My kvetching during years past about critical warning signs will prove necessary later due to some of what we’ll be discussing within the weeks to come, but because we’ve already had that material pretty well-covered over the past few weeks, we’ll pause that topic (for the most part) now and resume it next time, when the ante-upping isn’t a winning strategy…Īctually, in spite of this year’s increased movement with regard to both narrative broadening and David’s complicated plot-heavy storytelling, each of which moves the show further in the wrong direction by continuing to both undermine the series’ believability and counteract its premise (both the original stand-up-oriented thesis and the fallacious “show about nothing” notion proposed last year), I think this season does a better job with its characters than the fourth - focusing on them over the narratives. While discussing Season Five, I have little about which to complain because the results are so fine – with just as many classic episodes as seen in our survey of the fourth year (one of the big reasons why I find them very evenly matched) and another successful upping of the comedic ante, just like in every season thus far.
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However, as we’ve noted, the main problem with pride as it pertains to this series is that it always comes coupled with narrative ambition, which, like in most comedies, threatens to take the scripts’ focus away from their most reliable asset: the characters. Although it seems to feel this success is well-deserved (that sense of pride is never allayed), no one is letting this attitude affect the product yet they’re all just happy to be an undisputed hit. With few traces of the smugness with which critics (including the envious Roseanne Barr) would soon deride the series (we humans like to knock things off pedestals – even after having put them there in the first place), Seinfeld operates this season with a sense of wide-eyed amazement at its own stature (and the accompanying accolades - like three Golden Globes for Seinfeld, Louis-Dreyfus, and the series). Yet, the most remarkable thing about this moment in the show’s life is that while all signs have previously been pointing toward the writing “hanging itself with the amount of rope it’s been given” – and indeed, one might argue that this cliché will be actualized in the seasons ahead (heck, maybe even as early as the next season) – for this singular shining year, Seinfeld handles its newfound peak power appropriately. This deserved wave of popularity translates at the start of Season Five into a bigger budget (for more ambitious storytelling) and an even greater creative freedom – a tool that Seinfeld has always considered vital to its anti-traditional narrative success. With a prime location and several big Emmy wins for last year’s collection (for Richards, David’s writing, and as the Outstanding Comedy Series), Seinfeld shot up to the #3 most watched show of the ’93-’94 season – the lowest it’ll be for the remainder of its run – making it a legitimate sensation with a stature that has maintained to this day.
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First, let’s note that the series is now a success on every front, and perhaps surprisingly, this high qualitative mark exists in tandem with its commercial ascent, as the show, after proving its worth during the strong and forward-moving fourth season, was chosen to inherit the coveted Cheers spot: the linchpin of NBC’s Must See TV Thursdays. But as suggested last time, there are also a few other reasons that I find Season Five more qualitatively comparable to (if not more elevated than) the year prior. While many fans find the former of those two – the show’s fourth season – to be the series’ finest representation, my sentiments are more evenly divided, believing that Season Five may actually have more of a claim to the otherwise arbitrary “peak” label because it generally exists at the same figurative height as its predecessor, but gets to stand situationally tall right before the show’s first recognizable descent in quality – making it the true climax of this hallowed era. In past seasonal commentaries, I’ve made known my belief that Seinfeld’s third season ushered in a three-year-long “Golden Age” (an impressive stretch) that launched with the series’ funny, premise-connected first full season and culminated in a two-year comedic peak represented by both Seasons Four and Five. Seinfeld stars JERRY SEINFELD as Jerry Seinfeld, JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS as Elaine Benes, MICHAEL RICHARDS as Cosmo Kramer, and JASON ALEXANDER as George Costanza. Where does a comedian get his material? From everyday life.
I’m happy to report that the entire series has been released on DVD. Welcome to a new Sitcom Tuesday and the continuation of our series on the best episodes of Seinfeld (1989-1998, NBC), one of the most popular and critically lauded American sitcoms ever produced.
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