Critical Reception
Rick Kushman of The Sacramento Bee listed this as one of the Top Ten Seinfeld Episodes: a "brilliantly plotted story that weaves together all kinds of silliness," including this famous exchange:
- Jerry: I may have mentioned you're a marine biologist.
George: But I'm not a marine biologist.
Jerry: I'm aware of that.
George: Why couldn't you make me an architect? You know I always wanted to pretend I was an architect.
In 2009, a New Hampshire Union Leader columnist speculated that one could ask "people to name their favorite living marine biologist... and the most likely answer is George Costanza."
Read more about this topic: The Marine Biologist
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