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Seinfeld was also very good at basically dropping stories after they ceased to be funny.

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They were also very effective at "dropping" characters the writers and other actors didn't like. Poor Lilly.

It's Susan. But yeah, she looks like a lilly.

I read it on reddit that Jason didn't enjoy working with Heidi as in his opinion acting chemistry was missing. If I think about it that might actually be true but was probably contributing to why that relationship was so enjoyable to watch.

To be fair when she was first cast she was not supposed to come back with a fiancée storyline.

Three Minute clip with Jason on the Howard Stern show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfIl9JDNUek Very insightful. "I didn't know how to play off of her."

What a prick. The more I learn about the core Seinfeld group the less I like them. Googling Heidi Swedberg and looking at some pics of her it seems obvious why they didn't get along with her. She's a genuinely likeable and good-hearted person. At least that's my impression.

Given that the chemistry of the actors was a huge part of the show's success, it stands to reason that you would drop anyone who everyone didn't gel with.

I just wrote another comment about this. Supposedly Jason didn't feel it with Heidi (Susan) and so the relationship was discontinued at some point. I'd say this specifically might be why the relationship worked so well on screen.

Sometimes what a project like a sitcom or a business needs is rather someone or several members who don't fit in. Because otherwise you start to suffer from creative and intellectual incest.

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