# So gues what Seinfeld episode was shown in NYC yesterday. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 12, 2002, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-gues-what-seinfeld-episode-was-shown-in-nyc-yesterday/97878 "2002-03-12T17:45:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-gues-what-seinfeld-episode-was-shown-in-nyc-yesterday/97878/1 "2002-03-12T17:45:38Z")
Yesterday, on the sixth month anniversary of 9/11, NYC’s Channel 5 showed at 7:30 the Seinfeld episode where the gang went to Massachusetts and got arrested for not helping a guy being mugged. They call on Johnnie Cochron (okay, Jackie Chiles) to represent them. When he hears the charges, he says “You don’t have to help anyone. That’s what this country is all about.” Great triangle of OJ, Seinfeld and 9/11 coming together. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-gues-what-seinfeld-episode-was-shown-in-nyc-yesterday/97878/2 "2002-03-12T18:00:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Annie-Xmas \* > \*\*Yesterday, on the sixth month anniversary of 9/11, NYC’s Channel 5 showed at 7:30 the Seinfeld episode where the gang went to Massachusetts and got arrested for not helping a guy being mugged. They call on Johnnie Cochron (okay, Jackie Chiles) to represent them. When he hears the charges, he says “You don’t have to help anyone. That’s what this country is all about.” > > Great triangle of OJ, Seinfeld and 9/11 coming together. \*\* That one was also on here in Baltimore at 7:00. Add in the almost-plane crash and it was kinda creepy. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-gues-what-seinfeld-episode-was-shown-in-nyc-yesterday/97878/3 "2002-03-12T18:05:54Z")
Whoops, didn’t mean to quote you like that. The “quote” and “reply” buttons are too close. Anyway, I think when they show those shows in syndication, they have to show them in order (the order they orginally aired), so yesterday was probably just a weird coincidence. It is part of the finale, so in a day or two, it’ll be back to the start of the series. The one at 6:00, ironically, was the one where they were casting the show “Jerry” from five years ago, which was why they were on the plane in the other episode. (NBC wanted to re-do the show “Jerry” and Jerry and George were moving to LA to write it.) ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-gues-what-seinfeld-episode-was-shown-in-nyc-yesterday/97878/4 "2002-03-12T23:35:16Z")
I think the syndicator decides the order in which the episodes are shown, not the individual stations. If you go to [http://tv.yahoo.com/](http://tv.yahoo.com/) and look up the schedules for other cities, you’ll find that that same episode was shown here in Los Angeles and in Dallas. I don’t think that could be a coincidence. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-gues-what-seinfeld-episode-was-shown-in-nyc-yesterday/97878/5 "2002-03-13T01:46:08Z")
That’s what I meant, the local stations have to air them according to guidelines set down by the syndicator. The coincidence I meant was that the plane crash/“you don’t have to be nice” theme just happened to fall on the six-month anniversary of 9/11. ---
**Author:** ![sim0n](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@sim0n](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sim0n)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-gues-what-seinfeld-episode-was-shown-in-nyc-yesterday/97878/6 "2002-03-13T02:43:04Z")
I believe that was the last Seinfeld. (finale) ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-gues-what-seinfeld-episode-was-shown-in-nyc-yesterday/97878/7 "2002-03-13T03:31:32Z")
Yes, it was. I mentioned that in my other post. It ended with the four in jail, and Jerry talking about shirt buttons to George. Ten bucks says tomorrow’s show is the very first one, that starts out with a scene of Jerry and George talking about shirt buttons. ---
**Author:** ![SoulFrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@SoulFrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulFrost)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-gues-what-seinfeld-episode-was-shown-in-nyc-yesterday/97878/8 "2002-03-13T07:36:46Z")
You’re on! Here, at least, tonight’s episode was Part II of the final episode, last night’s was Part I–and the episode before that was the very first one, which I had never seen before (which means that I didn’t get the “button” joke in the last episode until that night!) Can’t remember if it was shown on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday night, though… 😉 David ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-gues-what-seinfeld-episode-was-shown-in-nyc-yesterday/97878/9 "2002-03-13T19:54:39Z")
The final episode of Seinfeld was a travesty. A complete copout. I saw Larry David on TV a few days before it aired talking about how brilliant it was, and how it was going to make television history. I get a really strong “self-centered prick” vibe from that guy. ---
**Author:** ![NYR407](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@NYR407](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NYR407)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-gues-what-seinfeld-episode-was-shown-in-nyc-yesterday/97878/10 "2002-03-14T14:07:17Z")
It seems Kinsey owes SoulFrost 10 bucks. Yesterdays Seinfeld (11:00 or 7:30) in NYC did not have the first episode. There goes that theory. I wish they would adhere to showing the episodes in the order they were originlly shown. This always bugs me with the Simpsons. It always seems that they play the same episodes over and over agin. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-gues-what-seinfeld-episode-was-shown-in-nyc-yesterday/97878/11 "2002-03-14T18:08:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NYR407 \* > \*\*It seems Kinsey owes SoulFrost 10 bucks. Yesterdays Seinfeld (11:00 or 7:30) in NYC did not have the first episode. > > There goes that theory. \*\* Yes, I guess if we had actually shaken hands on it, I would owe him $10. 😉 Anyway, the one shown here was one of the first shows, according to [this site](http://epguides.com/Seinfeld/), the episode _The Stock Tip_, (which is what I saw), was episode #5 from the first season. So I was close. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-gues-what-seinfeld-episode-was-shown-in-nyc-yesterday/97878/12 "2002-03-14T19:40:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NYR407 \* > \*\*It seems Kinsey owes SoulFrost 10 bucks. Yesterdays Seinfeld (11:00 or 7:30) in NYC did not have the first episode. > > There goes that theory. > > I wish they would adhere to showing the episodes in the order they were originlly shown. This always bugs me with the Simpsons. It always seems that they play the same episodes over and over agin. \*\* My friend explained why this seems to happen, but don’t take my (or his, I guess) word for it: The way syndication works is that the stations are allowed to air each episode they purchase so many times (let’s say…5.) What they do, is they show the older ones as many times as possible, streched out over a long period of time, interspaced, so theoreticllyit will be a while before the same one is shown again. But, the problem arises when for some reason episodes don’t get aired (usually episodes that people don’t like, or just got a lot of airplay the previous syndiction contract.) Or they get a new batch of episodes from the previous season they are now allowed to air. So it’s the end of their contract, and all they have are five copies of ones that they haven’t shown before. As as result, you see a lot of the same episode, then the contract gets renewed and they go into the same mistakes again. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-gues-what-seinfeld-episode-was-shown-in-nyc-yesterday/97878/13 "2002-03-15T04:56:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cuautemhoc \* > \*\*The final episode of Seinfeld was a travesty I saw Larry David on TV a few days before it aired … I get a really strong “self-centered prick” vibe from that guy. \*\* I agree that the _Seinfeld_ finale was one of the series’ poorest shows. As to Larry David. It is hard to be a success in show biz without a big ego and a sense of self-importance. They face constant, and what feels like personal, rejection. “You’re not right for the part” or in a review, “This was probably one of the worst Dr. Jekylls every shown” etc., etc. You’ve got to have a lot of self-confidence to go through that kind of thing.