Seinfeld Season 9

Season 9

Air date: 1997-09-25

Episodes: 24

Episodes

E1: The Butter Shave

Kramer uses butter for shaving--and more; George's cane is an advantage at his new job; Jerry feels used by his comedy nemesis, Bania; Elaine breaks up with her boyfriend before their flight back from Europe.

Air date: 1997-09-25 • ★ 7.846

E2: The Voice

Kramer hires an assistant; George's boss tries to force him out; Elaine bets Jerry she won't get back with her latest ex.

Air date: 1997-10-02 • ★ 8.125

E3: The Serenity Now

George goes to work for his father; Jerry's girlfriend wants to see his emotions; Kramer adopts a suburban feel at home; Elaine prompts two Jewish men to renounce their faith.

Air date: 1997-10-09 • ★ 8.478

E4: The Blood

Kramer stores his own blood to avoid a blood-bank fee; George tries to combine his two passions, sex and food; Elaine's plan to show responsibility backfires; Jerry trains with fitness guru Izzy Mendelbaum.

Air date: 1997-10-16 • ★ 8.136

E5: The Junk Mail

Kramer battles junk mail; George thinks his parents are trying to avoid him; Jerry acquires a van; and Elaine gets a new man, whose past comes back to haunt her.

Air date: 1997-10-30 • ★ 8.05

E6: The Merv Griffin Show

Kramer turns his apartment into a talk-show set; Jerry's girlfriend won't let him play with her toys; George's clash with pigeons leads to problems with a squirrel; a new employee's silent movement rattles Elaine.

Air date: 1997-11-06 • ★ 8.091

E7: The Slicer

George has a past with his new boss; Jerry's "revenge date" backfires; Kramer's deli slicer solves Elaine's problem with a neighbor.

Air date: 1997-11-13 • ★ 7.952

E8: The Betrayal

Flashbacks trace the evolution of Jerry, George and Elaine's disastrous trip to a wedding in India, and Kramer's desperate need to barter for a birthday wish.

Air date: 1997-11-20 • ★ 7.8

E9: The Apology

Jerry's girlfriend is naked too often; Elaine's lifestyle offends a co-worker; Kramer seeks to shorten his showers; George has a disagreement with a new AA member.

Air date: 1997-12-11 • ★ 7.577

E10: The Strike

Kramer returns to work after his 12-year strike is settled; Jerry dates a woman whose appearance fluctuates; George gives holiday gifts in his co-workers' names to a fraudulent charity.

Air date: 1997-12-18 • ★ 8

E11: The Dealership

At a car dealership, Kramer takes a test drive, while Jerry's deal is threatened by a fight between Elaine and Puddy.

Air date: 1998-01-08 • ★ 8.208

E12: The Reverse Peephole

Elaine gets into a hassle regarding fur; Jerry stops carrying a wallet, while George suffers from his overstuffed one; Kramer keeps Newman from being evicted.

Air date: 1998-01-15 • ★ 8

E13: The Cartoon

An actress turns Jerry's criticism into a one-woman show; Kramer stops talking after offending George; Elaine struggles to understand a cartoon in The New Yorker.

Air date: 1998-01-29 • ★ 7.833

E14: The Strong Box

Jerry keeps finding Kramer's hidden strongbox key. Elaine dates a mysterious man. George plans a breakup.

Air date: 1998-02-05 • ★ 7.826

E15: The Wizard

Jerry buys his father an electric organizer; Kramer retires and moves next door to Jerry's parents in Florida; Susan's parents catch George in a lie; Elaine can't tell if she's part of an interracial couple.

Air date: 1998-02-26 • ★ 7.739

E16: The Burning

Kramer and Mickey play ill for med students; Elaine learns that Puddy's religious; George works out how and when to make a good exit; a tractor figures into the past of Jerry's girlfriend.

Air date: 1998-03-19 • ★ 7.958

E17: The Bookstore

A bookstore busts Uncle Leo for shoplifting and George for bathroom reading; a misdeed at a company party costs Elaine; Kramer and Newman get a rickshaw, and audition homeless people to pull it.

Air date: 1998-04-09 • ★ 7.833

E18: The Frogger

George buys an arcade game to preserve his high score; fear of a serial killer adversely affects Jerry's social life; Elaine eats Peterman's slice of wedding cake from the nuptials of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.

Air date: 1998-04-23 • ★ 8.13

E19: The Maid

Elaine's area code is changed; a co-worker steals George's desired nickname; Jerry sleeps with his maid; Kramer endures a "long-distance relationship" when his girlfriend moves downtown.

Air date: 1998-04-30 • ★ 7.88

E20: The Puerto Rican Day

Gridlocked by a parade, Jerry verbally spars with another driver; George goes to a movie; and Kramer looks for a bathroom. Elaine, meanwhile, searches for a crossing point with a group of strangers.

Air date: 1998-05-07 • ★ 7.923

E21: The Chronicle (1)

Part 1 of a two-part retrospective on the series' nine seasons.

Air date: 1998-05-14 • ★ 7.412

E22: The Chronicle (2)

A two-part retrospective on the series' nine seasons concludes.

Air date: 1998-05-14 • ★ 8

E23: The Finale (1)

The gang plans a trip to Paris to celebrate after NBC picks up Jerry and George's sitcom. But there's an in-flight emergency, stranding them in a small town.

Air date: 1998-05-14 • ★ 7.778

E24: The Finale (2)

Witnesses testify to the gang's (lack of) character as they go on trial for violating a "Good Samaritan Law."

Air date: 1998-05-14 • ★ 7.25