S03E19 · EP 36
season 3 · February 26, 1992
The Limo
written by Larry Charles, Mark Jaffe · directed by Tom Cherones · 19.5M viewers · image Seinfeld Wiki (CC BY-SA)

Episode DNA

22 scenes · 4 threads
awkward 11%absurd 11%deadpan 7%social rule violation 7%coincidence 6%petty grievance 5%lie 5%chaotic 4%threat 4%tense 4%

Story threads over runtime

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A · Jerry hit-and-run dilemma
B · Kramer Mary Hart seizures
C · George Robin affair
D · Elaine matador lie
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Every scene

22 scenes · our breakdown
1 · comedy club · cold_openStand-up car phones

Jerry rants about excessive phone technology and car phone etiquette.

00:01–00:37petty_grievance
2 · Jerry's car · act1Car phone drive

Jerry drives with Elaine on speakerphone, annoyed by a driver.

00:37–02:09petty_grievance · social_rule_violation
3 · Jerry's car · act1Elaine proposes double date

Elaine tells Jerry about Robin and urges him to follow hit-and-run driver.

02:09–02:21pursuit · social_rule_violation
4 · street · act1Confronting Angela

Jerry follows the hit-and-run driver Angela and confronts her awkwardly.

02:21–02:30misunderstanding · seduction
5 · Monk's Cafe · act1Jerry tells George date

Jerry admits to George he went out with the hit-and-run driver Angela.

02:30–04:22secret_exposed · lie
6 · Monk's Cafe · act1Debate turning in Angela

Jerry and George debate whether Jerry should report Angela to police.

04:22–04:33misunderstanding · social_rule_violation
7 · Monk's Cafe · act1Elaine Kramer hear story

Elaine and Kramer arrive; Jerry recounts the confrontation and karate stance.

04:33–04:55lie · scheme
8 · Monk's Cafe · act1Kramer seizure at Monk's

Kramer has a seizure watching Entertainment Tonight; Jerry sets up double date.

04:55–06:50obsession · coincidence
9 · restaurant · act1Double date matador lie

At dinner, Elaine fabricates an affair with a matador named Eduardo Caroccio.

06:50–07:24lie · scheme
11 · restaurant · act1Argument escalates

Michael and Robin argue over whose side Elaine takes; Elaine refuses both sides.

07:48–08:42rivalry · social_rule_violation
13 · Jerry's apartment · act1Jerry analyzes sneeze rule

Jerry explains the husband's right of first refusal for God bless you.

09:00–09:48social_rule_violation · petty_grievance
14 · Jerry's apartment · act1Kramer meets Robin

Kramer meets Robin at Jerry's apartment; she calls George Mr. Gesundheit.

09:48–10:23social_rule_violation · humiliation
15 · Jerry's apartment · act2Kramer Mary Hart discovery

Kramer has another seizure; Jerry realizes Mary Hart's voice triggers it.

10:23–10:52coincidence · obsession
16 · Jerry's apartment · act2Robin wants affair

Elaine tells George Robin wants to meet; Elaine assumes it's for an affair.

10:52–12:56seduction · betrayal
17 · Jerry's apartment · act2Becky Gelke identified

Kramer reveals the hit-and-run victim is Becky Gelke, Jerry's crush.

12:56–14:15coincidence · pursuit
19 · Robin's apartment · act2George Robin sleep together

George and Robin have sex; Robin says she'd have done it with someone else.

14:32–14:46betrayal · seduction
20 · Elaine's apartment · act2Michael threatens George

Michael calls Elaine looking for Robin; threatens to sew George's ass to his face.

14:46–16:45threat · violence
21 · Jerry's apartment · act2Angela threatens Jerry

Angela confronts Jerry at his apartment; threatens to carve initials in his brain.

16:45–16:50threat · violence
22 · Jerry's apartment · act2Elaine mocks Jerry heroics

Elaine dramatizes Jerry's confrontation as a French Connection chase.

16:50–16:53lie · humiliation
23 · Jerry's apartment · act2George learns threat

Elaine tells George about Michael's threat; Kramer exposes Elaine's matador lie.

16:53–19:57secret_exposed · humiliation
24 · Jerry's apartment · act3Becky date Kramer twist

Jerry pays Becky; she thinks he hit her. Kramer reveals date with Becky; they flee town.

19:57–21:05misunderstanding · coincidence
25 · comedy club · tagStand-up beautiful women

Jerry jokes about advertising using beautiful women to sell tools to men.

21:05–22:31petty_grievance
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Episode facts

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Aired
February 26, 1992
Overall
#36
Writers
Larry Charles, Mark Jaffe
Director
Tom Cherones
Viewers
19.5M (US)
Pace
130 words/min · 120 questions

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