Top Seinfeld Episodes

1678 votes in 180 episodes

  • #11 The Strike

    Season 9, Episode 10 (#910)
    Won 95.000% of 20 matches.

    Kramer gets word that he can return to a bagel shop he worked at previously after a 12 year absence. Jerry, Elaine and George attend a Chanukah party where Jerry sets up a date with a woman and Elaine uses her "fake" number to avoid one. Kramer brings a renewed interest in Festivus, a holiday George's father invented when George was younger.

    166th series episode. Directed by Andy Ackerman. Written by Alec Berg, Dan O'Keefe, and Jeff Schaffer. Originally aired on December 18, 1997.

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  • #12 The Conversion

    Season 5, Episode 11 (#511)
    Won 90.909% of 22 matches.

    George's girlfriend breaks up with him because he is not Latvian Orthodox. George tries to get her back by joning the religion. Meanwhile, Kramer discovers that he has "kavorka", a Latvian term for the lure of the animal, only in this case he attracts women to him - which nearly gets him into trouble when a nun is attracted to him.

    75th series episode. Directed by Tom Cherones. Written by Bruce Kirschbaum. Originally aired on December 16, 1993.

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  • #13 The Opposite

    Season 5, Episode 22 (#521)
    Won 90.909% of 22 matches.

    George, egged on by Jerry, decides that since his instincts are all wrong he will do the opposite of what they tell him; sure enough, he soon finds himself with a beautiful girlfriend and a great job. Meanwhile, everything starts to go wrong for Elaine. Jerry breaks even at everything, and Kramer seems bound for literary success with his coffee table book about coffee tables.

    86th series episode. Directed by Tom Cherones. Written by Andy Cowan, Jerry Seinfeld, and Larry David. Originally aired on May 19, 1994.

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  • #14 The Chicken Roaster

    Season 8, Episode 8 (#808)
    Won 90.909% of 11 matches.

    A Kenny Rogers Chicken restaurant opens across from Jerry's apartment with very bright neon lights. Kramer cannot sleep because of the light and seeks solace at Jerry's where he becomes addicted to the chicken by Newman. Elaine begins using the J. Peterman expense account. George tries to score a second date with a saleswoman by leaving a large hat at her house.

    142nd series episode. Directed by Andy Ackerman. Written by Alec Berg and Jeff Schaffer. Originally aired on November 14, 1996.

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  • #15 The Sponge

    Season 7, Episode 9 (#709)
    Won 88.889% of 18 matches.

    Jerry gets a girl's number on Kramer's AIDS walk list. Elaine must decide whether her current boyfriend is "spongeworthy." George tells Susan the secret of the size of Jerry's jeans. George is "out of the loop." Kramer refuses to "wear an AIDS ribbon."

    119th series episode. Directed by Andy Ackerman. Written by Peter Mehlman. Originally aired on December 07, 1995.

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  • #16 The Junior Mint

    Season 4, Episode 20 (#421)
    Won 88.235% of 17 matches.

    Jerry is puzzled after he cannot remember the name of his girlfriend; he recalls only her observation that it rhymes with a part of the female anatomy. While Kramer and Jerry watch an operation performed on a former boyfriend of Elaine, Kramer drops a Junior Mints candy into the man's open chest cavity, with salutary results. George buys some of his paints, so when he dies they'll become famous and he gets rich. George was hopping that he was going to die soon, and that's why he bought them, but he got better making George lose a lot of money.

    60th series episode. Directed by Tom Cherones. Written by Andy Robin. Originally aired on March 18, 1993.

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  • #17 The Little Kicks

    Season 8, Episode 4 (#804)
    Won 88.235% of 17 matches.

    Jerry and Kramer go to the movies with a friend who makes bootleg tapes. Elaine holds a party for her co-workers where she loses respect when they see her dance.

    138th series episode. Directed by Andy Ackerman. Written by Spike Feresten. Originally aired on October 10, 1996.

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  • #18 The Lip Reader

    Season 5, Episode 6 (#506)
    Won 86.667% of 15 matches.

    Jerry goes to a tennis tournament and start dating a deaf lineswoman who can read lips. George spys on his ex-girlfriend to find out why they broke up. They go to a party, all five of them; before they go Jerry advises George to be careful with her because when he said "six is good", she misread it as "sex is good". Kramer knows sign language, and translates for her. She another word wrong (sleep to sweep), which changed the tone of the whole conversation the ex and a party guess had, causing George to have problems. Elaine pretends she can't hear to avoid talking to annoying limousine driver.

    70th series episode. Directed by Tom Cherones. Written by Carol Leifer. Originally aired on October 28, 1993.

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  • #19 The Virgin

    Season 4, Episode 10 (#410)
    Won 85.714% of 14 matches.

    Jerry discovers the woman (guest star Jane Leeves) he is dating is a virgin. Kramer continues to harass Jerry and George when they are trying to write a teleplay for their NBC pilot. Elane accidentally speaks of how a man was seducing her to have sex with her in front of Marla (the virgin). She later explains to her how men want to have sex with women. Susan breaks up with George because he accidentally got her fired by kissing her in front of her boss.

    50th series episode. Directed by Tom Cherones. Written by Peter Mehlman. Originally aired on November 11, 1992.

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  • #20 The Outing

    Season 4, Episode 17 (#416)
    Won 84.615% of 13 matches.

    Jerry and George are mistaken as homosexuals by a college newspaper reporter and are publicly outed. Half of the episode centers around Jerry and George living a life where everyone, except Elaine, thinks that they're gay.

    57th series episode. Directed by Tom Cherones. Written by Larry Charles. Originally aired on February 11, 1993.

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