Seinfeld - Season 5eps21 May 2026

If you have never seen Seinfeld , start here. This is the episode where the show stops being "a show about nothing" and becomes "a show about everything."

While "The Contest" gets the headlines for being the "naughty" episode, and "The Soup Nazi" gets the catchphrases, "The Opposite" is the Rosetta Stone for understanding the entire Seinfeld universe. It is the episode where George Costanza, the short, stocky, slow-witted bald man, accidentally stumbles upon the secret to the universe. The episode opens with George at his usual low. He’s living with his parents. He gets fired from a front-office job with the New York Yankees (for having a "leisurely" tryst with the cleaning lady). He is, in his own words, an "idiot." Seinfeld - Season 5Eps21

Meanwhile, Jerry is dating a woman who is exactly like him—right down to the matching briefcase. Elaine is trying to break up with her new boyfriend, the saintly, underwear-model-handsome "Poppy-pie" (played by a perfectly earnest Michael Des Barres). And Kramer? Kramer is preparing for a Merv Griffin Show reunion in his apartment. If you have never seen Seinfeld , start here