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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.

Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC

Lowest Rated Episodes Summary

The worst episode of "Seinfeld" is "The Finale (2)", rated 6.3/10 from 6 user votes. It was directed by Andy Ackerman and written by Larry David. "The Finale (2)" aired on 5/14/1998 and is rated 0.6 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "The Highlights of 100 (1)".

  • The Finale (2)
    6.3/10 6 votes

    #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

  • The Highlights of 100 (1)
    6.9/10 3,307 votes

    #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

  • The Dog
    7.1/10 4,748 votes

    #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

  • The Seinfeld Chronicles
    7.3/10 6,894 votes

    #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

  • Male Unbonding
    7.3/10 5,264 votes

    #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

  • The Finale (1)
    7.3/10 11 votes

    #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

  • The Robbery
    7.4/10 5,410 votes

    #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

  • The Stock Tip
    7.4/10 5,089 votes

    #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

  • The Baby Shower
    7.4/10 4,540 votes

    #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

  • The Stranded
    7.4/10 4,392 votes

    #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

  • The Stake Out
    7.5/10 5,889 votes

    #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

  • The Ex-Girlfriend
    7.5/10 4,954 votes

    #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

  • The Suicide
    7.5/10 4,112 votes

    #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

  • The Busboy
    7.6/10 4,536 votes

    #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

  • The Stand-In
    7.6/10 3,694 votes

    #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

  • The Chronicle (1)
    7.6/10 3,111 votes

    #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

  • The Apartment
    7.7/10 4,650 votes

    #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

  • The Truth
    7.7/10 4,372 votes

    #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

  • The Masseuse
    7.7/10 3,839 votes

    #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

  • The Doll
    7.7/10 3,370 votes

    #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

  • The Money
    7.7/10 3,246 votes

    #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

  • The Pony Remark
    7.8/10 5,152 votes

    #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

  • The Heart Attack
    7.8/10 4,724 votes

    #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

  • The Good Samaritan
    7.8/10 4,016 votes

    #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

  • The Pilot (2)
    7.8/10 4 votes

    #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