" Invitation " is the 22nd and final episode of the seventh season Seinfeld and the entire episode to 134. It originally aired on May 16, 1996, and is famous as the last episode written by co-creator Larry David before he left the series at the end of this season. He returned, however, to write the last series in 1998. This episode was directed by Andy Ackerman.
In 2005, TV Guide rated episode # 8 as part of "The 100 Unexpected Moms in TV History."
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Plot
George and Susan went shopping for wedding invitations and George decided to buy the cheapest brand in the store. When they meet Kramer, he calls Susan "Lily", which makes Susan shocked and annoyed. Kramer then tells Jerry that the bank will offer anyone $ 100 if they are not greeted with a "hello" by a cashier when they enter the building.
Jerry and Elaine realize that once George gets married, that's just three of them. In the evenings, Elaine admits that she also left the group. In a dream sequence, Jerry and Kramer argue about creating a periscope for use in a car, until Jerry is jerked back to the real world by being nearly hit by a car and saved by a woman named Jeannie Steinman (Janeane Garofalo).
Meanwhile, George tells Susan that Elaine wants to be their wedding introduction, but Susan says no, saying there will be no ushers. He also said Kramer was no longer an introduction since he called him "Lily". George warns Susan that if she does not let them be an escort, both will be destroyed. Susan told George that she did not care.
The next day, George told Elaine and Kramer the news. Jerry told them about Jeannie. George admits that he does not want to be with Susan after they are engaged, and that he needs to find a way to get out of the marriage without facing Susan. Elaine suggests smoking in front of Susan, because Susan hates smoking. This did not work, because smoking made George sick and Susan was not sure. Kramer suggests prenuptial agreements. When George asks her, Susan laughs at her because she has no money and that she earns more than he does; George realizes he's stuck with the situation. Kramer went to the bank. After being greeted with the word "hey" instead of "hello", he asks to see the manager (played by Stephen Root).
Meanwhile, George and Susan received a box of invitations. George left, and Susan started licking the envelopes, commenting, "Ugh! Terrible!" Jerry, however, goes to the bar, just to meet Jeannie again and propose a marriage with her.
Meanwhile, Susan continued to lick the envelopes, get sick and faint. George goes to the bar and celebrates Jerry and Jeannie's engagement. Jerry and Jeannie go to Monk's Cafà ©  ©. George returns to his apartment to find that Susan has fainted. At Jerry's apartment, Jerry told Kramer that he did not think Jeannie was his type, and he regretted that proposal. Kramer said he only got $ 20 instead of $ 100 from the bank. George called and said that he took Susan to the hospital.
At the hospital, George, Jerry, Kramer and Elaine were told that Susan had died of licking an envelope (containing toxic glue). George and the others seemed unaffected by his death; Elaine, Jerry, and Kramer show sympathy for George (with Kramer babbling "Poor Lily"). The table has changed for Jerry because he is now engaged and George, with Susan's death, is not. George then casually suggested that the group go out for a coffee, which Jerry shouted at him "We have a deal!", As George told him during the season.
George returns to his apartment and tries to call Marisa Tomei to go out with him after the funeral, but he hangs up.
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Reaction
The end of this episode received a very mixed public reaction, and produced numerous letters for publications such as TV Guide about Susan's greed of death, and character indifference. Seinfeld mocked a counterattack in the first scene of "The Foundation", the opening of the next season, where Jerry and George visited Susan's grave. Both show emotions only when they begin to remember Spock's death in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
Heidi Swedberg, who plays Susan, has stated that she enjoys the fact that her character is killed and there is no problem with it, adding in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that the fan of the show liked that the main character is not a good person who " reveal the things we think about but do not want to admit. " For months after the episode broadcast, fans who acknowledged him on the street expressed frustration and hatred about the fate of his character. Similarly, Jason Alexander claims that fans of George's character only gave him twice: once because of Susan's death, and again because George ate ÃÆ'Â Â © clair out of the trash in the episode "The Gymnast".
Larry David then said, "I saw this show recently, and I do not believe that I killed this girl."
Commenting on the public outcry surrounding Susan's death, Alexander later said, "I think the coldest moment ever played on a television show is the reaction of George and his friends to the death of his fiancée.If it's funny, it's a ruler, and that's undoubtedly funny. rough and dangerous - but funny. "
Production
The Yankees owner, George Steinbrenner, a recognized show fan, has long been portrayed in Seinfeld by Larry David's voice, filming scenes for guest appearances in this episode, but no recordings have made him to the air. However, the release of DVD of the Seventh Season shows that the scene was cut just for time, and that Steinbrenner and the show's producers did not hold a grudge.
This episode was temporarily withdrawn from syndication after the 2001 anthrax attack in the United States. This episode again became syndicated in the summer of 2002.
This is the last episode to feature Larry David as an executive producer. He then returns to write the final two parts and continues to voice the character of George Steinbrenner for the rest of the series.
In June 2015 it was revealed by Jason Alexander during an interview on 'The Howard Stern Show' that the character of Swedberg had been killed due to his unpopularity with other stars on the show, and a decision was made to cut Swedberg after Jerry Seinfeld acted with him. Prior to Seinfeld's personal experience, Jason Alexander never voiced loudly about acting with Heidi Swedberg, but Seinfeld and Larry David knew of his complaints.
Trivia
Larry David then uses the idea of ​​the discovery of a car periscope as the basis of investment opportunities in the episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm "Periscope Car".
Reference list
External links
- "Complete Invitation Text"
- "Invites" in IMDb
- "Invites" on TV.com
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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