The Serenity Now

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Seinfeld episode
"The Serenity Now"

Frank Constanza shouting "Serenity now!"
Episode no. 159
Airdate October 9, 1997
Writer(s) Steve Koren
Director Andy Ackerman
Guest star(s) Lori Loughlin & Matt McCoy
Seinfeld - Season 9
September 1997 - May 1998
  1. The Butter Shave
  2. The Voice
  3. The Serenity Now
  4. The Blood
  5. The Junk Mail
  6. The Merv Griffin Show
  7. The Slicer
  8. The Betrayal
  9. The Apology
  10. The Strike
  11. The Dealership
  12. The Reverse Peephole
  13. The Cartoon
  14. The Strong Box
  15. The Wizard
  16. The Burning
  17. The Bookstore
  18. The Frogger
  19. The Maid
  20. The Puerto Rican Day
  21. The Clip Show, Part 1
  22. The Clip Show, Part 2
  23. The Finale, Part 1
  24. The Finale, Part 2
List of all Seinfeld episodes

"The Serenity Now" is the 159th episode of Seinfeld. This was the 3rd episode of the 9th and final season. It aired in the U.S. on October 9, 1997.

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Frank is advised to say "serenity now" aloud every time his blood pressure is in danger of going up, however he yells it instead. Jerry's girlfriend gives his Knicks tickets away. She comments that she has never seen him get "real mad." George gets Kramer to help him fix his parents' screen door. They remove the old door and Kramer takes it with him. Frank is selling personal computers; he wants to bring George into his business. Mr. Lippman's son takes advantage of "becoming a man" at his bar mitzvah to tongue-kiss Elaine.

Kramer installs the screen door outside his apartment to give his apartment "the cool evening breezes of Anytown, USA," and turns his hallway into a small town front porch, complete with barbecue grill, lawn chairs, potted plants, and American flag. One of the all-time classic Seinfeld scenes occurs when Kramer sits on his porch with the "fireworks" (a sparkler). His first impulse is to quit but George decides it is finally time to take on his arch-rival, Lloyd Braun, who Frank has also hired to sell computers. When Jerry learns how to get mad, it releases all his other feelings, including caring and another that results in a proposal.

Kramer fights with the neighborhood kids of "Anytown, USA." George tells Elaine she is attractive to the Lippman men because of her "shiksappeal." The result gets her two Lippman men who want to renounce Judaism. George hatches a scheme to sell more computers; however, continual use of the phrase "serenity now" has an adverse effect on his sales. The release of emotions from George has an impact on emotional Jerry. Jerry asks Elaine to marry him. George stores computers in Kramer's apartment. Kramer has a nervous breakdown and breaks the computers. Elaine seeks help from the rabbi to see if she can reduce her "shiksappeal."

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Trivia

  • The phrase "Serenity Now" was later used in reference to the movement by fans of the short-lived science fiction television series Firefly to revive the series on the big screen.
  • The title, "The Serenity Now", also is grammatically incorrect, and may play on the gag that almost all of the Seinfeld episodes's titles begin with the word "the".
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