S05E03 · EP 67
season 5 · September 30, 1993
The Glasses
written by Tom Gammill & Max Pross · directed by Tom Cherones · 28.7M viewers · image Seinfeld Wiki (CC BY-SA)

Episode DNA

18 scenes · 3 threads
awkward 13%social rule violation 9%deadpan 8%tense 8%absurd 8%humiliation 7%comeuppance 6%chaotic 5%petty grievance 5%misunderstanding 5%

Story threads over runtime

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A · George moves back
B · Puffy shirt fiasco
C · George hand model
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Every scene

18 scenes · our breakdown
1 · comedy club · cold_openJerry standup moving back

Jerry jokes about the humiliation of moving back in with parents as an adult.

00:01–00:44social_rule_violation · petty_grievance
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2 · Jerry's apartment · act1George refuses help

George panics about moving in with his parents and rejects Jerry's loan and Kramer's offer.

00:44–02:09social_rule_violation · petty_grievance
3 · George's parents' house · act1Moving into Costanza house

Jerry and Kramer help George move in while Estelle serves unwanted bologna sandwiches.

02:09–03:20social_rule_violation · petty_grievance
4 · George's parents' house · act1George stuck with parents

George tries to join Jerry's dinner but Estelle insists he dine with them instead.

03:20–04:01avoidance · social_rule_violation
5 · Monk's Cafe · act1Low talker puffy shirt

At dinner, Kramer reveals Leslie's puffy shirt design while Jerry nods blindly to her low talk.

04:01–05:49misunderstanding · lie
6 · restaurant · act1George dinner parents

George argues with Frank about silver dollars and storms out, bumping a woman who praises his hands.

05:49–07:31coincidence · pursuit
7 · restaurant · act1Hand model card closeup

The woman shows George her card and explicitly suggests he call for hand modeling work.

07:31–08:02pursuit
8 · Jerry's apartment · act2George shows hands Kramer shocks

George shows off his hands to Jerry and Kramer; Kramer zaps him with a hand shocker, prompting oven mitts.

08:02–10:16humiliation · petty_grievance
9 · Jerry's apartment · act2Kramer reveals shirt deal

Kramer tells Jerry he agreed to wear the puffy shirt on Today Show; factories are already producing them.

10:16–11:20misunderstanding · deal
10 · George's parents' house · act2George preps hands parents fight

Estelle fawns over George's hands while Frank argues; George demands quiet for his photo session.

11:20–12:52obsession · social_rule_violation
12 · Today Show studio · act2Elaine mocks puffy shirt

Elaine arrives, laughs at Jerry's puffy shirt, calls him Count of Monte Cristo; Jerry insists he must wear it.

13:10–15:05humiliation · social_rule_violation
13 · photo studio · act2Hand shoot Ray McKigney

Photographers praise George's hands, compare them to tragic hand model Ray McKigney who lost his hands to overuse.

15:05–16:54obsession · comeuppance
14 · Today Show studio · act3Today Show begins

Bryant Gumbel introduces Jerry and the Goodwill benefit on the Today Show live broadcast.

16:54–17:00
15 · Today Show studio · act3Gumbel mocks shirt on air

Bryant Gumbel repeatedly mocks Jerry's puffy shirt on live TV; Jerry denounces it, Leslie screams off-camera.

17:00–18:07humiliation · comeuppance
16 · photo studio · act3George hand shoot success

George finishes photo shoot, receives check, and gets a date offer from a female hand model.

18:07–18:55pursuit
17 · Today Show studio · act3Leslie attacks George burns hands

Leslie screams at Jerry; George bursts in bragging, mocks Jerry's shirt, Leslie shoves him into Kramer's hot iron.

18:55–19:50comeuppance · humiliation
18 · Monk's Cafe · tagMonk's aftermath puffy shirts

At Monk's, the group recaps: Leslie fired, George's hands ruined, puffy shirts donated to homeless.

19:50–21:11comeuppance · coincidence
19 · comedy club · tagJerry standup low talkers

Jerry questions why we apologize when we can't hear low talkers instead of blaming them.

21:11–21:56social_rule_violation · petty_grievance
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Episode facts

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Aired
September 30, 1993
Overall
#67
Writers
Tom Gammill & Max Pross
Director
Tom Cherones
Viewers
28.7M (US)
Pace
160 words/min · 114 questions

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