![]() ![]() NBC / Sony “The Chinese Restaurant” (2×11)ĭespite Seinfeld being a “show about nothing,” something is usually going on in every episode, pointless as it may be. This episode, however, truly is about nothing. Bottle episodes appear in almost every sitcom today with great success, but not everyone knows that Seinfeld started this trend. It starts when Elaine, Jerry, and George show up at a Chinese Restaurant to grab a quick dinner before their movie. They are told the wait will be 5-10 minutes, but as it stretches longer and longer, the characters get more anxious and hangry. What I enjoy most about this episode is the realism. Most recently, I watched it with my boyfriend and we were both extremely hungry, waiting for dinner to be ready, and we deeply related to their pain! We’ve all had the experience of waiting for a table when we’re hungry and in a time crunch, so it feels real to us. Hilarious and creative, this episode showed what Seinfeld-and sitcoms in general-could be.- Abby Petree NBC / Sony “The Parking Garage” (3×06) This is a sitcom, however, so their reactions continue to get more and more absurd. Starting with a remarkably simple premise-misplacing a car in a multi-story car park-and building to unimaginable heights, “The Parking Garage” weaves complex results from this obvious premise. While being another hilarious installment of Seinfeld, “The Parking Garage” also manages to feature a profound meditation on death, a Scientology subplot, and end with zero consolation. This is an episode full of imagination and wit, a standard bottle episode turned on its end as irony upon irony piles up as the episode progresses. The central quartet is stuck in a car park, each with a responsibility on their shoulders that requires them to leave as soon as possible. Jerry is carrying a full bladder, George is missing a dinner date with his parents, Kramer is saddled with a heavy AC unit, and Elaine desperately wants to save her new fish’s life. This premise allows the central ensemble to do what they each do best, showcasing the tight control each actor holds on their respective roles. Similar in premise to other episodes such as “The Subway” and “The Chinese Restaurant,” “The Parking Garage” manages to take the bottle episode to new heights.- Cameron Grace Wolff NBC / Sony “The PEZ Dispenser” (3×14)Īny Kramer-heavy episode is bound to be fantastic. This one features one of his creative attempts to make money-he invents a cologne called “The Beach.” His friends tell him it’s a bad idea, but he ignores them and goes straight to Calvin Klein, convinced of his own brilliance. ![]() ![]() ![]() Kramer is also behind one of their friend Ritchie’s drug addictions. After he encourages Richie to pour Gatorade over a teammate as a joke, the teammate dies of pneumonia, and Ritchie feels responsible. When George attempts, she reveals that she never planned on breaking up with him in the first place.įinally, Kramer tells George to break up with his girlfriend before she can do it first. Moral of the story: don’t listen to Kramer. Only a show like Seinfeld could create major conflicts because one of their main characters was eating Pez.- Abby Petree The other main gag of the show is a Pez dispenser. Then Jerry nearly turns down a man from upstate New York asking him to visit his sickly Bubbly Boy son’s birthday, and even at a diner on the way, tries to avoid giving out autographs, or stealing back one he’s given. The fact that Elaine is the moral center of the episode, but still goads the worst aspects of her peers, is delightful. What an absolute nightmare.- Evan Griffin NBC / Sony “The Opera” (4×08) The episode escalates until George and Susan have a volatile game of Trivial Pursuit in one of the most iconic arguments on television-“Moors vs Moops”-resulting in the near-death of the bubble boy, the gang getting chased out of town, and Kramer arriving with Jerry’s now ex-girlfriend and accidentally burning the cabin down with Susan’s own gift of Cuban Cigars. Joe Davola has a hair on his tongue and he can’t get it off. While Elaine spends the episode waxing philosophical about dating men more mature than Jerry’s taste, she encounters his truly crazy nature after he leaves an ominous voicemail threatening to “kibosh” Jerry as repayment for a ruined NBC deal. ![]()
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