The BEST episodes of Seinfeld season 9
Every episode of Seinfeld season 9, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Seinfeld season 9!
The "show about nothing" is a sitcom landmark, with comic Jerry and his three sardonic friends finding laughs in both the mundane and the ridiculous.
#1 - The Burning
Season 9 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/19/1998
Kramer and Mickey play ill for med students; Elaine learns that Puddy's religious; George works out how and when to make a good exit; a tractor figures into the past of Jerry's girlfriend.
#2 - The Frogger
Season 9 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/23/1998
George buys an arcade game to preserve his high score; fear of a serial killer adversely affects Jerry's social life; Elaine eats Peterman's slice of wedding cake from the nuptials of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
#3 - The Finale (Part 1)
Season 9 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/14/1998
Jerry and George discuss the movies and George's desire to get his fifteen minutes of fame. Kramer is off to the beach. Elaine calls a friend, whose father is in the hospital, with her cell phone; Jerry and George tell her that is a social faux pas. Jerry gets a message from NBC that they want to talk about the pilot. So Jerry and George go to meet with the new vice president of programming, who is interested in turning their pilot into a 13 episode series. Jerry and George begin to make plans to move to California.
#4 - The Betrayal
Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/1997
Flashbacks trace the evolution of Jerry, George and Elaine's disastrous trip to a wedding in India, and Kramer's desperate need to barter for a birthday wish.
#5 - The Blood
Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/1997
Kramer stores his own blood to avoid a blood-bank fee; George tries to combine his two passions, sex and food; Elaine's plan to show responsibility backfires; Jerry trains with fitness guru Izzy Mendelbaum.
#6 - The Puerto Rican Day
Season 9 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/7/1998
Gridlocked by a parade, Jerry verbally spars with another driver; George goes to a movie; and Kramer looks for a bathroom. Elaine, meanwhile, searches for a crossing point with a group of strangers.
#7 - The Voice
Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/1997
Kramer hires an assistant; George's boss tries to force him out; Elaine bets Jerry she won't get back with her latest ex.
#8 - The Merv Griffin Show
Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/1997
Kramer turns his apartment into a talk-show set; Jerry's girlfriend won't let him play with her toys; George's clash with pigeons leads to problems with a squirrel; a new employee's silent movement rattles Elaine.
#9 - The Apology
Season 9 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/11/1997
Jerry's girlfriend is naked too often; Elaine's lifestyle offends a co-worker; Kramer seeks to shorten his showers; George has a disagreement with a new AA member.
#10 - The Reverse Peephole
Season 9 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/15/1998
Elaine gets into a hassle regarding fur; Jerry stops carrying a wallet, while George suffers from his overstuffed one; Kramer keeps Newman from being evicted.
#11 - The Strike
Season 9 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/18/1997
Kramer returns to work after his 12-year strike is settled; Jerry dates a woman whose appearance fluctuates; George gives holiday gifts in his co-workers' names to a fraudulent charity.
#12 - The Serenity Now
Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/1997
George goes to work for his father; Jerry's girlfriend wants to see his emotions; Kramer adopts a suburban feel at home; Elaine prompts two Jewish men to renounce their faith.
#13 - The Slicer
Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/1997
George has a past with his new boss; Jerry's "revenge date" backfires; Kramer's deli slicer solves Elaine's problem with a neighbor.
#14 - The Dealership
Season 9 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/8/1998
At a car dealership, Kramer takes a test drive, while Jerry's deal is threatened by a fight between Elaine and Puddy.
#15 - The Butter Shave
Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/1997
Kramer uses butter for shaving--and more; George's cane is an advantage at his new job; Jerry feels used by his comedy nemesis, Bania; Elaine breaks up with her boyfriend before their flight back from Europe.
#16 - The Strongbox
Season 9 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/5/1998
Jerry keeps finding Kramer's hidden strongbox key. Elaine dates a mysterious man. George plans a breakup.
#17 - The Wizard
Season 9 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/26/1998
Jerry buys his father an electric organizer; Kramer retires and moves next door to Jerry's parents in Florida; Susan's parents catch George in a lie; Elaine can't tell if she's part of an interracial couple.
#18 - The Maid
Season 9 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/30/1998
Elaine's area code is changed; a co-worker steals George's desired nickname; Jerry sleeps with his maid; Kramer endures a "long-distance relationship" when his girlfriend moves downtown.
#19 - The Finale (Part 2)
Season 9 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/14/1998
The videotape Kramer made is played for the jury. When the NBC executives arrive, George forgets about the trial for a moment and complains loudly about the plane. The prosecution begins to call their witnesses and each will do more to break down the characters of the foursome. First, the arresting officer is called to the stand, followed by the victim. Then the prosecution begins to call a variety of familiar faces. Starting with the elderly woman that Jerry stole the marble rye from. The virgin, Marla, is called to the stand and she tells the court about the foursome's contest. Further testimony is given by the bubble boy. The woman who needed a handicapped spot. The doctor who was on duty the night Susan died. Sidra, the woman with no implants. Mr. Bookman, the library cop.
#20 - The Chronicle (Part 1)
Season 9 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/14/1998
Jerry, Elaine, George & Kramer plan to go to the movie, but Jerry takes out a little time to look at nine years of memories. Featuring relationships (getting in & out), etc.
#21 - The Chronicle (Part 2)
Season 9 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/14/1988
More clips are seen and finally the closing minutes feature a series of bloopers and a musical montage that features the song "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" by the band Green Day, from their 1997 album Nimrod.
#22 - The Junk Mail
Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/1997
Kramer battles junk mail; George thinks his parents are trying to avoid him; Jerry acquires a van; and Elaine gets a new man, whose past comes back to haunt her.
#23 - The Cartoon
Season 9 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/1998
An actress turns Jerry's criticism into a one-woman show; Kramer stops talking after offending George; Elaine struggles to understand a cartoon in The New Yorker.
#24 - The Bookstore
Season 9 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/9/1998
A bookstore busts Uncle Leo for shoplifting and George for bathroom reading; a misdeed at a company party costs Elaine; Kramer and Newman get a rickshaw, and audition homeless people to pull it.