The Finale (Seinfeld) "...everybody in the country is going to be watching the last episode of "Seinfeld"." Although Larry David has stated he has no regrets about how the show ended, a 2010 "Time" article noted that the "Seinfeld" reunion during the seventh season of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" "was viewed by many as his attempt at a do-over." This was also referenced by Jerry in the seventh-season finale of "Curb Your Enthusiasm", saying "We already screwed up one finale" with David responding "we didn't screw up a finale, that was a good finale!" Having said that, during a Seinfeld roundtable reunion discussion, Larry
The Apartment (Seinfeld) write an episode for the show after they read a few articles he wrote for newspapers and magazines. Mehlman originally had the idea of Elaine moving away from Jerry, but David and Seinfeld felt it would be funnier if Elaine moved closer to Jerry instead. "The Apartment" was first broadcast in the United States on April 4, 1991 on NBC (and was the first new episode of the series after the underwhelming reception of the previous episode, The Phone Message caused it to go on a two-month hiatus), and was watched in 15.7 million homes, making it the ninth most-watched