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    The Essential Seinfeld List

    Sure, Seinfeld was about nothing, but it's not easy to catch up on a show that lasted for 9 seasons. Luckily, I've complied a handy dandy list of the episodes you shouldn't miss.

    Season 2

    Episode 2: The Pony Remark

    Everyone back in Europe had ponies, apparently.

    Episode 9: The Deal

    Jerry and Elaine try to negotiate a friend-with-benefits type situation.

    Season 3

    Episode 1: The Note

    George thinks he's attracted to his male physical therapist.

    Episode 6: The Parking Garage

    They all get lost in a parking garage. There is public urination.

    Episode 8: The Tape

    Elaine leaves a sexy voicemail.

    Episode 11: The Alternate Side

    This one contains the iconic line: "THESE PRETZELS ARE MAKING ME THIRSTY."

    Episode 13: The Subway

    The group parts ways on the subway and has ...interesting adventures.

    Episode 17: The Boyfriend

    A parody of the Kennedy assassination second-shooter theory.

    Episode 19: The Limo

    Neo-Nazis.

    Episode 21: The Letter

    The episode with the famous Kramer painting.

    Episode 23: The Keys

    "The covenant of the keys" and Kramer leaves for California

    Season 4

    Episode 3: The Pitch

    Jerry and George pitch a show about nothing. It's Seinfeld-ception.

    Episode 7: The Bubble Boy

    George gets into a fight with a boy who lives in a bubble.

    Episode 11: The Contest

    The group sees who can go the longest without masturbating.

    Episode 12: The Airport

    Elaine suffers through economy class air travel while Jerry meets a hottie in first class.

    Episode 13: The Pick

    Jerry allegedly gets caught picking his nose; Elaine has a nip slip.

    Episode 14: The Movie

    They can't manage to meet up in the same movie.

    Episode 17: The Outing

    George and Jerry get mistaken for a gay couple. This episode is the origin of the famous Seinfeld phrase "Not that there's anything wrong with that." It's dated now, but a well-known episode.

    Episode 19: The Implant

    Jerry enlists the help of Elaine to determine if his girlfriend's chest is real; this is the origin of the phrase "they're real and they're spectacular."

    Episode 21: The Smelly Car

    Jerry and Elaine try to escape "mutant B.O." George is convinced he drove his ex-girlfriend to lesbianism.

    Episode 22: The Handicap Spot

    George parks a car in a handicap spot and then buys a defective wheelchair.

    Episode 23: The Pilot (part 1)

    George and Jerry audition actors for parts in their Seinfeld pilot.

    Season 5

    Episode 1: The Mango

    Elaine reveals that she faked every orgasm she claimed to have with Jerry. He takes this as an insult on his sexual prowess.

    Episode 2: The Puffy Shirt

    Jerry wears a puffy shirt that makes him look like a pirate on national TV.

    Episode 3: The Glasses

    Elaine gets bitten by a dog and begins to think she has rabies.

    Episode 5: The Bris

    Kramer thinks he's seen a "Pig Man," and a bris goes wrong.

    Episode 6: The Lip Reader

    Elaine pretends to be deaf to avoid talking to a limo driver.

    Episode 7: The Non-Fat Yogurt

    A business lies about having non-fat yogurt.

    Episode 8: The Barber

    Jerry gets a bad haircut and tries to switch barbers; it's treated like an affair. What makes it truly fantastic is the way the barbers cry over Edward Scissorhands and his hair-cutting skill.

    Episode 11: The Conversion

    Kramer discovers he has "the lure of the animal" over women; George is willing to convert to pursue a woman.

    Episode 12: The Stall

    Elaine needs toilet paper and her stall neighbor is unwilling.

    Episode 15: The Pie

    Elaine finds a mannequin that looks just like her.

    Episode 16: The Stand-In

    A guy takes "it" out on a date with Elaine.

    Episode 17: The Wife

    Jerry and his girlfriend pretend to be married to get a couples discount at the dry cleaner. FRIENDS fan bonus: Jerry's girlfriend is played by Courtney Cox.

    Episode 18/19: The Raincoats

    Jerry is caught making out during Schindler's List much to the dismay of his Jewish parents.

    Episode 20: The Fire

    George pushes women and children out of his way to get out of a building on fire.

    Episode 21: The Hamptons

    There's a "breakingtaking" baby, but more importantly, Elaine has male "shrinkage" explained to her.

    Episode 22: The Opposite

    George does everything opposite of how he normally would. Kramer markets a coffee table book about coffee tables.

    Season 6

    Episode 2: The Big Salad

    George is offended that his girlfriend takes credit for buying a salad for Elaine.

    Episode 4: The Chinese Woman

    George's father is seen talking with a man in a cape. His parents also decide to separate.

    Episode 6: The Gymnast

    Jerry dates a gymnast; we discover George takes off his shirt to use the restroom.

    Episode 9: The Secretary

    Elaine gets angry at a department store for using "skinny mirrors."

    Episode 10: The Race

    Elaine accidentally gets her Communist boyfriend blacklisted.

    Episode 11: The Switch

    Kramer's first name is finally revealed.

    Episode 16: The Beard

    Elaine tries to convert a gay man. She also opposes George's toupee.

    Episode 17: The Kiss Hello

    Kramer puts up tenant pictures in the lobby, thinking people would like to know each other better. Jerry disagrees.

    Episode 18: The Doorman

    Kramer and George's dad develop the Manzziere a.ka., the Bro.

    Episode 21: The Fusilli Jerry

    Wikipedia said it best: "Kramer gets his new license plates from the DMV, but the plates say "ASSMAN." Jerry finds out his mechanic used his "move" on Elaine while making love to her. Kramer makes a statue of Jerry out of fusilli pasta."

    Episode 23: The Face Painter

    Elaine discovers her boyfriend is the type of dude who paints his face for sports games. She is not pleased.

    Episode 24: The Understudy

    Elaine enlists the help of George's dad to translate what her manicurists are saying about her.

    Season 7

    Episode 3: The Maestro

    Elaine dates a guy that wants everyone to refer to him as "Maestro." Kramer gets free lifetime coffee (featuring Phil Morris as Kramer's lawyer, Jackie Chiles)

    Episode 4: The Wink

    Elaine dates the voice of her wake-up service (voiced by Peter Dinklage). George develops a eye twitch that gets misinterpreted as winking.

    Episode 5: The Hot Tub

    Kramer installs a hot tub in his apartment.

    Episode 6: The Soup Nazi

    The Soup Nazi.

    Episode 8: The Pool Guy

    Elaine and George's fiance become friends and he freaks out because his "worlds are colliding"

    Episode 9: The Sponge

    Elaine has a limited amount of birth control left; she has to decide whether her date is "spongeworthy" or not.

    Episode 10: The Gum

    George ends up in a Henry VIII costume and it looks perfect.

    Episode 11: The Rye

    George's and his fiancé's parents meet. It doesn't go well.

    Episode 13: The Seven

    Elaine strains her neck; George thinks it's a good idea to name a child "Seven."

    Episode 16: The Showerhead

    Elaine tests positive for opium.

    Episode 17: The Doll

    George's fiance has a doll that looks exactly like George's mom.

    Episode 19: The Wig Master

    Kramer accidentally becomes a pimp.

    Episode 24: The Invitations

    George's fiance dies from licking the toxic glue on their wedding invitation envelopes.

    Season 8

    Episode 1: The Foundation

    George can't distance himself from his dead fiance's parents; Elaine tries to popularize a hat called the "urban sombrero."

    Episode 3: The Bizarro Jerry

    Elaine befriends a group that are exact opposites of her own.

    Episode 4: The Little Kicks

    Elaine dances.

    Episode 5: The Package

    George has Kramer take boudoir photos of him.

    Episode 8: The Chicken Roaster

    Jerry and Kramer switch apartments, and then personalities.

    Episode 11: The Little Jerry

    Jerry and Kramer get into cockfighting.

    Episode 13: The Comeback

    George can't think of a great comeback. The one he comes up with is not good either.

    Episode 15: The Susie

    Elaine creates an alter ego named Susie.

    Episode 17: The English Patient

    Elaine hates a movie everyone else loves and is shunned for it.

    Episode 18: The Nap

    George alters his work desk so that he can take naps under it.

    Episode 19: The Yada Yada

    The group discusses the phrase "yada yada yada" and its possible usage to gloss over sex. Jerry gets called an "anti-dentite."

    Episode 21: The Muffin Tops

    Elaine develops the idea of selling muffins without the "stumps;" Jerry starts shaving his chest.

    Episode 22: The Summer of George

    Elaine makes fun of the way a coworker (Molly Shannon) walks. George thinks he can take the summer off of work with his severance pay.

    Season 9

    Episode 1: The Butter Shave

    Kramer starts using butter as an aftershave, George gets hired when the company thinks he is disabled, and Elaine goes to Europe with her boyfriend.

    Episode 3: The Serenity Now

    George's father is given a phrase to say whenever his blood pressure rises to a certain level.

    Episode 4: The Blood

    Jerry gets a blood transfusion from Kramer; George tries to integrate TV and food into sex.

    Episode 7: The Slicer

    Kramer buys a meat slicer.

    Episode 8: The Betrayal

    The group goes to a wedding in India. The episode unfolds in reverse chronological order.

    Episode 9: The Apology

    A coworker is only disgusted by Elaine's germs.

    Episode 10: The Strike

    George's father explains his Christmas alternative, Festivus.

    Episode 11: The Dealership

    Jerry tries to buy a car from Elaine's boyfriend.

    Episode 14: The Strong Box

    George tries to break up with a woman but ends up with two girlfriends instead. Elaine dates a poor man.

    Episode 15: The Wizard

    Jerry's dad struggles with new technology and Elaine can't figure out her new boyfriend's ethnicity.

    Episode 16: The Burning

    Elaine finds out that her boyfriend is religious.

    Episode 18: The Frogger

    Elaine gets fed up with cake and workplace celebrations.

    Episode 19: The Maid

    Elaine's area code changes and ruins her life.

    Episode 23/24: The Finale

    Obviously, you should watch the end of the show if you've gotten this far. It's a fun run through of old characters.