Seinfeld: 10 Worst Things George Costanza Has Ever Done

10. Identity Theft

One of TV’s great schemers, George will never concoct a simple plan when a complicated one will do. In “The English Patient”, he meets a beautiful woman who mistakes him for her boyfriend - only, her actual boyfriend is a bit shorter, and not in such good shape as our hero,

George finds himself obsessed - not so much with Danielle, the way out of his league woman who has shown an interest in him, but with Neil, his inferior lookalike. He asks for Neil’s phone number, passing up the chance to seal the deal with his new romantic interest to go home and await a call.

Eventually George realises that he has “out-Neiled Neil”, and completes the transformation, stealing Neil’s life and his girlfriend and living it that little bit better. It’s one of the greatest heists the character pulls off, and he would have gotten away with it, were it not for an overstuffed crepe badly burning Neil and sending Danielle back into his arms to take care of him, in a nod to the titular film. In a rare win for George, he yanks on Neil’s intravenous wires as he leaves, possibly killing him.