The WORST episodes of Seinfeld

Every episode of Seinfeld ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Seinfeld!

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.

Last Updated: 3/15/2026Network: NBCStatus: Ended
The Highlights of 100 (Part 2)
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6.65
588 votes

#1 - The Highlights of 100 (Part 2)

Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/2/1995

A special one-hour Seinfeld looks back at the first one hundred shows.

Directors: Andy Ackerman
The Highlights of 100 (Part 1)
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7.04
833 votes

#2 - The Highlights of 100 (Part 1)

Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/2/1995

A special one-hour Seinfeld looks back at the first one hundred shows.

Directors: Andy Ackerman
The Bottle Deposit (Part 2)
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7.20
699 votes

#3 - The Bottle Deposit (Part 2)

Season 7 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/6/1992

Wilhelm is delighted with the job George did on the project; however, he has no idea what he did or how he did it. The detective on the case thinks he's found Jerry's car, damaged beyond recognition. It's not, and later Jerry's mechanic calls him from the car. Kramer spots Jerry's car in Ohio. Steinbrenner calls George into his office about the project report and has him committed. Kramer ditches the cans, bottles, mailbags and Newman in pursuit of Jerry's car. Newman finds a farmer's house, complete with the proverbial daughter. The mechanic throws the clubs and bag at Kramer's truck, allowing him to get away. Deena is happy to see that George is getting the help he needs. Peterman is stunned when he finally gets the clubs, "Elaine, I never knew Kennedy had such a temper."

Directors: Andy Ackerman
The Seinfeld Chronicles
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7.28
3931 votes

#4 - The Seinfeld Chronicles

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/5/1989

Jerry is ecstatic that a woman he met on the road is coming to stay with him in New York, but his flabbergasted when he discovers she's engaged to be married.

Directors: Art Wolff
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The Stake Out
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7.32
3284 votes

#5 - The Stake Out

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/31/1990

Jerry and his ex-girlfriend Elaine discover the true meaning of friendship when Jerry decides to pursue romance with a gorgeous friend of Elaine's.

Directors: Tom Cherones
The Dog
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7.32
1942 votes

#6 - The Dog

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/1991

Jerry is stuck at home when he gets roped into dog-sitting a rambunctious hound. Without Jerry around, George and Elaine find they have little in common. Meanwhile, Kramer insists it's the absolute end for him and his girlfriend and that he's going to end the relationship.

Directors: Tom Cherones
Writer: Larry David
The Bookstore
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7.33
1339 votes

#7 - 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.

Directors: Andy Ackerman
The Trip (1)
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7.34
1824 votes

#8 - The Trip (1)

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/12/1992

When Jerry is booked to appear on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno," he takes George with him to Los Angeles to search for Kramer -- who vanished in a huff months earlier only to pop up inexplicably on TV in an episode of "Murphy Brown." George and Jerry are unaware that their wayward friend is in trouble as a victim of mistaken identity. Meanwhile, George bothers every celebrity he encounters.

Directors: Tom Cherones
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Male Unbonding
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7.36
2709 votes

#9 - Male Unbonding

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/14/1990

Jerry finds that trying to end a friendship with Joel, a guy he's known and disliked for years, is harder than breaking up with a woman.

Directors: Tom Cherones
The Cartoon
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7.38
1377 votes

#10 - 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.

Directors: Andy Ackerman
The Robbery
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7.38
2805 votes

#11 - The Robbery

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/7/1990

When Jerry's apartment is broken into, George persuades him to look at a new one. But the decision to move sets off an unhappy chain of events as Elaine wants to rent Jerry's old place, and George really wants his new one.

Directors: Tom Cherones
Writer: Matt Goldman
The Suicide
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7.40
1679 votes

#12 - The Suicide

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/29/1992

Jerry frets that his creepy neighbor will awake from his coma and find out that he's been dating the sick man's passionate girlfriend. Meanwhile, Elaine is out of her mind with hunger after fasting to prepare for an ulcer test, and George delays a Caribbean vacation to consult a psychic about his fear of a plane crash.

Directors: Tom Cherones
Writer: Tom Leopold
The Friars Club
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7.41
1314 votes

#13 - The Friars Club

Season 7 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/7/1996

Jerry's relationship with Susan's best friend is impaired by a missing jacket.

Directors: Andy Ackerman
Writer: David Mandel
The Baby Shower
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7.41
2037 votes

#14 - The Baby Shower

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/16/1991

Kramer talks Jerry into getting cable-television service from an illegal source, and the crooked cable installer shows up on the same day Jerry has given use of his apartment to Elaine for a friend's baby shower.

Directors: Tom Cherones
The Busboy
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7.43
1956 votes

#15 - The Busboy

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/26/1991

George feels guilty for inadvertently getting a busboy fired from his job and then tries to make it up to him. Meanwhile, Elaine spends the week with an old boyfriend who is visiting her from out of town.

Directors: Tom Cherones
The Junk Mail
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7.44
1452 votes

#16 - 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.

Directors: Andy Ackerman
The Chronicle (Part 2)
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7.45
644 votes

#17 - 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.

Directors: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Darin Henry
The Couch
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7.46
1562 votes

#18 - The Couch

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/1994

Jerry's new couch gets Elaine a new boyfriend.

Directors: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Larry David
The Stranded
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7.47
1758 votes

#19 - The Stranded

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/1991

Elaine and Jerry are left stranded at a party after George goes home with his date.

Directors: Tom Cherones
The Soul Mate
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7.47
1478 votes

#20 - The Soul Mate

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1996

As George frets about being suspected of killing his fiancee, Kramer falls for Jerry's new girlfriend.

Directors: Andy Ackerman
The Money
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7.48
1335 votes

#21 - The Money

Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/16/1997

Jerry buys back a car his parents sold as the Costanzas decide to spend George's inheritance; Kramer can't sleep with his new girlfriend, while Peterman returns unexpectedly.

Directors: Andy Ackerman
The Chronicle (Part 1)
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7.48
852 votes

#22 - 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.

Directors: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Darin Henry
The Stock Tip
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7.48
2348 votes

#23 - The Stock Tip

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/21/1990

Jerry invests in the stock market on a hot tip from George.

Directors: Tom Cherones
The Finale (Part 2)
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7.48
733 votes

#24 - 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.

Directors: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Larry David
The Bottle Deposit (Part 1)
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7.48
1207 votes

#25 - The Bottle Deposit (Part 1)

Season 7 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/2/1996

George doesn't hear the details on an important project that Wilhelm wants him to champion. Peterman wants Elaine to bid on a set of golf clubs at the Kennedy auction, her ceiling is $10,000; however, she gets into a bidding war with Sue Ellen, the Oh Henry! candy heiress. Consequently, she spends a bit more than she was authorized. Newman finds the missing ingredient to make it cost effective in Kramer's scheme to collect used pop bottles and cans and take them to Michigan where the refund is doubled. Jerry takes his car to a mechanic, who's fanatical about car care. Elaine meets Jerry to get the golf clubs out of his car, but the mechanic, distraught over Jerry's negligence, steals it. Kramer and Newman collect their bottles and cans and hit the road in a mail truck.

Directors: Andy Ackerman