S05E03 · SCENE 1/18 · 00:01
The Glasses · comedy club
Jerry standup moving back

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

00:01→00:44
in the episode · 0m 43s · S05E03

What happens

00:01–00:44

Jerry performs a stand-up routine comparing moving back home to a parole violation. He describes the power shift of feeling huge in your childhood bedroom and holding your parents between your fingers.

Wherecomedy club
DriverJerry
Positioncold_open · setup
ThreadGeorge moves back

Key lines

from this scene
00:02

There's no way that moving in with your parents...

00:25

"In the opinion of the board, you need further rehabilitation, I'm afraid."

00:38

"Why was I so afraid of you people when I was growing up?"

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
deadpan0.8
social rule violation0.7
petty grievance0.3
awkward0.2
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Beats

00:21Parole violation analogy
00:36Crushing bed analogy

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00:01–00:44
A · George moves back
B · Puffy shirt fiasco
C · George hand model

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