Writer Darin Henry previously penned the eighth season episode...
..."The Van Buren Boys" and provided stories in "The Slicer"...
...and "The Bookstore."
Henry's other TV credits include writing for Futurama...
...The War at Home, Grosse Pointe, The Ellen Show...
...and the BBC sitcom My Family.
Because "The Finale" episode...
...originally ran one hour and 15 minutes...
...an entire segment of this retrospective...
...was not included in its network premiere.
As the clips roll, look for the episode names and their production numbers.
For example, "The Chronicle" is 921 /922...
...or: the 21st and 22nd episode of season 9.
And away we go!
"The Puerto Rican Day" (920)
"The Invitations" (724)
"The Puffy Shirt" (503)
"The Wink" (704)
"The Cadillac" (714/717)
"The Marine Biologist" (513)
"The Stall" (512)
"The Parking Garage" (306)
"The Engagement" (701 )
"The Bookstore" (917)
"The Abstinence" (809)
"The Secret Code" (707)
"The Note" (301 )
"The Chicken Roaster" (808)
"The Parking Space" (322)
"The Pothole" (816)
"The Junior Mint" (421 )
"The Marine Biologist" (513)
"The Cadillac" (714/717)
"The Stall" (512)
"The Butter Shave" (901 )
"The Airport" (412)
"The Understudy" (621 )
"The Secret Code" (707)
"The Contest" (411 )
"The Hot Tub" (705)
"The Switch" (610)
"The Soup Nazi" (706)
"The Boyfriend" (315/316)
"The Friars Club" (718)
"The Pothole" (816)
"The Couch" (605)
"The Note" (301 )
"The Doodle" (618)
"The Pothole" (816)
"The Soup Nazi" (706)
"The Frogger" (918)
"The Wait Out" (723)
"The Checks" (807)
"The Chinese Restaurant" (206)
"The Limo" (318)
"The Label Maker" (611 )
"The Bizarro Jerry" (803)
"The Little Jerry" (811 )
"The Gum" (710)
"The Airport" (412)
"The Serenity Now" (903)
"The Muffin Tops" (821 )
"The Race" (612)
"The Wait Out" (723)
"The Contest" (411 )
"The Understudy" (621 )
"The Little Jerry" (811 )
"The Busboy" (203)
"The Big Salad" (602)
"The Opera" (409)
"The Beard" (615)
"The Butter Shave" (901 )
"The Diplomat's Club" (620)
"The Slicer" (907)
"The Revenge" (212)
"The Limo" (318)
"The Foundation" (801 )
"The Pez Dispenser" (314)
"The Contest" (411 )
"The Engagement" (701 )
David Rogers edited this special.
Rogers has gone on to edit such award-winning series as The Office...
...The Comeback and Entourage.
Many fans know this retrospective special as "The Clip Show."
Its actual title is the one seen in the opening credits: "The Chronicle."
"The Hamptons" (522)
"The Invitations" (724)
When this special airs in syndication, it is split into two half-hour episodes.
A special introduction was filmed...
...to open part two featuring Jerry and Kramer.
It features a Kramer entrance...
...but since it didn't air in the original network run...
...it doesn't go into the official Kramer Entrance Counter.
You can see the bit for yourself on this episode's menu page.
"The Maestro" (703)
"The Gymnast" (606)
"The Keys" (321 )
"The Pick" (413)
"The Van Buren Boys" (814)
"The Little Kicks" (804)
"The Beard" (615)
"The Pen" (305)
"The English Patient" (817)
"The Fix-Up" (317)
"The Visa" (414)
"The Chinese Woman" (604)
"The Shower Head" (715)
"The Cafe" (307)
"The Pick" (413)
"The Muffin Tops" (821 )
"The Merv Griffin Show" (906)
"The Yada Yada" (819)
"The Old Man" (418)
"The Pick" (413)
"The Yada Yada" (819)
"The Pitch" (403)
"The Chicken Roaster" (808)
"The Heart Attack" (211 )
"The Doorman" (616)
"The Wig Master" (719)
"The Subway" (313)
"The Andrea Doria" (810)
"The Betrayal" (908)
"The Pothole" (816)
"The Nap" (818)
"The Pothole" (816)
"The Puffy Shirt" (503)
"The Butter Shave" (901 )
"The Foundation" (801 )
"The Cafe" (307)
"The Conversion" (511 )
"The Library" (304)
"The Chicken Roaster" (808)
"The Barber" (507)
"The Bubble Boy" (407)
"The Millennium" (820)
"The Gum" (710)
"The Reverse Peephole" (912)
"The Opera" (409)
"The Scofflaw" (613)
"The Doll" (716)
"The Wink" (704)
"The Chronicle" premiered on NBC at 8:00 p.m. on May 14, 1998...
...and received the series' second-highest rating ever...
...behind "The Finale."
The audience rating was 33.6 with a 53 share.
That means an average of 58.5 million people tuned in for this episode.
Just wait until you see how many people watched the final episode.
"The Junior Mint" (421 )
"The Soulmate" (802)
"The Mango" (501 )
"The Subway" (313)
"The Watch" (406)
"The Cheever Letters" (408)
"The Fusilli Jerry" (619)
"The Sponge" (709)
"The Face Painter" (622)
"The Cadillac" (714/717)
"The Raincoats" (519/520)
"The Virgin" (410)
"The Engagement" (701 )
"The Ex-Girlfriend" (201 )
"The Pilot" (423/424)
"The Yada Yada" (819)
"The Susie" (815)
"The Postponement" (702)
"The Burning" (916)
"The Pool Guy" (708)
"The Bizarro Jerry" (803)
"The Label Maker" (611 )
"The Strike" (910)
"The Money" (813)
"The Virgin" (410)
"The Strong Box" (914)
"The Handicap Spot" (420)
"The Engagement" (701 )
"The Big Salad" (602)
"The Stall" (512)
"The Puffy Shirt" (503)
"The Pledge Drive" (603)
"The Raincoats" (519/520)
"The Face Painter" (622)
"The Beard" (615)
"The Andrea Doria" (810)
"The Big Salad" (602)
"The Wallet" (405)
"The Strongbox" (914)
"The Sponge" (709)
"The Big Salad" (602)
"The Masseuse" (509)
"The Puffy Shirt" (503)
"The Wallet" (405)
"The Wizard" (915)
"The Puffy Shirt" (503)
"The Fusilli Jerry" (619)
"The Caddy" (712)
"The Fusilli Jerry" (619)
"The Rye" (711 )
You're about to hear "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough."
The song was the most popular single...
...from Michael Jackson's 1979 album Off The Wall.
The song peaked at number one on the pop charts in October of that year.
Get ready to use your pause button.
"The Reverse Peephole" (912)
"The Stall" (512)
"The Calzone" (720)
"The Fire" (518)
"The Susie" (815)
"The Friar's Club" (718)
"The Slicer" (907)
"The Truth" (302)
"The Wallet" (405)
"The Stall" (512)
"The Blood" (904)
"The Label Maker" (611 )
"The Good Samaritan" (319)
"The Wait Out" (723)
"The Yada Yada" (819)
"The Finale" (outtake) (923/924)
"The Mom & Pop Store" (607)
"The Trip: Part II" (402)
"The Pool Guy" (708)
"The Lip Reader" (506)
"The Soup Nazi" (706)
"The Bizarro Jerry" (803)
"The Face Painter" (622)
"The Fatigues" (806)
"The Yada Yada" (819)
"The Wait Out" (723)
"The Shower Head" (715)
"The Yada Yada" (819)
"The Cadillac" (714/717)
"The Maestro" (703)
"The Pie" (515)
"The Sponge" (709)
"The Label Maker" (611 )
"The Big Salad" (602)
"The Raincoats" (519/520)
"The Engagement" (701 )
"The Big Salad" (602)
"The Lip Reader" (506)
"The Pothole" (816)
"The Susie" (815)
"The Wait Out" (723)
"The Nose Job" (309)
"The Postponement" (702)
"The Contest" (411 )
"The Opposite" (521 )
"The Summer of George" (822)
"The Watch" (405)
"The Letter" (320)
"The Mango" (501 )
"The Non-Fat Yogurt" (508)
"The Marine Biologist" (513)
"The Calzone" (720)
"The Lip Reader" (506)
"The Susie" (815)
"The Good Samaritan" (319)
"The Millennium" (820)
"The Bookstore" (917)
"The Butter Shave" (901 )
"The Seven" (713)
"The Pool Guy" (708)
"The Money" (813)
"The Gymnast" (606)
"The Fire" (518)
"The Soup Nazi" (706)
"The Seven" (713)
"The Secretary" (609)
"The Face Painter" (622)
"The Pothole" (816)
"The Virgin" (410)
"The Engagement" (701 )
"The Hot Tub" (705)
"The Pool Guy" (708)
"The Sponge" (709)
"The Calzone" (720)
"The Package" (805)
"The Soul Mate" (802)
"The Yada Yada" (819)
"The Millennium" (820)
"The Soup Nazi" (706)
"The Blood" (904)
"The Contest" (411 )
"The Stand-In" (516)
"The Muffin Tops" (821 )
"The Wife" (517)
"The Rye" (711 )
"The Package" (805)
"The Revenge" (212)
"The Kiss Hello" (614)
"The Sponge" (709)
"The Airport" (412)
"The Doorman" (616)
"The Pie" (515)
"The Shower Head" (715)
"The Abstinence" (809)
This song, "Good Riddance," a.k.a. "Time of Your Life"...
...is by the pop-punk band Green Day...
...and was included on their 1997 album, Nimrod.
It peaked at number two on the modern rock charts in 1998.
Despite being written about the breakup of a relationship...
...the song is often played at happy occasions...
...such as graduation parties and weddings.
That's B-roll footage from the filming of the rickshaw scenes for "The Bookstore"...
...in downtown L.A.
"The Subway" (313)
"The Little Kicks" (804)