S04E11 · SCENE 9/20 · 06:58
The Contest · Hospital
Hospital: Mother's Guilt Trip

Estelle berates George in her hospital bed; a nurse announces a sponge bath for another patient.

06:58→08:21
in the episode · 1m 23s · S04E11
Hospital: Mother's Guilt Trip

What happens

06:58–08:21

George visits his mother Estelle in the hospital; she viciously guilt-trips him about the incident, suggesting he could sell out Madison Square Garden, while a nurse interrupts to give a sponge bath to the patient in the next bed.

WhereHospital
DriverEstelle Costanza
Positionact2 · escalation
ThreadThe Contest

Key lines

from this scene
07:03

You have nothing better to do at 3:00 in the afternoon?

07:10

I come home and find my son treating his body like it was an amusement park.

07:25

ESTELLE: Too bad you can't do that for a living.

08:05

She has to relive the experience?

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
humiliation0.9
awkward0.9
humiliating0.8
social rule violation0.7
angry0.6
argument

Beats

07:30Mother suggests George perform professionally
08:08Nurse announces sponge bath

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06:58–08:21
A · The Contest
B · George & Mother
C · Elaine & JFK Jr.
D · Jerry & Marla

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