Season 9 of Seinfeld is the final season of the series, and aired from September 25, 1997 to May 14, 1998.
Episodes[]
| # | Title | Directed By Written By |
Air Date | |
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| 157 |  |
"The Butter Shave" | Andy Ackerman Alec Berg & Jeff Schaffer & David Mandel |
September 25, 1997 |
| Kramer starts using butter as an aftershave. George uses a cane when he applies for an interview at a sporting goods firm where they will think he is disabled.
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| 158 |  |
"The Voice" | Andy Ackerman Alec Berg & Jeff Schaffer & David Mandel |
October 2, 1997 |
| George plans to stay at the firm where no one will talk to him. Jerry creates a voice in response to his girlfriend's talking navel. Kramer hires a New York University intern to be his assistant. Elaine begins seeing Puddy again.
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| 159 |  |
"The Serenity Now" | Andy Ackerman Steve Koren |
October 9, 1997 |
| George's father is given a phrase to say whenever his blood pressure rises to a certain level. Elaine receives a French kiss from Mr. Lippman's 13-year-old son. Jerry's girlfriend gives his New York Knicks tickets away.
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| 160 |  |
"The Blood" | Andy Ackerman Dan O'Keefe |
October 16, 1997 |
| Jerry receives 3 pints of Kramer's blood after having a run-in with a knife. Elaine proves to her friend that she is not irresponsible. George concludes that television and food create a better sex life.
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| 161 |  |
"The Junk Mail" | Andy Ackerman Spike Feresten |
October 30, 1997 |
| Kramer refuses to receive mail from the postal service. Jerry gets a new car from a childhood friend after doing a car show for his dealership. Elaine gets back with Puddy by meeting her dream man and tries to juggle both relationships.
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| 162 |  |
"The Merv Griffin Show" | Andy Ackerman Bruce Eric Kaplan |
November 6, 1997 |
| Kramer discovers an old television set believed to be used for The Merv Griffin Show. Jerry's new girlfriend collects old toys but asks Jerry not to play with them. George's girlfriend becomes disgusted when he runs over pigeons with his car.
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| 163 |  |
"The Slicer" | Andy Ackerman Darin Henry & Gregg Kavet & Andy Robin |
November 13, 1997 |
| Jerry tries to break up with a dermatologist (Marcia Cross) after she becomes tiresome after talking of how she has saved a lot of lives. Kramer purchases a meat slicer which Elaine uses in order to silence her neighbor's cat. George tries to blur himself out of a photo his new boss has.
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| 164 |  |
"The Betrayal" | Andy Ackerman Peter Mehlman & David Mandel |
November 20, 1997 |
| Elaine drags Jerry and George to India where they attend the wedding of Sue Ellen Mischke. Kramer learns that a friend's birthday wish is that he will drop dead. (All of the events in the episode occur backwards with the end at the beginning and vice versa.)
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| 165 |  |
"The Apology" | Andy Ackerman Jennifer Crittenden |
December 11, 1997 |
| Jerry's girlfriend prefers to be naked while being in the house. Elaine learns her co-worker hates germs coming from Elaine but can tolerate everyone else's. Kramer decides to make changes to his routine. George expects an apology from a friend who is in Alcoholics Anonymous.
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| 166 |  |
"The Strike" | Andy Ackerman Alec Berg & Jeff Schaffer & Dan O'Keefe |
December 18, 1997 |
| Kramer gets word that he can return to a bagel shop he worked at previously after a 12-year absence. Jerry, Elaine and George attend a Hannukah party where Jerry sets up a date with a woman and Elaine uses her "fake" number to avoid one. Kramer brings a renewed interest in Festivus, a holiday George's father invented when George was younger.
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| 167 |  |
"The Dealership" | Andy Ackerman Steve Koren |
January 8, 1998 |
| Jerry plans on buying a new car from Puddy who has been elevated to car salesman. He also hopes that Puddy and Elaine will get back together so he will get a better discount. George comes up with an idea to implicate a mechanic.
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| 168 |  |
"The Reverse Peephole" | Andy Ackerman Spike Feresten |
January 15, 1998 |
| Kramer and Newman plan to reverse the peepholes on their doors which gets Newman an eviction notice. Jerry decides to go wallet-less. Elaine has trouble finding a coat that looks like Puddy's for another friend.
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| 169 |  |
"The Cartoon" | Andy Ackerman Bruce Eric Kaplan |
January 29, 1998 |
| Elaine obsesses over a cartoon in The New Yorker. Kramer decides to take a vow of silence. Elaine and Kramer believe that George's girlfriend looks a lot like Jerry.
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| 170 |  |
"The Strong Box" | Andy Ackerman Dan O'Keefe & Billy Kimball |
February 5, 1998 |
| Jerry buys cufflinks that once belonged to Jerry Lewis. George tries to break up with his girlfriend but she refuses. Elaine learns that she has a secret crush.
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| 171 |  |
"The Wizard" | Andy Ackerman Steve Lookner |
February 26, 1998 |
| Jerry gives his father a birthday gift, an electronic organizing system. Jerry and George debate about the race of Elaine's new boyfriend which triggers her curiosity. Kramer plans on running for president of Morty and Helen's condo association.
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| 172 |  |
"The Burning" | Andy Ackerman Jennifer Crittenden |
March 19, 1998 |
| Elaine learns that Puddy is religious. Jerry does not recognize his girlfriend's voice on the phone when she leaves an "It's me" message. George's ideas at a Kruger meeting are widely accepted; however, his following ideas are not as good.
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| 173 |  |
"The Bookstore" | Andy Ackerman Spike Feresten & Darin Henry & Marc Jaffe |
April 9, 1998 |
| Jerry spots Uncle Leo shoplifting. Kramer hangs out at Jerry's more often than usual. Everyone is anxious to know if Elaine will dance at the next Peterman party.
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| 174 |  |
"The Frogger" | Andy Ackerman Gregg Kavet & Andy Robin & Steve Koren & Dan O'Keefe |
April 23, 1998 |
| After a childhood pizzeria goes out of business, George tries to save his high score from a Frogger game by purchasing the machine. Elaine tires of company birthdays by calling in sick. She is then forced to replace a cake from 1937 with an Entenmann's cake which she ate.
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| 175 |  |
"The Maid" | Andy Ackerman Alec Berg & Jeff Schaffer & David Mandel & Kit Boss & Peter Mehlman |
April 30, 1998 |
| Jerry hires a maid with whom he then starts sleeping. Elaine discovers she has 57 messages on her answering machine when Kramer attempts to send her a fax. George tries to get a nickname but a co-worker gets the one he chose instead.
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| 176 |  |
"The Puerto Rican Day" | Andy Ackerman Alec Berg & Jennifer Crittenden & Spike Feresten & Bruce Eric Kaplan & Gregg Kavet & Steve Koren & David Mandel & Dan O'Keefe & Andy Robin & Jeff Schaffer |
May 7, 1998 |
| The gang leaves a New York Mets game early in order to beat the traffic but are blocked by a Puerto Rican day parade which causes each of them to have a desire while waiting.
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| 177/178 |  |
"The Chronicle" | Andy Ackerman Darin Henry |
May 14, 1998 |
| A retrospective on the past 9 years of Seinfeld leading into the series finale. Includes cast interviews and clips from memorable moments in the series' 9 year run.
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| 179 |  |
"The Finale, Part 1" | Andy Ackerman Larry David |
May 14, 1998 |
| NBC executives decide to add Jerry and George's pilot, Jerry to the fall season. The two plan on leaving for Los Angeles and decide to vacation in Paris with Elaine and Kramer before they leave. The plans are cancelled, however, when their plane experiences turbulence and they are arrested for breaking a law in the neighboring community.
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| 180 |  |
"The Finale, Part 2" | Andy Ackerman Larry David |
May 14, 1998 |
| In addition to being convicted of disobeying the Good Samaritan Law, Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer are also on trial for being poor influences. After hearing several testimonies from many returning characters, Judge Vandelay sentences the four of them to a year in prison.
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