S05E06 · SCENE 20/23 · 16:44
The Lip Reader · Jerry's apartment
Newman wants Laura for spying

Newman asks to borrow Laura to lip-read his supervisor through glass; Jerry refuses.

16:44→17:28
in the episode · 0m 44s · S05E06

What happens

16:44–17:28

Newman enters Jerry's apartment and begs to use Laura for two hours to spy on a new postal supervisor who might transfer him; Jerry refuses, and Newman warns that controlling mail controls information.

WhereJerry's apartment
DriverNewman
Positionact2 · escalation
ThreadJerry dates deaf lineswoman

Key lines

from this scene
17:09

Some woman's idea of a joke.

17:21

Hey! Shut the door.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
scheme0.7
menacing0.5
absurd0.5
eavesdropping0.3
rapid back and forth

Beats

16:37Newman mail information threat

Scene in the episode

16:44–17:28
A · Jerry dates deaf lineswoman
B · George breakup and lip-reading scheme
C · Elaine pretends deafness to avoid driver
D · Kramer becomes ball man

Clips from this episode

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Kramer Wants To Be A Ball Boy | The Lip Reader | Seinfeld · Seinfeld
George CANNOT Read Lips | The Lip Reader | Seinfeld · Seinfeld
George Costanza Is the WORST Lip Reader Ever | Seinfeld · Seinfeld
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