S01E02 · SCENE 4/16 · 02:46
The Stakeout · Jerry's Apartment
Joel Calls Jerry

Joel Horneck calls Jerry; Jerry avoids talking but gets stuck making plans.

02:46→05:06
in the episode · 2m 20s · S01E02

What happens

02:46–05:06

Kramer hands Jerry the phone. Joel invites Jerry out for Wednesday. Jerry agrees to meet Wednesday morning despite wanting to avoid him.

WhereJerry's Apartment
DriverJoel Horneck
Positionact1 · setup
ThreadJoel Horneck Breakup

Key lines

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03:35

Who is it? It's for you.

04:36

That's next Wednesday.

04:55

I would've been friends with Stalin if he had a Ping-Pong table.

05:01

He's so self-involved.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
avoidance0.8
awkward0.7
social rule violation0.4
lie0.3
tense0.3
phone call

Beats

03:39Kramer forces phone on Jerry
04:20Jerry admits he screens calls

Scene in the episode

02:46–05:06
A · Joel Horneck Breakup
B · George Floss Incident
C · Kramer Pizza Idea

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Guess That Episode #10 | Seinfeld · Seinfeld
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