Seinfeld (season 4)
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| Seinfeld Season 4 | |
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 The front cover of the Seinfeld: Season 4 DVD boxset. |
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| Country of origin |  United States |
| Network | NBC |
| Original run | August 12, 1992 – May 20, 1993 |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| DVD release date | Region 1:May 17, 2005 Region 2:November 1, 2004 Region 4:May 24, 2005 |
| Previous season | Season 3 |
| Next season | Season 5 |
The Seinfeld Series consists of several main seasons, this guide is to organize the episodes of 'Season 4' which was originally aired through 1992-1993.
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[edit] Production
Seinfeld was produced by Castle Rock Entertainment and distributed by Columbia Pictures Television and Columbia TriStar Television (now Sony Pictures Television) and was aired of NBC in the US. The executive producers were Larry David, George Shapiro, and Howard West with Tom Garnmill and Max Pross as supervising producers. Bruce Kirschbaum was the executive consultant.[1] This season was directed by Tom Cherones. This season was largely written Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, Larry Charles, Peter Mehlman and Andy Robin. The series was set predominantly in an apartment block on New York City's Upper West Side; however, the fourth season was shot and mostly filmed in CBS Studio Center in Studio City, California.[2] The show features Jerry Seinfeld as himself, and a host of Jerry's friends and acquaintances, which include George Costanza, Elaine Benes, and Cosmo Kramer, portrayed by Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michael Richards, respectively.[3]
[edit] Reception
Season four was ranked #25 according to the Nielsen Ratings system, with 12,754,700 estimated audience.[4]
[edit] Navigation
| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | DVD Vol. | DVD release date (R1) | |
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| 1 | 5 | 1989 - 1990 | 1 | November 23, 2004 | |
| 2 | 12 | 1991 | |||
| 3 | 23 | 1991 - 1992 | 2 | November 23, 2004 | |
| 4 | 24 | 1992 - 1993 | 3 | May 17, 2005 | |
| 5 | 22 | 1993 - 1994 | 4 | November 22, 2005 | |
| 6 | 24 | 1994 - 1995 | 5 | November 22, 2005 | |
| 7 | 24 | 1995 - 1996 | 6 | November 21, 2006 | |
| 8 | 22 | 1996 - 1997 | 7 | June 5, 2007 | |
| 9 | 24 | 1997 - 1998 | 8 | November 6, 2007 | |
[edit] Episodes
| Title | Director | Writer(s) | Original airdate[5] | Production code[6] | Season# | Series# | ||
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| "The Trip - Pt. 1" | Tom Cherones | Larry Charles | August 12, 1992 | 401 | 1 | 41 | ||
| When Jerry is asked to appear on The Tonight Show in Los Angeles, George accompanies him to look for Kramer, in a continuation of the season three finale. | ||||||||
| "The Trip - Pt. 2" | Tom Cherones | Larry Charles | August 19, 1992 | 402 | 2 | 42 | ||
| Kramer is arrested when he is mistaken for a serial killer. After he is exonerated, Jerry, George, and he return to New York. | ||||||||
| "The Pitch"[7] | Tom Cherones | Larry David | September 9, 1992 | 403 | 3 | 43 | ||
| NBC television executives approach Jerry and George to write a pilot for a sitcom. Crazy Joe Davola begins to stalk both Jerry and Kramer. | ||||||||
| "The Ticket" | Tom Cherones | Larry Charles | September 16, 1992 | 404 | 4 | 44 | ||
| Newman uses Kramer as his witness when the former refuses to pay for a speeding ticket. | ||||||||
| "The Wallet - Pt. 1" | Tom Cherones | Larry David | September 23, 1992 | 405 | 5 | 45 | ||
| Jerry is asked to explain to his parents why he does not wear the watch they gave him. Morty Seinfeld thinks his wallet has been stolen from him at his doctor's appointment. | ||||||||
| "The Watch - Pt. 2" | Tom Cherones | Larry David | September 30, 1992 | 406 | 6 | 46 | ||
| Jerry tries to buy his watch back from Uncle Leo, who found it in the garbage, having been thrown there by Jerry. George tries to resurrect the fledgling NBC deal, while Elaine plans a break up from her psychotherapist with Kramer's help. | ||||||||
| "The Bubble Boy" | Tom Cherones | Larry David & Larry Charles | October 7, 1992 | 407 | 7 | 47 | ||
| Jerry agrees to visit a boy who lives in a plastic bubble on the way to Susan's parents' cabin. Jerry loses his way, though, and Elaine, George, and Susan visit the boy instead. | ||||||||
| "The Cheever Letters" | Tom Cherones | Larry David | October 28, 1992 | 408 | 8 | 48 | ||
| Jerry offends Elaine's assistant. Kramer makes a contact for Cuban cigars. A box of letters from John Cheever is all that remains after Susan's father's cabin burns down. | ||||||||
| "The Opera" | Tom Cherones | Larry Charles | November 4, 1992 | 409 | 9 | 49 | ||
| Elaine realizes her boyfriend is actually Crazy Joe Davola. George, Jerry, and she then endure a night at the opera with a group of clowns. | ||||||||
| "The Virgin" | Tom Cherones | Peter Mehlman | November 11, 1992 | 410 | 10 | 50 | ||
| Jerry discovers the woman (guest star Jane Leeves) he is dating is a virgin. Kramer continues to harass Jerry and George when they are trying to write a teleplay for their NBC pilot. | ||||||||
| "The Contest" | Tom Cherones | Larry David | November 18, 1992 | 411 | 11 | 51 | ||
| After George is caught masturbating by his mother, the four main characters devise a contest to see who can go the longest without pleasuring him/herself. Marla, Jerry's girlfriend, with whom he has yet to have sex with, learns of the contest and is disgusted. Elaine meets John F. Kennedy, Jr.. George's mother is hospitalized. | ||||||||
| "The Airport" | Tom Cherones | Larry Charles | November 25, 1992 | 412 | 12 | 52 | ||
| Jerry and Elaine experience the differences between travelling in first class and in coach. George and Kramer travel to two different airports after a flight is rerouted. | ||||||||
| "The Pick" | Tom Cherones | Larry David | December 16, 1992 | 413 | 13 | 53 | ||
| Jerry is seen ostensibly picking his nose by his new girlfriend, a model, and tries to convince her that he was only scratching around his nose. Elaine mails a Christmas card that is unintentionally revealing. | ||||||||
| "The Movie" | Tom Cherones | Steve Skrovan, Bill Masters & John Hayman | January 6, 1993 | 415 | 14 | 54 | ||
| The four main characters continually miss each other as they try to attend a film together. | ||||||||
| "The Visa" | Tom Cherones | Peter Mehlman | January 27, 1993 | 414 | 15 | 55 | ||
| Jerry's attempts to keep Babu Bhatt from being deported turn out unsuccessful. Elaine tries to get George's attorney girlfriend to effect the dropping of a lawsuit against Elaine. | ||||||||
| "The Shoes" | Tom Cherones | Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld | February 4, 1993 | 417 | 16 | 56 | ||
| Jerry and George have their television pilot shelved after each sneaks a look at the cleavage of the daughter of an NBC executive; Elaine tries to ameliorate the problem. | ||||||||
| "The Outing" | Tom Cherones | Larry Charles | February 11, 1993 | 416 | 17 | 57 | ||
| Jerry and George are mistaken as homosexuals by a college newspaper reporter and are publicly outed. | ||||||||
| "The Old Man" | Tom Cherones | Larry Charles | February 18, 1993 | 418 | 18 | 58 | ||
| Jerry, George, and Elaine volunteer to spend time with senior citizens. | ||||||||
| "The Implant" | Tom Cherones | Peter Mehlman | February 25, 1993 | 419 | 19 | 59 | ||
| Jerry sends Elaine to find out if his new girlfriend Sidra's (guest star Teri Hatcher) breasts are natural or faux. George "double dips" a chip at a funeral repast, for which he is chastized. | ||||||||
| "The Junior Mint" | Tom Cherones | Andy Robin | March 18, 1993 | 421 | 20 | 60 | ||
| Jerry is puzzled after he cannot remember the name of his girlfriend; he recalls only her observation that it rhymes with a part of the female anatomy. While Kramer and Jerry watch an operation performed on a former boyfriend of Elaine, Kramer drops a Junior Mints candy into the man's open chest cavity, with salutary results. | ||||||||
| "The Smelly Car" | Tom Cherones | Larry David & Peter Mehlman | April 15, 1993 | 422 | 21 | 61 | ||
| A valet with offensive body odor stinks up Jerry's car and anyone who comes in contact with him. George believes he affected Susan's becoming a lesbian. | ||||||||
| "The Handicap Spot" | Tom Cherones | Larry David | May 13, 1993 | 420 | 22 | 62 | ||
| George parks his father's car in a handicap parking spot; after a disabled driver is unable to find a handicap spot and is injured, an angry mob destroys the car. Elaine and Jerry buy a television as a wedding gift for "The Drake", but then the wedding is called off. Frank Costanza appears for the first time as George becomes his butler after his father is ticketed for having had his car in a handicap spot. | ||||||||
| "The Pilot - Pt. 1" | Tom Cherones | Larry David | May 20, 1993 | 423 | 23 | 63 | ||
| Jerry and George begin casting for their pilot, Jerry, which is finally ready. George is upset over the casting of his alter ego. NBC executive Russell Dalrimple becomes obsessed with Elaine, who files a complaint when she concludes that Monk's is hiring only large-breasted women. | ||||||||
| "The Pilot - Pt. 2" | Tom Cherones | Larry David | May 20, 1993 | 424 | 24 | 64 | ||
| Jerry and George prepare for the taping of Jerry and each of the principal four gives tips to his/her television alter ego. Elaine wears a disguise to hide from Dalrimple. | ||||||||
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ The Seinfeld Crew and Credits at Seinfeld Official Site. Sony Pictures. Retrieved on 2008-04-30.
- ^ The Stock Tip episode at Seinfeld Official Site. Sony Pictures. Retrieved on 2008-04-29.
- ^ "Seinfeld and nihilism", 1999-12-03. Retrieved on 2008-04-29.
- ^ TV Ratings: 1992–1993. ClassicTVHits.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
- ^ Seinfeld Episodes | TVGuide.com. TV Guide. Retrieved on 2008-03-20.
- ^ Seinfeld Prod. Codes for all seasons. epguide.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-23.
- ^ This episode started a season-long story arc.
[edit] External links
- Seinfeld.com, the Official Site from Sony Pictures Television
- Wikia has a wiki on this subject: Seinfeld
- Seinfeld at IMDb
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