The Raincoats (Seinfeld) The Raincoats (Seinfeld) "The Raincoats" is a two-part episode of the American sitcom "Seinfeld." It is the 82nd and 83rd episode. This was the 18th and 19th episode for the fifth season. The episode was first shown on NBC on April 28, 1994. The episode was written by Tom Gammill, Max Pross, Larry David, and Jerry Seinfeld and it was directed by Tom Cherones. Jerry and George are in Monk's discussing his parents staying with him for three days until they leave for Paris and how he is dying for some private time with his girlfriend, Rachel (Melanie Smith), who
The Shoes (Seinfeld) the Super Bowl. It's revealed in the DVD "Inside Look" that many on the show were worried that people would be viewing "Seinfeld" for the first time in this new spot and therefore would know nothing about the story arc of Jerry and George's NBC pilot. The show's popularity skyrocketed through the rest of the season, however, starting its successful run. As David Sims wrote at "The A.V. Club", "The whole thing was promoted during the Super Bowl and was the start of "Seinfeld" moving from semi-popular critical hit to world-invading zeitgeist water-cooler explosion." Reviewer David Sims gave the episode