Top Seinfeld Episodes

1678 votes in 180 episodes

  • #31 The Big Salad

    Season 6, Episode 2 (#602)
    Won 76.471% of 17 matches.

    Elaine must find a special mechanical pencil for her new boss and soon finds herself dealing with the romantic advances of a stationary store clerk. George purchase a "big salad" for Elaine, but his girlfriend appears to take credit for the purchase. Jerry learns that his current girlfriend formerly dated Newman, who ended the relationship. Kramer plays golf with an ex-Major League Baseballer, whose rules violations Kramer notes, giving rise to a fight. The man is later suspected in the murder of a dry cleaner, and Kramer helps the fan flee in a white Ford Bronco in a situation similar to that of O.J. Simpson.

    88th series episode. Directed by Andy Ackerman. Written by Larry David. Originally aired on September 29, 1994.

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  • #32 The Wait Out

    Season 7, Episode 23 (#723)
    Won 76.471% of 17 matches.

    George makes an off-hand remark to a married couple with a shaky relationship, leading to their breakup. Elaine starts driving again and almost makes Jerry sick. Kramer starts wearing jeans that are too tight that he cannot get them off. Elaine and Jerry make plans to move in on the separated couple.

    133rd series episode. Directed by Andy Ackerman. Written by Peter Mehlman. Originally aired on May 09, 1996.

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  • #33 The Gymnast

    Season 6, Episode 6 (#606)
    Won 76.191% of 21 matches.

    Jerry dates a Romanian Olympic gymnast. Jerry and Kramer find out about one of George's bathroom habits. Kramer passes a kidney stone. George is caught eating out of the trash. Mr. Pitt becomes obsessed with finding the image in a 3-D painting.

    92nd series episode. Directed by Andy Ackerman. Written by Alec Berg and Jeff Schaffer. Originally aired on November 03, 1994.

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  • #34 The Shower Head

    Season 7, Episode 16 (#715)
    Won 76.191% of 21 matches.

    Kramer and Jerry are not pleased with the new low flow shower heads that the buildings maintenance people have put in for them. Elaine is surprised to find out that she has tested positive for Opium. Jerry is frustrated by the fact that his parents aren't moving back to Florida and George is elated because his parents are considering moving to Florida.

    126th series episode. Directed by Andy Ackerman. Written by Marjorie Gross and Peter Mehlman. Originally aired on February 15, 1996.

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  • #35 The Fix-Up

    Season 3, Episode 16 (#317)
    Won 75.000% of 20 matches.

    George says that he would never sink to fix-ups, saying that a fix-up is one step away from prostitution or personal ads (However, in The Race he replies to a personal ad in the Daily Worker). Jerry and Elaine set George up with Elaine's friend Cynthia. They hit it off but George is horrified to discover that Kramer has given him a defective condom. George's girlfriend says she misses her period. 

    33rd series episode. Directed by Tom Cherones. Written by Elaine Pope and Larry Charles. Originally aired on February 05, 1992.

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  • #36 The Mango

    Season 5, Episode 1 (#501)
    Won 75.000% of 20 matches.

    George confides in Jerry about his lack of confidence performing in bed. Elaine tells Jerry that she faked all her orgasms when they were a couple; devastated, he begs her for another chance. Kramer gets banned from his favorite fruit shop and persuades Jerry to go in and buy for him, but the owner sees through the scheme. George ends up buying Kramer's mangoes and discovers a cure for his impotence.

    65th series episode. Directed by Tom Cherones. Written by Larry David and Lawrence H. Levy. Originally aired on September 16, 1993.

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  • #37 The Puffy Shirt

    Season 5, Episode 2 (#503)
    Won 75.000% of 20 matches.

    George runs out of money and is forced to move back in with his parents. Jerry and Elaine meet Kramer's new girlfriend, a clothes designer who speaks so quietly no one can hear her. Jerry later finds out that during their conversation she had asked him to wear her hideous new 'puffy shirt' for a charity appearance he is due to make on "The Today Show" -- worse, without realising it he had said yes to her. Meanwhile, George stumbles into a lucrative new career hand modeling.

    66th series episode. Directed by Tom Cherones. Written by Larry David. Originally aired on September 23, 1993.

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  • #38 The Invitations

    Season 7, Episode 24 (#724)
    Won 75.000% of 20 matches.

    George tries to think of a way out of his relationship with Susan, Elaine suggests smoking and Kramer suggests a pre-nuptial agreement. Jerry nearly gets hit by a car but is saved by his female equivalent, Jeannie. Jerry thinks he is in love with Jeannie and proposes to her. Kramer tries to cash in on a bank's offer of a $100 if one of their tellers doesn't say hello. Susan passes out while licking envelopes.

    134th series episode. Directed by Andy Ackerman. Written by Larry David. Originally aired on May 16, 1996.

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  • #39 The Butter Shave

    Season 9, Episode 1 (#901)
    Won 75.000% of 16 matches.

    Kramer starts using butter as an aftershave. George uses a cane when he applies for an interview at a sporting goods firm, where they think he is disabled. Jerry is annoyed that Kenny Bania is a "time slot hit." Elaine goes to Europe with David Puddy.

    157th series episode. Directed by Andy Ackerman. Written by Alec Berg, David Mandel, and Jeff Schaffer. Originally aired on September 25, 1997.

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  • #40 The Kiss Hello

    Season 6, Episode 17 (#614)
    Won 75.000% of 12 matches.

    Elaine's friend has an old style hairdo, that Jerry and Elaine want Kramer to comment on. Jerry's grandmother wants him to open a ketchup bottle. Kramer puts tenant pictures up in the lobby. George gets his arm looked at. Elaine injures her shoulder carrying equipment home, and can't get any complementary treatment by her friend who is a physiotherapist.

    103rd series episode. Directed by Andy Ackerman. Written by Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David. Originally aired on February 16, 1995.

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