S02E03 · SCENE 15/14 · 16:32
The Jacket · Comedy Club
Jerry Standup Van Wyck

Jerry performs stand-up about nearly beating the Van Wyck Expressway before a pileup.

16:32→18:48
in the episode · 2m 16s · S02E03

What happens

16:32–18:48

Jerry describes driving like an Olympic skier, seeing moves in slow motion, using shoulders and medians. He nearly beat the Van Wyck but hit a five-car pileup on Rockaway Boulevard, trapping Ed in the city.

WhereComedy Club
DriverJerry
Positionact2 · reveal
ThreadEd Visits Elaine

Key lines

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17:15

I came as close as anyone ever has.

18:05

GEORGE: The hell with it! Let him kill me, I- Antonio! Antonio, in here.

18:14

GEORGE: Hey, Antonio, how's it going?

18:44

You saved my life!

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
coincidence0.8
deadpan0.7
escalation0.6
absurd0.6
triumphant0.3
monologue

Beats

16:50Jerry Olympic skier driving
17:21Five-car pileup Rockaway

Scene in the episode

16:32–18:48
A · Busboy Fired
B · Ed Visits Elaine
C · Cat Lost Found

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