IMDB Rating of this episode: 8.5/10 stars http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0697713/?ref_=ttep_ep3
This episode aired February 6, 1991. From here through the rest of season 2, the episode order is way mixed up (this episode is episode 5 on the dvd's). For some reason, the dvd's are way out of order from the original air dates. I suppose they have that authority to re-decide the order of the episodes. But I will continue to follow the imdb episode order, also known as the chronological order based on episode air date.
Jerry's storyline: Jerry gets an expensive suede jacket which has an unfortunate inside lining pattern. His jacket is ruined in the snow when Elaine's father refuses to let Jerry wear the jacket inside out because of the inside lining.
Favorite Jerry part: There is a great scene where Jerry and George arrive at the restaurant and have to visit with Elaine's dad while they wait for Elaine. Jerry is great throughout, but it's hilarious when after a very awkward few minutes Jerry excuses himself to go to the bathroom and George desperately grabs his arm as Jerry is walking off. Jerry very aggressively rips his arm away in order to escape and abandon George. It's a money scene.
George's storyline: George has a Les Miserables song stuck in his head (Master of the House) and awkwardly visits with Elaine's dad while waiting for Elaine to arrive.
Favorite George part: "Can I say one thing to you? And I say this with an unblemished record of staunch heterosexuality...it's fabulous" in referring to Jerry's new jacket. Obviously the line "unblemished record of staunch heterosexuality" is too good not to mention in this post.
George also has a great moment immediately following the line mentioned above where he questions Jerry aggressively about the price of the jacket (all the while Jerry stares blankly back at George) which eventually leads to George dramatically leaving the apartment with George's trademark "huh-ho!" mock laugh. It's a good George scene.
During the awkward scene where Jerry and George arrive early, George immediately jumps into an attempted conversation with Elaine's dad about ice: "Don't you find that you get more without it?" And Jerry humorously nods his head in agreement.
Kramer's storyline: Kramer gets Jerry to give him Jerry's old leather jacket now that Jerry won't be using it. Kramer also momentarily loses a pair of doves he was watching while his magician friend is out of town.
Favorite Kramer part: Kramer also gets Jerry to give him his "ruined" suede jacket and tells Jerry, "It's too bad you gave me this one too" referring to the leather jacket that he does not think to return to Jerry.
Elaine's storyline: Elaine gets Jerry and George to go to dinner with her and her writer father. Her father ends up being a pretty scary old dude. Elaine is very late because she had to sit in Kramer's double parked car for "two minutes", which obviously lasts much longer. Jerry and George suffer the consequences with a painfully long visit with Elaine's dad.
Favorite Elaine part: She does a nice job retelling the incident she had with Kramer when he lost the doves.
Supporting characters in this episode: No recurring supporting characters. Elaine's dad does a fantastic job and has the nice moment at the end of the episode where he is driving in his car singing the Les Miserables song to himself, even though he had earlier told George, "Pipe down, chorus boy."
Favorite character in this episode: George. He was fantastic in both of his scenes. Jerry is a close second as he was solid throughout.
This episode is the first reference to Elaine's job reading manuscripts for Pendant Publishing. This was my favorite episode so far. I was very close to giving it a 9. There were some great scenes. If I allowed fractioning my star ratings, this one certainly would have been an 8.5. But I don't allow it and I rounded down to an 8 because, even though Kramer was better in this episode than he has been in most previous episodes, both he and Elaine didn't quite bring enough punch to convince me to round up to a 9.
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