#Seinfeld finale series

Upon revisiting the final episode, I have a new appreciation for it. In a 2017 interview regarding the final show, Jerry Seinfeld remarked, вЂњI sometimes think we really shouldnвЂ™t have even done it.вЂќ He went on to add, вЂњThere was a lot of pressure on us at that time to do one big last show, but big is always bad in comedyвЂќ. This is due to the immense expectations that the show had built over 178 glorious episodes. I have come to the realization that it would have been impossible to find a вЂњperfectвЂќ way to end Seinfeld. But good simply did not seem good enough for such a great show. It was not that there was necessarily anything wrong with the finale. Of the finale, Jason Alexander said, вЂњI thought it was a good episode, not a great episode.вЂќ In essence, that was why I was initially so disheartened with the 1998 swan song. It felt like the show was making too big of an effort to wrap itself up. Personally, my overwhelming sentiment was that the last episode should have been better. Fans felt cheated by a lack of closure and critics thought that the conclusion took the easy way out by simply recycling the showвЂ™s most iconic moments. The final episode was ridiculed by fans and critics alike.

To me, the last installment was not indicative of the tone that the show had established and certainly not representative of its undisputed brilliance. The first time I saw the Seinfeld Finale, I was confused, upset and disappointed. It would be another 22 years before I could bring myself to watch it again.

#Seinfeld finale series

I was one of over 76 million people to tune in to the two-part series finale. It was also my favorite TV show and in May of 1998, I watched it come to an end. Seinfeld was the confluence of perfect comedic irony.