Seinfeld (season 7)

Seinfeld (season 7)
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Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	24
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 21, 1995 – May 16, 1996
Season chronology

Season seven of Seinfeld, an American comedy television series created by Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David, began airing on September 21, 1995, and concluded on May 16, 1996, on NBC.

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 Gammill and Max Pross as supervising producers. Bruce Kirschbaum was the executive consultant.^[1] This season was directed by Andy Ackerman.

The series was set predominantly in an apartment block on New York City's Upper West Side; however, the seventh 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]

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date [4]	Prod. code [5]	U.S. viewers (millions)
111	1	"The Engagement"	Andy Ackerman	Larry David	September 21, 1995	701	37.6[6]
Elaine has a problem sleeping in her new apartment because of a nearby, constantly barking dog. Kramer, Newman and Elaine commit a dognapping scene and take the dog far out of the city. George gets back with Susan Ross, his former girlfriend from NBC and he asks her to marry him. Jerry breaks up with his girlfriend again.
112	2	"The Postponement"	Andy Ackerman	Larry David	September 28, 1995	702	34.5[7]
Elaine's dog problem is solved by a neighborly rabbi with a cable show. Kramer's involvement in the dognapping worries him. George decides he wants to postpone the engagement. Kramer and Jerry try to see "Plan 9 from Outer Space", Kramer sneaks in gourmet coffee, spills it and says he has a legal case.
113	3	"The Maestro"	Andy Ackerman	Larry David	October 5, 1995	703	34.6[8]
George decides that he needs to help a security guard that works at Susan's uncle's store. Elaine begins dating the "Maestro." Kramer gets an out of court settlement in his lawsuit nets him free coffee at any location around the world. Jerry asks Poppy about Tuscany and is referred to Poppy's cousin, who makes him an offer he can't refuse.
114	4	"The Wink"	Andy Ackerman	Tom Gammill & Max Pross	October 12, 1995	704	32.3[9]
Elaine dates the man from her wake-up service. A bit of grapefruit pulp, from Jerry's breakfast, gets into George's eye and causes problems for him when his winks keep getting misinterpreted. Jerry's healthy diet conflicts with his dating of Elaine's cousin. Kramer promises a sick boy that Yankee Paul O'Neill will hit two home runs for him, so he can get back a giant birthday card that he sold based on George's wink.
115	5	"The Hot Tub"	Andy Ackerman	Gregg Kavet & Andy Robin	October 19, 1995	705	32.6[10]
George picks up a bad habit from some visiting Astros representatives. During the time of the New York City Marathon, Elaine has an out-of-country runner as her house guest. The runner had overslept and missed the big race at the last Olympics and Jerry obsesses with ensuring that it doesn't happen again. Kramer installs a hot tub in his apartment.
116	6	"The Soup Nazi"	Andy Ackerman	Spike Feresten	November 2, 1995	706	33.1[11]
Elaine finds an antique armoire she wants. George makes a mistake while trying to get his soup from the "Soup Nazi." George and Elaine discuss how annoyed they are by Jerry's sweet-talking with his current girlfriend, especially their calling each other "Schmoopie". Elaine makes an ordering error in front of the "Soup Nazi", and is banned for a year. Susan appreciates that George is finally showing his feelings in public.
117	7	"The Secret Code"	Andy Ackerman	Alec Berg & Jeff Schaffer	November 9, 1995	707	33.9[12]
George refuses to tell his ATM code ("Bosco") to Susan. Elaine dates an amnesiac. Leapin' Larry wants Jerry to do spots for his store, but he is angered when he thinks Jerry is doing an impression of him when his foot falls asleep. Kramer gets an emergency band scanner and decides to help at the FDNY. Elaine doesn't want to go on a date with her boss, J. Peterman, so she leaves Jerry and George at the restaurant. George's code is needed in a life or death situation.
118	8	"The Pool Guy"	Andy Ackerman	David Mandel	November 16, 1995	708	33.4[13]
Elaine befriends Susan. Jerry meets his pool guy outside a movie, and then he can't get rid of him. George is worried by Elaine wanting to get to know Susan. Kramer's new phone number is similar to a film information line. When Kramer keeps getting wrong numbers, he begins giving out the information for movie show times a la "Moviefone".
119	9	"The Sponge"	Andy Ackerman	Peter Mehlman	December 7, 1995	709	32.3[14]
Jerry gets a girl's number on Kramer's AIDS walk list. Elaine buys the last box of contraceptive sponges, since they've been removed from the market, and rations them by putting her boyfriend through a test to decide if he's "sponge-worthy". George tells Susan the secret of the size of Jerry's jeans. George is "out of the loop." Kramer refuses to "wear an AIDS ribbon."
120	10	"The Gum"	Andy Ackerman	Tom Gammill & Max Pross	December 14, 1995	710	31.4[15]
Kramer is active in the re-opening of an old movie theater. George's friend Lloyd Braun has a pack of Chinese gum that Kramer insists everyone tries. Elaine accidentally "reveals herself" to Lloyd. Jerry must wear glasses while around Lloyd. George's friend Deena thinks he is showing signs of being on the verge of a breakdown.
121	11	"The Rye"	Andy Ackerman	Carol Leifer	January 4, 1996	711	35.1[16]
Elaine dates a jazz saxophonist. Jerry tells one of the band members the saxophonist and Elaine are "hot and heavy." Susan's parents meet and have dinner with the Costanzas for the first time. Both families obsess over a loaf of rye bread that wasn't served with the meal, which Frank takes back home. Kramer takes over a friend's horse-drawn carriage for a week and feeds the horse Beef-a-Reeno.
122	12	"The Caddy"	Andy Ackerman	Gregg Kavet & Andy Robin	January 25, 1996	712	32.0[17]
Kramer befriends a caddy, who helps him to improve his golf game and offer him other advice. When George leaves his car at work, Mr. Wilhelm and George Steinbrenner think he has been working overtime. Elaine meets an old high-school friend who is now an heiress to the Oh Henry! candy bar fortune and a "braless wonder" (Brenda Strong). Kramer and Elaine take her rival to court and only Jerry may stand in the way.
123	13	"The Seven"	Andy Ackerman	Alec Berg & Jeff Schaffer	February 1, 1996	713	37.1[18]
Elaine strains her neck trying to get a bike down from the wall. In pain, she promises the bike to whoever fixes her neck. Kramer saves the day and wants the bike. George is angry when Susan's cousin chooses to name her baby with the name he planned to give his first offspring. Kramer works out an arrangement with Jerry to keep track of what he takes from Jerry's kitchen. Jerry girlfriend's always wears the same dress.
124 125	14 15	"The Cadillac"	Andy Ackerman	Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld	February 8, 1996	714 717	35.9[19]
Jerry surprises his parents by buying them a new Cadillac which Elaine becomes infatuated with Jerry as a result. The cable company wants to meet with Kramer. George reconsiders his engagement when one of Elaine's friends suggests that he meets with actress, Marisa Tomei. Jack Klompus accuses Morty of embezzling funds to pay for his new Cadillac. Kramer continues to mess with the cable guy. George's obsession with Marisa Tomei makes Susan suspicious. George receives Marisa's phone number and must now create an alibi involving her "boyfriend" Art Vandelay. Morty's only testimony is from the woman that Jerry stole the marble rye from to prevent him from impeachment. Susan thinks George is having an affair with Elaine.
126	16	"The Shower Head"	Andy Ackerman	Peter Mehlman & Marjorie Gross	February 15, 1996	715	32.3[20]
Kramer and Jerry are not pleased with the new low flow shower heads that the buildings maintenance people have put in for them. Elaine is surprised to find out that she has tested positive for Opium. Jerry is frustrated by the fact that his parents aren't moving back to Florida and George is elated because his parents are considering moving to Florida.
127	17	"The Doll"	Andy Ackerman	Tom Gammill & Max Pross	February 22, 1996	716	32.9[21]
Susan's old roommate gives Jerry a package that she wants him to be careful with. Frank turns George's room into a billiard room and Kramer challenges him to a game of billiards where the space is a bit tight. Jerry is enthusiastic about a new toothbrush. Susan has a doll that looks like George's mother. Elaine tries to replace an autographed picture of "the other guy", for "the Maestro" that was damaged while they were in Tuscany.
128	18	"The Friars Club"	Andy Ackerman	David Mandel	March 7, 1996	718	32.7[22]
George successfully delays his wedding. Jerry goes out with Susan's best friend. Jerry loses a jacket he "borrowed" for dinner at the Friars Club. Kramer tries to duplicate the sleeping patterns of Da Vinci. Peterman hires a deaf employee (Rob Schneider) and Elaine suffers the consequences, when she gets loaded with most of his work.
129	19	"The Wig Master"	Andy Ackerman	Spike Feresten	April 4, 1996	719	30.5[23]
Jerry uses Elaine to prove that a sales clerk is wrong about his looking at an expensive jacket. Elaine is picked up by the clerk after he leads her on with the promise of a big discount. George has an unwanted house guest. George discovers why a parking lot is so cheap, when he finds a used condom in his car. Kramer unwittingly becomes a "pimp."
130	20	"The Calzone"	Andy Ackerman	Alec Berg & Jeff Schaffer	April 25, 1996	720	28.5[24]
George becomes Steinbrenner's pet, when he shares an eggplant calzone with him. Kramer is raving about wearing clothes "straight out of the dryer." Elaine's boyfriend is dating her without really ever asking her out. Jerry takes advantage of his girlfriend's ability to get anything she wants. Kramer starts using an oven for his clothing.
131 132	21 22	"The Bottle Deposit"	Andy Ackerman	Gregg Kavet & Andy Robin	May 2, 1996	721 722	32.4[25]
George doesn't hear the details on an important project that Wilhelm wants him to champion. Elaine gets into a bidding war at an auction with Sue Ellen Mischke, the Oh Henry! candy heiress, over a set of golf clubs owned by JFK. Consequently, she spends a bit more than she was authorized by Peterman. Kramer collects used pop bottles and cans so he can take them to Michigan where the refund is doubled. Jerry takes his car to a fanatical car care mechanic (Brad Garrett). Jerry's car is stolen by the mechanic. Wilhelm is delighted with the job George did on the project; however, he has no idea what he did or how he did it. Kramer spots Jerry's car in Ohio. George is sent to a mental hospital by Steinbrenner. Newman finds a farmer's house, complete with the proverbial daughter.
133	23	"The Wait Out"	Andy Ackerman	Story by: Peter Mehlman & Matt Selman Teleplay by: Peter Mehlman	May 9, 1996	723	29.9[26]
George makes an off-hand remark to a married couple with a shaky relationship, leading to their breakup. Elaine starts driving again and almost makes Jerry sick. Kramer starts wearing jeans that are too tight that he cannot get them off. Elaine and Jerry make plans to move in on the separated couple.
134	24	"The Invitations"	Andy Ackerman	Larry David	May 16, 1996	724	33.2[27]
George tries to think of a way out of his relationship with Susan before the wedding. Elaine suggests he start smoking, and Kramer suggests he ask Susan for a pre-nuptial agreement. Jerry nearly gets hit by a car but is saved by his female equivalent, Jeannie. Jerry thinks he is in love with Jeannie and proposes to her. Kramer tries to cash in on a bank's offer to pay a customer $100 if the teller doesn't say "hello".

Honors

TV Guide named it the 41st greatest television season of all time. It was one of four Seinfeld seasons on the list.

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External links

• Official website
• List of Seinfeld episodes at the Internet Movie Database
• List of Seinfeld season 7 episodes at TV.com
• Seinfeld: Season 6 at Rotten Tomatoes