The Deal (Seinfeld) The Deal (Seinfeld) "The Deal" is the ninth episode of the second season of NBC's "Seinfeld", and the show's 14th episode overall. The episode centers on protagonists Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) and Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) who decide to have a sexual relationship, with a set of ground rules. However, as their "relationship" progresses, they experience difficulties maintaining their original friendship. Series co-creator Larry David wrote the episode in a response to NBC's continued efforts to get the two characters back together. The main inspiration behind the episode was a similar agreement David once made with a woman. The episode, which
The Apartment (Seinfeld) Schilling and Flaherty graded the episode with a B+. However, "The Kitchener-Waterloo Record" critic Bonnie Malleck gave the episode a particular negative review, comparing "Seinfeld" to "It's Garry Shandling's Show", she stated "Seinfeld isn't neurotic enough to be as funny as <nowiki>[</nowiki>Garry Shandling<nowiki>]</nowiki>. So, instead of being nervously funny, he's just nervously dull". The Apartment (Seinfeld) "The Apartment" is the fifth episode of the second season of the NBC sitcom "Seinfeld" and the show's tenth episode overall. In the episode, protagonist Jerry Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld) gets his ex-girlfriend Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) an apartment above his, but regrets this after