Episode Guide
from
Jerry Seinfeld: The Entire Domain
by Kathleen Tracy

PILOT The Seinfeld Chronicles (July 5, 1989)

SUMMARY Jerry doesn't know what to expect when a woman he met on the road says that she is coming into town.

OF SPECIAL NOTE The pilot was later aired as the episode "Good News, Bad News." Jerry calls Michael Richards's character Kessler, although in the TV Guide he is listed as Hoffman.

TRIVIA Jerry lives in apartment 311.

DIRECTOR Art Wolff

TELEPLAY Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld

GUEST CAST Pamela Brull (Laura); Lee Garlington (Claire)

SEASON ONE

2."The Stakeout" (May 31, 1990)

SUMMARY Jerry goes to a birthday party for a friend of Elaine's, where he meets a woman he is attracted to. On his father's advice, Jerry and George stake out the lobby of the building she works in.

INTRODUCING Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Elaine Benes; George's fictional alter ego, Art Vandelay.

OF SPECIAL NOTE Phil Bruns will later be replaced by Barney Martin in the role of Jerry's father. However, in syndication, Bruns can still be seen in this episode because the producers decided against refilming Bruns's scenes with Martin.

Starting with this episode, the series was retitled Seinfeld.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld

GUEST CAST Phil Bruns (Morty Seinfeld); Lynn Clark (Vanessa); William Fair (Roger); Joe George (Uncle Mac); Ellen Gerstein (Carol); Janet Rotblatt (Woman); Ron Steelman (Artie Levine); Maud Winchester (Pamela)

RECURRING CAST Liz Sheridan (Helen Seinfeld)

3."The Robbery" (June 7, 1990)

SUMMARY While Jerry is out of town, his apartment gets robbed after Kramer leaves the door open. This makes Jerry want to move. George finds him a great apartment, then realizes he also wants it. Whoever gets it, Elaine wants his old apartment. Of course, neither gets the new place.

FOR FUTURE REFERENCE Jerry tells Elaine to use the bathtub if she wants to have sex while apartment-sitting. In episode 151, "The English Patient," Elaine comments that sex in a bathtub doesn't work.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Matt Goldman

GUEST CAST Anita Wise (Waitress), James F. Dean (Larry), Kimberley Kates (Diane), Bradford English (Cop), David Blackwood (Man #1), George Simms (Man #2)

4."Male Unbonding" (June 14, 1990)

SUMMARY Jerry tries to break off his friendship with a clinging and obnoxious childhood friend. George has trouble with his latest relationship. Kramer has the idea of opening a chain of make-your-own-pizza parlors and is looking for investors.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld

GUEST CAST Kevin Dunn (Joel); Kimberley LaMarque (Teller); Frank Piazza (Customer); Anita Wise (Waitress)

5."The Stock Tip" (June 21, 1990)

SUMMARY George convinces Jerry to invest in the stock market, where he loses money, much to Kramer's delight. Jerry takes his girlfriend to Vermont for the weekend and has a bad time. Elaine is allergic to her boyfriend's cats, so he dumps her.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld

GUEST CAST Lynn Clark (Vanessa); Ted Davis (Dry Cleaner); Jill C. Klein (Waitress); Benjamin Lure (Stock Boy)

SEASON TWO

6."The Ex-Girlfriend" (January 23, 1991)

SUMMARY After George breaks up with his girlfriend, Jerry starts dating her. Elaine is obsessed over why a guy in her building has stopped saying hello to her. Kramer becomes fixated on fresh fruit. Jerry loses his girlfriend after she sees his act.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld

GUEST CAST Karen Barcus (Receptionist); Tracy Kolis (Marlene)

7."The Pony Remark" (January 30, 1991)

SUMMARY Jerry's parents come to town for a fiftieth anniversary party, during which Jerry inadvertently offends one of his relatives by saying immigrants shouldn't have ponies. After she suddenly dies, Jerry is torn between going to her funeral and playing in his championship softball game. Kramer decides to put levels in his apartment. Elaine is interested in the deceased relative's apartment. George wonders if he'll ever be able to have sex again.

CATCHPHRASE These peas are bursting with country-fresh flavor.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld

GUEST CAST Earl Boen (Eulogist); David Fresco (Isaac); Rozsika Halmos (Manya); Scott N. Stevens (Intern)

RECURRING CAST Len Lesser (Uncle Leo); Barney Martin (Morty Seinfeld); Liz Sheridan (Helen Seinfeld)

8."The Jacket" (February 6, 1991)

SUMMARY Jerry buys a very expensive suede jacket with a colorful inner lining, which he wears to meet Elaine's father--and gets ruined when it starts to snow. George can't get a song from Les Miserables out of his mind.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld

GUEST CAST Harry Hart-Browne (Manager); Susanne Spoke (Customer); Lawrence Tierney (Alton Benes); Frantz Turner (Salesman)

9."The Phone Message" (February 13, 1991)

SUMMARY After a misunderstanding, George leaves a series of nasty messages on his girlfriend's answering machine. When he realizes his mistake, he plots with Jerry to retrieve the messages before she can hear them. Jerry and his girlfriend have a disagreement about a TV commercial for Dockers pants.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld

GUEST CAST Gretchen German (Donna); Tory Polone (Carol)

10."The Apartment" (April 4, 1991)

SUMMARY Kramer tries mousse in his hair. Jerry tries to help Elaine rent the apartment one floor above his, then changes his mind when he considers the possible implications. George dons a wedding band, believing women will suddenly find him more attractive if he's "unavailable."

CATCHPHRASE: You're all winners!

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Peter Mehlman

GUEST CAST David Blackwood (Stan); Jeanine Jackson (Roxanne); Leslie Neale (Rita); Tony Plana (Manny); Theresa Randle (Janice); Melody Ryane (Joanne); Glenn Shadix (Harold); Patricia Amaye Thomson (Susie)

11."The Statue" (April 11, 1991)

SUMMARY Jerry finds a statue in a box left him by his grandfather. George wants to give it to his parents to replace a similar one he broke as a child. The statue turns up missing after Jerry has his apartment cleaned by the boyfriend of an author Elaine is working with. Later, Elaine and Jerry see the statue at the author's apartment. Elaine is torn between risking her chance to work as an editor and helping George, whose parents are now expecting the statue.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry Charles

GUEST CAST Michael D. Conway (Ray), Nurit Koppel (Rava)

12. "The Revenge" (April 18, 1991)

SUMMARY George quits his job in a snit after being demoted to the regular bathroom instead of the private executive "lounge." When the boss won't take him back, George hatches a plan to slip the guy a mickey. Kramer pours a bag of concrete into the washing machine of Jerry's laundryman after $1,500 he had stashed in his laundry bag turns up missing.

FOR FUTURE REFERENCE While mulling over possible career opportunities, George mentions he might get a job working for a sports team; in a later episode, he will be hired by the Yankees.

OF SPECIAL NOTE For the syndicated rerun, Wayne Knight supplies the voice of the never-seen Newman, but when the episode was originally aired, the voice was Larry David's. Also, Newman is said to be unemployed, but in his next episode, he's working at the post office.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David

GUEST CAST Fred Applegate (Levitan); Teri Austin (Ava); John Capodice (Vic); Patrika Darbo (Glenda), Marcus Smythe (Dan); Larry David (Voice of Newman, uncredited)

13."The Heart Attack" (April 25, 1991)

SUMMARY George thinks he's had a heart attack; in fact, he needs to have his tonsils taken out. Elaine begins dating the doctor, who is interested in her tongue. Kramer takes George to a holistic healer, but the treatment turns George purple.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry Charles

GUEST CAST John Fleck (Attendant); Pat Hazell (Man in Other Bed); Heather James (Waitress); Sharon McKnight (Nurse); John Posey (Dr. Fein); Stephen Tobolowsky (Tor); Thomas Wagner (Cook); Jimmy Woodward (Driver)

14."The Deal" (May 2, 1991)

SUMMARY Jerry and Elaine are watching TV late at night. While channel-surfing, they come across a show featuring naked people, which leads to a discussion of whether or not they could have a sexual relationship without jeopardizing their friendship. They try, but the system they devise falls apart after Jerry gives Elaine cash for her birthday.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David

GUEST CAST Norman Brenner (Clerk); Siobhan Fallon (Tina)

15."The Baby Shower" (May 16, 1991)

SUMMARY Elaine uses Jerry's apartment to hold a baby shower for a woman who once dated George. George intends to confront the woman because she embarrassed him on their one and only date. Kramer sells Jerry on the idea of getting an illegal cable hookup. Jerry is confronted by a woman he said he'd call but never did.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry Charles

GUEST CAST Christine Dunford (Leslie); Audrey Frantz (Party Guest); Maria Fries (Stewardess); James Lashly (Assistant); Kate Mulligan (Party Guest); Don Perry (Passenger); Vic Polizos (Tabachnik); Margaret Reed (Mary); George C. Simms (FBI Man)

16."The Chinese Restaurant" (May 23, 1991)

SUMMARY Jerry, Elaine, and George stop for a quick Chinese dinner before a showing of Plan 9 From Outer Space on the big screen but are kept waiting forever. While waiting, Jerry sees a woman whose name he can't recall; George needs to use the phone, but it's tied up; Elaine needs food.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld

GUEST CAST Kate Benton (Woman on Phone); James Hong (Bruce); Judy Kain (Lorraine); David Tress (Mr. Cohen); Kendall McCarthy (Man); Michael Mitz (Phone Guy)

17."The Busboy" (June 26, 1991)

SUMMARY George inadvertently gets a busboy fired. When he tries to make it up to the guy by watching his apartment, he loses the busboy's cat. Elaine can't get rid of an unwanted houseguest.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld

GUEST CAST Doug Ballard (Eddie); David Labiosa (Antonio); John Del Regno (Manager)

SEASON THREE

18."The Note" (September 18, 1991)

SUMMARY Jerry, George, and Elaine have a dentist friend, Roy, write notes so that insurance will cover massages for them all; As a result, Roy may lose his license in an insurance-fraud investigation. George is worried, thinking he may have been aroused during a massage given to him by a man. Kramer thinks he has seen Joe DiMaggio in Dinky Donuts.

CATCHPHRASE I think it moved.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David

GUEST CAST Ralph Bruneau (Lloyd); Flo Di Re (Receptionist); Liz Georges (Pam); Terra Hanauer (Julianna); Jeff Lester (Raymond); Dale Raoul (Dental Patient); Paul Rogers (Man in Waiting Room); Joshua Liebling (Billy)

19."The Truth" (September 25, 1991)

SUMMARY Jerry is getting audited, so he gives his records to George's girlfriend, a former IRS agent. But after George dumps her, she checks into a mental hospital and throws away Jerry's records. Kramer, who is dating Elaine's roommate, sees Elaine naked.

FOR FUTURE REFERENCE George confesses he's driven women to lesbianism--something that will happen again in episode 61, when he sees former girlfriend and future fiancee Susan holding hands with another woman.

DIRECTOR David Steinberg

TELEPLAY Elaine Pope

GUEST CAST Valerie Mahaffey (Patrice); Siobhan Fallon (Tina)

20."The Pen" (October 2, 1991)

SUMMARY Elaine accompanies Jerry on a nightmare trip to Florida to visit his parents, where they end up sleeping on a bad sofabed. Jerry causes a stir when he accepts an astronaut pen from Jack Klompus.

OF SPECIAL NOTE Jerry based this episode on his mother's sofabed at her Delray Beach retirement community condo. "He takes the cushions off the pullout and puts them on the floor when he stays with me," confirms Betty Seinfeld.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David

GUEST CAST Ann Morgan Guilbert (Evelyn); Magda Harout (Stella); Annie; Korzen (Doris Klompus); Roger Nolan (Chiropractor); Tucker Smallwood (Photographer)

21."The Dog" (October 9, 1991)

SUMMARY Jerry gets stuck taking care of a dog owned by a drunk he met on an airplane who ends up in the hospital. After the drunk gets released, Jerry can't find him. When Jerry can't go to a movie, George and Elaine go alone and find they have nothing to talk about except Jerry. Kramer tries to break up with his girlfriend.

TRIVIA The dog's name is Farfel.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David

GUEST CAST Joseph Maher (Gavin); Kelly Wellman (Attendant #2); Tom Williams (Bark of the Dog); Marvin Wright-Bey (Attendant #1)

22. "The Library" (October 16, 1991)

SUMMARY A librarian calls and asks Jerry about a book, Tropic of Capricorn, he checked out in 1971 and never returned. Jerry remembers he gave it to George. George blames not returning the book on his former high school gym teacher. Kramer has his eye on a librarian. Elaine's boss hates her recommendations.

BLOOPER Marion mentions that Mr. Bookman has been working at the library for twenty-five years. Later it's revealed that he started the job in 1971, which would mean he'd been working there twenty years, not twenty-five.

OF SPECIAL NOTE In this episode, Mr. Lippman is played by Harris Shore. In future episodes, Richard Fancy takes over.

DIRECTOR Joshua White

TELEPLAY Larry Charles

GUEST CAST Marie Barrientos (Receptionist); Ashley Gardener (Marion); Philip Baker Hall (Lt. Bookman); Neal Lerner (Shusher); Harris Shore (Mr. Lippman); Cynthia Szigeti (Sandy); Biff Yeager (Heyman)

23. "The Parking Garage" (October 30, 1991)

SUMMARY The foursome splits up to locate the car in a huge parking garage. Jerry and George get arrested for urinating in a public place. Elaine's fish die. Kramer has to lug around an air conditioner, which he puts down and then can't find.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David

GUEST CAST Gregory Daniel (Man in Corvette); David Dunard (Security Guard); Cynthia Ettinger (Michele); Ron Evans (Bodybuilder); Joe Farago (Man With Woman); Carlyle King (Mother); Tucker Smallwood (Man in Mercedes); Adam Wylie (Kid)

24. "The Cafe" (November 6, 1991)

SUMMARY Jerry tries helping Baboo, the owner of a small restaurant, attract customers. Elaine performs poorly on an IQ test she takes for George and gets caught when they try the scheme a second time. Kramer tries to keep his mother's ex-boyfriend's jacket because it helps him meet women.

OF SPECIAL NOTE The jacket will be a recurring "character" in the next two episodes.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Tom Leopold

GUEST CAST Dawn Arnemann (Monica); Brian George (Babu Bhatt)

25."The Tape" (November 13, 1991)

SUMMARY George is excited about a new baldness cure discovered in China. A mysterious woman leaves an erotic message on Jerry's tape recorder. When George finds out it was Elaine, he falls in love with her. Kramer searches for the jacket.

DIRECTOR David Steinberg

TELEPLAY Larry David, Bob Shaw, and Don McEnery

GUEST CAST John Apicella (Repairman); Norman Brenner (Beder); Ping Wu (Delivery Boy)

26."The Nose Job" (November 20, 1991)

SUMMARY Jerry's brain and penis play chess against one another to determine whether he should keep dating a beautiful but shallow model. George is dating a woman with a big nose; Kramer tells her to get a nose job. Kramer uses Elaine to get the jacket back from his mom's boyfriend.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Peter Mehlman

GUEST CAST David Blackwood (Interviewer); Roy Brocksmith (Landlord); Susan Diol (Audrey); Tawny Kitaen (Isabel); Joseph V. Perry (Newsstand Owner)

27."The Stranded" (November 27, 1991)

SUMMARY Jerry and Elaine go to a party with George, who abandons them to take a coworker home. George feels cheated by a drugstore and gets caught stealing in revenge. The party host visits Jerry and parties with Kramer and a lady of the evening. Jerry is arrested for solicitation.

OF SPECIAL NOTE This episode was filmed during the second season. NBC ran a lead-in broadcast in which Jerry acknowledged that it was being shown out of sequence, which is why George still has his job.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, and Matt Goldman

GUEST CAST Teri Austin (Ava); Michael Chiklis (Steve); Marcia Firesten (Jenny); Dwayne Kennedy (Frank); Bobbi Jo Lathan (Patti); Michael Milhoan (Security Guard); Frank Piazza (Cop); John Putch (Roy); Ellen Ratner (Ellen); Gwen Shepherd (Cashier); Melissa Weal (Gwen)

28."The Alternate Side" (December 4, 1991)

SUMMARY Jerry's car is stolen. George's decision to take a job moving cars from one side of the street to the other turns into a disaster. Kramer gets a chance to say a line in a Woody Allen film. Elaine gets tired of her sixty-six-year-old boyfriend, but he has a stroke before she can dump him.

CATCHPHRASE These pretzels are making me thirsty.

TRIVIA Jerry's car phone number in this episode is 555-8383, the same number used in a later episode as his home number.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David and Bill Masters

GUEST CAST Jeff Barton (Paramedic); Jay Brooks (Sid); Edward Penn (Owen March); Janet Zarish (Rental Car Agent)

29."The Red Dot" (December 11, 1991)

SUMMARY Jerry accidentally causes Elaine's alcoholic boyfriend to drink. Elaine gets George a job, so he buys her a cashmere sweater, which is marked down because it has an imperfection--a little red dot. George gets fired for having sex with the cleaning lady on his desk at work.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David

GUEST CAST Rachel Davies (Saleswoman); David Naughton (Dick); Bridget Sienna (Cleaning Woman)

RECURRING CAST Richard Fancy (Lippman)

30."The Subway" (January 8, 1992)

SUMMARY Everyone has an experience on the subway. George blows off a job interview after meeting a beautiful woman, who robs him in her hotel room. Jerry falls asleep and ends up going to Coney Island with a naked man. Elaine's train gets stuck, so she misses being the best man at a lesbian wedding. Kramer overhears a hot tip on a horse on his way to pay $600 in traffic violations and almost gets robbed of his winnings.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry Charles

GUEST CAST Christopher Collins (Thug); Rhoda Gemignani (Woman With Elaine); Chet Nelson (Kid); Mark Boone Junior (OTB Patron); Joe Restivo (Player #2); Daryl Roach (Violinist/Cop); Ernie Sabella (Naked Man); Barbara Stock (Scare Woman); Barry Vigon (Player #1)

31."The Pez Dispenser" (January 15, 1992)

SUMMARY Kramer joins the Polar Bear Club. Jerry makes Elaine laugh during George's girlfriend's piano recital. George gets the upper hand by breaking up with her as a preemptive strike. Kramer has an idea for a cologne that smells like the beach. The Pez dispenser plays a part in a drug intervention.

SEINFELD-ESE Hand--control; what George says one must maintain in a relationship, as in "You gotta have hand."

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David

GUEST CAST Bill Applebaum (D'Giff); Chris Barnes (Richie); Kate Benton (Roberta); Allen Bloomfield (Polar Bear); Steve Kehela (Intervenor); Elizabeth Morehead (Noel); Fred Sanders (John)

32."The Suicide" (January 29, 1992)

SUMMARY Elaine needs to fast before getting an X ray but begins to hallucinate from hunger. After his neighbor tries suicide, Jerry starts dating the man's girlfriend. A psychic warns George to cancel his dream vacation to the Cayman Islands, so he lets Kramer go instead.

OF SPECIAL NOTE George mentions he has a brother.

TRIVIA Jason Alexander's mother has a cameo appearance in this episode, sitting on a bench next to Elaine.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Tom Leopold

GUEST CAST Aimee Aro (Faithy); Gina Gallego (Gina); C. E. Grimes (Martin); Mimi Lieber (Rula); Peggy Lane O'Rourke (Nurse); Howard Schecter (Doctor)

RECURRING CAST Wayne Knight (Newman)

33. "The Fix-up" (February 5, 1991)

SUMMARY Jerry and Elaine talk Elaine's friend and George into going on a blind date. George thinks he may have gotten her pregnant, because his condom was defective.

CATCHPHRASE My boys can swim!

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Elaine Pope and Larry Charles

GUEST CAST Maggie Jakobson (Cynthia)

34. "The Boyfriend" (February 12, 1992)

SUMMARY Jerry meets Keith Hernandez and acts like the two of them are dating. George tries to get an extension on his unemployment benefits. Kramer and Newman hate Hernandez, believing he once spit on them. Jerry supports the "second-spitter" theory. Keith is attracted to Elaine and breaks a "date" with Jerry to take her out.

OF SPECIAL NOTE This was the first hour-long episode of Seinfeld aired; in syndication, it is shown as two separate episodes.

George uses the faux name Vandelay again, this time as the name of a company.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David and Larry Levin

GUEST CAST Rae Allen (Mrs. Lenore Sokol); Richard Assad (Cabbie); Keith Hernandez (Himself)

RECURRING CAST Wayne Knight (Newman)

35."Of Mastodons and Men" (February 12, 1992)

SUMMARY Kramer gets Jerry to accompany him to see a former neighbor's new baby. Jerry breaks it off with Keith when the ballplayer asks him for help moving. Elaine breaks it off with Keith when she finds out he smokes.

CATCHPHRASE: You've got to see the baby.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David and Larry Levin

GUEST CAST Rae Allen (Mrs. Sokol); Richard Assad (Cabbie); Melanie Good (Woman); Keith Hernandez (Himself); Roger McDowell (Himself); Lisa Mende (Carol); Stephen Prutting (Michael); Carol Ann Susa (Carrie)

RECURRING CAST Wayne Knight (Newman)

36."The Limo" (February 26, 1992)

SUMMARY Jerry and George take a limo designated for a passenger who, Jerry knows, didn't make it onto the plane. They call Elaine and Kramer to join them for an event at Madison Square Garden, where they are mistaken for leaders of the Aryan Union.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry Charles; story: Marc Jaffe

GUEST CAST Jodi Baskerville (Herself); Norman Brenner (Man at Airport); Ray Glanzmann (Protester #2); I. M. Hobson (Businessman); Aaron Kanarek (Protester #1); Peter Krause (Tim); Adam Leslie (Man at Protest); Jeremy Roberts (Chauffeur); Suzanne Snyder (Eva); Harley Venton (Dan)

37."The Good Samaritan" (March 4, 1992)

SUMMARY Jerry tracks down a hit-and-run driver and starts dating her. Then he discovers the victim is someone he's even more interested in dating. George has an affair with Elaine's friend. Kramer has violent reactions to Mary Hart's voice.

DIRECTOR Jason Alexander

TELEPLAY Peter Mehlman

GUEST CAST Joseph Malone (Michael); Melinda McGraw (Angela); Helen Slater (Becky Gelke); Ann Talman (Robin)

38."The Letter" (March 25, 1992)

SUMMARY Kramer poses for a painting. George feels obligated to buy something when he accompanies Jerry to his new girlfriend's art studio. Elaine wears an Orioles baseball cap to a Yankees game and refuses to take it off. Jerry finds out his new girlfriend is a plagiarist.

FOR FUTURE REFERENCE Elaine comments that no one would want to watch a bris--which she and Jerry do in episode 69, "The Bris."

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David

GUEST CAST Shashawnee Hall (Usher); Justine Johnston (Mrs. Armstrong); Catherine Keener (Nina); Elliott Reid (Mr. Armstrong); Richard Venture (Leonard West)

RECURRING CAST Richard Fancy (Lippman)

39."The Parking Space" (April 22, 1992)

SUMMARY Kramer tells Jerry his friend Mike thinks Jerry is a phony. George gets into a confrontation with Mike over a parking space in front of Jerry's apartment. Everyone on the street debates parking etiquette and whether "front in" or "back in" has priority.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David and Greg Daniels

GUEST CAST Lee Arenberg (Mike); Jay Brooks (Sid); Maryedith Burrell (Maryedith); Zachary Charles (Angry Man); Shannon Cochran (Sheila); Michael A. Costanza (Truck Driver); Steven Marcus Gibbs (Bystander #2); John Christian Graas (Matthew); Peggy Lane O'Rourke (Bystander al); Mik Scriba (Cop al); Stan Sellers (Cop #2)

RECURRING CAST Wayne Knight (Newman)

40."The Keys" (May 6, 1992)

SUMMARY Jerry takes away Kramer's spare-key privileges. Kramer gives his keys to George, then takes off for California to follow his acting dream. George takes his keys from Elaine to give to Jerry but doesn't give Jerry Elaine's keys.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry Charles

GUEST CAST Sharon Barr (Trucker); Candice Bergen (as Murphy Brown); Carissa Channing (Kramer's Girlfriend); Heather James (Waitress); Eric Allan Kramer (Biker); Ricky Dean Logan (Hippie #1); Nina Tremblay (Jerry's Girlfriend); Maud Winchester (Hippie #2)

RECURRING CAST Wayne Knight (Newman)

SEASON FOUR

Seinfeld won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series for the 1992-93 season for the body of work in the following episodes.

41."The Trip (Part I)" (August 12, 1992)

SUMMARY Elaine is in Europe. George goes with Jerry to LA, where Jerry is performing on The Tonight Show, so they can look for Kramer. George disturbs the guests at Tonight, and Jerry bombs. Police suspect Kramer is the Smog Strangler serial killer.

OF SPECIAL NOTE Because Julia Louis-Dreyfus was having a baby, Elaine is in Europe with her current boyfriend, who is also her psychiatrist.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry Charles

GUEST CAST Vaughn Armstrong (Lt. Coleman); Corbin Bernsen (Himself); Michael Gerard (Receptionist); Ricky Dean Logan (Freak); Manfred Melcher (Officer); Debi A. Monahan (Chelsea); Keith Morrison (Himself); Christopher Michael Moore (Studio Guard); Peter Murnik (Lt. Martel); Dyana Ortelli (Chambermaid); Fred Savage (Himself); Elmarie Wendel (Helene); George Wendt (Himself);

42."The Trip (Part II)" (August 19, 1992)

SUMMARY Jerry and George try to get Kramer out of jail. Before they can, another victim is found. Kramer is released but refuses to return to New York with them. Once they are back home, Kramer shows up as if nothing has happened.

FOR FUTURE REFERENCE Marty Rackham will reappear as Elaine's exclama-tion-point-avoiding boyfriend, Jake Jarmel, in "The Sniffing .Accountant,'' then return as Jake in two more episodes.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry Charles

GUEST CAST Vaughn Armstrong (Lieutenant Coleman); Steve Dougherty (Prison Guard); Steve Greenstein (Man); Clint Howard (Tobias Lehigh Nagy); Deck McKenzie (Reporter #2); Kerry Leigh Michaels (Woman); Keith Morrison (Himself); Peter Murnik (Lieutenant Mattel); Peggy Lane O'Rourke (Reporter #1); Peter Parros (Officer #2); Marty Rackham (Officer #1); Elmarie Wendel (Helene)

43."The Pitch" (September 16, 1992)

SUMMARY Jerry is approached by NBC to develop an idea for a series. He and George pitch their idea for a show about nothing. George starts dating Susan, on whom Kramer throws up. Kramer trades Newman a radar detector for a motorcycle helmet, which saves Kramer's life when he is kicked in the head by Crazy Joe Davola.

INTRODUCING Crazy Joe Davola, a writer who goes to the same psychiatrist as Elaine.

Susan, to whom George will eventually propose.

OF SPECIAL NOTE Episodes 43 and 44 were originally broadcast as one hour-long episode.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David

GUEST CAST Peter Blood (Jay); Julie Blum (Receptionist); Stephen McHattie (Dr. Reston); Kevin Page (Stu); Ron Ross (Homeless Man); Steve Skrovan (Tommy)

RECURRING CAST Bob Balaban (Russell Dalrimple); Peter Crombie (Crazy Joe Davola); Wayne Knight (Newman); Heidi Swedberg (Susan)

44."The Ticket" (September 16, 1992)

SUMMARY Kramer suffers side effects from his head injury. Jerry and George take another meeting at NBC and get a go-ahead for the pilot. Jerry throws away a watch his parents gave him, which is picked out of the garbage by Uncle Leo.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David

GUEST CAST Peter Blood (Jay); Julie Blum (Receptionist); Steve Eastin (Cop #1); Al Fann (Judge); David Graf (Cop #2); Stephen McHattie (Dr. Reston); Kevin Page (Stu)

RECURRING CAST Bob Balaban (Russell Dalrimple); Wayne Knight Newman); Len Lesser (Uncle Leo); Heidi Swedberg (Susan)

45."The Watch (Part I)" (September 23, 1992)

SUMMARY Jerry's parents are in town and ask about the watch they gave him. Morty thinks someone stole his wallet at the doctor's office. George gets a box of cigars from Susan's father. Elaine returns from her trip. The deal with NBC falls through.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David

GUEST CAST Denise Dowse (Receptionist); Susan Ilene Johnson (Nurse); Brian Leckner (Attendant); Stephen McHattie (Dr. Reston); David Sage (Dr. Dembrow)

RECURRING CAST Len Lesser (Uncle Leo); Barney Martin (Morty Seinfeld); Liz Sheridan (Helen Seinfeld); Heidi Swedberg (Susan)

46. "The Watch (Part II)" (September 30, 1992)

SUMMARY George gets Russell Dalrimple's address and tries to get the pilot reinstated. Jerry tries to buy back the watch from Uncle Leo. Kramer acts as Elaine's boyfriend in order to help her dump the psychiatrist. Elaine meets Crazy Joe at the psychiatrist's office and starts dating him.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David

GUEST CAST Stephen McHattie (Dr. Reston); Jessica Lundy (Naomi); Christopher Carroll (Maltre d'); Lewis Dauber (Doorman); Mimi Craven (Cynthia)

RECURRING CAST Bob Balaban (Russell Dalrimple); Peter Crombie (Crazy Joe Davola); Len Lesser (Uncle Leo); Barney Martin (Morty Seinfeld); Liz Sheridan (Helen Seinfeld); Heidi Swedberg (Susan);

47."The Bubble Boy" (October 7, 1992)

SUMMARY Jerry asks Elaine to go with him and George and Susan to Susan's parents' to a cabin in the mountains. On their way to the cabin, Jerry agrees to visit a boy who lives in a bubble. George ends up getting into a fight with the Bubble Boy. Kramer accidentally burns down the cabin.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David and Larry Charles

GUEST CAST Brian Doyle-Murray (Mel); George Gerdes (Man #1); Jon Hayman (Voice and Arm of Donald); O-lan Jones (Waitress); Jessica Lundy (Naomi); Carol Mansell (Mother); Tony Pappenfuss (Man #2)

RECURRING CAST Heidi Swedberg (Susan)

48."The Cheever Letters" (October 28, 1992)

SUMMARY Jerry and George begin to work on their pilot. George and Susan tell her father about the cabin fire. Her father turns out to have been John Cheever's gay lover. Kramer goes to the Cuban embassy in search of cigars.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David; story: Larry David, Elaine Pope, and Tom Leopold

GUEST CAST David Blackwood (Doorman); Warren Frost (Mr. Henry Ross); Lisa Malkiewicz (Sandra); Vanessa Marquez (Receptionist); Timothy Omundson (Ricky Ross); Miguel Perez (Luis); Patricia Lee Willson (Sara Ross); Grace Zabriskie (Mrs. Ross)

RECURRING CAST Heidi Swedberg (Susan)

49."The Opera" (November 4, 1992)

SUMMARY Crazy Joe leaves Jerry a message saying he will put the kibosh on him. Kramer has tickets for the opera. Elaine ends her relationship with Crazy Joe, who shows up at the opera dressed as Pagliacci.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry Charles

GUEST CAST Tom Celli (Man #1); Glen Chin (Man #3); Ross Evans (Mr. Reichman); Harriet S. Miller (Mrs. Reichman); Bill Saluga (Usher); Jason Wingreen (Man #2)

RECURRING CAST Peter Crombie (Crazy Joe Davola); Heidi Swedberg (Susan)

50."The Virgin" (November 11, 1992)

SUMMARY Elaine upsets Jerry's virgin girlfriend and then runs into a Chinese delivery boy, Ping. George gets Susan fired when he kisses her before a meeting. George and Jerry struggle to think of an idea for their TV series. Kramer watches too much television.

OF SPECIAL NOTE After this episode aired, Michael Richards participated in a crossover with Mad About You, the only time any of the Seinfeld characters was featured on another show--although Jerry appeared as himself on an episode of NewsRadio, and Jerry and Larry David appeared on the December 6, 1993, episode of Love and War as themselves. On Mad About You, Paul Reiser's character was subletting his apartment to Kramer.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Peter Mehlman; story: Peter Mehlman, Peter Farrelly, and Bob Farrelly

GUEST CAST Peter Blood (Jay); Julie Blum (Receptionist); Leah Lail (Stacy); Jane Leeves (Marla); Kevin Page (Stu); Derya Ruggles (Woman in Bar); Anne Twomey (Rita); Dayna Winston (Carol); Ping Wu (Ping) RECURRING CAST Heide Swedberg (Susan)

51."The Contest" (November 18, 1992)

SUMMARY George is caught masturbating while leafing through an issue of Glamour magazine--by his mother, who falls down stunned and ends up in the hospital. After George says he'll never do it again, Jerry challenges him to a contest of self-denial. He accepts, and Elaine and Kramer want in on the bet. Elaine meets John F. Kennedy Jr. Jerry's virgin girlfriend dumps him when he tells her about the contest; she ends up with JFK Jr.

OF SPECIAL NOTE Tom Cherones won the Directors Guild of America Award for his work on this episode; Larry David won an Emmy for his writing.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David

GUEST CAST Jane Leeves (Marla); Ilana Levine (Joyce); Andrea Parker (Nurse); Rachel Sweet (Shelly)

RECURRING CAST Estelle Harris (Estelle Costanza)

52."The Airport" (November 25, 1992)

SUMMARY When their flight home gets canceled, Jerry and Elaine have to take another plane. She gets stuck in coach while Jerry lives it up in first class with a model. Waiting at the airport for Jerry and Elaine, George meets a convict, and Kramer sees a man who owes him $240.

TRIVIA Larry Charles makes a cameo appearance as the guy who uses the bathroom immediately before Elaine.

TELEPLAY Larry Charles

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

GUEST CAST Jm J. Bullock (Attendant # 1); Scott Burkholder (Prisoner); Jennifer Campbell (Tia); Maggie Egan (Ticket Clerk); Jack Graiman (Cop); Annie Korzen (Passenger #2); Mark Christopher Lawrence (Sky Cap); William Evan Masters (Driver); Deck McKenzie (Security Guard); Lenny Rose (Passenger #1); Allan Wasserman (Grossbard); Karen Denise Williams (Attendant #2)

53. "The Pick" (December 16, 1992)

SUMMARY Elaine is humiliated when she realizes her nipple is visible on her Christmas card photo. Jerry has a date with the model from the plane, but she dumps him because she thinks she saw him he pick his nose. George returns to Susan, then tries to back out. Kramer becomes a Calvin Klein underwear model.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David; story: Larry David and Marc Jaffe

GUEST CAST Blaire Baron (Female Executive); Jennifer Campbell (Tia); Tony Carlin (Fred); Francois Giroday (Male Executive); Gina Hecht (Dana Foley); Nicholas Hormann (Calvin); Steve Schubert (Man in Office)

RECURRING CAST Wayne Knight (Newman); Heidi Swedberg (Susan)

54. "The Movie" (January 6, 1993)

SUMMARY Jerry tries to juggle two performances with going to the movies. In the end, everyone but Kramer misses the movie they all wanted to see.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Steve Skrovan, Bill Masters, and Jon Hayman

GUEST CAST Perry Anzilotti (Usher); Molly Cleator (Cashier); Barry Diamond (Buckles); Paul Eisenhauer (Man in Theatre); Montrose Hagins (Woman in Theatre); Cathy Lind Hayes (Woman Behind Elaine); Allan Kolman (Cab Driver); Tom La Grua (Kernis); Christie Melior (Concessionaire); Jeff Norman (Man in Line); Eric Poppick (Maurice)

55."The Visa" (January 27, 1993)

SUMMARY George is dating the lawyer handling Ping's case against Elaine, but the lawyer is attracted to Jerry. Kramer returns early from baseball fantasy camp, where he accidentally punched Mickey Mantle. Babu is deported because his visa renewal is in Jerry's mail, which Elaine has been holding.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Peter Mehlman

GUEST CAST Gerry Bednob (Babu's Friend); Brian George (Babu Bhatt); John Hamelin (Babu's Brother); Maggie Han (Cheryl); Ping Wu (Ping)

56."The Shoes" (February 4, 1993)

SUMMARY Kramer kisses Jerry's old girlfriend. George is caught looking at the cleavage of the daughter of the NBC executive Russell Dalrimple. Elaine helps Jerry get the pilot back by showing her cleavage to Russell.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld

GUEST CAST Anita Barone (Gail Cunningham); Gina Hecht (Dana Foley); Michael Ornstein (Waiter); Denise Lee Richards (Molly)

RECURRING CAST Bob Balaban (Russell Dalrimple)

57."The Outing" (February 11, 1993)

SUMMARY A college reporter erroneously writes that Jerry and George are a gay couple, and the story is picked up by the New York Post.

CATCHPHRASE Not that there's anything wrong with that.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry Charles

GUEST CAST Kari Coleman (Allison); Charley Garrett (Man #1); David Gibbs (Man #2); Lawrence A. Mandley (Manager); Anthony Mangano (Sailor); Paula Marshall (Sharon); Deck McKenzie (Scott); Ben Reed (Male Nurse)

RECURRING CAST Estelle Harris (Mrs. Costanza); Barney Martin (Morty Seinfeld); Liz Sheridan (Helen Seinfeld)

58."The Old Man" (February 18, 1993)

SUMMARY Elaine talks Jerry and George into volunteering to help the elderly, which doesn't go smoothly. Jerry loses his senior citizen on the way to the dentist. Kramer and Newman try to make money by selling old records.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Bruce Kirschbaum; story: Larry Charles

GUEST CAST Tobin Bell (Ron); Lanei Chapman (Housekeeper); Victoria Dillard (Agency Rep); Robert Donley (Ben); Bill Erwin (Sid); Jerry Hauck (Tim)

RECURRING CAST Wayne Knight (Newman)

59."The Implant" (February 25, 1993)

SUMMARY Jerry dumps his girlfriend after Elaine says she has breast implants. When Elaine later discovers the breasts are real, Jerry tries to get the woman back, only to be dumped. Kramer thinks he saw Salman Rushdie at the health club. George goes to Detroit with his girlfriend for her aunt's funeral.

SEINFELD-ESE Double-dipping--sticking a chip back into the dip after taking a bite of it.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Peter Mehlman

GUEST CAST Tony Amendola (Rushdie); Susan Beaubian (Ticket Clerk #2); Donald Bishop (Dr. Allenwood); Teri Hatcher (Sidra); Bruce E. Morrow (Father Jessup); Megan Mullally (Betsy); Kieran Mulroney (Timmy); Peggy Stewart (Aunt May); Carol Rosenthal (Ticket Clerk #1)

60."The Junior Mint" (March 18, 1993)

SUMMARY Jerry can't remember his date's name--he just knows it rhymes with a female body part. Elaine visits an old boyfriend in the hospital for an operation, which Kramer talks Jerry into watching. During the surgery, Jerry accidentally drops a Junior Mint into the patient.

OF SPECIAL NOTE This episode was the centerpiece of a sexual harassment lawsuit filed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in which a male manager was accused of violating the civil rights of a female subordinate while discussing the episode at the office. When the woman said she didn't know what body part rhymed with "Dolores," the manager Xeroxed the page of the dictionary containing the word "clitoris." He was subsequently fired, filed a lawsuit for wrongful termination, and won.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Andy Robin

GUEST CAST Sherman Howard (Roy); Susan Walters (Mystery Woman); Victor Raider-Wexler (Doctor)

61."The Smelly Car" (April 15, 1993)

SUMMARY A parking valet leaves a permanent smell of body odor in Jerry's car; the aroma attaches itself to everyone who sits in the vehicle. Kramer has an affair with Susan's girlfriend. Jerry tries to sell the car and ultimately leaves it on the street with the key in it.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David and Peter Mehtman

GUEST CAST Nick Bakay (Carl); Walt Beaver (Husband); Kari Coleman (Allison); Viveka Davis (Mona); Michael Des Barres (Restaurateur); Court-ney Gains (Clerk); Raf Mauro (Car Washer); Taylor Negron (Hairdresser); Robert Noble (Salesman); Patricia Place (Wife)

RECURRING CAST Heidi Swedberg (Susan)

62."The Handicap Spot" (May 13, 1993)

SUMMARY George parks his father's car in a handicap parking spot, causing a disabled woman to be injured. An angry mob trashes his car. Kramer falls in love with the injured woman. George becomes his father's butler after his father gets arrested for parking in the spot.

OF SPECIAL NOTE After this episode was aired, Jerry Stiller took over the role of Frank Costanza from John Randolph. Prior to the series going into syndication, the scenes with Randolph were reshot using Stiller.

TRIVIA Look closely at the group of bystanders and you'll be able to see Kathy Kinney, now better known as Mimi on The Drew Carey Show.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David

GUEST CAST David Blackwood (Security Guard); Marvin Braverman (Cop); Fritzi Burr (Mah-Jongg Lady #1); Elizabeth Dennehy (Allison); Donna Evans (Lula); Eric Fleeks (Kicker); Norma Janis (Mah-Jongg Lady #2); Kathy Kinney (Bystander); Nancy Lenehan (Volunteer); Rick Overton (The Drake); Ina Parker (Mah-Jongg Lady #3); Richard Portnow (Ray); John Randolph (Frank Costanza)

RECURRING CAST Estelle Harris (Estelle Costanza); Jerry Stiller (Frank Costanza) (U.S. syndicated rerun only)

63."The Pilot (Part I)" (May 20, 1993)

SUMMARY Auditions are held for the pilot of Jerry's sitcom. Russell Dalrimple is obsessed with Elaine. George is obsessed with a white spot on his lip. Kramer is constipated. Elaine accuses the owner of Monk's of only hiring large-breasted women.

OF SPECIAL NOTE Episodes 63 and 64 were originally shown as a one-hour special but were split into two half hours for syndication.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David

GUEST CAST Erick Avari (Cabbie); Peter Blood (Jay); Stephen Burrows (David); Samantha Dorman (Waitress); Richard Gant (Fred); Larry Han-kin (Tom Pepper--TV Kramer); Mariska Hargitay (Melissa); Gina Hecht (Dana Foley); Bruce Jarchow (Doctor); Kevin Page (Stu); Jeremy Piven (Michael Barth--TV George); Al Ruscio (Manager); Roger Rose (Mark); Bob Shaw (Paul); Anne Twomey (Rita); Laura Waterbury (Casting Director); Elena Wohl (Sandi Robbins--TV Elaine)

RECURRING CAST Bob Balaban (Russell Dalrimple); Peter Crombie (Crazy Joe Davola)

64."The Pilot (Part II)" (May 20, 1993)

SUMMARY Rehearsals for the pilot begin. Russell's obsession with Elaine begins to affect his work. Elaine gets an investigation started on the owner of the diner, finds Morty's wallet in Jerry's couch, and sneaks into the pilot taping, where Crazy Joe jumps out of the audience. Characters from the past season comments on the pilot as it's broadcast. Jerry is premiered, then canceled when Dalrimple joins Greenpeace.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David

GUEST CAST Tony Amendola (Rushdie); Peter Blood (Jay); Brian Bradley (Butler); Jennifer Campbell (Tia); Lanei Chapman (Housekeeper); Kari Coleman (Allison); Larry David (Man on Raft); Elizabeth Dennehy (Allison); Brian Doyle-Murray (Mel); Bill Erwin (Sid); Richard Gant (Fred); Maggie Han (Cheryl); Larry Hankin (Tom Pepper--TV Kramer); Teri Hatcher (Sidra); Jon Hayman (Voice of Donald); Pat Hazell (Himself); Nicholas Hormann (Calvin); Jane Leeves (Maria); Carol Mansell (Mother); Jeff Oetjen (Wilton); Rick Overton (Drake); Jeremy Piven (Michael Barth--TV George); Kevin Page (Stu); Al Ruscio (Manager); Bob Shaw (Paul); Deborah Swisher (1st AD); Anne Twomey (RAta); Elena Wohl (Sandi Robbins--TV Elaine); Ping Wu (Ping)

RECURRING CAST Bob Balaban (Russell Dalrimple); Peter Crombie (Crazy Joe Davola); Wayne Knight (Newman); Barney Martin (Morty Seinfeld); Liz Sheridan (Helen Seinfeld); Heidi Swedberg (Susan)

SEASON FIVE

65."The Mango" (September 16, 1993)

SUMMARY George battles impotence and is cured after eating some mangos. After Elaine admits she faked every orgasm, Jerry wants another chance. Kramer gets banned from his favorite fruit store and has Jerry try to buy his fruit for him.

OF SPECIAL NOTE In the original credits for the episode, a writing credit is given to "Buck Dancer." In the syndicated version, that name has been changed to Larry David; why he used a pseudonym to begin with is unclear.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Lawrence H. Levy and Buck Dancer; story: Lawrence H. Levy

GUEST CAST Lisa Edelstein (Karen); Veralyn Jones (Renee); Leonard Termo (Joe)

66."The Puffy Shirt" (September 23, 1993)

SUMMARY George is forced to move in with his parents, then is discovered as a hand model. Kramer is dating a designer who is a low-talker. Jerry unknowingly agrees to wear one of her pirate shirts on the Today show because he couldn't hear what she was asking him.

SEINFELD-ESE Low-talker--someone who speaks so softly that you can't understand what the person is saying.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David

GUEST CAST David Brisbin (Client); Kim Gillingham (Assistant); Bryant Gumbel (Himself); Deborah May (Elsa); Wendel Meldrum (Leslie); Michael Mitz (Photographer); Terence Riggins (Stage Manager); Ron Ross (Homeless Man)

RECURRING CAST Estelle Harris (Estelle Costanza); Jerry Stiller (Frank Costanza)

67."The Glasses" (September 30, 1993)

SUMMARY George believes his glasses were stolen. Kramer gets George a discount on new ones, and he unwittingly buys women's frames. Elaine is bitten by a dog. While not wearing his glasses, George thinks he might have seen Jerry's girlfriend kissing Jerry's cousin.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Tom Gammill and Max Pross

GUEST CAST Anna Gunn (Amy); Rance Howard (Blind Man); Michael Saad (Doctor); Timothy Stack (Dwayne); Tom ToMes (Tough Guy)

RECURRING CAST Len Lesser (Uncle Leo)

68."The Sniffing Accountant" (October 7, 1993)

SUMMARY Jerry thinks his accountant Is on drugs. George's father gets him an interview for a job as a bra salesman. Elaine's new boyfriend is perfect--until he doesn't use an exclamation point in a message he leaves her. She breaks up with him.

OF SPECIAL NOTE Christa Miller, who would go on to costar in The Drew Carey Show, appeared as another character in episode 106, "The Doodle.''

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld

GUEST CAST Patrick Cronin (Farkus); Ralph Harris Jr. (Ralph); John Kapelos (Barry); Marty Rackham (Jake Jarmel); Christa Miller (Ellen); Marty Rackham (Jake Jarmel); Maria Stanton (Woman in Diner)

RECURRING CAST Richard Fancy (Lippman); Estelle Harris (Estelle Costanza); Wayne Knight (Newman); Jerry Stiller (Frank Costanza)

69. "The Bris" (October 14, 1993)

SUMMARY Elaine and Jerry agree to be godparents and have to arrange the bris. Kramer is against having the infant circumcised. The bris turns into a disaster, and Jerry's finger is sliced. A suicidal man jumps off the hospital and lands on top of George's car. Kramer thinks he sees a pig man and believes he's stumbled across a genetic engineering experiment.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry Charles

GUEST CAST Jeannie Elias (Myra); John Gegenhuber (Resident); Charles Levin (Mohel); Debra Mooney (Mrs. Sweedler); Frank Noon (Patient); Tia Riebling (Woman); Tom Alan Robbins (Stan)

70."The Lip Reader" (October 28, 1993)

SUMMARY Kramer becomes a ball boy at the U.S. Open. Jerry is attracted to a deaf line judge. George wants Jerry's new girlfriend to read the lips of his own ex-girlfriend to find out what she is saying about him. Elaine says she is deaf to avoid talking to a chauffeur.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Carol Leifer

GUEST CAST Bret Anthony (Teen); Christopher Darga (Driver); Dylan Hag-gerty (Young Man); Veralyn Jones (Renee); Linda Kash (Gwen); Marlee Matlin (Laura); Jerry Sroka (Todd)

RECURRING CAST Wayne Knight (Newman)

71."The Nonfat Yogurt" (November 4, 1993)

SUMMARY Kramer invests in a nonfat yogurt shop. Jerry and Elaine have the yogurt tested after they start gaining weight. Jerry swears in front of a little boy. George is caught nudging someone to avoid talking to a childhood friend who is now the mayor's assistant.

OF SPECIAL NOTE Four versions of the ending of this episode were shot, using all the mayoral candidates. For syndication, additional footage featuring eventual winner Rudy Giuliani was added.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David

GUEST CAST Maryedith Burrell (Maryedith); John Gabriel (Newscaster); John Christian Graas (Matthew); Lisa Houle (Cheryl); Peter Keleghan (Lloyd); Darrell Kunitomi (Lab Technician); Jed Mills (Joel); Hugh A. Rose (Doctor)

RECURRING CAST Estelle Harris (Estelle Costanza); Wayne Knight (Newman); Jerry Stiller (Frank Costanza)

72."The Barber" (November 11, 1993)

SUMMARY George can't decide whether he got a job or not, so he goes to work while the boss is on vacation as if he got the job. Jerry gets a bad haircut but is afraid to switch barbers and start going to his cutter's nephew. Jerry meets the nephew at the nephew's apartment for a secret haircut but is caught when the uncle stops by unexpectedly.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Andy Robin

GUEST CAST David Ciminello (Gino); Michael Fairman (Mr. Pensky); Peggy Maltby (Clarisse); Kenny Myles (Mike); Anthony Ponzini (Enzo); David Richardson (Customer); Jack Shearer (Mr. Tuttle)

RECURRING CAST Wayne Knight (Newman)

73."The Masseuse" (November 18, 1993)

SUMMARY Jerry is dating a masseuse who won't give him a massage. George is obsessed with her because she can't stand him. Elaine is dating a man with the same name as notorious killer Joel Rifkin and wants him to change it.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Peter Mehlman

GUEST CAST John Glen Bishop (Ticket Man); Anthony Cistaro (Joel Rifkin); Jennifer Coolidge (Jody); Lisa Edelstein (Karen); Hiram Kasten (Michael); Lisa Pescia (Lisa)

74."The Cigar Store Indian" (December 9, 1993)

SUMMARY Elaine takes one of Mr. Costanza's prized TV Guide magazines. Jerry offends a Native American friend of Elaine's, whom he is interested in dating, when he gives Elaine a cigar store Indian. Kramer gets an idea for a coffee-table book about coffee tables. George gets grounded when his parents return from vacation and find an unused condom in their bed and the missing TV Guide.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Tom Gammill and Max Pross

GUEST CAST Carissa Channing (Sylvia); Veralyn Jones (Renee); Sam Lloyd (Ricky); Benjamin Lum (Mailman); Ralph Manza (Gepetto); Irvin Mos-ley Jr. (Spike); Kimberly Norris (Winona); Lisa Pescia (Joanne); Al Roker (Himself)

RECURRING CAST Richard Fancy (Lippman); Estelle Harris (Estelle Costanza); Jerry Stiller (Frank Costanza)

75."The Conversion" (December 16, 1993)

SUMMARY George converts to Latvian Orthodox for his girlfriend, then she moves away. Jerry finds a tube of fungus cream in his girlfriend's medicine cabinet. A nun at George's new church becomes infatuated with Kramer.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Bruce Kirschbaum

GUEST CAST Randy Brenner (Waiter); Kimberley Campbell (Tawni); Molly Hagan (Sister Roberta); Jana Marie Hupp (Sasha); Darlene Kardon (Mrs. Lupchek); Kay E. Kuter (Older Priest); Karen Rizzo (Woman Hailing Cab); Bill Rose (Younger Priest); Tom Verica (Doctor)

RECURRING CAST Estelle Harris (Estelle Costanza); Jerry Stiller (Frank Costanza)

76."The Stall" (January 6, 1994)

SUMMARY Jerry's new girlfriend refuses to give Elaine a square of toilet paper ("I can't spare a square") when they are in adjacent bathroom stalls and Elaine runs out of toilet paper. Kramer thinks the new girlfriend works at a phone sex line. George has a crush on Elaine's rugged new boyfriend. While rock climbing, George causes the boyfriend to fall, and Elaine doesn't think she'll like him if his face has been damaged.

SEINFELD-ESE Mimbo--a male bimbo.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry Charles

GUEST CAST Dan Cortese (Tony); Jami Gertz (Jane)

77."The Dinner Party" (February 3, 1994)

SUMMARY On their way to a dinner party, Jerry and Elaine stop at a bakery to get a cake. They forget to take a number and lose the chocolate babka they wanted; the one they get has a hair on it. Kramer and George try to get the wine but can't get their $100 bill changed, then get trapped by a double-parker.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David

GUEST CAST Sayed Badreya (Foreign Man); Langdon Bensing (Man on Street); Roger Eschbacher (Man With Cane); Mark Holton (David); S. Marc Jordan (Man in Bakery); Kathryn Kates (Counterwoman); Frank Novak (Clerk); Amjad J. Oaisen (Hussein); Fred Pinkard (Newsstand Guy); Suzy Soro (Barbara)

78."The Marine Biologist" (February 10, 1994)

SUMMARY Jerry tells an old college classmate that George is now a marine biologist. An infuriated Russian writer tosses Elaine's electronic organizer out of a limousine, hitting a passerby on the head. Kramer struggles with his golf swing. While walking along the beach; George is called on to use his "marine biology" skills to save a whale.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Ron Hague and Charlie Rubin

GUEST CAST David Blackwood (Hotel Clerk); Carol Kane (Corinne); George Murdock (Testikov); Rosalind Allen (Diane); Heather Morgan (Woman on Beach)

RECURRING CAST Richard Fancy (Lippman); Wayne Knight (Newman)

79. "The Pie" (February 17, 1994)

SUMMARY Jerry's date refuses to take a bite of his apple pie. Then Jerry won't taste the pizza her father made because the father didn't wash his hands. Elaine wants to know why a mannequin is her double. Kramer has an itch. George gets a suit at half price, then discovers it makes a noise when he walks.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Tom Gammill and Max Pross

GUEST CAST Patricia Belcher (Woman #1); Mark Beltzman (Bob); Lane Davies (MacKenzie); Christine Dunford (Saleswoman); Tony Edwards (Businessman); Bernard Hocke (Guy in Diner); Robert Kino (Ricky's Boss); Sam Lloyd (Ricky); Pamela Mant (Woman #2); Paul Mantee (Health Inspector); Eamonn Roche (Waiter); Reni Santoni (Poppie); Suzanne Snyder (Audrey); Sunday Theodore (Olive)

80."The Stand-in" (February 24, 1994)

SUMMARY Kramer talks his stand-in friend, a little person, into getting lifts. Jerry visits a sick friend at the hospital. George is accused of not committing. Another friend of Jerry's takes "it" out on his first date with Elaine. Jerry's friend takes a turn for the worse after his first visit so he tries again.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry David

GUEST CAST Layne Beamer (Father); Jerome Betler (Director); W. Earl Brown (Al); Debbie Lee Carrington (Tammy); Thomas Dekker (Son); Joe Gieb (Johnny); Michael Rivkin (Fulton); Karla Tamburrelli (Daphne); Mark Tymchyshyn (Phil)

RECURRINC CAST Danny Woodburn (Mickey Abbott)

81."The Wife" (March 18, 1994)

SUMMARY Jerry pretends to be married so he and his girlfriend can share a discount at the dry cleaners. George is caught peeing in the shower of his health club. Elaine is getting mixed signals from a male friend who may be interested in her. Kramer wants to impress his girlfriend's parents, so he goes to a tanning salon.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Peter Mehlman

GUEST CAST Courteney Cox (Meryl); Scott LaRose (Greg); Joseph Ragno (Marty); Rebecca Glenn (Paula); Nick LaTour (Grandpa); Susan Segal (Waitress); Lili Bernard (Anna); Lawrence A. Mandley (Owner)

RECURRINC CAST Len Lesser (Uncle Leo); Barney Martin (Morty Seinfeld); Liz Sheridan (Helen Seinfeld)

82."The Raincoats (Part I)" (April 28, 1994)

SUMMARY While waiting to leave for Paris, Jerry's parents are staying with him, which prevents Jerry from spending some private time with his girlfriend. George is talked into being a Big Brother, then tries to get out of it. The Seinfelds avoid the Costanzas' dinner invitation. Elaine's latest boyfriend is a close-talker.

SEINFELD-ESE Close-talker--someone who routinely invades others' personal space.

OF SPECIAL NOTE Episodes 82 and 83 were originally aired as a one-hour special but were split for syndication.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Tom Gammill, Max Pross, Larry David, and Jerry Seinfeld

GUEST CAST Michael G. Hagerty (Rudy); Annie Korzen (Doris Klompus); Lisa Pescia (Joanne); Judge Reinhold (Aaron); Melanie Smith (Rachel); Dorien Wilson (Alec)

RECURRINC CAST Sandy Baron (Jack Klompus); Estelle Harris (Estelle Costanza); Barney Martin (Morty Seinfeld); Liz Sheridan (Helen Seinfeld); Jerry Stiller (Frank Costanza)

83."The Raincoats (Part II)" (April 28, 1994)

SUMMARY Jerry is seen by Newman making out with his girlfriend during Schindler's List. The Seinfelds miss their flight to France. George plans to get his "little brother" back to his father. The Seinfelds manage to continue to avoid meeting the Costanzas.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Tom Gammill, Max Pross, Larry David, and Jerry Seinfeld

GUEST CAST Michael G. Hagerty (Rudy); Annie Korzen (Doris Klompus); Jason Manary (Joey); Stephen Pearlman (Mr. Goldstein); Judge Reinhold (Aaron); Melanie Smith (Rachel); LaRita Shelby (Tour Leader); Dorien Wilson (Alec)

RECURRING CAST Sandy Baron (Jack Klompus); Estelle Harris (Estelle Costanza); Barney Martin (Morty Seinfeld); Liz Sheridan (Helen Seinfeld); Jerry Stiller (Frank Costanza)

84."The Fire" (May 5, 1994)

SUMMARY Kramer is dating one of Elaine's co-workers. When he takes her to Jerry's show, she turns into a heckler. Jerry gets revenge by heckling the woman at her office. She's so upset, she runs into the street, where her toe is severed by a street sweeper. Kramer finds the toe, commandeers a bus to take it to the hospital and saves the passengers from a gunman. George panics when there is a fire at his girlfriend's apartment and acts like a coward.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Larry Charles

GUEST CAST Melanie Chartoff (Robin); Veanne Cox (Toby); Jon Favreau (Clown); Dom Irrera (Ronnie); Lisa Pescia (Joanne); Hiram Kasten (Michael); Lawrence LeJohn (Fireman)

RECURRING CAST Estelle Harris (Estelle Costanza); Jerry Stiller (Frank Costanza)

85."The Hamptons" (May 12, 1994)

SUMMARY Everyone goes out to the Hamptons. The baby they are there to see is ugly. Everybody sees George's girlfriend topless--except George. Elaine is confused when a handsome doctor refers to her as breathtaking, then uses the same word to describe the ugly baby. Kramer finds a filled lobster trap. Jerry's girlfriend sees George naked while he's afflicted by "shrinkage."

SEINFELD-ESE Shrinkage--what happens to a certain male body part after being in very cold water.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Peter Mehlman and Carol Leifer

GUEST CAST Richard Burgi (Ben); Jesse D. Goins (Cop); Lisa Mende (Carol); Melanie Smith (Rachel); Mark L. Taylor (Michael); Melora Walters (Jane)

86."The Opposite" (May 19, 1994)

SUMMARY George tries to do the opposite of his natural inclinations, and suddenly his luck turns around: he gets a girlfriend and a job with the Yankees and moves out of his parents' house. Elaine's luck turns bad after she buys a box of Jujyfruits. Kramer appears on Live With Regis & Kathie Lee to promote his coffee-table book. Jerry's luck has been even-Steven.

OF SPECIAL NOTE Larry David supplies the voice of George Steinbrenner. This was also director Tom Cherone's last episode.

TRIVIA When Larry David is not sitting in the chair posing as Steinbrenner, the part is played by Lee Bear.

DIRECTOR Tom Cherones

TELEPLAY Andy Cowan, Larry David, and Jerry Seinfeld

GUEST CAST Jeff Barton (Poker Player #3); Marvin Braverman (Poker Player #1); Siobhan Fallon (Tina); Michael Friedman (Punk #2); Kathie Lee Gifford (Herself); Paul Gleason (Cushman); Oscar Jordan (Counterper-son); Hiram Kasten (Michael); Fritz Mashimo (Interpreter); Rolando Molina (Punk #1); Dedee Pfeiffer (Victoria); Regis Philbin (Himself); Marty Rackham (Jake Jarmel); Susan Segal (Waitress); Melanie Smith (Rachel); French Stewart (Manager); Ken Takemoto (Chairman); Wesley Thompson (Poker Player #2); Jeffrey Von Meyer (Poker Player #4)

RECURRING CAST Larry David (Voice of George Steinbrenner); Richard Fancy (Lippman); Estelle Harris (Estelle Costanza); Jerry Stiller (Frank Costanza)

SEASON SIX

87."The Chaperone" (September 22, 1994)

SUMMARY Kramer acts as chaperone on Jerry's date with Miss Rhode Island. Kramer becomes her personal coach. Elaine gets a job at Doubleday, working for an executive who likes white socks. George decides that the Yankees need to change their uniforms from polyester to cotton.

INTRODUCING Mr. Pitt, Elaine's boss at Doubleday.

OF SPECIAL NOTE Andy Ackerman took over as primary director.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Larry David, Bill Masters, and Bob Shaw

GUEST CAST Marguerite MacIntyre (Karen); Buck Showalter (Himself); Gall Strickland (Landis); Danny Tartabull (Himself)

RECURRING CAST Ian Abercombie (Mr. Pitt)

88."The Big Salad" (September 29, 1994)

SUMMARY George buys Elaine a big salad, then gets upset when his girlfriend takes credit for it. Elaine's boss, Mr. Pitt, wants a special mechanical pencil. Jerry discovers that his current girlfriend once dated Newman. Gendason cheats at golf and then kills the dry cleaner. Driving a white Ford Bronco, Kramer helps him evade the police.

OF SPECIAL NOTE Lauren Bowles is Julia Louis-Dreyfus's half-sister.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Larry David

GUEST CAST Lauren Bowles (Waitress); Michelle Forbes (Julie); Marita Ger-aghty (Margaret); Dean Hallo (Gendason); Jerry Levine (Stationer); Barry Nolan (Reporter)

RECURRING CAST Wayne Knight (Newman)

89."The Pledge Drive" (October 6, 1994)

SUMMARY Elaine's friend Noreen is dating a high-talker, and Elaine can't tell their voices apart. Her boss eats his Snickers bar with a knife and fork, which becomes a fad. George thinks a waitress gave him the finger. Jerry gets caught throwing away a thank-you card. Jerry cashes some old birthday checks from his grandmother.

SEINFELD-ESE High-talker--a man who sounds like a woman.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Tom Gammill and Max Pross

GUEST CAST Lauren Bowles (Waitress); Kelly Coffield (Noreen); Brian Reddy (Dan); James Reynolds (Banker); F. J. Rio (Street Tough); Rebecca Staab (Kristin); Danny Tartabull (Himself); Thom Vernon (Driver); Billye Ree Wallace (Nana); Tom Wright (Executive)

RECURRING CAST Ian Abercombie (Mr. Pitt); Len Lesser (Uncle Leo)

90."The Chinese Woman" (October 13, 194)

SUMMARY Jerry makes a date with a woman he thinks is Chinese after "meeting" her when George's phone wires get crossed. Elaine's friend Noreen is now dating a long-talker. Kramer has to give up his briefs because his sperm count is low. George's life is made miserable when his parents separate and contemplate divorce.

SEINFELD-ESE Long-talker--just what it sounds like.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Peter Mehlman

GUEST CAST Kelly Coffield (Noreen); Larry David (Man With Cape); Angela Dohrmann (Donna Chang); Lucy Lin (Hostess); Jack Tracy (Man); William Will Utay (Dr. Korval)

RECURRING CAST Estelle Harris (Estelle); Jerry Stiller (Frank)

91."The Couch" (October 27, 1994)

SUMMARY Elaine dates Carl, who delivered Jerry's couch. Kramer plans to start a pizza business with Poppie. George joins a book-discussion club but plans to rent the movie so he can bluff his way through the meeting without reading the book; he ends up spending the evening with the family that beat him to the video first. Elaine dumps Carl when she finds out he's not pro-choice. Jerry and Elaine's discussion of the abortion issue causes Poppie to urinate on Jerry's new couch.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Larry David

GUEST CAST Beverly C. Brown (Woman #3); Tamar Cooper (Woman #2); Denise Dowse (Mother); David James Elliott (Carl); Jessica Hecht (Marie); Robert Hooks (Joe Temple); Patton Oswalt (Clerk); Jeris Lee Poindexter (Man); Reni Santoni (Poppie); Diana Theodore (Remy); Marl Weiss (Woman #1)

92."The Gymnast" (November 3, 1994)

SUMMARY Jerry wants to have sex with his new girlfriend because she's a Rumanian Olympic gymnast; she wants to have sex with him because he is a comedian. Kramer passes a kidney stone. George's girlfriend's mother sees George eat something out of a trash bin. Mr. Pitt becomes obsessed with finding the image in a 3-D painting, so he sends her to represent him in a huge merger deal.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Alec Berg and Jeff Schaffer

GUEST CAST David Blackwood (Beck); Maurice Godin (Misha); Jessica Hecht (Lindsay); Damian London (Party Guest); Elina L6wensohn (Katya); Lois Nettleton (Mrs. Enright); Phil Ramsey (Man in Car); James Sweeney (Aronson)

RECURRING CAST Ian Abercombie (Mr. Pitt)

93."The Soup" (November 10, 1994)

SUMMARY A man Elaine met in England turns out to be a moocher. Jerry gets a free suit from an obnoxious comic but has to take the guy out to dinner. George goes for a walk with a waitress from Monk's. Because of the kidney stone, Kramer decides to eat only fresh foods.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Fred Stoller

GUEST CAST Daniel Gerroll (Simon); Michael Kaplan (Waiter); Tracy Kolis (Kelly); Lawrence A. Mandley (Manager); Linda Wallem (Hildy)

RECURRING CAST Steve Hytner (Bania)

94."The Mom-and-Pop Store" (November 14, 1994)

SUMMARY A salesman convinces George to buy a convertible he says was once owned by Jon Voight. Kramer tries to save a small shoe-repair shop by giving it all of Jerry's shoes. When it goes out of business, Jerry's shoes are sold in a garage sale. Elaine wins tickets for Mr. Pitt to Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, where he helps with the Woody Woodpecker balloon. Jerry crashes a party during the parade.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Tom Gammill and Max Pross

GUEST CAST Pat Asanti (Electrician); Nancy Balbirer (Woman at Party); Steve Brady (Man at Party); Rick Fitts (Dentist); Dan Frischman (Guy on Phone); Matt Gallini (Tough Guy); Elsa Raven (Mom); Michael Robello (Pop); Ken Thorley (Car Salesman); Jon Voight (Himself); Tom Wright (Morgan)

RECURRING CAST Ian Abercombie (Mr. Pitt); Bryan Cranston (Whatley)

95."The Secretary" (December 8, 1994)

SUMMARY Jerry spots his dry cleaner wearing his jacket. George hires a secretary because she is not good-looking, then gives her a raise during sex. Kramer gets Uma Thurman's phone number and sells Bania his suit. Elaine accuses a store of having skinny mirrors.

DIRECTOR David Owen Trainor

TELEPLAY Carol Leifer and Marjorie Gross

GUEST CAST Arminae Azarian (Saleswoman); Vicki Lewis (Ada); Richard Marion (Guy); Mitzi McCall (Donna); Glynis McCants (Woman); Thomas Mills (Moviegoer); Joseph R. Sicari (Willie); Courtney Taylor (Attractive Applicant)

RECURRING CAST Steve Hytner (Bania)

96."The Race" (December 15, 1994)

SUMMARY Kramer gets a job as a department store Santa. Elaine is put on a blacklist for Chinese food delivery and finds out her boyfriend is a Communist. George responds to a personal ad in a Communist newspaper while at work; when George Steinbrenner hears about it, he wants to see George in his office. Jerry runs into his old rival, who wants a rematch of their high school race to prove he was faster.

TRIVIA Elaine's address is 16 West 75th Street, #2-G.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Tom Gammill, Max Pross, and Larry David; story: Tom Gammill, Max Pross, Larry David, and Sam Kass

GUEST CAST Martin Chow (Lew); Claude Earl Jones (Mr. Bevilaqua); Todd Kimsey (Ned); Spencer Klein (Kid); Mark Christopher Lawrence (Boss); Vicki Lewis (Ada); Don R. McManus (Duncan); Denise Poirier (Arlene); Renee Props (Lois); Michael Sorich (Castro); Eva Svensson (Woman)

RECURRING CAST Danny Woodburn (Mickey Abbott)

97."The Switch" (January 5, 1995)

SUMMARY Elaine lends out Mr. Pitt's tennis racket and has trouble getting it back. George thinks his girlfriend is bulimic. Jerry's girlfriend never laughs; he meets her roommate, who does, and decides he would like to switch one for the other. George encourages Jerry to suggest a manage trois to turn off the girlfriend--but she's into the idea.

REVEALED Kramer's first name--Cosmo.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Bruce Kirschbaum and Sam Kass

GUEST CAST Cheryl Francis Harrington (Waitress); Jacqueline M. Houston (Lorraine); Jann Karam (Sandi); Charlotte Lewis (Nina); Heather Medway (Laura); Sheree North (Babs Kramer); Clive Rosengren (Mr. Clotworthy); Tish Smiley (Woman); Gail Strickland (Landis); Terry Sweeney (Keith)

RECURRING CAST Wayne Knight (Newman)

98."The Label Maker" (January 1, 1995)

SUMMARY Elaine and Jerry suspect a friend of being a re-gifter after he gives Jerry a label maker identical to one Elaine gave the friend. Jerry can't use his Super Bowl tickets because he's best man at a wedding taking place on Super Bowl Sunday. George dates a woman with a male roommate. Kramer and Newman play a game of Risk.

SEINFELD-ESE Re-gifter--someone who gets a gift, then turns around and gives it to someone else.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Alec Berg and Jeff Schaffer

GUEST CAST Cleto Augusto (Scott); Jessica Tuck (Bonnie); Wayne Grace (Ukranian)

RECURRING CAST Wayne Knight (Newman); Bryan Cranston (Whatley)

99."The Scofflaw" (Janaury 26, 1995)

SUMMARY George meets an old friend who lies about having cancer to get Jerry's sympathy. Elaine gets back at Jake Jarmel by buying the same kind of eyeglass frames he has. Kramer discovers Newman is a parking scofflaw. George gets a toupee.

TRIVIA Daniel Benzali was originally scheduled to play the part of the officer.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Peter Mehlman

GUEST CAST Danny Breen (Guy With Glasses); Dale Harimoto (Reporter); Basil Hoffman (Salesman); Lillian Lehman (Judge); Jon Lovitz (Gary Fogel); Ivory Ocean (Officer Morgan); Joe Ochman (Customer); Bob Shaw (Cabbie); Elisabeth Sjoli (Woman); Marty Rackham (Jake Jarmel); Barbara Alyn Woods (Debby)

RECURRING CAST Wayne Knight (Newman); Richard Fancy (Lippman)

100."Highlights of a Hundred (Part I)" (a.k.a. "The Clip Show") (February 2, 1995)

SUMMARY Jerry introduces a program of highlights from the first ninety-nine episodes of a show about nothing.

OF SPECIAL NOTE Episodes 100 and 101 originally aired as a one-hour special but were split for syndication.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Peter Mehlman

101."Highlights of a Hundred (Part II)" (February 2, 1995)

SUMMARY Jerry introduces a program of highlights from the first ninety-nine episodes of a show about nothing.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Peter Mehlman

102."The Beard" (February 9, 1995)

SUMMARY Elaine tries to convert a gay man to heterosexuality. Kramer sets George up with a bald woman. Kramer gives a homeless man some Chinese food and begins standing in police lineups for $50 each time. Jerry's cop girlfriend wants him to take a lie detector test to prove he's lying about not watching Melrose Place.

TRIVIA Writer Carol Leifer came up with the idea of having Kramer participate in police lineups after reading that David Caruso used to do it when he was a struggling actor. Also, she says the secret Melrose Place viewer on the set was Larry David.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Carol Leifer

GUEST CAST Jerry Diner (Lou); Joan Elizabeth (Denise); Jonathan Gries (Homeless Man); Georgann Johnson (Mrs. Stevenson); Ken Kerman (Officer #2); Katherine LaNasa (Cathy); Robert Mailhouse (Robert); John F. O'Donohue (Gus); Mirron E. Willis (Officer #1); Ed Winter (Mr. Stevenson)

103."The Kiss Hello" (February 16, 1995)

SUMMARY Kramer puts tenant pictures up in the lobby. When Jerry stops kissing the women of his building hello, he becomes unpopular. George is charged for canceling an appointment with his therapist, then tries to charge her when she cancels on him in order to go skiing with Elaine. Elaine injures her shoulder carrying her equipment home.

OF SPECIAL NOTE According to a Los Angeles Times feature from 1995, this was actually the hundredth episode of the series filmed, after which the cast and crew had a party to celebrate the milestone. "The Beard," which aired first, was actually filmed after "The Kiss Hello."

OIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld

GUEST CAST Louisa Abernathy (Nurse); Belinda Barry (Stephanie); Gene Elman (Buddy); Mark Fite (Jack); C. D. LaBove (Steve); Carol Leifer (Receptionist); Wendie Malick (Wendy); Timothy McNeil (Jeff); Julio Oscar Mechoso (Julio); Rondi Reed (Mary); Mary Scheer (Joan); Billye Ree Wallace (Nana); Wendy Worthington (Louise)

RECURRING CAST Len Lesser (Uncle Leo); Barney Martin (Morty Seinfeld); Liz Sheridan (Helen)

104."The Doorman" (February 23, 1995)

SUMMARY Kramer robs George on the street for some German tourists. After seeing George's father shirtless, Kramer gets the idea for a male bra. Jerry is bothered by the doorman in Mr. Pitt's building. Jerry offers his soiled couch to replace the one that was stolen while Jerry was on duty.

TRIVIA Mr. Pitt's first name is Justin.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Tom Gammill and Max Pross

GUEST CAST Jack Betts (Mr. Green); Patrick Cronin (Farkus); Edith Fields (Mrs. Payton); Trudi Forristal (Buxom Woman); Nigel Gibbs (Tenant #2); Nick Jameson (Horst); Deck McKenzie (Delivery Man); Larry Miller (Doorman); Barbara Pilavin (German Woman); Reni Santoni (Pop-pie); Toni Sawyer (Tenant #1)

RECURRING CAST Ian Abercombie (Mr. Pitt); Estelle Harris (Estelle Costanza); Jerry Stiller (Frank Costanza)

105."The Jimmy" (March 16, 1995)

SUMMARY The guys become acquainted with Jimmy, a man who only talks about himself in the third person. Elaine unwittingly makes a date with him. Jerry goes to the dentist's office and discovers they now provide Penthouse in the waiting room. Novocain causes Kramer to appear mentally handicapped, and he gets to meet Mel Torme; Jerry thinks he might have been violated at the dentist's.

VmECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Gregg Kavet and Andy Robin

GUEST CAST Alison Armitage (Cheryl); J. D. Bridges (Paramedic); Elan Carter (Receptionist); Robert Katims (Deensfrei); Anthony Starke (Jimmy); Mel Torme (Himself)

106."The Doodle" (April 6, 1995)

SVMMARY Jerry has fleas, so his visiting parents stay in a fancy hotel suite that was provided for Elaine by the company she is interviewing with. Jerry is disgusted when he finds out he was eating pecans that had just been in his girlfriend's mouth. George finds a doodle that his girlfriend drew of him. Jerry figures out that Newman gave him the fleas.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Alec Berg and Jeff Schaffer

GUEST CAST Norman Brenner (Passerby); Wayne C. Dvorak (Teacher); Christa Miller (Paula); Guy Siner (Mandel); Coby Turner (Judy); Billye Ree Wallace (Nana); Dana Wheeler-Nicholson (Shelly); Ellis E. Williams (Karl)

RECURRING CAST Wayne Knight (Newman); Len Lesser (Uncle Leo); Barney Martin (Morty Seinfeld); Liz Sheridan (Helen Seinfeld)

107."The Fusilli Jerry" (April 27, 1995)

SUMMARY Estelle is getting an eye job. Jerry lets Elaine's boyfriend in on his "move," then gets upset when he uses it. George needs a move, so he takes notes on Jerry's. Kramer accidentally gets license plates that read ASSMAN. Kramer also makes a statue of Jerry out of fusilli, and George's dad sits on it.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAy Marjorie Gross; story: Marjorie Gross, Jonathan Gross, Ron Hague, and Charlie Rubin

GUEST CAST Yvette Cruise (Clerk); Lou Cutell (Dr. Cooperman); Marla Sucharetza (Nancy)

RECVRRINC CAST Estelle Harris (Estelle Costanza); Jerry Stiller (Frank Costanza); Patrick Warburton (Puddy)

108."The Diplomat's Club" (May 4, 1995)

SUMMARY Jerry's agent is driving him crazy. Elaine almost quits her job but then gets fired when she is suspected of trying to kill Mr. Pitt. George tries to prove to his boss that he is not a racist. While at the airport club, Kramer starts gambling again for the first time in three years.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Tom Gammill and Max Pross

GUEST CAST Christine Cattell (Stewardess); O'Neal Compton (Earl); John Cothran Jr. (Man); Robert Hooks (Joe); William B. Jackson (Doctor); Debra Jo Rupp (Katie); Diana Theodore (Remy); Berta Maria Waagfjord (Bridgette); Mark Wheatle (Waiter); Ellis E. Williams (Karl the Exterminator); Tom Wright (Morgan); Kim Zimmer (Lenore)

RECURRING CAST Ian Abercombie (Mr. Pitt); Wayne Knight (Newman)

109."The Face Painter" (May 11, 1995)

SUMMARY George tells his girlfriend he loves her, but gets no response. Kramer gets in a fight with a monkey at the zoo, causing it to suffer depression. Elaine is dating a guy who paints his face for hockey games. Jerry gets free hockey tickets but doesn't call to say thanks.

OF SPECIAL NOTE The real Kramer, Kenny, appears in a cameo as one of the fans at the hockey game, sitting next to writer Fred Stoller.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Larry David; story: Larry David and Fred Stoller

GUEST CAST Raye Birk (Mr. Hess); Mark DeCarlo (Alec Berg); Jan Eddy (Fan #3); Joe Lala (Priest); Lawrence LeJohn (Crowd Member); Pierrino Mascarino (Father Hernandez); Peggy Lane O'Rourke (Waitress); Dave Powledge (Fan #2); David Richardson (Fan #1); Katy Selverstone (Siena)

RECURRING CAST Patrick Warburton (Puddy)

110."The Understudy" (May 18, 1995)

SUMMARY Jerry is dating Bette Midler's understudy. George and Jerry are suspected, by the cast of Bette's show and Kramer, of deliberately injuring the star during a softball game so the girlfriend can perform in her place. Kramer becomes Bette's personal assistant. Elaine thinks the Korean manicurists are making fun of her, so she takes George's father with her to translate. She also meets the owner of a catalog, J. Peterman, and gets herself a new job.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Marjorie Gross and Carol Leifer

GUEST CAST Bette Midler (Herself); William Bastiani (Vendor #2); Bok Yun Chon (Lotus); Amy Hill (Kim); June Kyoto Lu (Ruby); Adelaide Miller (Gennice); Vonnie C. Rhee (Sunny); Craig Thomas (Player #1); Michael James McDonald (Player #2); Lou DiMaggio (Stagehand); Jason Beck (Umpire); Bob Shaw (Cabbie); Johnny Silver (Vendor #1)

RECURRING CAST John O'Hurley (Jacopo "J." Peterman); Jerry Stiller (Frank Costanza)

SEASON SEVEN

SEASON EIGHT

This was the first season without Larry David's input.

135."The Foundation" (September 19, 1996)

SUMMARY Susan's parents want to keep her memory alive, so they start a foundation in her honor with George on the board. Jerry studies the perfect breakup story. Kramer learns karate. Elaine gets appointed president of J. Peterman's company after he has a breakdown. Jerry runs into Dolores from "The Junior Mint," and she suggests that they get together again. George discovers how much he lost when he lost Susan.

OF SPECIAL NOTE This episode was dedicated to Marjorie Gross, who died of ovarian cancer earlier in the year.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Alec Berg and Jeff Schaffer

GUEST CAST Janeane Garofalo (Jeannie Steinman); Bruce Davison (Wyck); Grace Zabriskie (Mrs. Ross); Warren Frost (Mr. (Henry) Ross); Joe Urla (Dugan); Susan Walters (Dolores Mulva); Todd Bosley (Joey); Diana Castle (Mrs. Zanfino); Stuart Quan (Sensei); Herb Mitchell (Businessman #1); Robert Louis Kempf (Businessman #2); Lawrence A. Mandley (Larry); Lauren Bowles (Waitress #1); Peggy Lane (Waitress #2); Paige Tamada (Clara); Robert Padnick (Willie); Ruth Cohen (Ruthie)

RECURRING CAST John O'Hurley (Peterman)

136."The Soul Mate" (September 26, 1996)

SUMMARY Kramer has feelings for Jerry's girlfriend Pam and goes to Newman for advice. George thinks the foundation suspects him of killing Susan. Elaine doesn't want to have a baby even though her friends insist she should. Newman bribes Jerry in hopes of finding out more about his obsession with Elaine, whose new boyfriend gets a vasectomy to show her how committed he is to not having children. When Jerry and Kramer find out Pam isn't interested in having children either, they line up for their own vasectomies.

OF SPECIAL NOTE This episode was dedicated to Victor Wayne Harris, an assistant prop master, who died in August 1996 of complications from a stroke.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Peter Mehlman

GUEST CAST Bruce Davison (Wyck); Tim DeKay (Kevin); Lisa Mende (Carol); Kim Myers (Pam); Rende Rae Norman (Ms. Baines); Tommy Hicks (Mr. Cross); Jill Talley (Gail); Jill Holden (Lisa)

RECURRING CAST Wayne Knight (Newman)

137."The Bizarro Jerry" (October 3, 1996)

SUMMARY Elaine's new friends are the opposites of George, Kramer, and Jerry. Jerry dates a beautiful girl with big, masculine hands. Kramer uses a bathroom in an office building, then just begins working there. George passes a picture of Jerry's girlfriend off as one of his dead fiance', Susan, so he can get into the Forbidden City, where high-priced models hang out. With Kramer working, George inside the walls, and Elaine hanging out with Kevin, Jerry begins to feel alone.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY David Mandel

GUEST CAST Tim DeKay (Kevin); Kristin Bauer (Gillian); Pat Kilbane (Bizarro Kramer--Feldman); Kyle T. Hefner (Bizarro George--Gene); Justina Vail (Amanda); J. Patrick McCormack (Leland); Harry Murphy (Office Manager); Dana Patrick (Model #1); Shireen Crutchfield (Model #2); Robin Nance (Model #3); Mark S. Larson (Bizarro Newman--Vargas); James Lesure (Office Worker); Jason Beck (Bouncer)

138."The Little Kicks" (October 10, 1996)

SUMMARY Elaine reluctantly lets George attend a party she is throwing at work. George's bad-boy image makes him more attractive. Jerry is forced to bootleg movies by a friend of Kramer's. Elaine's coworkers lose respect for her after she dances at the party, but her dance becomes a big hit on the streets of New York.

TRIVIA It was reported that Julia Louis-Dreyfus was imitating SaturdayNight Live producer Lorne Michael's dance moves.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Spike Feresten

GUEST CAST Neil Giuntoli (Brody); Rebecca McFarland (Anna); Joseph Urla (Dugan); Tim O'Hare (Vendor)

RECURRING CAST Jerry Stiller (Frank Costanza)

139."The Package" (October 17, 1996)

SUMMARY Kramer tries to get Jerry a refund for his broken stereo by mailing it insured. Elaine has a rash but can't find a doctor because her medical records say she is difficult. George discovers the woman at the photo store is looking at his pictures. Jerry refuses delivery of a package with no return address. Newman grills Jerry on suspicion of mail fraud.

DIRECTOR, Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Jennifer Crittenden

GUEST CAST Richard Roat (Dr. Berg); Fort Atkinson (Dr. Stern); David Purdham (Dr. Resnick); Heather Campbell (Sheila); Ramon Franco (Mailman); Bari K. Willerford (Ron); Shuko Akune (Receptionist); F. William Parker (Country Doctor); Lynn A. Henderson (Clerk); Bill Grat-ton (Postal Official); Susan Leslie (Nurse)

RECURRING CAST Wayne Knight (Newman); Len Lesser (Uncle Leo)

140."The Fatigues" (October 31, 1996)

SUMMARY Elaine promotes the mailroom psycho instead of firing him. Jerry's girlfriend has a mentor who dates Bania. Kramer needs Frank to help him cook for 150 people on Jewish Singles Night. George discovers that blind people can get any book on tape, so he plans to fail an eye test. Jerry's girlfriend sees Bania's act and loses respect for her mentor. Frank Costanza's cooking skills are reborn, until he sees someone choking.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Gregg Kavet and Andy Robin

GUEST CAST Joseph Urla (Dugan); Ned Bellamy (Eddie); A. J. Langer (Abby); Katie Layman (Cynthia); Eddie Allen (Doctor); Gwen McGee (Janine); Lynn Manning (Blind Man)

RECURRING CAST Estelle Harris (Estelle Costanza); Richard Herd (Wilhelm); Steve Hytner (Bania); Jerry Stiller (Frank Costanza)

141."The Checks" (November 7, 1996)

SUMMARY Elaine's new boyfriend, Brett, is obsessed with designer furniture and the song "Desperado." Jerry gets hundreds of twelve-cent royalty checks from an appearance he made on Japanese television. George can't get recruited by a cult. Kramer helps out Japanese tourists. Brett delivers a large chest of drawers to Kramer and thinks that Jerry might be jealous. George gets the cleaners to do the offices at Yankee Stadium, where they find a new recruit.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Steve O'Donnell, Tom Gammill, and Max Pross

GUEST CAST James Patrick Stuart (Brett); Gedde Watanabe (Mr. Oh); Sab Shimono (Executive #1); John Bowman (Teddy); Jock Plotnick (Crew Leader); George Wallace (Doctor); Toshi Toda (Mr. Tanaka); Goh Mis-awa (Mr. Yamaguchi); Tony V. (Clicky); Akane Nelson (Executive #2); Cherie Hankal (Nurse)

RECURRING CAST Richard Herd (Wilhelm)

142."The Chicken Roaster" (November 14, 1996)

SUMMARY Elaine overuses her expense account at work. Kramer and Jerry switch apartments and begin to take on each other's personalities. Jerry gets a college buddy fired after the buddy spends time with Jerry and misses a meeting. Newman gets Kramer hooked on Kenny Roger's Roasters chicken. Elaine goes to Burma in search of Peterman to get her expenses authorized.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Alec Berg and Jeff Schaffer

GUEST CAST Mark Roberts (Seth); Kymberly Kalil (Heather); Michael D. Roberts (Ipswich); Wesley Leong (Clerk); Christopher Aguilar (Burmese Boy)

RECURRING CAST Wayne Knight (Newman); John O'Hurley (J. Peterson)

143."The Abstinence" (November 21, 1996)

SUMMARY George's girlfriend has mononucleosis, so he can't have sex with her for six weeks, and he suddenly becomes smart. Elaine is dating someone who is "almost" a doctor. Jerry gets bumped from career day at his junior high, and it affects his career. After getting kicked out of Monk's, Kramer opens a smokers' lounge at his apartment. He also sees his lawyer about a case against the tobacco company, claiming smoking has destroyed his looks.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Steve Koren

GUEST CAST Debra Jo Rupp (Katie); Brenda Strong (Sue Ellen); Bob Odenkirk (Ben); Meagen Fay (Mrs. Burns); Tamara BAck (Louise); Alex Trebek (Voice of Himself); Derek Jeter (Himself); Bernie Williams (Himself); Lawrence A. Mandley (Larry the Cook); Fern Fitzgerald (Ms. Wil-kie); Noelle Balfour (Waitress); Kyle Gass (Smoker); Judy Kerr (Woman); David Letterman (Himself)

RECURRING CAST Phil Morris (Jackie Chiles)

144."The Andrea Doria" (December 19, 1996)

SUMMARY Elaine dates a guy who is bad at breaking up. Kramer goes to a veterinarian to get rid of his cough. Jerry and Kramer discover Newman has been hiding bags of mail. George competes with a survivor of the Andrea Doria for an apartment; neither gets it. Elaine's blind date breaks up with her and tells she has a big head. Kramer begins to act like a dog and bites Newman's ankle.

SEINFELD-ESE Bad breaker-upper--a guy who doesn't know how to end a relationship without making the woman furious.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Spike Feresten

GUEST CAST Tom Gallop (Alan); Ray Stricklyn (Clarence); Diana Bellamy (Mrs. Ricardi); Rick Hall (Vet); Carl Banks (Policeman #1); Barry Cutler (Policeman #2); Kev O'Neil (Waiter); Ossie Mair (Driver); Fred Pinkard (Old Man); Rene Weisser (Ex-Girlfriend); Brian Blondell (Dog Guy); Theresa Mulligan (Woman); Florinel Fatulescu (Stand Owner)

RECURRINC CAST Estelle Harris (Estelle Costanza); Wayne Knight (Newman); Jerry Stiller (Frank Costanza)

145."The Little Jerry" (January 9, 1997)

SUMMARY Jerry bounces a check at the market. Everyone finds out, including his parents, who want to cover the check for him. Kramer gets a pet rooster and names him Jerry Seinfeld. Elaine dates a man who shaves his head. George visits a woman's prison and starts dating a prisoner, who later breaks out.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Jennifer Crittenden

GUEST CAST John Michael Higgins (Kurt); Miguel Sandoval (Marcelino); Andrea Bendewald (Celia); Kathryn Joosten (Betsy); Paul Perri (Detective

Banner); Al White (Detective Udewitz); Ray Proscia (Guard)

RECURRING CAST Barney Martin (Morty Seinfeld); Liz Sheridan (Helen Seinfeld)

146."The Money" (January 16, 1997)

SUMMARY Jerry has to rebuy the Cadillac for his parents after they sell it to Jack Klompus for $6,000 in order to give Jerry some money to help him out. George finds out his parents are loaded. Kramer needs to get some sleep after sex. Elaine hires Morty to work at J. Peterman. Kramer moves in with the Costanzas, who tell George that they are all moving to Florida.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Peter Mehlman

GUEST CAST Sarah Silverman (Emily); Leon W. Grant (Counterperson)

RECURRING CAST Sandy Baron (Jack Klompus); Estelle Harris (Estelle Costanza); Barney Martin (Morty Seinfeld); John O'Hurley (J. Peterman); Liz Sheridan (Helen Seinfeld); Jerry Stiller (Frank Costanza)

147."The Comeback" (January 30, 1997)

SUMMARY George can't think of a comeback after getting zinged at a meeting. Elaine connects with a video store employee. Kramer wants a living will, with Elaine as the executrix. Jerry buys a racket from a tennis shop pro, who turns out to be a hack player. Kramer goes into a coma after being hit with tennis balls.

OF SPECIAL NOTE Originally Ben Stein was cast to play George's office adversary, but it was decided to make that character younger, so the new part of Shellbach was written for Stein.

DIRECTOR David Owen Trainor

TELEPLAY Gregg Kavet and Andy Robin

GUEST CAST Mark Harelik (Milos); Ben Stein (Shellbach); Joel Polis (Really); Ivana Milavich (Patty); Danny Strong (Vincent); Richard Livingston (Bill); Charles Kahlenberg (Fred); Stan Sellers (McAdam); Peggy Mannix (Woman); Fatima Love (Secretary); Nancy Linehan Charles (Woman Executive); Jeff Hatz (Manager--Gene)

148."The Van Buren Boys" (February 6, 1997)

SUMMARY Jerry's girlfriend Ellen seems perfect to him in every way, but everyone else seems to have a problem with her. George interviews candidates for the foundation's first scholarship. Peterman buys stories from Kramer's life to use in his own autobiography, which Elaine will ghostwrite. Jerry flies his parents in to get their impression of Ellen.

TRIVIA The character name "Steven Koren" is the name of one of Seinfeld's writers.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Darin Henry

GUEST CAST Bruce Davison (Wyck); Christine Taylor (Ellen); Jed Rhein (Steven Koren); Tony Colitti (Leader); David Moscow (Lomez Jr.); Yunoka Doyle (Lydia); Dublin James (Maurice); Justine Slater (Melissa); Michelle Maika (Kim); Steve Hofvendahl (Man)

RECURRING CAST Barney Martin (Morty Seinfeld); John O'Hurley (J. Peterman); Liz Sheridan (Helen Seinfeld)

149."The Susie" (February 13, 1997)

SUMMARY Kramer decides that daylight savings time isn't coming fast enough, so he sets his watch ahead an hour. Peggy, a coworker of Elaine's, calls her Susie, so Elaine pretends to be two different people. George gets dumped. Kramer bets with Jerry's money and then thinks Jerry roughed up the bookie. Elaine and Jerry, in his car, decide it would be best to eliminate Susie. Elaine delivers the eulogy at Susie's funeral. Peterman puts her in charge of a foundation in Susie's honor.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY David Mandel

GUEST CAST Lee Arenberg (Mike); Shannon Kenny (Allison); Megan Cole (Peggy); Jane Edith Wilson (Woman)

RECURRING CAST Richard Herd (Wilhelm); John O'Hurley (J. Peterman)

150."The Pothole" (Febraury 20, 1997)

SUMMARY George tries to recover his lost key chain. Elaine tries to get Chinese food delivered. Jerry goes to extreme measures to avoid germs when he's with his new girlfriend after she uses a toothbrush he accidentally dropped in the toilet. Kramer adopts a mile of highway.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Steve O'Donnell and Dan O'Keefe

GUEST CAST Kristin Davis (Jenna); Jack McGee (Ralph); George Kee Cheung (Owner); Seraiah Carol (Mrs. Allister); Radmar Agana Jag (Delivery Boy); Walter Addison (Man)

RECURRING CAST Wayne Knight (Newman)

151."The English Patient" (March 13, 1997)

SUMMARY Jerry is going to Florida to help his parents move, so Kramer asks him to pick up some Cuban cigars from his supplier. Elaine's dislike of The English Patient makes her unpopular and causes her boyfriend to break up with her. Peterman loved the movie, so Elaine is forced to go to the Tunisian desert and live in a cave if she wants to save her job. An eighty-year-old challenges Jerry to a weightlifting competition.

CATCHPHRASE It's go time!

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Steve Koren

GUEST CAST Lloyd Bridges (Izzy); Chelsea Noble (Danielle); O'Neal Comp-ton (Earl Haffier); Lisa Mende (Carol); Gene Dynarski (Izzy Jr.); Marco Rodriguez (Guillermo); Joseph Urla (Dugan); Jill Talley (Gail); Jill Holden (Lisa); Todd Jeffries (Blaine); Earl Schuman (Izzy Sr.); Edgar Small (Sid Luckman); Lauren Bowles (Waitress); Juan Garcia (Jaime); Jeff Miller (Nell)

RECURRING CAST Barney Martin (Morty Seinfeld); John O'Hurley (J. Peterman); Liz Sheridan (Helen Seinfeld)

152."The Nap" (April 10, 1997)

SUMMARY George starts taking naps under his desk. Jerry gets his kitchen redone. Kramer starts going for swims in the East River. Elaine meets someone who is concerned about her back; when he sends her a new mattress, she gets the wrong idea, then throws her back out trying to get rid of the mattress. Kramer's river gets too crowded, and George finds a new place to nap.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Gregg Kavet and Andy Robin

GUEST CAST Stephen Lee (Conrad); Vince Grant (Hal); Angelo Tiffe (Delivery Man); Jonell Kennedy (Secretary); MiL Scriba (Bomb Squad Guy); Terry Rhoads (Father); Sid Newman (Old Man); Kevin Keckeisen (Brian); Kyle Sullivan (Son)

RECURRING CAST Richard Herd (Wilhelm)

153."The Yada Yada" (April 24, 1997)

SUMMARY George's new girlfriend uses the phrase "yada, yada, yada" to gloss over details. Jerry gets offended when Dr. Whatley, his dentist, converts to Judaism and then starts telling Jewish jokes. Elaine hurts her friends' chance of adopting a child. Kramer and Mickey can't decide who gets which girl on a double date. After hearing Jerry's complaints about Dr. Whatley, Kramer accuses Jerry of being an anti-dentite.

CATCHPHRASE Yada, yada yada.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Peter Mehlman and Jill Franklyn

GUEST CAST Robert Wagner (Dr. Abbott); Jill St. John (Mrs. Abbott); Debra Messing (Beth); Suzanne Cryer (Marcy); Stephen Caffrey (Arnie); Henry Woronicz (Father Curtis); Monica Lacey (Julie); Ali Marsh (Karen); David Chandler (Brian); Virginia Watson (Nun); Walter Franks (Waiter); Jerry Maren (Dad)

RECURRING CAST Bryan Cranston (Tim Whatley); Danny Woodburn (Mickey Abbott)

154."The Millennium" (May 1, 1997)

SUMMARY Elaine gets bad service at a clothing store, so she begins shopping at a similar, different one. Jerry notices that he is on his girlfriend's speed dial and becomes obsessed with being number one on it. Kramer's millennium party clashes with Newman's. George tries to get fired. Jerry gets caught in the middle of a speed-dial war between his girlfriend and stepmother.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Jennifer Crittenden

GUEST CAST Lauren Graham (Valerie); Louan Gideon (Mrs. Hamilton); Victoria Mahoney (Gladys); Michael Laskin (Minkler); Bruce Jarchow (Mooney); Maria Cina (Saleswoman); Steve Koren (Himself)

RECURRING CAST Richard Herd (Wilhelm); Wayne Knight (Newman)

155."The Muffin Tops" (May 8, 1997)

SUMMARY George watches a bag for a tourist who never comes back, so he starts wearing some of the clothes. Elaine tells Kramer that the stories he sold to Peterman were put into the book. Kramer goes to the book signing, claiming he is the real Peterman. Elaine goes into business selling just the tops of muffins. George pretends he is a tourist to get a girl. Jerry takes shaving a bit too far and ends up shaving his entire chest.

OF SPECIAL NOTE This episode incorporates one of Seinfeld's personal quirks of eating just the muffin tops and leaving the bottoms.

"Tyler Chicken" was supposed to be "Tyson Chicken" at one point but was changed to avoid any legal entanglements.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Spike Feresten

GUEST CAST Rena Sofer (Mary Anne); Melinda Clarke (Alex); Chaim Jeraffi (Jiffy Dump Guy); Sonya Eddy (Rebecca); Barry Kramer (Bag Guy); Elayn Taylor (Book Fan); Paige Moss (Girl); Viola Kates Simpson (Old Woman); Jack Riley (Rider); Bunny Summers (Rider); Earl Carroll (Rider); Norman Brenner (Rider); Reuven Bar (Foreign Guy); Vince Donvito (Passerby); Chris Burmester (Passerby); Deck McKenzie (Man); Victoria Fischer (Bartender); Keith Sellon-Wright (Guy)

RECURRING CAST Richard Fancy (Lippman); Wayne Knight (Newman); John O'Hurley (J. Peterman)

156."The Summer of George" (May 15, 1997)

SUMMARY When he realizes his severance package from the Yankees will last three months, George decides to plan a special summer for himself. Both Jerry and Kramer are going to the Tony Awards--Jerry as a guest, Kramer as a seat-filler. Elaine gets catty with a coworker. Kramer accepts a Tony Award and then is told he has to earn it by firing Raquel Welch from a play. Jerry and George team up to date a high-energy woman. George slips on an invitation and ends up in the hospital, the same one where Susan died.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Alec Berg and Jeff Schaffer

GUEST CAST Raquel Welch (Herself); Molly Shannon (Sam); Amanda Peet (Lanette); Joe Urla (Dugan); Victor Raider-Wexler (Doctor); Peter Dennis (Lew); Tucker Smallwood (Malcolm); Wayne Wilderson (Walter); Blake Gibbons (Lyle); Adrian Sparks (Man); Jane A. Johnston (Woman); Lauren Bowles (Waitress); Sue Goodman (Clerk); Neil Flynn (Cop #1); Tom Michael Bailey (Cop #2); Denise Bessette (Therapist); Dave Mandel (Himself)

RECURRING CAST John O'Hurley (Peterman)

SEASON NINE

This was the series' final season.

157."The Butter Shave" (September 25, 1997)

SUMMARY Jerry might get another chance at NBC. George is hired for a job because the employer thinks he's handicapped. Kramer starts putting butter on his face after shaving but learns a painful lesson when he goes out in the sun. Elaine and Puddy take a trip. Jerry resents Bania riding on his comic coattails.

OF SPECIAL NOTE This episode was in memory of Brandon Tartikoff, a former NBC executive who was one of the show's bigger supporters in its early, less-than-popular days.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Alec Berg and Jeff Schaffer and David Mandel

GUEST CAST Gordon Jump (Mr. Thomassoulo); Kristin Davis (Jenna); Everett Greenbaum (McMaines); Connie Sawyer (Old Woman); Matthew Fonda (NBC Executive); Chris Parnell (NBC Executive}; Frank Van Keeken (Vegetable Lasagna); Shannon Whirry (Cute Girl); Nancy Balbirer (Woman); Erica Y. Becoat (Stewardess}; Torsten Voges (Cab Driver); George Georgiadis (Cab Driver); Brian Callaway (Passenger)

RECURRING CAST Steve Hyntnet (Bania); Wayne Knight (Newman); Patrick Warburton (David Puddy)

158."The Voice" (October 2, 1997}

SUMMARY George refuses to leave his job after it's discovered he's not handicapped. Elaine tries to break up with Puddy but can't--even though she keeps losing money to Jerry betting she can. Jerry's girlfriend's stomach makes strange sounds during the night. Kramer hires an intern from NYU to help him develop some of his ideas.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer, and David Mandel

GUEST CAST Gordon Jump (Mr. Thomassoulo); Sara Rose Peterson (Claire); Jarrad Paul (Darin); Ella Joyce (Dean Jones); Nancy Balbirer (Alice); Brian J. Williams (Glenn); Cindy Lu (Worker)

RECURRINC CAST Patrick Warburton (David Puddy)

159."The Serenity Now" (October 9, 1997)

SUMMARY Jerry suddenly starts feeling a range of emotions. George goes to work for his father selling computers. Elaine seeks help from a rabbi to see if she can reduce her "shiksappeal" with the Lippman men, who want to denounce their religion. The release of emotions from George has an impact on emotional Jerry.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Steve Koren

GUEST CAST Lori Loughlin (Patty); Ross Malinger (Adam); Matt McCoy (Lloyd Braun}; Bruce Mahler (Rabbi Glickman)

RECURRING CAST Richard Fancy (Lippman); Estelle Harris (Estelle Costanza); Jerry Stiller (Frank Costanza)

160."The Blood" (October 16, 1997)

SUMMARY Jerry's parents are concerned about his lack of exercise. Elaine tries to prove she's a responsible person by agreeing to baby-sit a friend's difficult child. George decides he needs to incorporate television and food into his sex life. After a blood bank raises its blood-storage rates, Kramer retrieves the blood he donated. Jerry starts a purification program to improve his diet.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Dan O'Keefe

GUEST CAST Kellie Waymire (Vivian); Audrey Kissel (Tara); Colton James (Jimmy); Gene Dynarski (Izzy Jr.}; Yvonne Farrow (Employee); Lloyd Bridges (Izzy)

RECURRING CAST Wayne Knight (Newman}; Barney Martin (Morty Seinfeld); Liz Sheridan (Helen Seinfeld)

161."The Junk Mail" (October 30, 1997)

SUMMARY Jerry gets paid with a van instead of cash for a gig. George's parents rekindle their romance at his expense. Kramer plans his revenge on a company that has sent him an overabundance of catalogs in the past month. Elaine, back with Puddy, meets the man of her dreams.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Spike Feresten

GUEST CAST Laurie Taylor-Williams (Rhisa); Toby Huss (Jack); Dana Gould (Frankie); Richard Kuhlman (Man); Montrose Hagins (Old Woman--Betty); Peggy Blow (Mail Clerk); Clement E. Blake (Dirt Person #1); D. A. Johnson (Dirt Person #2); Wilford Bramley (Postmaster General Henry Atkins)

RECURRING CAST Estelle Harris (Estelle Costanza); Wayne Knight (Newman); Jerry Stiller (Frank Costanza); Patrick Warburton (David Puddy)

162."The Merv Griffin Show" (November 6, 1997)

SUMMARY Kramer discovers the set of the old Merv Griffin Show in a dump-ster and brings it home, then starts conducting interviews with anyone who comes into his apartment. George's girlfriend Miranda is disgusted when George runs over some pigeons with his car. Jerry's girlfriend won't let him play with her collection of old toys. Elaine's new coworker is a sidler.

SEINFELD-ESE Sidler--a person who sneaks up near you and you don't know he's there.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Bruce Eric Kaplan

GUEST CAST Rick Hall (Vet); Brent Hinkley (Lou); Julia Pennington (Celia); Arabella Field (Miranda); Jim Fowler (Himself); Wayne Wilderson (Walter)

RECURRING CAST Estelle Harris (Estelle Costanza, voice-over); Wayne Knight (Newman); John O'Hurley (J. Peterman); Jerry Stiller (Frank Costanza, voice-over)

163."The Slicer" (November 13, 1997)

SUMMARY Elaine's neighbor forgot to turn off her alarm clock before leaving on a trip to Europe. George tries to prevent his new boss from recognizing him as the man who threw his son's boom box into the ocean. Dissatisfied with the meat he is getting in his sandwiches, Kramer gets his own meat slicer. Elaine tries to use the slicer to fix her high heels. Jerry dates a lifesaving dermatologist.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Gregg Kavet and Andy Robin; story: Gregg Kavet, Andy Robin, and Darin Henry

GUEST CAST Marcia Cross (Sara); Daniel Von Bargen (Kruger); Larry B. Scott (Arthur Milano); David Moreland (Mr. Parry)

164."The Betrayal" (November 20, 1997)

SUMMARY Jerry, George, and Elaine go to India for a wedding. Jerry sleeps with the woman George is currently seeing. Kramer is angry at Newman because he didn't use his birthday wish to save Kramer from FDR.

OF SPECIAL NOTE The scenes in this episode are shown from the "ending" to the "beginning." The Pinter character is an obvious reference to playwright Harold Pinter, in whose love-triangle drama Betrayal presents its story backwards through time.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY David Mandel and Peter Mehlman

GUEST CAST Brenda Strong (Sue Ellen); Michael McShane (FDR--Franklin Delano Romanosky); Justine Miceli (Nina); Bart Braverman (Zubin); Shaun Toub (Pinter); Noor Shic (Usha); Jocelyne Kelly (Model); Brian Kaiser (Postman); Shelley Malil (Usher); Bill Lee Brown (Partygoer)

RECURRING CAST Wayne Knight (Newman); Heidi Swedberg (Susan)

165."The Apology" (December 11, 1997)

SUMMARY Jerry learns that there is such a thing as "bad naked." George becomes obsessed with getting an apology from a now-sober friend who once embarrassed him at a party over the "neck-hole" incident. Kramer starts living full time in his shower. Elaine is offended when a coworker acts as if she's contaminated but doesn't mind other people's germs. George ends up at a Rage-oholics Anonymous (RA) meeting. Puddy admits being a germophobe.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Jennifer Crittenden

GUEST CAST James Spader (Jason [Hanke?]); Megan Cole (Peggy); Kathleen McClellan (Melissa); Jack Hackett (Alan); Michael Fishman (Gregg); David Dunard (Leader); Wayne Wilderson (Walter); Brian Levinson (Andy); Eric Simonson (Friend)

RECURRING CAST John O'Hurley (J. Peterman); Patrick Warburton (David Puddy)

166."The Strike" (December 18, 1997)

SUMMARY George, Elaine, and Jerry attend Tim Whatley's Hanukkah party. George dreads Festivus, a holiday his father created many years ago. Elaine tries to retrieve her coupon for a free submarine sandwich. Kramer goes back to work at the bagel place, which has been on strike for the past twelve years. Jerry starts dating a girl whose appearance seems to change.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Dan O'Keefe, Alec Berg, and Jeff Schaffer

GUEST CAST Daniel Von Bargen (Kruger); Karen Fineman (Gwen); Dave Florek (Harry); Kevin Hamilton MacDonald (Denim Vest); Tracy Letts (Counterguy); Amit Itelman (Employee); Stacey Herring (Sandy); Colin Malone (Sleazy Guy); Jerry Dixon (Customer)

RECURRING CAST Bryan Cranston (Tim Whatley); Estelle Harris (Estelle Costanza); Jerry Stiller (Frank Costanza)

167."The Dealership" (January 8, 1998)

SUMMARY Elaine breaks up with Puddy, who's been promoted to salesman, before Jerry can get a deal on a new car. George tries to find his stolen Twix candy bar. Kramer tests drives a car. Jerry snaps at being asked one too many times for a "high five."

OF SPECIAL NOTE This is one of the few episodes in which none of the action takes place in Jerry's apartment.

The Sunday after this episode aired, Seinfeld won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Comedy Series.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Steve Koren

GUEST CAST Daniel Hagen (Rick); Joel McCrary (Don); Michael Kagan (Willie); Dee Freeman (Service Assistant); Rif Hutton (Salesman); Howard Mann (Willie Sr.); Steve Susskind (Customer #1); Loretta Fox (Customer #2); Catherine Schreiber (Saleswoman)

RECURRING CAST Patrick Warburton (David Puddy)

168."The Reverse Peephole" (January 15, 1998)

SUMMARY Kramer and Newman reverse their apartment-door peepholes. Puddy starts wearing a "man fur." Jerry stops carrying a wallet in favor of something that is "not a purse." George's wallet gives him a sore back.

CATCHPHRASE It's not a purse, it's European.

OF SPECIAL NOTE The voice of Superman on Jerry Seinfeld's American Express commercial that debuted in January 1998 is none other than Patrick Warburton, who plays David Puddy. Also, Lois Lane is Audrey Kissel, who played George's girlfriend Tara in episode 160, "The Blood."

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Spike Feresten

GUEST CAST Jon Polito (Silvio); Pat Finn (Joe Mayo); Jennette Robbins (Keri); Fitz Houston (Cop); Joe Basile (Delivery Guy); Lauren Bowles (Waitress)

RECURRING CAST Wayne Knight (Newman); Patrick Warburton (David Puddy)

169."The Cartoon" (January 29, 1998)

SUMMARY Elaine tries to prove a New Yorker cartoon isn't funny. Kramer, miffed at being told he doesn't know when to keep his mouth shut, stops talking. A comic Jerry thinks stinks becomes a big hit with her Jerry Seinfeld Is the Devil one-woman show. George dates a woman who looks like Jerry.

OF SPECIAL NOTE Kathy Griffin's (Suddenly Susan) stand-up routine includes a bit about how rude Jerry Seinfeld was to her when she first appeared on the series in episode 127, "The Doll."

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Bruce Eric Kaplan

GUEST CAST Kathy Griffin (Sally Weaver); Tracy Nelson (Janet); Joe Urla (Dugan); Paul Benedict (Mr. Elinoff); Bart McCarthy (Cab Driver)

RECURRING CAST Wayne Knight (Newman); John O'Hurley (J. Peterman)

170."The Strong Box" (February 5, 1998)

SUMMARY Kramer puts all his valuables in a strongbox for safekeeping but can't find the perfect hiding place. George's girlfriend refuses to break up with him. Jerry insults his next-door neighbor by mistaking him for a stranger and not opening their building's door for him. Elaine wonders why her new boyfriend is so mysterious, until she discovers he's poor--and married.

OF SPECIAL NOTE Jerry uses his computer in this episode for only the second time in the course of the series. The first time was in episode 76, "The Stall."

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Dan O'Keefe

GUEST CAST Illeana Douglas (Loretta); Alex Kapp (Maura); Louis Mustillo (Phil); Nicholas Paul Walker (Glenn); Mary Scheer (Ms. Smoth); Bonnie McNeil (Alison); Rosie Malek-Yonan (Wife)

171."The Wizard" (February 26, 1998)

SUMMARY Jerry buys his dad a $200 Wizard organizer for a birthday present, which he only uses to calculate tips. Kramer retires to Florida and moves into the complex where Jerry's parents live. George lies and tells the parents of his dead fiancae that he has a house in the Hamptons. Elaine thinks she's in an interracial relationship.

OF SPECIAL NOTE The Boca Breeze newspaper shown in the episode, also contained an item on Larry David's hole in one, reporting how he hurt his elbow and will never play golf again.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Steve Lookner

GUEST CAST Grace Zabriskie (Mrs. Ross); Warren Frost (Mr. [Henry] Ross); Samuel Bliss Cooper (Darryl); Edgar Small (Sid Luckman); Vic Helford (Tom); Michael McShane (FDR--Franklin Delano Romanosky); Bahni Turpin (Waitress #1); Constance Zimmer (Waitress #2); Jeanette Miller (Old Woman); Murray Rubin (Rubin)

RECURRING CAST Liz Sheridan (Helen Seinfeld); Barney Martin (Morty Seinfeld)

172."The Burning" (March 19, 1998)

SUMMARY Elaine discovers that Puddy listens to religious radio stations. George tries to always leave a room on a high note. Kramer and Mickey get jobs feigning ailments for medical students. Jerry doesn't recognize his girlfriend Sophie when she calls and says, "It's me." Sophie verifies you can get venereal disease from a tractor seat.

OF SPECIAL NOTE This episode was dedicated "In Memory of Our Friend Lloyd Bridges." Bridges appeared as "It's go time!" Izzy in episodes 151, "The English Patient," and 160, "The Blood."

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Jennifer Crittenden

GUEST CAST Daniel Von Bargen (Kruger); Cindy Ambuehl (Sophie); Henry Woronicz (Father Curtis); Ursaline Bryant (Dr. Wexler); Daniel Dae Klm (Student #1); Alex Craig Mann (Student #2); Brian Posehn (Artie); Alec Holland (Coworker #1); Suli McCullough (Coworker #2)

RECURRING CAST Patrick Warburton (David Puddy); Danny Woodburn (Mickey)

173."The Bookstore" (April 9, 1998)

SUMMARY George is forced to buy an expensive book after he reads it while using a bookstore bathroom. Jerry catches Uncle Leo shoplifting and accidentally gets him arrested. Kramer and Newman hire homeless people for their new rickshaw business. Elaine gets drunk at the office party and makes out with a guy.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Spike Feresten; story: Spike Feresten, Darin Henry, and Marc Jaffe

GUEST CAST Jonathan Penner (Zach); Ted Rooney (Crichton); John Gries (Rusty); Sonya Eddy (Rebecca DeMornay); Merrin Dungey (Cashier); Kevin Ruf (Security Guard); Heather Morgan (Server); Lauren Bowles (Waitress); Mark Daniel Cade (Walter); Sloppy Joe (Hobo Joe)

RECURRING CAST Wayne Knight (Newman); Len Lesser (Uncle Leo); Barney Martin (Morty Seinfeld); John O'Hurley (J. Peterman); Liz Sheridan (Helen Seinfeld)

174."The Frogger" (April 23, 1998)

SUMMARY Jerry and George are going to their high school hangout for one last slice of pizza. While there, George tries to buy a Frogger machine in order to preserve his decades-old high score. Jerry's new girlfriend is a sentence-finisher. Elaine takes a stand against meaningless office parties, then starts to miss the cake.

SEINFELD-ESE Sentence-finisher--someone who finishes your sentences for you.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Gregg Kavet and Andy Robin; story: Gregg Kavet, Andy Robin, Steve Koren, Dan O'Keefe

GUEST CAST Julia Campbell (Lisa); Peter Stormare (Slippery Pete); Reuven Bar (Shlomo); Sam Shamshak (Sal); Wayne Wilderson (Walter); Mark Daniel Cade (Other Walter); Jack Esformes (Mike); Melissa Denton (Kobe); Oliver Muirhead (Lubeck); Drake Bell (Kenny)

RECURRING CAST John O'Hurley (J. Peterman)

175."The Maid" (April 30, 1998)

SUMMARY Jerry starts sleeping with his cleaning lady and she stops cleaning his apartment, even though he's still paying her. When Elaine requests a new phone number, she gets the new 646 area code with it. George wants a cool nickname but instead gets nerdy ones. Kramer's girlfriend moves downtown.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Alec Berg, David Mandel, and Jeff Schaffer; story: Alec Berg, David Mandel, Jeff Schaffer, Kit Boss, Peter Mehlman

GUEST CAST Daniel Von Bargen (Kruger); Angela Featherstone (Cindy); Anthony Crivello (Maxwell); Markus Flanagan (Charles); Sam Whipple (Phone Guy #1); Kyle Colerider-Krugh (Phone Guy #2); Steve Franken (Brendan); Davenia McFadden (Coco); Damon Jones (Watkins); Chip Chinery (Co-Worker #1); Colin McClean (Coworker #2); Anthony Mangano (Fireman)

176."The Puerto Rican Day" (May 7, 1998)

SUMMARY Because of the Puerto Rican Day Parade, Jerry, Elaine, Kramer, and George get stuck in traffic on the way home from a Mets game. Elaine is desperate to make it home in time to watch 60 Minutes, her weekend wind-down program. Jerry and another driver get into a feud. George tries to make a movie audience laugh but is upstaged, and stalked, by a laser pointer. Kramer infuriates the Puerto Rican community when he accidentally sets their flag on fire.

OF SPECIAL NOTE NBC was forced to issue an apology to the Puerto Rican community, many members of which were offended by the use of the flag as a comic prop in the episode.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Alec Berg, Jennifer Crittenden, Spike Feresten, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Gregg Kavet, Steve Koren, David Mandel, Dan O'Keefe, Andy Robin, and Jeff Schaffer

GUEST CAST Mario Joyner (Lamar); Dayton Callie (Cabbie); James Karen (Mr. Canterman); Helen Carey (Mrs. Christine Nyhart); Yul Vasquez (Bob); John Paragon (Cedric); Jenica Bergere (Leslie); Monica Allison (Gaff); Marcelo Tubert (Father); Armando Molina (Amigo); Tom Agna (Gary); Tom Dahlgren (Priest); Bert Rosario (Man); Raoul N. Rizik (Parade Goer); Scott Conte (Sketch Guy); Mimi Cozzens (Mrs. Canterman); Alison Martin (Lucy); Marc Hirschfeld (Ellis); Chip Heller (Policeman)

177."The Clip Episode" (May 14, 1998)

SUMMARY Jerry looks back at nine years of memorable moments, ending with a series of bloopers.

OF SPECIAL NOTE This episode was forty-five minutes long.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Darin Henry

178."The Finale (Part 1)" (May 14, 1998)

SUMMARY The new president at NBC gives Jerry and George a thirteen-episode deal on Jerry's old pilot. The gang decides to celebrate by going to Paris on the NBC corporate jet, only to find themselves stranded in a small Massachusetts town.

OF SPECIAL NOTE Episodes 178 and 179 originally aired as a one-hour special; counted separately in syndication.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Larry David

GUEST CAST Peter Blood (Jay Crespi); David Byrd (Pharmacist); Steve Carlson (Captain Maddox); David Dunard (Guard); Donna Evans (Woman); Geoffrey C. Ewing (Bailiff); Warren Frost (Mr. [Henry] Ross); Keith Her-nandez (Himself); Scott Jaeck (Officer Vogel); Wendle Josepher (Susie); Robert Katims (Mr. Deensfrei); Scott Klace (Guard); Bruce Mahler (Rabbi Glickman); Ed O'Ross (Det. Blake); Kevin Page (Stu Chermak); James Pickens Jr. (Det. Hudson); John Pinette (Howie); Victor Raider-Wexler (Dr. Wexler); James Rebhorn (DA Hoyt); Peter Riegert (Kim-brough); Geraldo Rivera (Himself); McNally Sagal (Carol); Gay Thomas (O'Neal); Myra Turley (Foreman); Jane Wells (Herself); Grace Zabriskie (Mrs. Ross); Van Epperson (Passerby); Jeff Johnson (Criminal); Sean Moran (Man); Dianne Turley Travis (Receptionist); Jim Zulevic (Bernie)

RECURRING CAST Estelle Harris (Estelle Costanza); Steve Hytner (Bania); Wayne Knight (Newman); Len Lesser (Uncle Leo); Barney Martin (Morty Seinfeld); Phil Morris (Jackie Chiles); John O'Hurley (J. Peterman); Liz Sheridan (Helen Seinfeld); Jerry Stiller (Frank Costanza); Patrick Warburton (David Puddy); Danny Woodburn (Mickey Abbott)

179."The Finale (Part 2)" (May 14, 1998)

SUMMARY Jerry, George, Kramer, and Elaine go on trial for breaking the new Good Samaritan law when they fail to help an obese man who was being robbed. During the trial, a succession of character witnesses recounts the groups' less-than-charitable acts of the past. The trial is presided over by Judge Art Vandelay, who gives them a sentence of one year behind bars. Jerry closes the series with a prison-themed monologue.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Larry David

GUEST CAST Stanley Anderson (Judge Vandelay); Frances Bay (Mrs. Choate); Peter Blood (Jay Crespi); David Byrd (Pharmacist); Tony Carlin (Co-worker); Steve Carlson (Captain Maddox); Melanie Chartoff (Robin); Brian Doyle-Murray (Mel Sanger); David Dunard (Guard); Geoffrey C. Ewing (Bailiff); Warren Frost (Mr. (Henry) Ross); Brian George (Babu Bhatt); Philip Baker Hall (Mr. Bookman); Teri Hatcher (Sidra); John Hayman (Bubble Boy); Keith Hernandez (Himself); Carlos Jacott (Pool Guy); Scott Jaeck (Officer Vogel); Wendle Josepher (Susie); Robert Ka-tiros (Mr. Deensfrei); Scott Klace (Guard); Janes Leeves (Maria); Bruce Mahler (Rabbi Glickman); Wendel Meldrum (Low-Talker); Sheree North (Babs); Ed O'Ross (Det. Blake); Kevin Page (Stu Chermak); James Pick-ens Jr. (Det. Hudson); John Pinette (Howie); Victor Raider-Wexler (Dr. Wexler); James Rebhorn (DA Hoyt); Geraldo Rivera (Himself); McNally Sagal (Carol); Miguel Sandoval (Marcelino); Reni Santoni (Poppie); Gay Thomas (O'Neal); Larry Thomas (Soup Nazi); Myra Turley (Foreman); Jane Wells (Herself); Grace Zabriskie (Mrs. Ross); Van Epperson (Passerby); Dianne Turley Travis (Receptionist); Jim Zulevic (Bernie)

RECURRING CAST Ian Ambercombie (Mr. Pitt); Richard Fancy (Lippman); Estelle Harris (Estelle Costanza); Richard Herd (Wilhelm); Steve Hytner (Bania); Wayne Knight (Newman); Len Lesser (Uncle Leo); Barney Martin (Morty Seinfeld); Phil Morris (Jackie Chiles); John O'Hurley (J. Peterman); Liz Sheridan (Helen Seinfeld); Jerry Stiller (Frank Costanza); Patrick Warburton (David Puddy); Danny Woodburn (Mickey Abbott)