Episode 24: The Invitations

Episode #134; 7:24


Our Summary

George tries to think of ways of getting out of the wedding, while Jerry contemplates being single with Kramer when they're much older, and ends up falling hard for Jeannie Steinman, who is really a femme-Jerry. After a while he begins to dislike her b/c he hates himself. Finally, Susan ends up dying while licking the cheap envelopes that George bought for their wedding invitations.



Our Commentary

Great OCB is the only thing that is merely great in this hilarious Top 50 ep. This episode, which was the last one written and supervised by LD, brings the entire season to an ingenious close. The ep has the sadistic yet hilarious humour that makes LD such a special comedic writer. As for the specifics of the episode, hilarious stuff with Jeannie Steinman and Jerry, with all of her Jerryisms, and them walking together over a bum, not caring, shopping for cereal, and reading Superman comics, as well as Jerry's dream sequence of him and Kramer as old men with the rufs, George in the beginning is hilarious with his ways of getting out of the wedding, including an airplane crash, which is hope. Great stuff with Jeannie saying Georgie Boy, Kramer calling Susan Lilly, George trying to smoke, the pre-nup, the whole Hey/Hello thing at the bank with Carole Leifer joining in the fun with the Newsradio guy, the pact, Jerry at the beach, and everything else in this episode is just simply hilarious. Beautiful stuff at the end, with Kramer's poor Lilly after she died, George not understanding that she died, the whole concept that the wedding invitations killed her, the overarching season plot of the wedding, and even bringing The Drake back into the mix. Overall, a solidly hilarious episode, well deserved of the Top 50, and a fine salute by LD. Adam - Hilarious episode, Top 20 material. All around great stuff from "Is this oak?" to "Isn't there some kind of a reward for that.", to "the ruf", this episode made me cry, cry from joy, not from pain. I had a great time watching this, and I hope others have had great times also. A perfect episode to end a near perfect season. Bring on Season 8.

Overall, this season was nice, can I buy you? We had some great and memorable eps in this beauty of a beaut of a season. We had some memorable characters in their first ever eps, such as The Maestro, the Soup Nazi, and the gay guys (street toughs), as well as some great and classic scenes such as those found within 7:1 The Engagement - Top 10, 7:2 The Postponement - Top 10, 7:5 The Hot Tub - Top 10, 7:6 The Soup Nazi - Top 5, 7:12 The Caddy - Top 25, 7:14 The Cadillac Part 1 - Top 25, 7:14 The Friar's Club - Top 25, and 7:19 The Wig Master - Top 10. Just look at all of those amazing episodes. This season was unbelievably hilarious, and LD did an excellent job with the entire season, from beginning to finish, with all of the arcs, references, etc. Just hilarious stuff, that's all. Anyway, we had some laughs. We had some tears. OK, maybe not tears, but we had some laughs. Overall, the season was definitely hilarious. What more can I say?

This season was one of the greats. This season was better than Season 6, at least in terms of Top 50 eps, as well as better than Seasons 1,2,3, and 4. 13 episodes made the Top 50 during the 2nd Siyum, then in the 3rd Siyum, we had one 3rd Siyum Addition for 7:2 The Postponement, and one 3rd Siyum Deletion for 7:23 The Wait Out, as well as quite hilariously, a 3rd Siyum Deletion of 7:21 and 7:22 The Bottle Deposit 2 parter, and a 3rd Siyum Addition of 7:14 and 7:15 The Cadillac 2 parter, so in the end, nothing was changed, thereby making the number static at 10 out of 24 episodes, compared to 0 out of 5 episodes in Season 1, 1 out of 12 in Season 2, 8 out of 23 episodes in Season 3, 8 out of 24 episodes in Season 4, 14 out of 22 episodes in Season 5, and 9 out of 24 episodes in Season 6 made the Top 50. This is a testament to its greatness. LD, JS, JA, JLD, MR, WK, PB, KP, SM, BB, PC, and HS all did excellent jobs writing and acting, while AA did a great job directing, in these hilarious episodes of Seinfeld. Props all around to all who injected a bit of joy and comedy into the bloodstream of Season 7. We must also give our farewell salute to LD, as he no longer wrote nor really contributed to Seinfeld, except for the continuing voice of Steinbrenner. We will be with him again in CYE. (I can't wait for the 4th Season) That said, let us enter Season 8 together in joy and harmony, b/c although Season 7 did have 13 out of 24 episodes making the Top 50, Season 8 has 19 out of 22, that's only 3 episodes in the season that did not make the Top 50, for those who can't count. So, not only is it better than Season 7, which was already phenomenal with tons of Top 50s, Top 25s, Top 10s, and a Top 5, and which was already one of the most hilarious seasons, but it is also the funniest of the seasons in terms of the Top 50, crushing every other season in its path. In any event, see you there friend of friends.

Adam - Season 7 was absolutely beautiful. The amount of episodes on the Top 50 is extraordinary. When your worst episode is 7:22 The Bottle Deposit Part 2, you know that's an accomplishment. For in that episode alone, you had the words of Newman saying "I'm a strong cider type of guy". This is a testament to the Seventh Season's greatness. There were some suprises, such as 7:2 The Postponement becoming a Top 10 episode and some disappointments: 7:21 The Bottle Deposit Part 1 and 7:22 The Bottle Deposit Part 2, but overall this season was one of the greatest. Kramer was on top of his game this season, but the best of Kramer is yet to come and that goes for the rest of the clan, for Season Eight is the greatest season ever of any show. Now let's join hands and welcome in the best season of all time. 13 out of 24, compared to 0 out of 5 episodes in Season 1, 0 out of 12 in Season 2, 6 out of 23 in Season3, and 5 out of 24 in Season 4, and 12 out of 22 in Season 5, 8 out of 24 episodes in Season 6 made the Top 50.




EPISODE GUIDE from Jerry Seinfeld: The Entire Domain by Kathleen Tracy

134."The Invitations" (May 16, 1996)

SUMMARY George tries to figure out ways to get out of getting married. Kramer calls Susan by the wrong name, and she cuts him and Elaine out of the wedding. Jerry, nervous about his single future without George, gets engaged to someone just like him, then has second thoughts. Susan dies after licking all the cheap envelopes for the wedding invitations George bought. Free at last, George makes another attempt at Marisa Tomei.

DIRECTOR Andy Ackerman

TELEPLAY Larry David

GUEST CAST Janeane Garofalo (Jeannie Steinman); Stephen Root (Mr. Lager); Victor Raider-Wexler (Doctor); John Riggi (Teller); Sue Goodman (Clerk); Julie Clark (Waitress); Fred Goehner (Delivery Guy); Marisa Tomei (Herself)

RECURRING CAST Heidi Swedberg (Susan)

Stats


2nd Siyum

George's Idiot Things
Tells Marisa Tomei that Susan died, the funeral is tomorrow, and that his weekend is wide open

Dates/Boyfriends/Girlfriends
JERRY
Jeannie Steinman
Girls Who Broke Up With Jerry
Jeannie Steinman - Hates her
Girls Jerry Broke Up With
Jeannie Steinman - Hates him

Celebrities (*Real)
*Marisa Tomei (Possibly during original airing)

Crazy Kramer Ideas
*A periscope in a car

George as Avi
“Nooooo” in Jerry’s Apartment


3rd Siyum

Full Script