10 Best Seinfeld Episodes According To IMDb

10. The Abstinence (IMDb Rating 9.0)

After not being able to have sex with his girlfriend, George discovers that abstinence turns him into a genius. He learns languages with ease and even manages to teach the Yankees a thing of two.

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Elaine decides, in a bid to help her boyfriend pass his exams and become a doctor, to also abstain, hoping his intelligence will likewise grow. Unfortunately for Elaine, the abstinence has the opposite impact on her.

For Jerry, he's asked to speak at his former Junior High School for career day, only to find himself bumped. His agent manages to secure him a whole assembly to make up for it, which is two hours long! Thanks to his newfound smarts, George is supposed to help Seinfeld with the presentation.

Kramer decides to open his apartment up to become a smoking lounge, but finds the smoke severely ages his face. As such, he decides to get Jackie Chiles to help him sue the tobacco companies.

"The Abstinence" is a classic Seinfeld episode where every character has something going on. George and Elaine are once again proven to be opposites of each other, Jerry's agent once again gets him into trouble, and Kramer's scheme doesn't go the way he expects it to.

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