Seinfeld - - Season 5eps21

But the magic happens when George goes to dinner with Jerry at Monk’s. Frustrated, George declares:

George: "My life is the complete opposite of everything I want it to be." Jerry: "If you want to take the job at the Yankees, you should not take the job. If you want to talk to the woman, you should ignore her." George: "This is the worst time to be giving me advice." He takes the advice. He wins. And we have been laughing about it for thirty years. What’s your favorite "Opposite" moment? Is George actually a genius, or just lucky? Drop a comment below—just don’t do the opposite of what you’re thinking. Seinfeld - Season 5Eps21

If you have never seen Seinfeld , start here. This is the episode where the show stops being "a show about nothing" and becomes "a show about everything." But the magic happens when George goes to

While "The Contest" gets the headlines for being the "naughty" episode, and "The Soup Nazi" gets the catchphrases, "The Opposite" is the Rosetta Stone for understanding the entire Seinfeld universe. It is the episode where George Costanza, the short, stocky, slow-witted bald man, accidentally stumbles upon the secret to the universe. The episode opens with George at his usual low. He’s living with his parents. He gets fired from a front-office job with the New York Yankees (for having a "leisurely" tryst with the cleaning lady). He is, in his own words, an "idiot." He wins

Season 5, Episode 21 | Air Date: May 19, 1994