The Puerto Rican Day

I only started watching Seinfeld a couple years ago when 2 episodes were shown 11:30PM-12:30AM and I desperately needed to laugh at the end of very long days. So now I'm addicted and watch every show I can. I noticed I see some episodes repeatedly so I wondered what other episodes I might be missing. At some point I was going to buy the full set but when shopping for it, there were so many sets available from so many makers, and some had such bad reviews as to quality, etc, that I didn't buy any. Instead I started a list of every show I saw and then I could see what was missing. Along the way I bought 2 seasons from my cable company, seasons 2 & 3. I forget why I bought them, but season 3 came in handy when I found that the syndicated shows being shown never included season 3 ep.15, which turned out to be "The Suicide" a fun episode where nobody dies, but I understand why they don't show it.

So the only other episode I'm missing now, after a long time, is season 9, ep. 20. So I've just found today, that episode is this "Puerto Rican Day Parade." I guess I've never seen it. Most reviews here say its funny. One reviewer says it's "the worst episode ever" which makes me know I have to see it. It's not even available on the season 9 episodes I would buy from my cable company, so I guess I'll have to go online for it. I'm looking forward to it! Especially since I live in a small-to-medium sized city where the Puerto Rican population is great and we have many Puerto Rican events all year long!

It was an episode about nothing.

This was the last episode before the last episode of the series. I liked it.

It was just of the gang trying to get home through a Puerto Rican Parade.

I liked the bits with George and the laser, Jerry vs Maroon Golf, Kramer and the street toughs and when 3 of the guys meet in the apartment. Elaine's stuff was boring.

For a final episode before the final episode it was good and creative. I love episodes about nothing just so i can feel relaxtained (Relax and entertainment).

What can be learned? Watch out for Maroon Golf and know when Puerto Rican parade is so you can beat or avoid traffic.

Verdict: What a Jack A...

This is the only episode of Seinfeld I skip when rewatching the series. The part where Jerry, Kramer and George all end up in the same apartment is kind of funny but that's it. Elaine's storyline where she gets stuck under the bleachers was dumb as was George trying to get laughs in the movie theater using that line. The guy shining the laser pointer on George was dumb too as was the spat between Jerry and the guy driving the Maroon Golf. Just overall a boring and poorly written episode. I would recommend only watching it once if it's your first time watching Seinfeld but I would not recommend watching on a rewatch.

I have no clue how this episode has an 8.0 because it is barely watchable, like a lot of season 9 it suffers from poor writing to the point a half hour feels like an hour or more. Bad casting, a poor sluggish plot, weak jokes and ridiculous events makes this feel like a messy script cobbled together half-heartedly that nobody involved even wanted to film. Being that it's the last episode the post-Larry David writers got to make and were all in charge of writing together maybe there were too many cooks in the kitchen but the end product is one of the worst episodes of the season if not the series itself.

It's a fun episode as it moves to the end of the series. I love how that brought back Bob and his partner. I've rewatched this episode about 20 times. Not sure what all the hate is about!