spitting incident involving Hernandez.

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    Director:Tom Cherones
  13. 8.9/10(5.3k votes)

    #12 - The Airport

    S4:E12

    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.

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  14. 8.9/10(29 votes)

    #13 - The Opposite

    S5:E22

    George changes his life by going against his instincts; Kramer plugs his book on "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee."

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  15. 8.9/10(5.1k votes)

    #14 - The Race

    S6:E10

    Jerry dates a woman whose boss has a grudge against him; Elaine dates a Communist whose ideology spreads to George and Kramer.

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  16. 8.9/10(4.9k votes)

    #15 - The Switch

    S6:E11

    George suspects that his girlfriend is bulimic; Jerry dates a woman who has a friendlier roommate; Elaine loans out her boss's tennis racket.

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  17. 8.9/10(4.9k votes)

    #16 - The Doorman

    S6:E18

    Jerry runs afoul of a doorman; Kramer invents a bra for men. Elaine offends Mr. Pitt's neighbor.

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  18. 8.9/10(4.7k votes)

    #17 - The Little Kicks

    S8:E4

    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.

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  19. 8.9/10(4.7k votes)

    #18 - The Chicken Roaster

    S8:E8

    George loses an expensive hat Elaine charged to her business account; a neon sign prompts Kramer and Jerry to swap apartments.

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  20. 8.9/10(5.4k votes)

    #19 - The Betrayal

    S9:E8

    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.

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  21. 8.8/10(5.2k votes)

    #20 - The Puffy Shirt

    S5:E2

    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.

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    Director:Tom Cherones
  22. 8.8/10(4.6k votes)

    #21 - The Rye

    S7:E11

    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.

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  23. 8.8/10(4.7k votes)

    #22 - The Serenity Now

    S9:E3

    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.

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    Director:Andy Ackerman
  24. 8.7/10(6.1k votes)

    #23 - The Parking Garage

    S3:E6

    Saturday at the mall with the gang, none of whom bothered to note where the car was parked.

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    Director:Tom Cherones
  25. 8.7/10(5.2k votes)

    #24 - The Tape

    S3:E8

    George is hot for a potential baldness remedy, and for Elaine after she plays a joke on Jerry.

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  26. 8.7/10(5.4k votes)

    #25 - The Subway

    S3:E13

    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.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Contest" is the best rated episode of "Seinfeld". It scored 9.5/10 based on 9673 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".