When was seinfeld last episode

Oh yes, mark my words, Seinfeld — your day of reckoning is coming. When an evil wind will blow through your little play world, and wipe that smug smile off your face. Who knew at the end of the day, that this show about nothing would actually have something important to say? Top Box Office. Jester McGree. What's the Tomatometer? Follow Us. Hear Us Out.

Related News. More Related News. Despite saying he was "happy" with the episode in a Reddit AMA , Seinfeld seemed to walk those comments back in a interview at the New Yorker Festival. And Julia Louis-Dreyfus made an infamous joke on David Letterman's final episode, saying, "Thanks for letting me take part in another hugely disappointing series finale.

The thing about TV show finales is that every one of them is expected to be the best episode of the entire series. And especially for a show as beloved as Seinfeld, which had so many overwhelming successes throughout its run, that's just an impossible standard to uphold. Some shows succeed in making everyone happy, but not every show can be Breaking Bad.

And when you peel away all of the hype and expectations and view the episode on its own, it's still a funny, well-crafted episode. The "Good Samaritan Law" is the ultimate Seinfeld joke, a ridiculous, annoying thing from the real world that gets played out to completion.

Just about every beloved side character made an appearance, and to comic effect — not just to show face. After Jackie Chiles sleeps with Sidra, he revives the iconic line by telling Jerry, "by the way, they're real, and they're spectacular!

And while some can argue that the finale wasn't true to the formula, it was certainly true to the characters. Jerry and his friends were never going to have a happy ending. The show famously preached a mantra of "no hugging, no learning," and while Seinfeld could have paired Jerry and Elaine together like Ross and Rachel in Friends, or given him his NBC show, it wouldn't have fit within the show's universe. Larry David told Grantland that he "was not interested in an emotional ride, and neither was Jerry.

Fans might have wanted something else, but the show stuck to its guns. Jeremy Layton is a writer and journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. By Jeremy Layton Published Jan 05, They fight over whether sitting backward is effeminate. They discuss, again, the proper amount of milk to put on cereal.

To quote Elaine: "Will you shut up! It was self-congratulatory, too, but at least it was a reminder of how funny Seinfeld could be, and how often a show renowned for its verbal wit cracked us up with silly sight gags. It also reminded us of how elaborately and intricately plotted the show was. Seinfeld was never a show about nothing; it was a show where nothing mattered.

The characters took nothing seriously except themselves. And last night, they even undercut that. More than anything, it may remind viewers of the last episode of NBC's St. Elsewhere, which basically told faithful fans they'd been wasting their time on a child's dream.