27. "The Bizarro Jerry" (Season 8). Elaine's discovery of a "bizarro" version of all her friends is so ridiculously over-the-top that the fact the writers made it work is a miracle in itself. On top of Elaine's stumble into an alternate-universe Seinfeld, you get George foisted upon models at a ...
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...on 5). Kramer's phone-sex plotline feels ripped from Seinfeld's more sex-obsessed early seasons, but what redeems the episode is George's failed bromance with Tony — including quite possibly the only worthwhile acting performance from Dan Cortese.
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37. "The Movie" (Season 4). A narrative pretzel that ends in hilarious calamity, “The Movie” is like "The Chinese Restaurant" with an open floor plan. If anyone else behaved the way these four do in an actual movie theater, they'd be chased out; in "The Movie" their actions are somehow kind ...
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62. "The Betrayal" (Season 9). Ah, the infamous "backwards episode,” which was hated at the time of release. Granted, it's a cheap gimmick, and it gets more than a little confusing, and Kramer's personal war with Franklin Delano Romanowski isn't too compelling. But you know what? It’s better than you remem...
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69. "The Caddy" (Season 7). One simple rule: If the bra doesn't fit, you must acquit. Sue Ellen aside, George fakes his attendance in the Yankees’ office for so long that the team eventually think he's dead, thereby torpedoing the promotion that he was lined up to get by faking his own attendance. Classic George.
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... (Season 4). Despite this episode’s potent quotable ("They're real, and they're spectacular"), the plot concerning whether "they're" real or not isn't actually all that funny. You know what is funny? George trying to get discounted airfare while traveling to a girlfriend's family member's funeral — and getting into a fight with one of her relatives over double-dipping a chip.
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96. "The Calzone" (Season 7). A showcase of Richards's incomparable gift for physical comedy — first when he tries to toast his clothes in the oven where George gets Steinbrenner calzones for lunch every day, and then when he throws a sack of pennies at Elaine's non-boyfriend Todd Gack. The show's mythological relationship with Cuban cigars returns here, too, with Peruvian cigars masquerading as Cubans b...
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101. "The Heart Attack" (Season 2). Home to one of Larry David's only on-camera appearances, as well as a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo from career character actor Stephen Tobolowsky. Not the strongest overall episode, but the scene where two paramedics argue about who ate the last of the Chuckles is a subtle suggestion that, in the Seinfeld universe, it isn't just the main chara...
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106. "The Virgin" (Season 4). Really just a setup for the all-time classic "The Contest," this episode—featuring a story credit from the Farrelly Brothers—is one of many in which George both intentionally and unintentionally enacts incredible cruelty towards Susan.
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