10 TV Fan Theories Better Than We Actually Got
1. The "Good Samartian" Trial Is Actually Purgatory - Seinfeld
Seinfeld concluded with one of the most bizarre and understandably divisive series finales of all time, where Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld), Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), Kramer (Michael Richards), and George (Jason Alexander) are finally held to account for their sociopathic behaviour throughout the series.
The quartet end up put on trial for refusing to help a man being carjacked, in turn violating a "Good Samaritan law," whereby their entire history of misanthropy receives extensive judgment.
But Redditor bfitzyc argues this distinctly off-kilter outcome is actually a metaphor for purgatory.
The theory suggests the four actually died when their plane crash-landed at the start of the episode, and the trial is actually their spiritual assessment, where they're forced to relive every bad thing they've ever done together.
Given the clearly heightened absurdity of the final episode, it makes far more sense that Jerry and co. are no longer in the mortal realm.
With the quartet being sentenced to a year in prison, perhaps that's to give them time to think about what they've done before being finally judged by the big guy upstairs.
As much as "it was purgatory all along" endings suck 99% of the time, this is one example where it makes way more sense than the vague, ridiculous ending we got.