IMDB Rating of this episode: 8.1/10 stars http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0697650/?ref_=ttep_ep5
This episode aired April 4, 1991, almost two months after the previous episode. I'm not sure why there was a delay between episodes, maybe the Gulf War? Who knows. This episode is also out of order on the dvd's which has this as episode 8.
Jerry's storyline: Jerry helps Elaine get an apartment in his building and then realizes that she will be around all the time.
Favorite Jerry part: Jerry does some funny speeches. Like when he leads up to sharing the news with Elaine that he found her an apartment and again before telling George that Elaine will no longer be able to take the place.
George's storyline: George wears a wedding band to a party to see if it will help him have women interested in him.
Favorite George part: There is this funny little part where George and Jerry have a conversation outside the coffee shop right after George had just walked out. Jerry claims to be a bigger idiot than George for having told Elaine about the apartment in his building, and George argues that no one is a bigger idiot than him. Jerry then asks George to go back in the coffee shop and George thinks it's embarrassing to go back in, claiming people just saw him in there. He then motions to this lady who had been looking at him through the window as if to explain away why he is coming back in.
Another funny part is when Jerry tells George he may want to leave the room so Jerry could be a phony as he pretends to be disappointed telling Elaine she can no longer get the apartment. George declines. Elaine enters singing "Good morning, good morning!" and says how great it is to be alive. George hesitates and then just gets up and walks out of the room.
After Jerry fails to take the opportunity Elaine gives him to tell her he doesn't want her to take the apartment and when George's plan to wear the wedding ring predictably backfires at the party, they again argue about who is the biggest idiot. George says, "So please, a little respect, for I am Costanza, 'Lord of the Idiots.'" A lady then shouts to the marathoners: "You're all winners!" George famously quips, "But suddenly a new contender has emerged." It's the best line of the episode.
Kramer's storyline: Kramer awkwardly gets Jerry to loan Elaine $5,000 so that she can still get the apartment. He gets Jerry out of it by finding someone in the music business to take the place for $10,000. These people end up being super loud.
Favorite Kramer part: When Elaine mentions there will be a party for the New York marathon, Kramer says, "Oh man! I keep forgetting to enter that!" and pulls out a licorice from his pocket and snaps off a bite.
Kramer is also very funny in the scene where he cluelessly gets Jerry to give Elaine that large loan. He pretty much forces Jerry's hand. When Jerry confronts him afterward, he says, "What, you didn't want her in the building? Then what did you loan her the $5,000 for?"
Elaine's storyline: Elaine is going to move into Jerry's building and is very excited about it.
Favorite Elaine part: When Elaine very happily exclaims "She died!" when informed by Jerry that he got Elaine an apartment in his building because the old lady who lived there died.
Supporting characters in this episode: The landlord and the Spanish speaking partner are in like three scenes.
Favorite character in this episode: This is a tough one. No one really stands out. This was Elaine's strongest episode to date and Kramer is also better. George takes this one though, largely based on his killer line about a new contender emerging.
This episode has Elaine's first "Get out!" shove when she does it to Jerry after being told about the cheap rent for the apartment. Jerry also does it to Kramer when Kramer tells Jerry he found someone else to take the place. This is a pretty good episode. I waffled between giving it a 7 or an 8, but it secured the 8 with the George line.
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