The Best Episodes Written By Peter Mehlman

The conclusion of a two-part collection of highlights from the first 100 shows includes the characters' concern about their self-images. Also: the evolution of "the contest"; how "marine biologist" George saved a beached whale.

Director: Andy Ackerman

Writer: Peter Mehlman

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

Elaine fails a drug test--twice--and loses her job; Jerry talks about his Uncle Leo on "The Tonight Show."

Director: Andy Ackerman

Writer: Peter Mehlman

Jerry and Elaine see opportunities for themselves when George causes a couple to separate; Kramer can't remove his new jeans.

Director: Andy Ackerman

Writer: Peter Mehlman

Jerry adopts Elaine's opinion about a woman he's seeing; then Elaine changes her mind.

Director: Tom Cherones

Writer: Peter Mehlman

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

George fails to keep a secret about a friend; Kramer fingers Newman as a scofflaw.

Director: Andy Ackerman

Writer: Peter Mehlman

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

Elaine holds a monopoly on the contraceptive devices that Susan prefers; Kramer refuses to wear a ribbon on his AIDS walk.

Director: Andy Ackerman

Writer: Peter Mehlman

Jerry's girlfriend poses as his wife to get in on his dry-cleaning discount.

Director: Tom Cherones

Writer: Peter Mehlman

Jerry makes a blind date; Kramer makes a change to increase his sperm count.

Director: Andy Ackerman

Writer: Peter Mehlman

Elaine's area code is changed; a co-worker steals George's desired nickname; Jerry sleeps with his maid; Kramer endures a "long-distance relationship" when his girlfriend moves downtown.

Director: Andy Ackerman

Writer: Peter Mehlman

An odor in Jerry's car seeps into the love life of Elaine.

Director: Tom Cherones

Writer: Peter Mehlman

A lawyer George dates could help Jerry's pal, who's facing deportation, thanks, in part, to Kramer's trip to Florida.

Director: Tom Cherones

Writer: Peter Mehlman

Kramer falls for the woman Jerry's seeing; George suspects he's suspected of foul play.

Director: Andy Ackerman

Writer: Peter Mehlman

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

Director: Andy Ackerman

Writer: Peter Mehlman

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

Director: Tom Cherones

Writer: Peter Mehlman

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

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

Jerry courts a woman with a tame past; George makes a bad move at a meeting; a man disagrees with Elaine.

Director: Tom Cherones

Writer: Peter Mehlman

Jerry witnesses an accident--and is attracted to the victim and the perpetrator.

Director: Jason Alexander

Writer: Peter Mehlman

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