Season 8 Musings

[Louise]

One of the characters will have some kind of a personal crisis and the gang will rally around and will end up with everyone hugging and the studio audience awwwwing.

The "Letter" episode was like that, IMO. And it is weird and unsettling. But yes, I'm sure they'll do it again.

As for "growth", Larry David, one the co-creators of Seinfeld, said one thing he insisted on for the show was NO GROWTH. The characters are what they are and are not going to change. It's a comedy show, not real life.

Exactly. That's what makes Seinfeld so revolutionary and special. (Personally, I don't believe that the characters were sociopaths or totally unlikeable.)

Have you been reading my old posts in the Swamp?

Glad to hear that great minds think alike

One thing that really infuriates the canons is pointing out that the characters are fictional and NO ONE is going to die old and lonely in their apartments. They take it very personally, especially the Amy fans.

Wow. I guess they really, really, REALLY identify with Amy, on a personal level. Why would they be so infuriated by this simple fact? Sounds like they really have an issue with separating fantasy from reality...