Season 1, Episode 5: The Stock Tip

My Rating of this episode: 6/10 stars
IMDB Rating of this episode: 7.7/10 stars http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0697788/?ref_=ttep_ep5

This episode aired June 21, 1990. The dvd's are finally back in the air date order. This is the final episode of the very brief first season.

Jerry's storyline: Jerry takes his girlfriend on a weekend getaway despite George's warnings of it being a "dating decathlon" and a bad idea.

Favorite Jerry part: Jerry's girlfriend asks him why he didn't do anything about the loud people sitting behind them at the movies. Jerry says, "I gave them the half turn. Then I gave them the full turn with the eye roll. Anything beyond that I'm risking a punch in the mouth."

George's storyline: George gets a stock tip from a friend and gets Jerry to invest as well.

Favorite George part: Jerry orders a tuna salad but changes his order after Elaine persuades him not to because of the dolphins. George then immediately and without conscience orders the tuna.

Kramer's storyline: Kramer takes an odd pleasure in the fact that Jerry's stock keeps dropping.

Favorite Kramer part: Kramer does a subtle yet funny flinch when Jerry's speaker buzzes while Kramer is leaning next to the wall right by the buzzer.

Elaine's storyline: Elaine is allergic to her boyfriends two cats.

Favorite Elaine part: One of the great things about Seinfeld is how easily it can be referenced in everyday life. In this episode, Elaine talks about how she was late because she spent ten minutes looking for a grape. She dropped a grape and could not find it. Yes, I have referenced this in my life, and have done so more than once as a matter of fact. You see, I eat a lot of grapes. And grapes fall on the ground all the time. And they can be difficult to find. Thus, the opportunity to reference this comes easily.

Supporting characters in this episode: Jerry's girlfriend from a previous episode, The Stake Out.

Favorite character in this episode: No one really stands out again. I suppose I would go with Jerry by default.

This episode has Elaine raising the question to Jerry about what a hit man would charge to rub out a couple of cats. A future episode involves Elaine getting Kramer and Newman to get rid of a noisy dog.

Season 1, overall, was not that stellar. The Pilot and The Stake Out were both pretty good. The other three episodes were not very funny. Watching these episodes, you can definitely see the potential is there for some good comedy, but I would have never guessed that it would turn into the series that it eventually became.