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Untouchable. Plot density, joke-per-minute ratio, and character consistency at their absolute peak.

The final season is a victory lap of absurdity. By now, the characters are caricatures, but the jokes per minute are astronomical. The series famously ended with a misfire (the prison finale), but the episodes leading up to it are genius.

The Seinfeld Chronicles (S1E1), The Stake Out (S1E2 – origin of "Hello, Newman").

The show’s brilliance relied on the distinct, clashing personalities of its ensemble: