S02E01 · SCENE 16/15 · 19:10
The Ex-Girlfriend · Jerry's apartment hallway
Marlene dumps Jerry act

Marlene breaks up with Jerry because she did not find his stand-up comedy funny.

19:10→21:58
in the episode · 2m 48s · S02E01
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What happens

19:10–21:58

Jerry invites Marlene up after a date. She declines and ends things, revealing she saw his act on Tuesday and did not respect his comedy. Jerry argues the audience was bad, but she insists women need to respect a man's job. Jerry does a closing monologue about men faking job titles and not caring about women's jobs.

WhereJerry's apartment hallway
DriverMarlene
Positionact3 · payoff
ThreadJerry dates Marlene

Key lines

from this scene
19:11

JERRY: So you want to come up for a few minutes?

20:10

MARLENE: Look, Jerry, it just wasn't my kind of humour.

20:23

JERRY: You should come see me on the weekend.

20:46

I'm in development, research, consulting."

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
breakup0.9
humiliation0.8
humiliating0.7
social rule violation0.5
awkward0.3
rapid back and forthmonologue

Beats

19:41Marlene saw Jerry's act
20:07You're a cashier line

Scene in the episode

19:10–21:58
A · George breaks up with Marlene
256
B · Jerry dates Marlene
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C · Jerry vs neighbor
D · Cantaloupe dispute
412
convergence → scene 7payoff → scene 11

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