THE BEST & THE WORST (30 LISTED)

Nov 12, 199710 posts by 7 posters
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Fans debate the best and worst Seinfeld episodes, with strong disagreement over whether "The Boyfriend" deserves its low ranking or is actually one of the show's greatest episodes.

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JimSpotlt
Top 20  Seinfeld Episodes (in our opinion) (No specific order):
20)  Episode 49  "The Contest"
19)  Episode 63  "The Puffy Shirt"
18)  Episode 110 "The Soup Nazi"
17)  Episode 50  "The Airport"
16)  Episode 154 "The Merv Griffin Show"
15)  Episode 122 "The Wigmaster"
14)  Episode 85  "The Pledge Drive"
13)  Episode 137 "The Little Jerry"
12)  Episode 131 "The Package"
11)  Episode 97   "The Kiss Hello"
10)  Episode 81   "The Hamptons"
9)    Episode 134  "The Chicken Roaster"
8)    Episode 113  "The Sponge"
7)    Episode  31   "The Pez Dispenser"
6)    Episode 130  "The Little Kicks"
5)    Episode 136  "The Andrea Doria"
4)    Episode 137  "The Pick" (Aka "The Nipple")
3)    Episode 141  "The Susie"
2)    Episode 20    "The Pen"
1)    Episode 29    "The Red Dot"

The Bottom Ten (in our opinion) completely unwatachable Episodes:

10) Episode 17   "The Busboy"
9)   Episode 92   "The Race"
8)   Episode 1     "The Seinfeld Chronicles" (No Elaine, No show)
7)   Episode 13   "The Heart Attack"
6)   Episode 36   "The Good Samaritan"
5)   Episode 139  "The Comeback"
4)   Episode 40   "The Trip" part 1
3)   Episode 41   "The Trip" part 2
2)   Episode 42   "The Pitch"
1)  Episode  34  "The Boyfriend"

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did you say that the BOYFRIEND was the worst episode? with keith hernendez? that was possible the best episode, one of the best in tv hisory(4th according to tv guide) everyone has there own opinion, but there is no way that is the worst episode. it's definetly one of the five best(IMO) dan

[email] (JimSpotlt) wrote:

Your out of line, pal.

Justin T.

Well, fortunately, we are allowed the freedom to have our own opinions, in mine & my "Spouce's" opinion, "The Boyfriend" didn't cut it with us, sorry, that's life, but I'm sure others would disagree.Many people didn't like "The Susie", personally, it's in our Top 5 episodes.Everyone has their tastes.. Thanks for your comments & keep watching :) Jim [email]

[email] (JimSpotlt) wrote:

I wonder if there's a way to do a sorta scientific poll of a large number of us ATSers. We could get a sample listing of maybe 30-50 episodes and those who were interested could rate them on a scale, 1-4 stars, for example. Someone could compile a list and we'd come up with a top ten, 20, 30, whatever based on our votes.

Maybe that's insane. Maybe not. I don't know. I'm just always very surprised when I see people's top 5 shows or worst 5 or whatever. This would be a way of perhaps getting a clearer picture of what folks like around here.

Anyone wanna have a go at it?

WT

"if the truth will set you free and knowledge is power, what the hell am I doing watching so much TV?"

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I tried once. It didn't work out very well at all. I thied ranking the eps and got bogged down right from the start. I couldn't pick a favorite. In fact, I couldn't even narrow it down to my 10 favorites in no particular order. Hell, I couldn't even pick my hundred favorites!

The only way around this was to declare the entire body of work, all 80 or so hours, as a single favorite, and now I am able to sleep at night. [email] (Hammer nail here--> <-- for a new monitor.)

Sorry Bobby, I didn't write that, I thought "The Boyfriend" episode was pathetic.

Jim

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DaveJimSpotlt

In , [email] (JimSpotlt) writes:

Hell of an analysis you've put forth there, Jimbo.  "The Boyfriend"
was one of the episodes that defined the entire show.   The JFK
parody was sublime.  George's 'latex salesman for Vandelay Industries'
bit was absolutely inspired!   The whole 'Jerry's relationship with
Keith Hernandez' plot was a joy to behold.

"The Boyfriend" was the high water mark at the time, being the best of the first 35 episodes. TV Guide selected it as one of the top 100 episodes OF ANY SHOW OF ALL TIME. Since the dawn of television, there have only been a few episodes of ANYTHING that compared to "The Boyfriend".

But your in-depth extrapolation (ie. it was pathetic) has me convinced. Thanks a bunch. [email] (Hammer nail here--> <-- for a new monitor.)

The episode with all the keys is called "The Keys". "The Trip" is a two part episode in which George and Jerry go to LA

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