S05E03 · EP 67
Episode DNA
18 scenes · 3 threadsStory threads over runtime
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18 scenes · our breakdownJerry jokes about the humiliation of moving back in with parents as an adult.
00:01–00:44social_rule_violation · petty_grievance
2 ▸ 00:44George panics about moving in with his parents and rejects Jerry's loan and Kramer's offer.
00:44–02:09social_rule_violation · petty_grievanceJerry and Kramer help George move in while Estelle serves unwanted bologna sandwiches.
02:09–03:20social_rule_violation · petty_grievanceGeorge tries to join Jerry's dinner but Estelle insists he dine with them instead.
03:20–04:01avoidance · social_rule_violationAt dinner, Kramer reveals Leslie's puffy shirt design while Jerry nods blindly to her low talk.
04:01–05:49misunderstanding · lieGeorge argues with Frank about silver dollars and storms out, bumping a woman who praises his hands.
05:49–07:31coincidence · pursuitThe woman shows George her card and explicitly suggests he call for hand modeling work.
07:31–08:02pursuitGeorge shows off his hands to Jerry and Kramer; Kramer zaps him with a hand shocker, prompting oven mitts.
08:02–10:16humiliation · petty_grievanceKramer tells Jerry he agreed to wear the puffy shirt on Today Show; factories are already producing them.
10:16–11:20misunderstanding · dealEstelle fawns over George's hands while Frank argues; George demands quiet for his photo session.
11:20–12:52obsession · social_rule_violationElaine 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_violationPhotographers praise George's hands, compare them to tragic hand model Ray McKigney who lost his hands to overuse.
15:05–16:54obsession · comeuppanceBryant Gumbel introduces Jerry and the Goodwill benefit on the Today Show live broadcast.
16:54–17:00Bryant Gumbel repeatedly mocks Jerry's puffy shirt on live TV; Jerry denounces it, Leslie screams off-camera.
17:00–18:07humiliation · comeuppanceGeorge finishes photo shoot, receives check, and gets a date offer from a female hand model.
18:07–18:55pursuitLeslie screams at Jerry; George bursts in bragging, mocks Jerry's shirt, Leslie shoves him into Kramer's hot iron.
18:55–19:50comeuppance · humiliationAt Monk's, the group recaps: Leslie fired, George's hands ruined, puffy shirts donated to homeless.
19:50–21:11comeuppance · coincidenceJerry questions why we apologize when we can't hear low talkers instead of blaming them.
21:11–21:56social_rule_violation · petty_grievanceSame DNA
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Episode facts
Wikipedia · Wikidata- 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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