Series 9

The Butter Shave: George is hired at Play Now because they think he is handicapped. Jerry is worried that Bania is following on his coattails in his act and lovelife. Elaine comes back from a holiday in Europe with David Puddy arguing all the way. Kramer begins using butter on his skin after shaving, but ends up cooking and smelling delicious to Newman.

Bania was last seen in The Fatigues
Puddy, who appeared in The Fusilli Jerry and The Face Painter returns and becomes a regular character this series.
Jenna, Baina's new girlfriend, went out with Jerry in The Pothole
The Sheena Easton song "My Baby Takes the Morning Train" was also used in The Bizarro Jerry

The Voice: George is determined not to leave his job until his contract is over despite what his boss throws at him. Jerry is forced to choose between a comical voice and his girlfriend. Elaine loses money on betting that she can stay broken up from David Puddy. Kramer gets an intern from NYU to help him out with Kramerica Industries.

Kramerica Industries was first mentioned in Male Unbonding in conjunction with Kramer's pizza idea.
That Kramer's apartment may or may not contain a chicken may be a reference to The Little Jerry

The Serenity Now: Frank is supposed to say "serenity now" every time his blood pressure is in danger of going up. Jerry's girlfriend tries to get him to release his anger, but once he starts it is too much, he even proposes to Elaine. Kramer sets up a screen door outside his apartment. George works with Lloyd Braum selling computers for Frank, and is determined to sell more. Elaine is concerned when Lippman and his son both kiss her and learns she has "shiksappeal".

Rabbi Glickman was last seen in The Postponement
Lippman was last in The Muffin Tops
George's nemesis Lloyd Braum was last in The Gum
George 'sells' computers to Art Vandelay

The Blood: Jerry's parents are concerned about his lack of exercise so they send him a personal trainer. Elaine doesn't understand why her friend won't let her babysit her child. George gets turned on by food after he adds it to his lovelife. Kramer withdraws his blood from the blood bank.

Jerry's trainer is Izzy Mandelbaun who Jerry put in the hospital in The English Patient
When asked what he is doing George says "Pleasuring you?", the same reply he used in The Fusilli Jerry

The Junk Mail: Jerry gets a van from a friend not a car like he expected. Elaine falls for a man she remembers from TV. Kramer gets deluged with Junk Mail and decides to cancel his mail. George parents tried to cut him out of their lives.

The Merv Griffin Show: Kramer finds the set of an old TV show and transplants it into his apartment. Jerry drugs his girlfriend to play with her toys. Elaine is sidled by a co-worker. George accidently kills a pigeon, then hits a squirel.

Jerry's apartment doesn't appear as in a few other episodes.
Frank and Estelle's voices are heard but they are not credited
The music played when George enters Kramer's set, ends with his Kramer saying "Turn Music Off" similar to his instruction to "Turn Tape Over" on his tape for the Peterman Reality Tour in The Muffin Tops

The Slicer: Jerry is annoyed by a skin doctor who boasts of saving lives. Elaine's neighbour's is away but her alarm is still set. George gets a new job which he may lose because he had a run in with his new boss in the past. Kramer buys a meat slicer and finds many uses for it.

Elaine threatens Kramer by mentioning circus clowns
When Elaine dances in her appartment she is using The Little Kicks move
Kramer again uses the name of Von Nostrand as he did in The Nose Job, The Pilot, and The Package

The Betrayal: In an episode that goes backwars Jerry, George and Elaine travel to India for a wedding, while Kramer fears a birthday wish.

Elaine's nemesis Sue Ellen was last in The Abstinence
Susan Ross appears in a flashback to two years ago while she and George are still engaged. [Seventh Series]
Jerry calls Kramer Kessler because that name is on the mailbox. Kramer was also called Kessler in The Seinfeld Chronicles: Good News, Bad News.

The Apology: Jerry's girlfriend is a nudist. Kramer moves in to his shower. Elaine is offended by her co-worker who considers her dirty. George is anxious to get an apology, only to seek treatment at Rage-oholics Anonymous (RA).

Peggy, who considers Elaine quite dirty, once thought she was Susie in The Susie.

The Strike aka The Festivus: Elaine gives out a fake phone number at a party. Kramer learns his strike is over and returns to work. George faces the horror of his father's made up holiday Festivus. Jerry dates a 'two-faced' woman

Tim Whatley is celebrating Hanukkah, showing he stuck to his Jewish conversion in The Yada Yada
'Denim Vest' gets a fake phone number from a van of Azzari Moving and Storage, a reference to production designer Tho. E. Azzari. This is the same company that moved the couch Poppie peed on in The Couch.

The Dealership: Jerrys plans to buy a car with a good deal from Puddy that is almost spoilt when Elaine again breaks up with Puddy. Kramer tests a car's empty limit. George battles a mechanic who stole his candy bar.

George yells Twix in the same way George yelled Kahn in The Foundation and Elaine yelled Susie in The Susie. It is a homage to Star Trek II.

The Reverse Peephole aka The Man Fur: Puddy wears a "man fur". George finds he really enjoys a massage chair. Jerry decides to go wallet-less. Kramer installs a reverse peephole in his door.

The Cartoon: Jerry becomes known as a devil due to a comedy act. Kramer is too frank and decides not to speak. George dates a woman who looks like Jerry. Elaine tries her hand at drawing a cartoon for "the New Yorker".

Sally Weaver, Susan Ross's old friend last appeared in The Doll
Note: When repeated in the G timeslot this episode has Kramer's suggested punch line "My wife is a slut" is edited out

The Strongbox: Elaine falls for a man of mystery. Kramer places his valuables in a strongbox. Jerry offends a neighbour. George can't get two women to break up with him.

Jerry uses his computer again, last time was in The Stall

The Wizard: Jerry buys his dad an elctronic organizer. George and the Rosses see who will hold on the longest before they admit they know George's secrets. Elaine is unsure wether her boyfriend is black. Kramer retires temporarily

Susan Ross's partents appear and they mention The Foundation.
FDR last appeared in The Betrayal
Kramer mentions that Bob Saccamando's father lives in Florida.

The Burning: Elaine wants to know why Puddy isn't concerned she is going to hell. George leaves on a high note. Kramer and Mickey play sick for a medical school. Jerry wonders what the "Tractor story" is?

This episode was dedicated to Lloyd Bridges who had passed away. He played Izzy in The English Patient and The Blood

The Bookstore: Elaine is worried about her reputation at work. Jerry catches Uncle Leo stealing. George 'tags' a book by taking it into the bathroom. Kramer and Newman operate a tickshaw service in NY.

Rebecca DeMornay, the angry woman who refuses George's donation of a 'marked' book also refused Elaine's donation of topless muffins in The Muffin Tops
At the Peterman party people want to know if she is going to dance again like she did last year in The Little Kicks

The Frogger: George tries to save his high score on an old video game. Elaine is sick of office parties, but not of cake. Jerry's girlfriend finishes his sentences so he can never say what he wants. Kramer is concerned about a serial killer.

Shlomo who helps George's plot may or may not be the same character who went on the Peterman Reality Tour but not given a name in The Muffin Tops
One of the cakes if for Elaine's coworker Walter who has appeared in many other episodes

The Maid: George tries to get a hip nickname at work. Jerry hires a maid, but they start sleeping together. Kramer isn't thrilled by a long-distance relationship. Elaine is concerned about her new phone number.

The Puerto Rican Day: Jerry's car gets stuck in traffic. Elaine tries unsuccessfully to cross a parade route. George is pursued by a laser pen. Kramer sparks a mob when he accidently sets fire to a flag.

Bob and Cedric scared Kramer off before in The Soup Nazi (when they stole Elaine's amoir) and The Sponge (when Kramer would not wear a ribbon).
When trying to use the bathroom of an apartment to rent, Kramer claims to be HE Pennypacker (see The Millenium), Jerry claims to be Karl Varnsen, and George claims to be, who else?, Art Vandelay.

The Finale: Elaine calls a friend in a social faux pas. Kramer goes to the beach. George and Jerry are told that their sitcom "Jerry" is back on. To celebrate they all take a trip and wind up marooned in a small town where they are arrested for not helping a man in trouble. Their friends and family head out of NY to be with them. Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer are put on trial. A succession of surprise witnesses, each more surprisng than the last, (in the words of Troy McClure) provide damning evidence.

The new vice president of programming for NBC is interested in developing Jerry and George's pilot see Series Four and The Pilot in particular
When the plane is going down, George confesses he cheated during The Contest
The gang use Jackie Chiles as their defense lawyer. He last represented Kramer in The Abstinence.
The regular supporting characters who come to the trial are Jerry and George's parents, Newman, Uncle Leo, Peterman, Puddy, Mickey and Steinbrenner
Also coming are:
Bania, last in The Butter Shave
Mr. & Mrs. Ross, last in The Wizard
Rabbi Glickman, The Postponement, The Serenity Now
Keith Hernandez, The Boyfriend
Lippman (who may be a part of the prosecution I think)
Wilhelm (apparently check)
Kramer's mother Babs, The Switch
Poppie, last in The Doorman
George thinks that the judge being named Arthur Vandelay is a good sign.
At the end when Jerry talks about George's shirt, he asks if they have had this conversation before. They did in The Seinfeld Chronicles: Good New, Bad News
The Prosecution Case includes:
- The woman Jerry stole The Rye from. She also appeared in The Cadillac.
- Marla, The Virgin, tells the court about The Contest.
- The Bubble Boy.
- The woman who needed The Handicapped Spot
- The doctor on duty when Susan died in The Invitations and also appeared in The Summer of George I think
- Sidra from The Implants. Jackie echoes Sidra's line from that episode: "They're real and they're spectacular"
- The Library cop Bookman
- George's former girlfriend Robin, whose apartment caught on fire in The Fire
- The security guard from the parking garage in The Parking Garage
- A detective from when Kramer was dressed like a pimp in The Wig Master
- The low-talker from The Puffy Shirt
- Steinbrenner talks about The Calzone and George being a communist, The Race
- The man who runs the cockfights in The Little Jerry
- A pharmacist tells how he sold Elaine a case of contraceptive sponges, The Sponge
- A co-worker tells about Elaine's revealing Christmas card, The Pick
- Mr. Pitt describes Elaine trying to suffocate him with a pillow in The Diplomat's Club
- The Soup Nazi
- and finally Babu Bhatt who mentions his cafe, The Cafe, and his deportation in The Visa

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