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Do not adjust your web browser. You are now entering the Retro Squad, where we are reviewing past episodes of your favorite shows, in order, every week.

(S03E01) Most of my fellow Squadders are starting their Retro Squad coverage at a particular show's pilot. Not me. I decided to be different in my coverage of Seinfeld and start with Season Three. Why? Well, let me put it in as delicate a way as I possibly can: the first two seasons of Seinfeld kinda sucked.

Don't get me wrong; the first 18 episodes had some brilliant moments, like the episode where Jerry, George and Elaine wait for a table at a Chinese restaurant, or the one where George does everything he can to keep his girlfriend from hearing a bad phone message of his. But, overall, the episodes in those first two seasons moved pretty slowly and concentrated on a single plot, often to an episode's detriment. Even Seinfeld and Larry David would likely acknowledge that the show really found its legs creatively in Season Three (1991-92), which is also the first one where a full slate of episodes were ordered. So that's where I decided to start.