Should they let the series die with Susan after that crappy season finale?

I was expecting the wedding to be called off but Susan's death was not only unexpected, it was comedic dead end.

I would have been at least slightly relieved if they had made it into a "very special Seinfeld" dealing with death of a loved one but this ending left me colder than the corpse they blew off for a cup of coffee. She could have at least gone into a coma and woke up with amnesia. A season or two down the rode she snaps out of it and tracks down George, hillarious consequeces ensue.

I suppose it opens up the possibility for an early season transformation of George. Guilt suddenly hits and he's a new man, yadda yadda yadda. The Steinbrenner bit is getting old anyway, George in the Peace Corps would be promising. The Cocrahn(sp?) lawyer lookalike could also make an appearance in suing the manufacturers of the wedding invitaions.

The one thing that sticks in my mind the most is when Susan keeled over it was followed by laughter, Emmy nominee for most twisted use of a laugh track? I assumed it was just her getting sick. What's next, are they going to kill off Jerry's new fiance in a hillarious Cheerios botulism death.

I'd better go now before I fall off this damn soapbox and break my neck.

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I'm sorry, but "Seinfeld" is not "Family Matters" or "Full House" or any of those other crap-ass sitcoms that have "very special episodes". I agree that the humour in this episode is a little dark, but isn't the reason most of watch and love the show is that it's not the standard sitcom fare?

It's funny, a lot of the posters on this group think they can create a better episode than the people who have made "Seinfeld" into one of the most highly-rated shows over the last 4 or 5 years.

As far as the episode goes, I think it is totally in character for George to feel at least some elation in learning of Susan's demise - he's always been extremely self-centered (pushing old ladies and kids out of the way when he saw smoke at a birthday party?). As far as the others' (lack of) reactions, I interpreted this as them waiting to see how George handled it, and then react accordingly - no tears from George, so a muted response from the others.

I wonder what you people would have posted to the "alt.tv.mtm" newsgroup (if it had existed then) when the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" aired the episode about the death of Chuckles the Clown. In the show, Chuckles was crushed to death by an elephant while dressed as a peanut in a parade. Crude jokes abounded, but many people think this was one of the best sitcom episodes ever written.

Ditto.  ;-)

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[email] wrote:

I'm glad someone brought up MTM's "Chuckles" episode. What made that show great was the fact that while the characters grieved for Chuckles, they couldn't ignore the humorous way in which he died. Mary was the the last holdout, and she finally started cracking up at the funeral, by which time everyone else had gained their perspective. But remember, they grieved FIRST. Key also was the fact that Chuckles had only made one appearance on the show previously. No one would have posted messages saying Chuckles was their favorite character or that they had a crush on him. And while Chuckles and Cheers' Eddie LeBec met with freak accident deaths, they weren't victims of a main character whose reaction was relief!

Nice try. They blew it big time, but watch...from Seinfeld and David down to Heidi Swedberg, they'll deny the existence of shock and disappointment over this show.

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No, but the elephant did.

Sorry.

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Ohh, how touching. You mean take a page out of the "Family Matters", "Full House", "Blossom", book of dealing with deaths? Have five minutes of crying and sadness and then have everyone hug and talk about how they'll all "pull through" this tragedy? It's been done a thousand times. Tell me, has THIS ever been done in situation comedy?

You say Susan was a loved one. Loved by who? Have we ever really seen George say he LOVED Susan? All I saw this year was Susan getting on George's nerves and his constant desire to get rid of her.

The rest of the characters didn't like her either. Well, actually it was Susan who clearly said she no longer wanted to see George's friends because they were weird. Also, Kramer, Jerry and Elaine did show some friendly compassion at the end. In their expressions you could see they were ready and willing to console George on his loss, but were waiting to see his reaction. Since she meant nothing to them you wouldn't expect them to feel saddened.

[email] (Michael Selby) wrote:

Well, that's one thing to be thankful for. It was a lousy episode, but not as lousy as the one you suggested.

yep.

It's been six years, hasn't it? Seinfeld said he'd only do it for FIVE years so that it wouldn't limp out. They could stop it before it gets worse.