IMDB Rating of this episode: 7.6/10 stars http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0697645/?ref_=ttep_ep4
This episode aired June 14, 1990. Again, the Seinfeld dvd's have this episode out of order from the original air date. The dvd has this as episode 2 even though it was the fourth episode to air.
Jerry's storyline: Jerry has an annoying childhood friend that always wants to spend time with Jerry. Jerry decides to break up with him.
Favorite Jerry part: "He had a ping-pong table, we were friends. Should I suffer the rest of my life because I like to play ping-pong? I was ten. I would have been friends with Stalin if he had a ping-pong table."
George is going to cash in a big jar of change and tells Jerry that he knows a guy who took a vacation on his change. Jerry says, "Yeah, where did he go, to an arcade?"
George's storyline: George was going to go to a Knick game with Jerry with seats behind the bench but gets bumped when Jerry offers the tickets to his friend after the break-up attempt goes poorly.
Favorite George part: The bank tells him that they can't take his change but offers him the coin sleeve things. George exclaims: "You want me to roll 6,000 of these?! What, should I quit my job?!"
Kramer's storyline: Kramer makes a few appearances and talks about his pizza place where you make your own pie. This idea resurfaces in future episodes.
Favorite Kramer part: None. Kramer doesn't really do anything this episode. His huge cell phone with an antenna was pretty funny I suppose.
Elaine's storyline: Elaine makes one appearance at the very end of the episode. She discovers Jerry's list of excuses he made to use on his friend.
Favorite Elaine part: None really. She comes up with some good lies on the spot when she and Jerry are invited to a Knick game by Jerry's friend, including one about how she and Jerry have choir practice where they will be going over Eastern European national anthems.
Supporting characters in this episode: No recurring characters. Jerry's friend, Joel, does a good job playing his part in this episode.
Favorite character in this episode: No one really stands out. To be honest, Jerry's friend Joel was probably the best character. His little bit at the end where he gets out the Knicks schedule and starts to go over the 41 home games is pretty good.
Besides Kramer's pizza place idea already mentioned, this episode also introduces two other things that resurface in future episodes. (1) Kramer answers the phone "Kramerica Industries." (2) Jerry explains to his friend "It's not you, it's me" after trying to break up with him.
Despite not really having any laugh out loud moments, I still give this episode 6 stars because a 5-star rating would mean that I disliked it more than I liked it and that wouldn't be true. I don't think any episode will ever reach those depths. But this one may come as close as any.
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