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"The Junk Mail" | |
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Seinfeld episode | |
Episode no. | Season 9 Episode 5 |
Directed by | Andy Ackerman |
Written by | Spike Feresten |
Production code | 905 |
Original air date | October 30, 1997 |
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"The Junk Mail" is the 161st episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. It was the fifth episode of the ninth and final season.[1] The episode aired on October 30, 1997.[2] In this episode, Jerry is gifted a van by a childhood friend and cannot turn it down for fear of hurting his feelings, Elaine mistakenly thinks she has fallen in love when the sight of a man triggers memories of an old commercial he appeared in, and Kramer, tired of getting swamped with junk mail, tries to stop all delivery of his mail, only to uncover a conspiracy by the United States Postal Service to keep the public from realizing that mail is pointless. Produced when e-mail was becoming a mainstream form of communication, the episode reflected the popular prediction of the time that postal service would soon become obsolete.