S02E04 · SCENE 5/16 · 05:43
The Phone Message · Jerry's apartment
Kramer Pushes Illegal Cable

Kramer convinces Jerry to let Russian cable guys install illegal hookup.

05:43→08:02
in the episode · 2m 19s · S02E04

What happens

05:43–08:02

Kramer pressures Jerry to accept illegal cable from a Russian immigrant who escaped the Gulag. Jerry resists but eventually caves when Kramer mentions 75 Mets games on cable.

WhereJerry's apartment
DriverKramer
Positionact1 · escalation
ThreadIllegal Cable Scheme

Key lines

from this scene
06:38

JERRY: It's against the law. Well, yeah.

07:18

Jerry, Jerry, this is the cable man.

07:42

The Mets have 75 games on cable this year.

07:53

Yeah, Jerry's gonna be a cab/e boy A cab/e boy, a cab/e boy

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
scheme0.9
deal0.7
lie0.5
tense0.5
absurd0.5
rapid back and forthargument

Beats

06:56Sakharov of cable guys line
07:51Jerry agrees to installation

Scene in the episode

05:43–08:02
A · Baby Shower Revenge
B · Illegal Cable Scheme
C · Jerry's Dating Karma

Clips from this episode

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