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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 about nothing.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Seinfeld Season 4 Episode 24 - The Pilot (2)
    6.4/10(5 votes)

    #1 - The Pilot (2)

    S4:E24

    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

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  2. Seinfeld Season 6 Episode 14 - The Highlights of 100 (1)
    6.9/10(3561 votes)

    #2 - The Highlights of 100 (1)

    S6:E14

    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

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  3. Seinfeld Season 3 Episode 4 - The Dog
    7.1/10(5150 votes)

    #3 - The Dog

    S3:E4

    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

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  4. Seinfeld Season 1 Episode 4 - Male Unbonding
    7.2/10(5696 votes)

    #4 - Male Unbonding

    S1:E4

    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
    Writers:Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld

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  5. Seinfeld Season 9 Episode 24 - The Finale (2)
    7.2/10(8 votes)

    #5 - The Finale (2)

    S9:E24

    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

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  6. Seinfeld Season 1 Episode 1 - The Seinfeld Chronicles
    7.3/10(7428 votes)

    #6 - The Seinfeld Chronicles

    S1:E1

    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
    Writers:Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld

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  7. Seinfeld Season 1 Episode 5 - The Stock Tip
    7.3/10(5510 votes)

    #7 - The Stock Tip

    S1:E5

    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
    Writers:Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld

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  8. Seinfeld Season 1 Episode 3 - The Robbery
    7.4/10(5858 votes)

    #8 - The Robbery

    S1:E3

    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

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  9. Seinfeld Season 2 Episode 10 - The Baby Shower
    7.4/10(4938 votes)

    #9 - The Baby Shower

    S2:E10

    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

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  10. Seinfeld Season 3 Episode 10 - The Stranded
    7.4/10(4771 votes)

    #10 - The Stranded

    S3:E10

    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
    Writers:Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld

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  11. Seinfeld Season 1 Episode 2 - The Stake Out
    7.5/10(6382 votes)

    #11 - The Stake Out

    S1:E2

    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
    Writers:Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld

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  12. Seinfeld Season 2 Episode 1 - The Ex-Girlfriend
    7.5/10(5391 votes)

    #12 - The Ex-Girlfriend

    S2:E1

    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
    Writers:Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld

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  13. Seinfeld Season 3 Episode 15 - The Suicide
    7.5/10(4468 votes)

    #13 - The Suicide

    S3:E15

    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

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  14. Seinfeld Season 2 Episode 12 - The Busboy
    7.6/10(4938 votes)

    #14 - The Busboy

    S2:E12

    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
    Writers:Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld

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  15. Seinfeld Season 5 Episode 16 - The Stand-In
    7.6/10(4019 votes)

    #15 - The Stand-In

    S5:E16

    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

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  16. Seinfeld Season 9 Episode 21 - The Chronicle (1)
    7.6/10(3356 votes)

    #16 - The Chronicle (1)

    S9:E21

    Jerry, Elaine, George & Kramer plan to go to a movie, but Jerry takes out a little time to look at nine years of memories.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Darin Henry

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  17. Seinfeld Season 2 Episode 5 - The Apartment
    7.7/10(5064 votes)

    #17 - The Apartment

    S2:E5

    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

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  18. Seinfeld Season 3 Episode 2 - The Truth
    7.7/10(4775 votes)

    #18 - The Truth

    S3:E2

    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

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  19. Seinfeld Season 5 Episode 9 - The Masseuse
    7.7/10(4170 votes)

    #19 - The Masseuse

    S5:E9

    Jerry's masseuse-girlfriend doesn't like George; Elaine's boyfriend shares a moniker with a mass murderer.

    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writers:Larry Charles, Peter Mehlman

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  20. Seinfeld Season 7 Episode 17 - The Doll
    7.7/10(3669 votes)

    #20 - The Doll

    S7:E17

    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
    Writers:Tom Gammill, Max Pross

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  21. Seinfeld Season 8 Episode 12 - The Money
    7.7/10(3549 votes)

    #21 - The Money

    S8:E12

    Kramer's girlfriend disrupts his sleep; Jerry's parents think he needs financial aid; George ponders an inheritance.

    Director:Andy Ackerman
    Writer:Peter Mehlman

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  22. Seinfeld Season 9 Episode 23 - The Finale (1)
    7.7/10(19 votes)

    #22 - The Finale (1)

    S9:E23

    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
    Writers:Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld

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  23. Seinfeld Season 2 Episode 2 - The Pony Remark
    7.8/10(5603 votes)

    #23 - The Pony Remark

    S2:E2

    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
    Writers:Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld

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  24. Seinfeld Season 2 Episode 8 - The Heart Attack
    7.8/10(5145 votes)

    #24 - The Heart Attack

    S2:E8

    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

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  25. Seinfeld Season 3 Episode 9 - The Nose Job
    7.8/10(4872 votes)

    #25 - The Nose Job

    S3:E9

    Kramer is the catalyst for George to urge his otherwise wonderful girlfriend to get a nose job, while Jerry dates a beauty whose brain is a beaut.

    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writer:Peter Mehlman

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Pilot (2)" is the worst rated episode of "Seinfeld". It scored 6.4/10 based on 5 votes. Directed by Tom Cherones and written by Larry David, it aired on 5/20/1993. This episode scored 0.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Highlights of 100 (1)".