The Opposite

"The Opposite"
Seinfeld episode
Episode no.	Season 5 Episode 22
Directed by	Tom Cherones
Written by	Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld & Andy Cowan
Production code	522
Original air date	May 19, 1994
Guest appearance(s)
Estelle Harris as Estelle Costanza Jerry Stiller as Frank Costanza Richard Fancy as Lippman Marty Rackham as Jake Siobhan Fallon as Tina Paul Gleason as Cushman Dedee Pfeiffer as Victoria Melanie Smith as Rachel Regis Philbin as Himself Kathie Lee Gifford as Herself Hiram Kasten as Michael French Stewart as Manager Ken Takemoto as Chairman Fritz Mashimo as Interpreter Susan Segal as Waitress Oscar Jordan as Counterperson Rolando Molina as Punk #1 Michael Friedma as Punk #2 Marvin Braverman as Poker Player #1 Wesley Thompson as Poker Player #2 Jeff Barton as Poker Player #3 Jeffrey von Meyer as Poker Player #4
Season 5 episodes
September 1993 – May 1994 "The Mango" "The Puffy Shirt" "The Glasses" "The Sniffing Accountant" "The Bris" "The Lip Reader" "The Non-Fat Yogurt" "The Barber" "The Masseuse" "The Cigar Store Indian" "The Conversion" "The Stall" "The Dinner Party" "The Marine Biologist" "The Pie" "The Stand In" "The Wife" "The Raincoats (Part 1)" "The Raincoats (Part 2)" "The Fire" "The Hamptons" "The Opposite"
List of Seinfeld episodes

"The Opposite" is the 86th episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld, which was also the 21nd episode of the fifth season. It aired on May 19, 1994. This was the first episode shot for Season 5, but it was intended to be the season finale. This is the last episode Tom Cherones directed. Andy Ackerman would take over as the primary director for the remaining seasons.

Elaine gets a raise at Pendant Publishing, which is merging with a Japanese conglomerate to avoid bankruptcy, and is publishing Kramer's coffee table book. She has also reunited with her boyfriend Jake Jarmel. (It is never revealed how they got over their exclamation point dispute.) George returns from the beach and decides that every decision that he has ever made has been wrong, and that his life is the exact opposite of what it should be. George tells this to Jerry in Monk's Café, who convinces him that "if every instinct you have is wrong, then the opposite would have to be right". George then resolves to start doing the complete opposite of what he would do normally. He orders the opposite of his normal lunch, and he introduces himself to a beautiful woman (played by Dedee Pfeiffer) who happens to order exactly the same lunch, saying, "My name is George. I'm unemployed and I live with my parents." To his surprise, she is impressed and agrees to date him.

Jerry loses a stand-up gig and five minutes later is asked to perform another one on the same night, for the same pay, prompting Kramer to call him "Even Steven". This causes Jerry to start noticing how everything always ends up turning out exactly the same for him as originally planned, never losing or gaining. George continues to do the Opposite on his date with Victoria. He stops shaving, yells at noisy cinema patrons, and refuses to come up to her apartment. Meanwhile, Elaine, upon hearing that Jake has been in an accident (from a theater manager, played by French Stewart), quickly buys some Jujyfruits from the concession stand before heading to the hospital. Jake takes extreme exception to her lack of consideration and breaks up with Elaine on the spot because of it.

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