The complete fifth season of the show about a group of friends living in New York City.
Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 22-NOV-2005
Media Type: DVD

The fifth season of Seinfeld is without a doubt the series' best. By their fifth year, the Seinfeld gang had ironed out the bumps from the first two seasons, further developing characters. The loyal fan base that had been accumulating over the years was now more or less the entire nation's viewing audience. The pressure was on to give this new, mega fan base a high dose of their unique, misanthropic comedy, and Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld), George (Jason Alexander), Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and Kramer (Michael Richards) delivered in spades. Yes, other seasons may have funnier individual episodes, but as a whole season five consistently delivers the goods, including many of the show's all-time classic episodes. In the season opener, Jerry discovers the secret, sexual power of "The Mango." While vacationing in "The Hamptons" we not only learn that George's date likes to sunbathe topless in front of his friends, but also that cold water has the power to shrink. In "The Stall' Elaine is rejected while trying to share toilet paper only to learn that the selfish neighbor is Jerry's girlfriend. In order to really make a life change, George decides to do "The Opposite" of all his instincts and surprisingly everything in his life falls perfectly into place. And of course, who can forget the ridiculous puffy shirt Kramer's low-talking girlfriend talks Jerry into wearing on The Today Show. This box set also includes the featurette "Jason+Larry=George" explaining how Jason Alexander embodied Larry David's alter ego to create George Costanza, plus deleted and behind-the-scenes footage and exclusive stand up footage of Jerry Seinfeld. --Rob Bracco

I purchased this for my daughter in law for her dad, so I can't really rate this. I personally don't like the show.

While I have no problem with the content of these discs (5-star!), I've been having problems throughout all the DVDs (and I have seasons 1-9 on DVD) with skipping/jumping/dead pixels, etc. It seems like every episode I get pauses and then suddenly jump to the next chapter. Season 5 seems to be the worst so far.

It's not a problem with the DVD player, as I have over a hundred other commercial DVDs and never have these problems. This is extremely annoying. I'm curious to hear if anyone else has had similar problems.

It's sad to say this in 2008, but I'd rather have the series on VHS. A bad-spot on a VHS tape produces a little spot on the screen for a half-second, not a jump to the next chapter, or a full-freeze-up of the DVD player.

The seinfeld season five product is working like new and I am satisfied with the product.

This was the BEST season! The Hamptons and the Stall make it all worth while.

If you are a Seinfeld fan, you must own this as well as all the others. This series keeps getting better and is one of the all-time classic sitcoms. I can watch any episode and it makes me laugh.