For 25 years now, the final episode of NBC’s sitcom Seinfeld has been at the center of a heated debate concerning its quality. For many fans, the Seinfeld finale is the worst possible ending for the self-proclaimed “show about nothing”.
However, to the discerning viewer, it is pretty clear that the two-parter is actually one of the greatest series finales in the history of television. After all, it is hard to argue with the episode’s reasoning that Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld), George (Jason Alexander), Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), and Kramer (Michael Richards) deserve to be punished for their horrid actions throughout the show. It is also hard to argue with the fact that such horrible people would never allow any kind of punishment to change the putrid essence of their being.
Besides this flawless logic, there is also the fact that the Seinfeld finale is a legitimately funny episode of the show, as well as one that wraps up the series perfectly by giving consequence to everything that happened throughout the previous seasons. Simply called “The Finale”, Seinfeld’s very last episode is full of callbacks to older episodes of the show. There are so many callbacks, in fact, that it can be hard to keep track of who’s who in the endless parade of people ready to point fingers at the so-called “New York Four”.
The plot of “The Finale” kicks off for real when Jerry receives a phone call from NBC announcing that the network’s new president, James Kimborough (Peter Riegert), wants to sit down with him to talk about Jerry. The fake sitcom that serves as an in-universe equivalent of Seinfeld was first introduced in Season 4, when Jerry and George were able to turn their project into a pilot. Now, five years and four seasons later, it seems like NBC is finally ready to make a series order. Jerry is ecstatic with the news, and George is… well, he’s complaining, of course, but he’s also happy. Things get even better when NBC offers them a private jet to take them anywhere they want. And, so, alongside Kramer and Elaine, Jerry and George set off on a trip to Paris.
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