- 6.3/106 votesLoading...
#1 - The Finale (2)
Season 9 Episode 24 - Aired 5/14/1998
Witnesses testify to the gang's (lack of) character as they go on trial for violating a "Good Samaritan Law."
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Larry David
- 6.9/103,328 votesLoading...
#2 - The Highlights of 100 (1)
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 2/2/1995
The first of a two-part collection of highlights from the first 100 shows includes the characters' ambitions and outside relationships; and George explaining the "show about nothing."
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Peter Mehlman
- 7.1/104,792 votesLoading...
#3 - The Dog
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/1991
Jerry's gig as a dog sitter provides some time alone to George and Elaine, who find they have little to say.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry David
- 7.3/106,941 votesLoading...
#4 - The Seinfeld Chronicles
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/5/1989
Jerry is ecstatic that a woman he met on the road is coming to stay with him in New York. George and Kramer weigh in on how Jerry should best approach the situation.
Director: Art Wolff
Writer: Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld
- 7.3/105,305 votesLoading...
#5 - Male Unbonding
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/14/1990
Jerry tries to “break-up” with his obnoxious childhood friend but his pathetic weeping leads Jerry to give him another chance. Elaine helps Jerry come up with excuses to avoid him.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld
- 7.3/1011 votesLoading...
#6 - The Finale (1)
Season 9 Episode 23 - Aired 5/14/1998
The gang plans a trip to Paris to celebrate after NBC picks up Jerry and George's sitcom. But there's an in-flight emergency, stranding them in a small town.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld
- 7.4/105,452 votesLoading...
#7 - The Robbery
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/7/1990
Jerry is robbed after Kramer fails to close the apartment door. Elaine talks Jerry into looking at a fabulous apartment in the hopes that she can then have Jerry’s place. Things are further complicated when George decides he wants the new place too.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Matt Goldman
- 7.4/105,128 votesLoading...
#8 - The Stock Tip
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/21/1990
After George receives a stock tip, he and Jerry take the financial plunge. Elaine and her allergies battle her boyfriend’s cats. Meanwhile,Jerry’s weekend getaway with his new girlfriend proves to be a relationship killer.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld
- 7.4/104,587 votesLoading...
#9 - The Baby Shower
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 5/16/1991
Elaine needs to use Jerry's apartment to hold a baby shower for a woman that once dated George. George reflects that she was "unequivocally the worst date of my life." Jerry has to go out of town for a show, so he lets Elaine use the apartment. Kramer sells Jerry on the idea on getting an illegal cable hookup. The party begins. The cable guys come to install the hookup. Jerry's show gets canceled, so he returns to the apartment with George (who's prepared to confront the bad date). Jerry is the victim of his own confrontation.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry Charles
- 7.4/104,442 votesLoading...
#10 - The Stranded
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/1991
Jerry pays a high price for being stranded at a party by George, who pays the price for romance in the workplace but forgets to pay for something else.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld
- 7.5/105,940 votesLoading...
#11 - The Stake Out
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/31/1990
Jerry meets an attractive woman at a party but by the time she leaves, he has only learned where she works. Jerry stakes out the mystery woman's office with George so that he can “casually” bump into her.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld
- 7.5/104,996 votesLoading...
#12 - The Ex-Girlfriend
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/23/1991
George has doubts about his current relationship that he broke off. Elaine is curious about a relationship that she has with a guy in her building that has degenerated over the past two years. Jerry is reluctantly drawn into George's ex-relationship when he picks up some books left at her apartment. Although he wants to break it off with her, she has this "psycho-sexual" hold over him and he becomes worried about what George might think if he lets this relationship develop. Elaine confronts the guy in her building and Jerry's relationship maybe in jeopardy when his girlfriend sees his act.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld
- 7.5/104,147 votesLoading...
#13 - The Suicide
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/29/1992
A psychic warns George to cancel his vacation; Jerry is hit on by his neighbor's girl after the neighbor's suicide attempt; Elaine fasts.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Tom Leopold
- 7.6/104,581 votesLoading...
#14 - The Busboy
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 6/26/1991
George inadvertently meddles in the life of a busboy, by getting him fired. He tries to rectify things; however, he winds up compounding them by losing the busboy's cat. Elaine discovers that a week is much too long to have a houseguest. She does everything in her power to get him out. The busboy's life is saved and made for the better after his involvement with George, until he meets Elaine's houseguest.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld
- 7.6/103,734 votesLoading...
#15 - The Stand-In
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 2/24/1994
George postpones breaking up with his girlfriend; Kramer befriends a fellow soap-opera stand-in; and Jerry bombs trying to cheer up a sick friend.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry David
- 7.6/103,131 votesLoading...
#16 - The Chronicle (1)
Season 9 Episode 21 - Aired 5/14/1998
Part 1 of a two-part retrospective on the series' nine seasons.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Darin Henry
- 7.7/104,692 votesLoading...
#17 - The Apartment
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 4/4/1991
Kramer tries mousse in his hair. Jerry gets Elaine an opportunity to get the apartment right above him, before he realizes the possible implications. George tests the "man with a wedding band" theory of meeting women.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Peter Mehlman
- 7.7/104,420 votesLoading...
#18 - The Truth
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1991
George's relationship with a former IRS worker eases Jerry's tax worries--until she becomes George's former relationship; Kramer sees too much of Elaine while seeing her roommate.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: Elaine Pope
- 7.7/103,879 votesLoading...
#19 - The Masseuse
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/1993
Jerry's masseuse-girlfriend doesn't like George; Elaine's boyfriend shares a moniker with a mass murderer.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Peter Mehlman, Larry Charles
- 7.7/103,393 votesLoading...
#20 - The Doll
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 2/22/1996
Susan's friend interferes with Jerry's planned jokes; Susan's doll reminds George of his mother; Frank Costanza builds a billiard room.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Tom Gammill, Max Pross
- 7.7/103,277 votesLoading...
#21 - The Money
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 1/16/1997
Kramer's girlfriend disrupts his sleep; Jerry's parents think he needs financial aid; George ponders an inheritance.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Peter Mehlman
- 7.8/105,196 votesLoading...
#22 - The Pony Remark
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/30/1991
Jerry's parents come to town for a 50th anniversary party. Jerry bets Kramer that he won't complete his plans to renovate his apartment with levels in a month. Jerry takes Elaine to the dinner and he makes an observation about children who have ponies, this remark offends the guest of honor. When she dies soon afterwards, Jerry wonders if he should go to the funeral or go to his championship softball game. Elaine wonders about the fate of the apartment, when she hears the widower is moving to Arizona. George wonders if it will ever be possible for him to have sex again.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld
- 7.8/104,771 votesLoading...
#23 - The Heart Attack
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 4/25/1991
George thinks he's had a heart attack. The doctor tells him otherwise, but he might want to get his tonsils and adenoids removed. Elaine is interested in the doctor and he is interested in her tongue. George not wanting to deal with the cost, follows Kramer's suggestion of going to a holistic healer. The healer's cure turns George purple and the ride to the hospital is delayed over a Chuckle.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry Charles
- 7.8/104,050 votesLoading...
#24 - The Good Samaritan
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 3/4/1992
Jerry witnesses an accident--and is attracted to the victim and the perpetrator.
Director: Jason Alexander
Writer: Peter Mehlman
- 7.8/104 votesLoading...
#25 - The Pilot (2)
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 5/20/1993
The pilot is cast, taped and aired, but George doesn't think he'll live to see its success.
Director: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry David
The Worst Episodes of Seinfeld
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Worst Episodes Summary
"The Finale (2)" is the worst rated episode of "Seinfeld". It scored 6.3/10 based on 6 votes. Directed by Andy Ackerman and written by Larry David, it aired on 5/14/1998. This episode scored 0.6 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Highlights of 100 (1)".