S01E02 · SCENE 14/16 · 18:09
The Stakeout · Jerry's Apartment
Elaine Condemns Lies

Elaine calls Jerry and George infantile for lying instead of confronting Joel.

18:09→18:40
in the episode · 0m 31s · S01E02

What happens

18:09–18:40

Elaine demands Jerry be a man and deal with it. Jerry admits he'd rather lie forever than face Joel's tears and mucus again.

WhereJerry's Apartment
DriverElaine
Positionact2 · reveal
ThreadJoel Horneck Breakup

Key lines

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18:25

Tears, accompanied by mucus.

18:29

You made a man cry?

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
avoidance0.7
confession0.6
tense0.6
humiliation0.5
awkward0.4
argument

Beats

18:18Jerry: 'I'd rather lie the rest of my life'
18:29Tears accompanied by mucus

Scene in the episode

18:09–18:40
A · Joel Horneck Breakup
B · George Floss Incident
C · Kramer Pizza Idea

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