IMDB Rating of this episode: 8.2/10 stars http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0697787/?ref_=ttep_ep6
This episode aired April 11, 1991. This episode is also out of order on the dvd's which has this as episode 10.
Jerry's storyline: Jerry has this guy "Ray" clean his apartment and Jerry spots George's statue later at Ray's apartment.
Favorite Jerry part: Jerry has a good scene with Elaine at Ray's apartment. Lots of antics: talking with Elaine about how Ray stole his statue while being continually interrupted by Ray walking in and out of the room asking about how they prefer their tea, trying to call Kramer to have him see if the statue is at Jerry's place only to be interrupted and pretend to be talking to his mom reminding her how to make french toast, and finally when leaving he turns down Ray's offer for dinner by saying "I don't eat dinner, dinner's for suckers."
Jerry is also very funny about how good of a job he thinks Ray did in cleaning Jerry's apartment. "Elaine! He even windexed the little peephole!"
George's storyline: When going through an old box of Jerry's parents' things, Kramer finds an old statue that is identical to one George broke when he was ten.
Favorite George part: George re-telling how he broke the statue when he was a kid was pretty good. "They looked at me like I just smashed the ten commandments."
George and Kramer both want the statue. They settle it "like men" by doing ink-a-dink. A brief argument ensues about whether being "it" at the end is good. George ends up winning. He later looks at the statue and says in disbelief, "I can't believe I won at ink-a-dink." Truly a sad commentary about a guy who never expects to win at anything.
Kramer's storyline: Kramer acts like a crazy cop and barges in Ray's apartment to retrieve the stolen statue.
Favorite Kramer part: Kramer is in Jerry's apartment and Jerry asks if he's ready to go out. Kramer bundles up the items he received from the box and just chucks it through Jerry's door, across the hall, and into Kramer's apartment.
Kramer has his best scene thus far in the series when he retrieves the statue very aggressively. His best line is, "Keep making love to that wall, pervert!" In the next scene, he gives the statue to George. George is very excited and tells Kramer he doesn't know how he will ever repay him. Kramer says, "Well, I'll think of something" and gives George a hard pat on the back, causing George to drop and break the statue.
Elaine's storyline: Elaine is editing the book of the girl who is dating Ray, but argues with her and loses her chance to be an editor.
Favorite Elaine part: Elaine is funny as the supporting character to Jerry in Ray's apartment and later has a nice scene arguing with Ray's girlfriend in an elevator about whether or not there are degrees of coincidence.
Supporting characters in this episode: No recurring characters. Just Ray and his girlfriend. They both play their roles pretty well.
Favorite character in this episode: Tough one, but I'll give Kramer his first nod. It's nice to see him become more Kramer-like, and no one else really stood out more than he does in this episode.
I watched the special features on the dvd years ago and remember Jerry and Julia Louis-Dreyfus discussing how one of the most oft-repeated lines amongst themselves throughout the entire series comes from this episode. It is spoken by Ray's girlfriend when she says in a funny accent: "There's Ray, late as usual." For some reason they thought it was funny and would say it all the time. Seinfeld is known for some sweet catchphrases, so it's funny that this unfunny line was the biggest catchphrase for Jerry and Julia. The episode is pretty good, but nothing special or super memorable. It was an easy 7 for me.
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