How do you end a show about nothing? You do this. A fantastic ending to an amazing series. I love that they brought back so many characters from the 9 seasons. Hilarious! This finale is underrated, under appreciated and misunderstood. To be fair, I didn't get it when I first saw it. I was angry but I think that's because I was hurt the show was ending and I didn't like what happened to these characters. Now I appreciate it for its brilliance and they all got what they deserved! So glad Larry David came back to the series to help write this one. His influence is clearly evident. If you're wanting more, check out Curb Your Enthusiasm.
57 Reviews
Curiously dark ending for a hilarious series
OldMovieRob27 December 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Sort of a strange and, frankly, uncomfortable ending. Granted, I love the idea of a final trial with all of the various characters from past episodes showing up again one last time, but what stood out to me was that the 4 central characters: Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer, are all basically painted as awful people deserving of punishment for how rotten they had been in the past, above and beyond just mocking the fat guy for being robbed. Having recently binged the entire series I didn't really take away that these four were necessarily bad, just that they all had their own bizarre idiosyncrasies, and bringing it all to an end with them being thrown in prison seemed weirdly inappropriate, and actually closes the show on a dark note (if you skip the end credits gag) as the camera slowly pans away from the quartet locked up behind bars together. Dark humor I guess, but maybe a little too dark.
The Final Season... and the worst.
mhorg201822 November 2023
Seinfeld ended like a plane crash or a horrible auto accident. One wants to look away, but can't. I'm encompassing the entire 9th season which was so middle of the road (it had been going downhill since Larry David's leaving after season 6) and it finally crashed and burned. Elaine becomes a moron. Kramer seems lost most of the time. Jerry just phones in (he wasn't a very good actor to begin with) and there were maybe 3 good episodes. Go back to season 4 and 5 when the show hit it's peak. Between the 40 plus episodes, there were maybe 3 bad ones. I don't expect logic from a comedy, but this, this is truly ridiculous. The entire Good Samaritan's Law is so ridiculous, its beyond stupid. One of the many really terrible ideas in this final season. Just horrible. A truly cringe worthy season ends in a cringe worthy finale. Along with the overblown, over inflated, too much Alan Alda finale of MASH, this is the worst. Bleah.
They Didn't Get to Stretch Their Legs
Hitchcoc4 July 2023
I'm not going to diminish one bit of the show because the Finale was lacking. Let's face it. The four characters on Seinfeld are about as insensitive as they can be. From Kramer's nuttiness at the expense of everyone else, to Elaine, the princess who has vengeance in her heart, to Jerry who tosses women aside because of their little quirks, to George, who is one of a kind when it comes to insensitivity. And, by the way, the funniest comedic group ever on TV. The trial was a decent idea, but it took the ability to speak away from the four. The writers could have come up with a twist, a few funny responses from each, a way to get them off that was totally inappropriate. But I would watch every one again. Oh, by the way, there are Good Samaritan laws, but they are there to protect those who help and cause further damage.
Completely undercuts the show
wgreview-14 July 2023
Many of the episodes of the show are about unfortunate things happening to people, often by accident or odd coincidences, and at least as often happening to the four main characters rather than side characters. No one would deny the four are shallow, self-centered, and somewhat narcissistic and neurotic, but so are many of the other characters (both regular and one-time), and not very many of the things that happen are due to actual malice from the four (carelessness, yes). The final episode is based on perhaps the most absurd premise of an absurd show: an idiotic and unworkable Good Samaritan law. The last half of the show was the worst: not even a clip show, but characters returning to tell us things we already knew.
It seems odd to have a summing up show, since the previous double episode was already a clip show, and a disjointed one at that. A very disappointing ending to a disappointing final season to a frequently brilliant show.
It seems odd to have a summing up show, since the previous double episode was already a clip show, and a disjointed one at that. A very disappointing ending to a disappointing final season to a frequently brilliant show.
A weird but totally "Seinfeld" way to end the series
shivers28 May 2023
The finale was the perfect way to take everything memorable about the previous seasons and throw them into a vortex of absolute chaos!
Having just just finished watching all 9 seasons for the first time. I had a few difficult moments trying to figure out the humour in the first few seasons, but finally realised how Seinfeld set the bar so high for every sitcom that followed in its footsteps, including Friends.
The finale was the perfect culmination of madness, offbeat storylines and a particular moving way to conclude nine groundbreaking seasons of no-holes barred, intelligent, brilliantly ordained and industry-shattering comedy.
Sure there will be some people who felt the ending was weird, disappointing or leftfield. But that was the whole point of Seinfeld - to leave everyone scratching their heads and wondering what the heck just happened, just like in most other episodes.
However the finale was more than just that. Every subcharacter or memorable plot who received their encore was given a final bow as a tacit recognition of how they had managed to make an impact alongside the almost omnipotent presence of four immensely talented actors: Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander and Michael Richards.
Bravo Seinfeld - the finale had the perfect blend of craziness, one-liners and above all, chutzpah!
Having just just finished watching all 9 seasons for the first time. I had a few difficult moments trying to figure out the humour in the first few seasons, but finally realised how Seinfeld set the bar so high for every sitcom that followed in its footsteps, including Friends.
The finale was the perfect culmination of madness, offbeat storylines and a particular moving way to conclude nine groundbreaking seasons of no-holes barred, intelligent, brilliantly ordained and industry-shattering comedy.
Sure there will be some people who felt the ending was weird, disappointing or leftfield. But that was the whole point of Seinfeld - to leave everyone scratching their heads and wondering what the heck just happened, just like in most other episodes.
However the finale was more than just that. Every subcharacter or memorable plot who received their encore was given a final bow as a tacit recognition of how they had managed to make an impact alongside the almost omnipotent presence of four immensely talented actors: Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander and Michael Richards.
Bravo Seinfeld - the finale had the perfect blend of craziness, one-liners and above all, chutzpah!
Genius ending
Med-Jasta22 April 2023
All shows want to have a profound conclusion to their series. But how do you have a conclusion to a show about the mundane? There's no arch to the show. No one is trying to find the one armed man. The show has never really changed. This ending is a bigger story than the rest. It ends so the show is in a far different place than ever but when you think about it, things are going to go back to normal in a year.
The is a great way to have the show go full circle in a way because it puts everything these characters have done under a microscope and makes it so they have to pay for their callousness . Which is what they're always getting in trouble for anyway. And you know they aren't going to change. During these wild events they remain unchanged. As we see in the very last scene.
This is an amazing way to bring everybody back. This is the perfect excuse for callbacks. Try and find a better reason to bring everybody back. I bet you can't do it. And this doesn't feel any different than the rest of the series. A lot of times the last one does because it's so different. This one is different but doesn't feel like it.
No one wants a show that they love to end. Especially this show. And the last season really comes out on top. So when it finally does end we're upset. No matter how good it is we are upset that it's over. Would people have been happy if it was just a regular show? If Jerry found true love? What would they have been happy with? Larry David is a visionary. This show, Curb Your Enthusiasm and this episode are all examples.
The is a great way to have the show go full circle in a way because it puts everything these characters have done under a microscope and makes it so they have to pay for their callousness . Which is what they're always getting in trouble for anyway. And you know they aren't going to change. During these wild events they remain unchanged. As we see in the very last scene.
This is an amazing way to bring everybody back. This is the perfect excuse for callbacks. Try and find a better reason to bring everybody back. I bet you can't do it. And this doesn't feel any different than the rest of the series. A lot of times the last one does because it's so different. This one is different but doesn't feel like it.
No one wants a show that they love to end. Especially this show. And the last season really comes out on top. So when it finally does end we're upset. No matter how good it is we are upset that it's over. Would people have been happy if it was just a regular show? If Jerry found true love? What would they have been happy with? Larry David is a visionary. This show, Curb Your Enthusiasm and this episode are all examples.
A misunderstood finale
spartin718 April 2023
The goal here is just show u who these characters are. As the end of the show hinted at a more pointlessness, this sits here wondering whether or not it all mattered, a show about nothing wondering if they are really a show about nothing. I think it does change the perspective of viewing the whole show, and it wonders about how pointless we really are. But it's not that deep, that's what it's for. Just showing how uninteresting we are when we take away the things that seem pointless, like the call back from prison or the gotta go phone call. It's a show summarizing finale, nothing we didn't want.
It's good, trust me.
mikepasto2 February 2023
For nine seasons this groundbreaking comedy thrived in a vacuum, void of any meaningful character development. A typical series finale sees some sort of momentous event which propels the main characters forward; beyond the circumstances we've come to know them in. Such an ending would have betrayed the essence of Seinfeld; this group was destined to remain stagnant. The trial provided a creative means through which to highlight the narcissism and arrested development of the main characters while simultaneously allowing fans one last glimpse of the ancillary cast. As a work, the Seinfeld finale is both a satisfying and fitting end for a show with the guiding mantra "no hugging, no learning".
I posit that the backlash runs deeper then surface level; the viewers came to identify with the main four and their frustrations at the hands of others. To have them exposed as misanthropes, unfit for polite society was felt (perhaps unconsciously) by many as a betrayal of this affection. If these people are in fact awful, and I identify with them, what does that make me? In my opinion this episode has received a lot of unfair criticism over the years. As someone who has been a fan since the early days, I recognize the transformative brilliance of Jerry and Larry's creative vision. It's undoubtedly a difficult task to wrap up a show with the unique sensibilities of Seinfeld, and I think this episode did a fine job of it.
I posit that the backlash runs deeper then surface level; the viewers came to identify with the main four and their frustrations at the hands of others. To have them exposed as misanthropes, unfit for polite society was felt (perhaps unconsciously) by many as a betrayal of this affection. If these people are in fact awful, and I identify with them, what does that make me? In my opinion this episode has received a lot of unfair criticism over the years. As someone who has been a fan since the early days, I recognize the transformative brilliance of Jerry and Larry's creative vision. It's undoubtedly a difficult task to wrap up a show with the unique sensibilities of Seinfeld, and I think this episode did a fine job of it.
The Seinfeld Finale: the 2nd of 2 episodes where Jerry's stolen marble rye loaf bit him in the rear
kathysdogs5 December 2022
Warning: Spoilers
OMG, the finale definitely showed karma working overtime! First, there's Newman predicting disgrace about to hit Jerry over his refusal to take him along on the quartet's trip to Paris before Jerry & George move to CA to do their new NBC series "Jerry". (Actually, the combined weight of George & Newman aboard that little jet might have caused it to act up in the Hamptons instead of the fictional Latham, MA). Then, the quartet get to filming a grossly overweight young man's being carjacked at gunpoint - but they very meanly blatantly mock the poor soul's girth - but you have a police officer who it seems saw some of it but instead of intervening, he arrests the quartet for violating a "Good Samaritan Law" that mandated citizens offer assistance to those in peril when it's reasonable for them to do so. First of all, he should have initiated a search for the robber and the victim's car. Secondly, the real life Good Samaritan Laws only indemnify from liability persons who rendering assistance to victims in good faith and the victims experience injuries as a result - these laws cover physicians; depending on where someone lives it could also cover nurses and other medical personnel or even all persons. Thirdly, if only the gang didn't make those nasty comments which were clearly head on the video, they could have argued it could be used as evidence for the police. In the 2nd half you have whatever guest stars that were available to do flashbacks and anecdotes of encounters with at least one of the quartet where they were done wrong, whom the DA was using as character - or lack of - witnesses to past antisocial behavior, probably spending a lot of taxpayer monies to do so. A notable one was Mrs. Mabel Choate whom Jerry mugged her for her marble rye loaf in "The Rye" which was also exposed in "The Cadillac". Demerits were a bit overly dramatic fainting by George's mother when they are convicted - she earlier in vain offered sex to the judge to try to get him acquitted. Also, you had Newman choking when the verdict was read (I hope he was OK but he shouldn't have been eating popcorn and chips in the courtroom as if he were in a movie theater). I could be wrong but defense counsel Jackie Chiles did an act that's possible grounds for disbarment: sleeping with the witness Elaine "accidentally" stumbled on in a sauna per Jerry's request to see if her breasts were natural or augmented by implants since it would be a conflict of interest. Personally, I thought the quartet got off too lightly with a one year sentence - 2 or 3 of their misdeeds to me would have warranted a 3 to 5 year sentence.
As stated in the trivia section Frank Sinatra died during the LA original broadcast of the finale - wonder if the episode triggered his fatal heart attack? - even though the LA roads were clear, enabling the emergency crews to get him to the hospital in record time, it still wasn't enough to save Ol' Blue Eyes.
As stated in the trivia section Frank Sinatra died during the LA original broadcast of the finale - wonder if the episode triggered his fatal heart attack? - even though the LA roads were clear, enabling the emergency crews to get him to the hospital in record time, it still wasn't enough to save Ol' Blue Eyes.
Even nothing is still something
mattiasflgrtll617 November 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Before I get into the plot, I want to make a brief mention of the beginning. After Larry David left the series, the standup routines we see at the start of every episodes were done away with since Jerry Seinfeld couldn't take on so much work at once. So to see the finale open with a classic routine, the subject this time being the importance of sitting, standing or lying down for an important conversation was very nice to see. I remembered then how much I had missed them.
Jerry and George get the big break they've always waited for: Their show Jerry is given a second chance and picked up by NBC! This also means they'll have to move to California, but decide to take their friends Kramer and Elaine on a fun trip to France first. But is this seemingly perfect dream just an illusion?
I dreaded watching the final episode of Seinfeld. Not because of its divisiveness, but simply because it felt sad having to say goodbye to all these characters. I suppose that's the case with all great TV shows, but with some it's especially hard. Thankfully, for the most part they put in a good effort at delivering a memorable final outing to finish on.
The dialogue-driven witty humor is present as usual. Jerry having to reel George in because he can't help his whiny nitpicking provides some funny moments.
When they are at the meeting with NBC he for some reason corrects the executives on calling it a watercooler show since coffee machines are more popular now. He also objects to the idea of Jerry and Elaine becoming a couple since the show does not rely on relationship humor. Ironically this is kind of inaccurate since Seinfeld does relationship stories all the time, just not really in a serialized sense.
But what amuses me the most is that he even has to poke holes at the choice of fruit being offered, highly exaggerating how spiky pineapples are.
Luckily for both of them, his comments are not enough to deter the executives from picking up the series, and they are fully set on the future containing greener pastures.
Newman tries and fails to make Jerry include him on the trip since he has a sick cousin there. Whether he's telling the truth or just making it up to get out of the postal working tedium for a while is left unknown.
But one thing is for sure, when you piss off Newie he is not gonna take it lightly. We get a hilariously overdramatic yet also slightly ominous rant where he promises the four of them are gonna pay dearly for what they have just done.
In hindsight this is kinda interesting since he and Kramer are the only two to have some kind of a friendship. But his deep hatred of Jerry is so strong it must affect his opinion on the group as a whole.
Once the foursome get on the plane it's smooth flying. Of course though George can never be satisfied and complains about how generic and barren the inside of the private jet looks. You gotta love how this guy can find a negative in literally everything, no matter how good it is. Kramer still has water left in his ear from his recent beach visit and keeps shaking the plane so wildly it starts going down.
This results in a parodically sinister suggestion that this is how the story will end. They are so sure they will die all sorts of secrets come out. George cheated on the masturbating contest and Elaine almost tells Jerry she still loves him. It actually makes sense George would have cheated in the contest since we so rarely ever see him win anything.
To everyone's relief the plane lands safely and they take some time off to eat in Massachussets. Shook up by the scary plane trip, they settle on going back home in a normal flight.
Before they have a chance to do so however they witness an overweight guy getting mugged. Instead of intervening they stand by cracking jokes, particularly at how husky the man getting robbed is. This is some of the most heartless the gang has ever been, but the callousness makes it ridiculously funny. I can't think of many other characters who would be witnesses to a mugging and essentially treat it like a funny clip on America's Funniest Home Videos. To their surprise a police officer comes forward and arrests them for this due to a new Good Samaritan Law that has been passed in the state.
All hopes and dreams dashed, they are forced to enter a trial defending, you guessed it, the freedom of doing nothing. And to make it more entertaining we get the appearance of one of my favorite recurring characters Jackie Chiles. He has this quick and confident delivery to his lines that makes his scenes such a joy to watch. This would be everybody's dream lawyer if he existed in real life. On top of that a lot of the most iconic characters (As well as a few less-famous ones) return to testify and prove to the world just how despicable the four friends are. I had most fun seeing The Soup Nazi and Bubble Boy, since their personalities are so off-the-wall they are ingrained into your mind. Babu Bhatt is worth mentioning as well, though I feel kind of bad for Jerry in this case since he had the best of intentions in both encounters, and it's more bad luck that Babu's life went downhill the way it did.
We do get clips from past episodes during the trial, but they are relevant to the story and not as egregriously inserted as The Chronicle. It does slow things down a little, though not to detrimental levels.
What I have to criticize more though is that some of these testimonies were directly irrelevant to what the trial is about. George's ex bringing up her disgust over the contest would be grounds for an obscenity trial, and even then it wouldn't hold water anyway since that was a private thing which didn't involve anyone else. The same thing goes for Elaine's nipple being exposed in a Christmas photo. It makes the witnesses look more like petty jerks than the group itself.
During the trial Jerry asks Elaine what she was about to say on the plane before getting interrupted. Elaine lies and says she was telling him how much she loves United Airlines. Although considering how terrible their private jet experience was, who knows?
To nobody's surprise whatsoever, they lose the trial. The sentence for all four is one year. Before they are sent off into the slammer however we get one more scene in the holding cell. Elaine, having made "wrong" phone calls to her sick friend Jill all day (Because it wouldn't be Seinfeld if not for trying to follow horribly rigid social rules, such as not calling while you're outside), gets the idea of calling from inside prison. Since you can only make one phone call that would mean she preserves time just so Jill can feel better. And Jerry starts nitpicking the way a button on George's shirt is placed. George points out they must've had this conversation before, which they did in the first episode. It's a nice little bookend to close out the series.
We also get a post-credit scene where we are treated to another standup monologue. Jerry makes some prison-related jokes, which is greeted by hostility from some of the inmates. This only fuels him even further, until he's forcibly taken offstage. It kinda lessens the depressing nature of the previous few minutes, and leaves the audience some final laughs before closing down the curtain.
At the end of the day, is this one of the best episodes or the perfect way to close out the series? Maybe not, but I think it's appropriate to not go with a lovey-dovey happy ending that brings out the waterworks or leaves you smiling at how everything turned out all right in the end. Instead it's sarcastically dark and kind of a downer.
Despite how selfish and egotistic these characters are, we still love them with all our hearts for how much fun they've brought us over the years, complimented by the amazing performances and timelessly sharp writing.
It's so easy then to hope that they walk off into the sunset. Hell, I was totally happy for Jerry and George when their show got picked up by the network. But that's simply not the fate they were destined to have, and it wouldn't have been Seinfeld if everything worked out like a charm.
But hey. Like Jerry said, a year is not that bad. They'll be out and back at it again. Doing absolutely nothing of significance whatsoever.
Jerry and George get the big break they've always waited for: Their show Jerry is given a second chance and picked up by NBC! This also means they'll have to move to California, but decide to take their friends Kramer and Elaine on a fun trip to France first. But is this seemingly perfect dream just an illusion?
I dreaded watching the final episode of Seinfeld. Not because of its divisiveness, but simply because it felt sad having to say goodbye to all these characters. I suppose that's the case with all great TV shows, but with some it's especially hard. Thankfully, for the most part they put in a good effort at delivering a memorable final outing to finish on.
The dialogue-driven witty humor is present as usual. Jerry having to reel George in because he can't help his whiny nitpicking provides some funny moments.
When they are at the meeting with NBC he for some reason corrects the executives on calling it a watercooler show since coffee machines are more popular now. He also objects to the idea of Jerry and Elaine becoming a couple since the show does not rely on relationship humor. Ironically this is kind of inaccurate since Seinfeld does relationship stories all the time, just not really in a serialized sense.
But what amuses me the most is that he even has to poke holes at the choice of fruit being offered, highly exaggerating how spiky pineapples are.
Luckily for both of them, his comments are not enough to deter the executives from picking up the series, and they are fully set on the future containing greener pastures.
Newman tries and fails to make Jerry include him on the trip since he has a sick cousin there. Whether he's telling the truth or just making it up to get out of the postal working tedium for a while is left unknown.
But one thing is for sure, when you piss off Newie he is not gonna take it lightly. We get a hilariously overdramatic yet also slightly ominous rant where he promises the four of them are gonna pay dearly for what they have just done.
In hindsight this is kinda interesting since he and Kramer are the only two to have some kind of a friendship. But his deep hatred of Jerry is so strong it must affect his opinion on the group as a whole.
Once the foursome get on the plane it's smooth flying. Of course though George can never be satisfied and complains about how generic and barren the inside of the private jet looks. You gotta love how this guy can find a negative in literally everything, no matter how good it is. Kramer still has water left in his ear from his recent beach visit and keeps shaking the plane so wildly it starts going down.
This results in a parodically sinister suggestion that this is how the story will end. They are so sure they will die all sorts of secrets come out. George cheated on the masturbating contest and Elaine almost tells Jerry she still loves him. It actually makes sense George would have cheated in the contest since we so rarely ever see him win anything.
To everyone's relief the plane lands safely and they take some time off to eat in Massachussets. Shook up by the scary plane trip, they settle on going back home in a normal flight.
Before they have a chance to do so however they witness an overweight guy getting mugged. Instead of intervening they stand by cracking jokes, particularly at how husky the man getting robbed is. This is some of the most heartless the gang has ever been, but the callousness makes it ridiculously funny. I can't think of many other characters who would be witnesses to a mugging and essentially treat it like a funny clip on America's Funniest Home Videos. To their surprise a police officer comes forward and arrests them for this due to a new Good Samaritan Law that has been passed in the state.
All hopes and dreams dashed, they are forced to enter a trial defending, you guessed it, the freedom of doing nothing. And to make it more entertaining we get the appearance of one of my favorite recurring characters Jackie Chiles. He has this quick and confident delivery to his lines that makes his scenes such a joy to watch. This would be everybody's dream lawyer if he existed in real life. On top of that a lot of the most iconic characters (As well as a few less-famous ones) return to testify and prove to the world just how despicable the four friends are. I had most fun seeing The Soup Nazi and Bubble Boy, since their personalities are so off-the-wall they are ingrained into your mind. Babu Bhatt is worth mentioning as well, though I feel kind of bad for Jerry in this case since he had the best of intentions in both encounters, and it's more bad luck that Babu's life went downhill the way it did.
We do get clips from past episodes during the trial, but they are relevant to the story and not as egregriously inserted as The Chronicle. It does slow things down a little, though not to detrimental levels.
What I have to criticize more though is that some of these testimonies were directly irrelevant to what the trial is about. George's ex bringing up her disgust over the contest would be grounds for an obscenity trial, and even then it wouldn't hold water anyway since that was a private thing which didn't involve anyone else. The same thing goes for Elaine's nipple being exposed in a Christmas photo. It makes the witnesses look more like petty jerks than the group itself.
During the trial Jerry asks Elaine what she was about to say on the plane before getting interrupted. Elaine lies and says she was telling him how much she loves United Airlines. Although considering how terrible their private jet experience was, who knows?
To nobody's surprise whatsoever, they lose the trial. The sentence for all four is one year. Before they are sent off into the slammer however we get one more scene in the holding cell. Elaine, having made "wrong" phone calls to her sick friend Jill all day (Because it wouldn't be Seinfeld if not for trying to follow horribly rigid social rules, such as not calling while you're outside), gets the idea of calling from inside prison. Since you can only make one phone call that would mean she preserves time just so Jill can feel better. And Jerry starts nitpicking the way a button on George's shirt is placed. George points out they must've had this conversation before, which they did in the first episode. It's a nice little bookend to close out the series.
We also get a post-credit scene where we are treated to another standup monologue. Jerry makes some prison-related jokes, which is greeted by hostility from some of the inmates. This only fuels him even further, until he's forcibly taken offstage. It kinda lessens the depressing nature of the previous few minutes, and leaves the audience some final laughs before closing down the curtain.
At the end of the day, is this one of the best episodes or the perfect way to close out the series? Maybe not, but I think it's appropriate to not go with a lovey-dovey happy ending that brings out the waterworks or leaves you smiling at how everything turned out all right in the end. Instead it's sarcastically dark and kind of a downer.
Despite how selfish and egotistic these characters are, we still love them with all our hearts for how much fun they've brought us over the years, complimented by the amazing performances and timelessly sharp writing.
It's so easy then to hope that they walk off into the sunset. Hell, I was totally happy for Jerry and George when their show got picked up by the network. But that's simply not the fate they were destined to have, and it wouldn't have been Seinfeld if everything worked out like a charm.
But hey. Like Jerry said, a year is not that bad. They'll be out and back at it again. Doing absolutely nothing of significance whatsoever.
I get what they were trying to do but this was a very weird ending
djcaone29 August 2022
It was a clever idea to have the four of them finally face repercussions for all of their social misdemeanours but I have to say, this was very strangely executed. It just felt like a flimsy excuse to bring all the classic one-time characters back and shoehorn them into the plot (a plot which was tedious at best). Adding to that, a total lack of screen time for the main four despite the fact that it was their final outing after 9 years.
Maybe it's a shock to us as viewers because in sitcom finales, everything usually works out well in the end for the main characters but I felt like this could have been written much better.
Maybe it's a shock to us as viewers because in sitcom finales, everything usually works out well in the end for the main characters but I felt like this could have been written much better.
one of the worst finales
shwhwhtbbfxjis9 July 2022
Underrated finale
kellielulu16 June 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I liked it at the more than most people seemed to. I didn't think it was the best episode but a fitting end. I enjoy the foursome and laugh at their antics but it's not a bad thing that they got some payback.
I was not surprised Jerry and Kramer adjusted better than George and Elaine to there new circumstances.
The long line of witnesses and courtroom observers was a great walk down memory lane.
Now watching it again I have a renewed apperception for the finale .
Maybe the best series of all time.
I was not surprised Jerry and Kramer adjusted better than George and Elaine to there new circumstances.
The long line of witnesses and courtroom observers was a great walk down memory lane.
Now watching it again I have a renewed apperception for the finale .
Maybe the best series of all time.
I for one loved it
dgornjakovic8729 May 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I dont know if it was the low expectation I took into watching the finale based on other reviews, but I felt it's the perfect ending to a show about nothing.
The group faces karma for all previous mishaps, but as we see in the final minutes, it doesnt really cause them any remorse.
It was lovely seeing so many characters from previous seasons together and interacting with one another in their spitefull reappearances.
Anyway the fact I finally got to enjoy this in 2022 speaks volumes about how great of a show this is.
The group faces karma for all previous mishaps, but as we see in the final minutes, it doesnt really cause them any remorse.
It was lovely seeing so many characters from previous seasons together and interacting with one another in their spitefull reappearances.
Anyway the fact I finally got to enjoy this in 2022 speaks volumes about how great of a show this is.
Too long.
jcdw-8887823 May 2022
What Could Be More Apropos?
Ecupirate4ever3 May 2022
I challenge every reviewer who gave a negative review of the finale to suggest a more appropriate ending than what the writers & producers crafted. It's genius. I can't think of a more fitting way to encapsulate the self-centered lifestyles & social agnosticism consistently displayed through the behavior of the show's 4 main characters than to surf the 9 seasons & nearly 200 episode to identify the events & personal interactions that best define their shared moral compass.
Much of the show's humor is imbedded within the diverse characters with whom our 4 stars interact, & the genius of the writers & producers is revealed by the plot used to justify a gathering of some 40 of the funniest characters to have appeared in the series. Having criminal charges against our stars may stretch our imagination, but it's the perfect ploy by which individual character takes center stage.
To roughly parrot one of Jerry's lines from early in the series, albeit with a twist, "It's not Kramer, it's KARMA!"
Much of the show's humor is imbedded within the diverse characters with whom our 4 stars interact, & the genius of the writers & producers is revealed by the plot used to justify a gathering of some 40 of the funniest characters to have appeared in the series. Having criminal charges against our stars may stretch our imagination, but it's the perfect ploy by which individual character takes center stage.
To roughly parrot one of Jerry's lines from early in the series, albeit with a twist, "It's not Kramer, it's KARMA!"
Fantastic
fuad_tarin_5827 March 2022
What a great ending to a great series.
For me this is the best comedieseries ever made. Jerrey, George, Elaine and Kramer are all perfectly done character. And the side characters are also very well cast and done.
I cant belive the hate this last episode gets, its never easy to get a good ending for any show and its been proven year after year by all the shows giving us very bad ending. But this one is very weel done. I loved how everything they did got back to them at the end to bite them back.
Will miss this show 10/10z.
For me this is the best comedieseries ever made. Jerrey, George, Elaine and Kramer are all perfectly done character. And the side characters are also very well cast and done.
I cant belive the hate this last episode gets, its never easy to get a good ending for any show and its been proven year after year by all the shows giving us very bad ending. But this one is very weel done. I loved how everything they did got back to them at the end to bite them back.
Will miss this show 10/10z.
Time for me to take the stand...
CatRufus559123 March 2022
...or take A stand, actually. This idiocy ran for the umpteenth time on Comedy Central or some such cable channel, or TBS or something. Sorry, not sure.
I can just picture the cast, or writers, or whoever thought up this drivel, high-fiving each other when they thought, HEY!!! LET'S MAKE THE FINALE A TRIAL!!! WE CAN BRING BACK EVERY SINGLE WACKY CHARACTER THAT EVER APPEARED ON THE SHOW!!!
I loved Seinfeld. My co-workers and I would reference it, quote it, talk about it the day after each episode aired. It was so good.
But what a terrible way to sign off - with wretched excess. This bloated, overblown finale managed to do something that Jerry and the gang never did throughout the entire run of the show ( okay, maybe except for the 'circumcision' episode. That guy who played the rabbi managed to take unfunny overacting to a new level)- TRYING TOO HARD to be funny.
Maybe you remember this finale fondly. Just watch it again if you have the chance. It's terrible.
I can just picture the cast, or writers, or whoever thought up this drivel, high-fiving each other when they thought, HEY!!! LET'S MAKE THE FINALE A TRIAL!!! WE CAN BRING BACK EVERY SINGLE WACKY CHARACTER THAT EVER APPEARED ON THE SHOW!!!
I loved Seinfeld. My co-workers and I would reference it, quote it, talk about it the day after each episode aired. It was so good.
But what a terrible way to sign off - with wretched excess. This bloated, overblown finale managed to do something that Jerry and the gang never did throughout the entire run of the show ( okay, maybe except for the 'circumcision' episode. That guy who played the rabbi managed to take unfunny overacting to a new level)- TRYING TOO HARD to be funny.
Maybe you remember this finale fondly. Just watch it again if you have the chance. It's terrible.
What to expect
safenoe12 February 2022
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I loved watching Seinfeld back in the 90s and the build-up to The Finale was massive for sure. I was let down and I refuse to watch reruns of The Finale. Maybe I'm asking too much, but as one reviewer said, it was mainly clips and so on. Still, seeing the past characters was worthy for sure.
Far from perfect but better with age
chunkylefunga19 December 2021
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When I first saw the finale live I was a young child and I absolutely hated it, I felt it was out of touch with the show, was a glorified clip show, and was a real let down.
Now as an adult I can see that a show about nothing can't just finish with nothing, so this is the lil bit of something that had to give.
Overally it's not a bad episode, but the clip show aspect is annoying, the trial would have worked better with more characters shouting at them, and zero flashbacks.
If you haven't seen it already, there's a reunion special on curb your enthusiam, which you can search online for to see it in full.
Now as an adult I can see that a show about nothing can't just finish with nothing, so this is the lil bit of something that had to give.
Overally it's not a bad episode, but the clip show aspect is annoying, the trial would have worked better with more characters shouting at them, and zero flashbacks.
If you haven't seen it already, there's a reunion special on curb your enthusiam, which you can search online for to see it in full.
A classic Larry episode
cemturc18 December 2021
We All Know it Was a Disappointment
wookietower24 November 2021
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Rewatching this 23 years after it first aired, I'm reminded of how disappointed in the Finale I was.
Yea the ending stunk, but this episode would have been a lot better if it was not essentially a glorified clip show.
I enjoyed all the returning characters but instead of the flashbacks, they could've just had everyone recounting the experiences with the group, it would've been a lot funnier and more of a payoff to the long-time fans who recalled even moment.
Yea the ending stunk, but this episode would have been a lot better if it was not essentially a glorified clip show.
I enjoyed all the returning characters but instead of the flashbacks, they could've just had everyone recounting the experiences with the group, it would've been a lot funnier and more of a payoff to the long-time fans who recalled even moment.
Hated this ending
vn_larsen126 October 2021
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This show is hilarious. It has some of the best one liners I can remember and reruns never get old. But this finale was just the worst. First, the concept of arresting and prosecuting bystanders for not interfering in a crime just doesn't make sense. Second, our main characters barely said anything throughout the entire second half of the episode. I don't know who thought bringing on a myriad of one timers and guest stars was a good way to end this series, but it wasn't. And last, the fact they end up going to prison for a year just didn't sit well with me at all. I can't exactly pinpoint why, it just left a bad taste in my mouth. Not how I wanted this great show to end.
Seinfeld Ends In Style On Its Own Terms
film_poster_fan24 October 2021
So many people on this database whine that they are disappointed in the series finale of Seinfeld. One reviewer did not seem to realize that Larry David had returned to write this episode and took issue with the poor writing of the finale. It is well written and one of the best episodes of the final season. Also good to see so many of the supporting players return for the finale.
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