"Seinfeld"
The Finale: Part 2 (1998)

Director:

Andy Ackerman

Writers:

Larry David (writer)
Darin Henry (writer)

TV Series:

"Seinfeld" (1990)

Original Air Date:

14 May 1998 (Season 9, Episode 24)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

The four stand trial in Latham, Massachussets for violating the "Good Samaritan Law" |

Plot Keywords:

Series Finale | Friendship | Multiple Actors For One Character | Diner | Actor Shares Last Name With Character

Cast

Jerry Seinfeld	...	Jerry Seinfeld
Julia Louis-Dreyfus	...	Elaine Benes
Michael Richards	...	Cosmo Kramer
Jason Alexander	...	George Costanza
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ian Abercrombie	...	Mr. Justin Pitt
Stanley Anderson	...	Judge Vandelay
Brian Doyle-Murray	...	Mel Sanger
Richard Fancy	...	Mr. Lippman
Philip Baker Hall	...	Lt. Bookman
Estelle Harris	...	Estelle Costanza
Teri Hatcher	...	Sidra
Jon Hayman	...	Voice and Arm of Donald Sanger, the Bubble Boy
Richard Herd	...	Wilhelm
Wayne Knight	...	Newman
Len Lesser	...	Uncle Leo
Bruce Mahler	...	Rabbi Glickman
Barney Martin	...	Morty Seinfeld
Phil Morris	...	Jackie Chiles
John O'Hurley	...	J. Peterman
James Rebhorn	...	D.A. Hoyt
Liz Sheridan	...	Helen Seinfeld
Jerry Stiller	...	Frank Costanza
Larry Thomas	...	Soup Nazi
Patrick Warburton	...	David Puddy
Danny Woodburn	...	Mickey Abbott

Country:

USA

Color:

Color

Trivia:

In the very first episode, the first conversation was between George and Jerry about a button. In the very last episode, when they were sitting in jail, the last conversation they had was the same thing about the button.

A disappointing end.

It had the same great humor, it revisits the characters which made the show great and it adds a final quirky situation to the already impressive catalogue of everyday-life spoofs, but in my opinion, it fails as a finale, I was left wanting more.

I think it's a real shame that the epic series had to be ended on this extremely mediocre note. It added a disappointing sense of finality, the kind of thing that can ruin good memories from a fun show.

Seinfeld was interviewed saying that the idea of filming one more episode was toyed with, if only this was the case!

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