A Proper Ranking of All 169 Episodes of Seinfeld

Want to know how to totally undercut any chance of being productive on this Friday? Well here you go, a comprehensive ranking of every Seinfeld episode ever. While I personally feel The Merv Griffin Show and The Pool Guy are hard done by here, it's still tough to argue with the breakdown provided incredulously by Vulture. Enjoy...

At long last, you can clear all those syndicated Seinfeld episodes off your DVR. Following years of speculation about when and where the historic sitcom would arrive online, today it finally became available to stream on Hulu. But with 169* episodes in the Seinfeld archive, it's understandable if you're intimidated by the the idea of entering the vault without a guide.

 In the interest of both helping novices prioritize and reminding veterans about forgotten jewels, we've ranked every episode in the series from worst to best. The ratings are based less on cultural significance — you'll find many recognizable episodes fairly low on the list — and more on the density and quality of jokes, the inclusion of multiple strong narrative arcs, and, to a lesser extent, how well the comedy and stories have aged.

 That said, even the worst (well, maybe the fourth-worst) episode of Seinfeld is better than most of what you'll currently find on network TV — and now it's just a Hulu account away. The bingeing is going to be real, and it's going to be spectacular.

 *We arrived at a count of 169** by considering all two-part and hour-long episodes as single entries. We also omitted the retrospective. With every episode now available on-demand, why waste time watching highlights?

 ** Correction: This ranking initially included only 168 episodes. The 169th (No. 58) has since been added and the ranking adjusted.

 169. "The Puerto Rican Day Parade" (Season 9). An episode so racially offensive that NBC had to apologize upon its airing, the second-greatest crime that "The Puerto Rican Day Parade" commits is simply not being funny enough. It's the loosest version of a bottle episode to come out of the writers' room — and of all the bottle episodes in Seinfeld's run, it's the dullest, full stop.

 168. "The Outing" (Season 4). After four seasons spent using George's homophobia as a character flaw, the show wholeheartedly embraces gay panic as a plot device to a nonsensical, largely unfunny degree. The phrase "Not that there's anything wrong with that" ascends to pop-culture permanency after a practical joke played by Elaine causes a college newspaper reporter to mistake George and Jerry as lovers.

 167. "The Finale" (Season 9). Is the final episode of Seinfeld really that bad? They get what they deserve! It's a long time coming! Symbolically, it's perfect! But upon rewatching, you realize that, yeah, it is that bad. Not even the minor revelation that George cheated during "The Contest" can save what is an uninspired parade of guest stars and forgotten characters. The final scene's callback to Seinfeld's first episode is a cute touch, but it's not enough to save "The Finale"'s reputation as one of Seinfeld's lowest points.

 Enjoy the rest of the list HERE.

Goodbye Youth - David Letterman Is Off the Air

Head in my hands.  Eyes fixated on the screen.  Bedtime come and gone.  I'm 11 years old and Letterman is on.  No rushing me to bed tonight as my whole family's eyes are glued to the screen.

I wasn't raised in a stern household, but homework and bedtime were staple rules that were rarely broken.  You did your school work and you got to bed at a reasonable hour.  But 11:35pm tended to be a special moment on the clock.  I was raised in a Letterman household.  Parents born of the Johnny Carson era, there wasn't even an option.  Not even an idea that the remote would make it's way over to that Leno character.  My mother the writer admired Dave's self deprecating spirit.  My father the actor squinted with glee when Dave would ask the fateful question, "will it float?"

There's no truely putting into words what the career of David Letterman has meant to my family.  Some families gathered to watch "Homicide," (my best friends family).  Another childhood friend's household stopped when "Wheel of Fortune" was on.  Letterman brought us together, and those childhood nights staying up into the wee hours will not soon be forgotten.

So without further ado, the key moments in David Letterman's final show...
 


The final, star studded Top Ten - "Top Ten Things I've Always Wanted to Say to Dave"
 


We also can't talk about last night without tipping our hat to Conan O'Brien's touching tribute to the late night king.  O'Brien, who's show starts at 11pmPST, urged viewers to tune in to Letterman at 11:35pmPST in order to properly send off the man he said saved his career.

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Jawbone Uses Sleep Data to Gauge Wake-Ups From Napa Earthquake | Re/code

As a Jawbone UP24 user, this is pretty damn cool to see in action.  Granted, I stopped wearing my UP24 band recently because of the, ahem, smell, but that's a conversation for a different time.  re/code brought this very cool stat to life, showing how the recent earthquake in Napa awoke the masses:

Jawbone Uses Sleep Data to Gauge Wake-Ups From Napa Earthquake | Re/code:





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Saw This Coming - Roku Builds it's OS Into TV Sets

In a move that surprised nobody, Roku has announced that they will build their streaming services into TCL and Haisense televisions. I've been calling this for years, as we can presume just about everyone in the media-tech game have. This really only precedes Apple TV becoming a real TV. In any case, full story via the LATimes here.

Xbox One vs. PS4 - Put Down Your Quiddich Sticks, or Whatever

Because not all of us are cool enough or sleeping with powerful enough people to get into either of the presentation halls at E3, I bring you the two most important gamer moments of the last year. The Verge was kind enough to edit down both Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's Playstation 4 presentations into palatable clips. If anything, you can hear the sound of Steve Ballmer's heart hit the ground with a thud when Sony announces they've undercut Xbox One by $100.