George Dreads Cabin Confession · The Cheever Letters

S04E08 · SCENE 2/17 · 00:37

The Cheever Letters · Jerry's apartment

George Dreads Cabin Confession

George and Jerry discuss telling Susan's father about the burned cabin while attempting to write the pilot.

00:37→02:28

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What happens

00:37–02:28

George reveals he must tell Susan's father about the cabin fire caused by Kramer using the father's cigars. Jerry finds the irony comical. They struggle to focus on writing the NBC pilot script, debating pens and procrastinating.

WhereJerry's apartment

DriverGeorge

Positionact1 · setup

ThreadCabin Fire Confession

Key lines

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00:47
Yeah. You'll make quite an impression when you tell him how you burned his cabin down.

01:34
JERRY: Well, maybe not us, but two men could.

02:15
Drink? No. No drink.

02:19
GEORGE: All right. Here we go. Act 1, Scene A.

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petty grievance0.3

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Beats

00:55George blames Kramer for fire

01:47They start NBC pilot script

Scene in the episode

00:37–02:28

A · Cabin Fire Confession

2 8 13 14

B · Jerry Sandra Date

1 3 5 6 9 10 17 18 19 20

C · Kramer Cuban Cigars

7 11 12

D · Pilot Writing Struggles

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