A “Seinfeld” episode from long ago about a Pakistani immigrant is remembered as one of the revered show’s best episodes. But was the show in reality an allegory of our nation’s complicated immigration ...

Now, the entire series — 180 episodes across nine seasons — is streaming on Netflix, which means "Seinfeld" is getting attention from a wave of first-time viewers.

For “a show about nothing,” Seinfeld certainly had a lot of somebodies weaving in and out of its fictional Upper West Side universe. For every one of the sitcom’s main foursome, there were practically ...