SEASON 4
THE TRIP, PART I -- Episode 40 (08/12/92)
When Jerry is booked to appear on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' he takes a nattering George with him to Los Angeles to search for Kramer - who vanished in a huff months earlier only to pop up inexplicably on TV in an episode of 'Murphy Brown.' While George bothers all of the celebrities he encounters, he and Jerry are unaware that their wayward friend is in trouble as a victim of mistaken identity.
Writer: Larry Charles
Director: Tom Cherones
Guest Cast: George Wendt, Corbin Bernsen
THE TRIP, PART II -- Episode 41 (08/19/92)
Jerry and George arrange to get Kramer released after his arrest. They discover Kramer's career as an actor has not been going as well following his 'Murphy Brown' appearance. George and Jerry try to lure Kramer to return to NY with them, only to meet with little success. They do manage, however, to get him to go to Las Vegas with them.
Writer: Larry Charles
Director: Tom Cherones
THE PITCH/THE TICKET -- Episode 42 (09/16/92)
Jerry gets approached by NBC executives to create a television series. George comes up with the idea of doing the show about nothing. When George and Jerry pitch it to the network, George gets a date with one of the execs. Kramer vomits on the exec's coat after drinking Jerry's bad milk. Newman trades his helmet for Kramer's broken radar detector. The helmet protects Kramer from a crazy writer. After being hit on the head by the crazy writer, Kramer is quite confused. Newman gets a speeding ticket and tries to put Kramer on the stand in his defense. Kramer goes in and out of reality and Newman loses. NBC decides to make a pilot of Jerry and George's show. George is upset about the writing fees. The crazy writer stalks Jerry.
Note: An hour long episode!
Writer: Larry David
Director: Tom Cherones
THE WALLET -- Episode 43 (09/23/92)
Jerry's parents come to visit because his dad wants to see a back specialist. When he returns from getting x-rays he notices his wallet is missing. Jerry lies to his parents regarding a watch which they gave him and he threw out but Uncle Leo took out of the trash. George passes on the offer to the network. Jerry's dad refuses to let Jerry pay for dinner, even though he has no money. Elaine tries to break up with her psychiatrist by saying she is dating Kramer. Jerry discovers Leo has his watch.
Writer: Larry David
Director: Tom Cherones
THE WATCH -- Episode 44 (09/30/92)
Jerry tries to buy the watch back from Uncle Leo who charges him a fortune. Jerry's dad finds out Jerry lied about the watch. George goes to the network president's apartment to get the offer back and negotiates down until the president agrees. Kramer visits Elaine's psychiatrist only to be convinced Elaine should not be involved with Kramer. Jerry buys his dad a new wallet to replace the one that was stolen and hides $400 inside. His dad sees the wallet has a velcro fastener so he throws it away as he leaves for the airport. Uncle Leo finds the wallet and takes it out of the trash.
Writer: Larry David
Director: Tom Cherones
THE BUBBLE BOY -- Episode 45 (10/07/92)
Jerry is recognized at the cafe and asked to visit a boy who lives in a bubble. Gerry, George, Susan (from NBC) and Elaine go up to Susan's father's cabin. Since the boy lives near the cabin, Jerry agrees to visit on his way up. Jerry and Elaine are to follow George and Susan to the boy's house but George loses them by driving too fast. While George and Susan wait for Jerry at the bubble boy's house, George gets into an argument with the bubble boy and almost kills him. Jerry and Elaine are at a café across the street from the bubble boy's house but are unaware of the fact until the town starts to form a lynch mob to get George. Kramer and Naomi (the hostess from 'The Watch' who is now dating Jerry) decide to join everybody at the cabin. While Naomi's laugh annoys Jerry, Kramer loves it. Kramer leaves a lit cigar in the cabin which starts a fire while he and Naomi, waiting for the others to arrive, decide to go swimming. Everyone arrives at the cabin to find it ablaze.
Writer: Larry David, Larry Charles
Director: Tom Charones
THE CHEEVER LETTERS -- Episode 46 (10/28/92)
George and Susan go to tell Susan's father about Kramer's burning down his cabin. The insurance man delivers a box of letters from the cabin which contains love letters from the writer John Cheever to Susan's father. Jerry complains to Elaine about her secretary, Sandra, causing her to quit. A guilty Jerry agrees to a date with Sandra. Sandra gets offended by Jerry's off-color reply to her filthy bedroom remarks.
Writer: Larry David, Tom Leopold
Director: Tom Cherones
THE OPERA -- Episode 47 (11/04/92)
Crazy Joe Davola threatens to put the 'kibosh' on Jerry when he thinks Jerry spoiled his deal with NBC. Kramer gets tickets to the opera for everyone but when Elaine goes to invite Joey, she learns that he is really mentally unstable. Kramer and George decide to scalp the extra tickets. While waiting to enter the opera Jerry and Elaine discover that Elaine's Joey is in fact crazy Joe Davola. Davola, dressed as the clown from Pagliacci, buys the extra ticket from Kramer and ends up sitting next to Jerry and Elaine, prompting their quick departure.
Writer: Larry Charles
Director: Tom Cherones
Guest Cast: Peter Crombie
THE VIRGIN -- Episode 48 (11/11/92)
Jerry meets an old girlfriend and learns she is still a virgin. There is still a spark between them so she asks Elaine for advice on sex. George realizes that now that he has a job he should be able to pick up women. Since he has been dating Susan, from NBC, he realizes if he breaks up with her, he could lose the job which would allow him to pick up women. George's prayers are answered when Susan gets fired since George kissed her in a meeting.
Writer: Peter Mehlman, Peter Farrelly, Bob Farrelly
Director: Tom Cherones
THE CONTEST -- Episode 49 (11/18/92)
Our foursome enter into a contest of self-control as various external factors tempt them into submission. When George surprises his mother, Estelle, she pulls out her back and is hospitalized. George visits her in the hospital frequently in order to watch her attractive roommate's sponge bath. Jerry is still dating the virgin and she is contemplating having sex with him. Elaine meets John Kennedy, Jr. in an aerobics class and gets a date with him, but when he comes to pick her up, she misses the car and he picks up Jerry's virgin girlfriend instead.
Writer: Larry David
Director: Tom Cherones
Guest Cast: Estelle Harris
THE AIRPORT -- Episode 50 (11/25/92)
Jerry and Elaine are flying back from Washington DC. Jerry has a party in first class while Elaine shares a row with an overweight, snoring, obnoxious man. George and Kramer are to pick them up at JFK. At the airport, Kramer runs into Grossbard, a former roommate who owes him money. George fights with a criminal over who will purchase the last issue of a magazine at the airport giftshop, which happens to have the criminal pictured on the cover. Kramer decides to buy a ticket to get on the plane of the guy who owes him money. Thinking they will return the tickets for a refund, George asks him to buy two so he can get the frequent flier mileage. On the plane, Kramer is arrested for beating up on Grossbard. Kramer escapes and is spotted by Jerry running along the runway as his plane lands. George gets beaten by the convict.
Writer: Larry Charles
Director: Tom Cherones
THE PICK -- Episode 51 (12/16/92)
Elaine decides to let Kramer take her picture for her Christmas cards after seeing the card Jerry received from Tia, the model he is dating. Elaine sends out the cards without noticing that they are more revealing than she would have liked. Kramer notices Tia is wearing the perfume he tried to sell to Calvin Klein. Sensing he has been ripped off, he meets with Calvin who finds him to be the perfect model for his underwear line. Jerry fears Tia is not returning his calls because she saw him in his car scratching his nose, but from her angle it looked like he was picking it.
Writer: Larry David, Marc Jaffe
Director: Tom Cherones
THE MOVIE -- Episode 52 (01/06/93)
A comedy of errors kicks in when Jerry is frustrated in his attempts to squeeze in two comedy appearances across town while shadowed by a pesky fellow comedian. Later, Jerry's bad timing continues when he has to rendezvous for a movie with George, Elaine and Kramer - who are all in different orbits looking for seats as well as each other.
Writer: Steve Skrovan, Bill Masters, Jon Hayman
Director: Tom Cherones
Guest Cast: Barry Diamond
THE VISA -- Episode 53 (01/27/93)
Babu Baht's visa renewal application form accidentally ends up in Jerry's mail. Babu is deported before Jerry can straighten out Babu's dilemma. George tries to impress a female lawyer with his wit. He convinces Jerry to be serious around her as not to spoil George's plan and get help for Babu - but when she learns of Jerry's act she refuses to help. Kramer returns early from baseball fantasy camp after he accidentally punches Mickey Mantle in a bench-clearing brawl.
Writer: Peter Mehlman
Director: Tom Cherones
THE SHOES -- Episode 54 (02/04/93)
Jerry and George scramble to keep their feeble idea for a TV series alive when they meet with a skeptical TV executive who catches them eyeing his teenage daughter's cleavage. Crosstown, Kramer begins dating Jerry's ex-girlfriend - a chef who becomes obsessed with possessing Elaine's fashionable shoes.
Writer: Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld
Director: Tom Cherones
Guest Cast: Anita Barone, Bob Balaban
THE OUTING -- Episode 55 (02/11/93)
When Elaine notices that a girl is eavesdropping on their conversation in the coffeeshop she jokingly asks Jerry and George when they are 'coming out of the closet.' The eavesdropper turns out to be a reporter who prints the story of Jerry and George's 'relationship.' George decides to use the mishap as an excuse to get out of a relationship, but the girl does not believe him.
Writer: Larry Charles
Director: Tom Cherones
THE OLD MAN -- Episode 56 (02/18/93)
Good Samaritans Jerry, George, and Elaine volunteer to comfort and assist senior citizens in their homes. Unfortunately, Jerry is assigned to a nasty, vile old cuss - whom he loses on the streets thanks to Kramer's intrusion - while George depresses an elderly man and Elaine is repulsed by the sight of an elderly woman's goiter problem.
Writer: Larry Charles, Bruce Kirschbaum
Director: Tom Cherones
Guest Cast: Bill Erwin, Edie McClurg
THE IMPLANT -- Episode 57 (02/25/93)
Elaine convinces Jerry that Sidrah, the woman he is pursuing, has breast implants. Jerry decides to break up with her. When Elaine breaks her fall in the shower by grabbing Sidrah's breast, she realizes what an awful mistake she has made. Jerry tries to get back together with Sidrah. George, in an attempt to build his relationship with his new girlfriend, agrees to attend her aunt's funeral in Detroit. George fights with his girlfriend's brother and gets sent home. Kramer thinks he has met Salmon Rushdie at the health club.
Writer: Peter Mehlman
Director: Tom Cherones
THE JUNIOR MINT -- Episode 58 (03/18/93)
Jerry picks up a girl at a supermarket but does not know her name. He has several dates with her and still is not able to remember her name. An old boyfriend of Elaine's is in the hospital. He is an artist. Kramer and Jerry observe Roy's surgery and one of Kramer's Junior Mints accidentally falls into the abdominal cavity. When Roy's prognosis for recovery is poor, George decides to buy some of his art, hoping it will increase in value if Roy dies. Jerry and Kramer feel guilty because they think it was the Junior Mint which is causing Roy's decline. Roy recovers believing it was George's interest in his art which gave him the will to live.
Writer: Andy Robin
Director: Tom Cherones
THE SMELLY CAR -- Episode 59 (04/15/93)
Jerry gets his car back from a valet and discovers the valet's body odor has taken up permanent residence in the car. The smell also gets caught on Elaine and Jerry. Elaine's new boyfriend stops seeing her because of the smell. Jerry unsuccessfully tries to get the smell removed from the car, as Elaine tries and tries to get the smell removed from her. George discovers that Susan has become a lesbian after they broke up. Then Kramer becomes involved with Susan's 'girlfriend.'
Writer: Larry David, Peter Mehlman
Director: Tom Cherones
Guest Cast: Nick Bakay, Heidi Swedberg
THE HANDICAP SPOT -- Episode 60 (05/13/93)
On the way to an engagement party Jerry, George, Kramer and Elaine stop at a mall to buy a gift. George parks in a handicap spot against the wishes of the others. When they return to their car, a woman is being taken to the hospital because she has fallen when her wheelchair batteries could not make it up the hill she had to traverse since the handicap spot was taken. An angry mob waits by their car to see what louse would park in the handicap space. Kramer falls in love with the handicap woman and takes George to buy her a new wheelchair. Jerry and Elaine try to get the engagement gift back when the engagement falls through. And George's father wins an award from a charity.
Writer: Larry David
Director: Tom Cherones
THE PILOT -- Episode 61 (05/20/93)
Jerry and George get the green light to produce their proposed TV pilot based on their lives. But while Jerry plays himself, George objects to the nebbish portraying him and worries about a white spot under his own lip. Elsewhere, a lax Kramer deals with a personal plumbing problem; Elaine protests against a diner that employs buxom waitresses; and 'Crazy Joe Davola' haunts the TV studio.
Note: A one hour episode!
Writer: Larry David
Director: Tom Cherones
Guest Cast: Jeremy Piven, Peter Crombie, Bob Balaban