Seinfeld - Season 1 & 2

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Nothing? Seinfeld is a show about everything! It's about the appeal of the posse and coma etiquette. It's about importing and exporting. It's about sneaking a peek, and seeing the baby. It's about this, that, and the other. TV Guide ranked Seinfeld the best TV series of all time. It has become the master of its syndication domain. Its most devoted fans can quote each episode chapter and verse; their absorption of each scene's minutiae anything but a trivial pursuit. With such fervent devotion to the show, and demand for its DVD release, series creators Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David could have easily just OK'd a bare-bones set containing nothing but the episodes. Not that there would have been anything wrong with that, but instead, the creative team came together to create extensive and encyclopedic features that make this four-disc set buy-worthy. The candid and revealing audio commentaries and interviews, deleted scenes and original episode promos, and optional "Notes About Nothing" pop-ups are as irresistible as a Drake's coffee cake.

It's always fun and instructive to return to the humble beginnings of a series that became a pop culture benchmark. Here are Kramer's first not-so-grand entrance, Jerry's first contemptuous "Hello, Newman," and Elaine's first "Get Out!" shove. But what is most revelatory about these episodes from the first two seasons is what Jason Alexander, during his commentary for the episode "The Revenge," calls a "sweet quality" that somehow redeems these characters' more base instincts. Consider the scene in which Jerry gives a freshly unemployed George some career guidance, or Jerry and Elaine's palpably affectionate banter throughout. The "Inside Look" episode intros offer fascinating insights into this singular show that subverted sitcom convention with such now-classic episodes as "The Chinese Restaurant," in which Jerry, George, and Elaine wait in vain for a table. We learn, for example, why movie tough guy Lawrence Tierney, who guest starred in "The Jacket," never reprised his role as Elaine's father. All of this, of course, is yadda yadda yadda to Seinfeld fans, whose patience for the show's DVD debut has been amply rewarded. As Elaine screams in the third-season episode, "The Subway," "It's not nothing, it's something!" --Donald Liebenson

Season 1: 1989–90
Main article: Seinfeld (season 1)
# Title Director Writer(s) Original AirDate[5] Production Code[26]
1 "The Seinfeld Chronicles" Art Wolff Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld July 5, 1989 101
2 "The Stake Out" Tom Cherones Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld May 31, 1990 103
3 "The Robbery" Tom Cherones Matt Goldman June 7, 1990 104
4 "Male Unbonding" Tom Cherones Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld June 14, 1990 102
5 "The Stock Tip" Tom Cherones Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld June 21, 1990 105

Season 2: 1991
Main article: Seinfeld (season 2)
# Title Director Writer(s) Original AirDate[5] Production Code[26]
6 "The Ex-Girlfriend" Tom Cherones Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld January 23, 1991 201
7 "The Pony Remark" Tom Cherones Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld January 30, 1991 202
8 "The Jacket" Tom Cherones Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld February 6, 1991 205
9 "The Phone Message" Tom Cherones Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld February 13, 1991 207
10 "The Apartment" Tom Cherones Peter Mehlman April 4, 1991 208
11 "The Statue" Tom Cherones Larry Charles April 11, 1991 210
12 "The Revenge" Tom Cherones Larry David April 18, 1991 212
13 "The Heart Attack" Tom Cherones Larry Charles April 25, 1991 211
14 "The Deal" Tom Cherones Larry David May 2, 1991 213
15 "The Baby Shower" Tom Cherones Larry Charles May 16, 1991 204
16 "The Chinese Restaurant" Tom Cherones Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld May 23, 1991 206
17 "The Busboy" Tom Cherones Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld June 26, 1991 203