S05E06 · SCENE 9/23 · 05:28
The Lip Reader · US Open stadium walkway
Jerry approaches lineswoman

Jerry tries to talk to the lineswoman but she ignores him until revealing she is deaf.

05:28→06:19
in the episode · 0m 51s · S05E06

What happens

05:28–06:19

Jerry psyches himself up to approach the lineswoman while George warns he will be left behind; Jerry taps her shoulder, she does not respond, he mocks her, then she turns and signs that she is deaf.

WhereUS Open stadium walkway
DriverJerry
Positionact1 · reveal
ThreadJerry dates deaf lineswoman

Key lines

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05:46

So I guess your hearing goes in and out, huh?

06:11

And Mr. Tom Hanks- May I say he, too, would be disgusted by your behaviour.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
misunderstanding0.8
awkward0.6
tender0.4
pursuit0.2
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Beats

06:39Lineswoman reveals she is deaf

Scene in the episode

05:28–06:19
A · Jerry dates deaf lineswoman
B · George breakup and lip-reading scheme
C · Elaine pretends deafness to avoid driver
D · Kramer becomes ball man

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