"The finale” left viewers with mixed feelings. Some thought it ended in true seinstyle while others thought it was a big let down after all the hype created around it. The final episode was self reflexive and had several intertextual references - very seinstyle-but there in lay the problem. The episode with innumerable characters from the past made it difficult for first time viewers to relate to the true meaning of the jokes and innuendos that were better appreciated by regular viewers. While the entire series hinged on the motto “no hugging no learning” with no morals to be learnt, ‘the finale’ did just the opposite. That the four friends finally end up in prison for being selfish, self absorbed and doing absolutely nothing to help others is suggestive of the age-old adage ‘the more evil you do the more you will suffer’. Even the final scene with Jerry doing his act for the inmates wasn’t taken to well by the audience.
The episode did have factors that were appreciated by many. All through the episode there continues to be comical twists for instance during what appears to be the final moments of their lives when the plane seems to be going down, Elaine tries to tell Jerry how she has always loved him but promptly changes her words when the pilot manages to control the aircraft and she realizes she is not going to die. Seinfeld finally ended letting the fat man(Newman) have “the last laugh”.
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