S02E06 · SCENE 10/15 · 11:28
The Statue · Chinese restaurant waiting area
Mr Cohen gets preferential table

A regular named Cohen gets seated immediately, enraging George.

11:28→12:15
in the episode · 0m 47s · S02E06

What happens

11:28–12:15

Bruce greets a regular, Mr. Cohen, and seats him instantly at a prime table despite the group waiting longer. George explodes at the injustice, questioning his own existence. Bruce dismisses it because Cohen 'lives on Park Avenue' and is a 'very nice man'.

WhereChinese restaurant waiting area
DriverGeorge
Positionact2 · complication
ThreadWaiting for table

Key lines

from this scene
11:29

Hey. What stinks in here?

11:49

Come on, I'll give you a table.

12:12

He live on Park Avenue.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
social rule violation0.9
petty grievance0.8
double standard0.7
angry0.7
absurd0.5
argument

Beats

12:05Bruce favors Mr. Cohen

Scene in the episode

11:28–12:15
A · Waiting for table
B · George vs Tatiana
C · Jerry's lie exposed
D · Elaine's egg roll bet

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Big Trouble Getting a Table | Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus) · Scene City

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