The Apartment (Seinfeld) 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 realizing it might be uncomfortable living so close together. Meanwhile, Jerry's friend George Costanza (Jason Alexander) wears a wedding ring to a party to see what effect this will have on women. The episode was written by Peter Mehlman and directed by Tom Cherones. Series co-creators Seinfeld and Larry David asked Mehlman to
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