"Male Unbonding" by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld

The pilot episode gave us the first pillar - the awkward ambiguity of communicating through signs - and here we have the second pillar: obligation and its discontents. Most everything else that follows will rest on these two foundational themes.

"The Seinfeld Chronicles" by Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld

Here, at the beginning, we already have that focus on reading signs, on looking for the hidden meaning behind every moment of social interaction. Direct communcation - trying to cut through the signs - would mean dropping your defenses - taking the risk of appearing needy, uncool, incomplete. Of course, this leads to the awkwardness: with such imperfect information, how do you know which way to move?