S06E24 · SCENE 20/25 · 13:03
The Understudy · beauty shop
Kim reveals past with Frank

Kim recounts her past romance with Frank and how her father rejected him over shoe removal.

13:03→13:57
in the episode · 0m 54s · S06E24

What happens

13:03–13:57

Kim tells the salon her father fought with Frank because he refused to remove his shoes. She notes Frank still refuses. The manicurists eject Elaine and Frank. Frank calls after Kim as she leaves.

Wherebeauty shop
DriverKim
Positionact2 · complication
ThreadFrank Costanza romance

Key lines

from this scene
13:08

It reminds me of when I was a young girl in Korea and I met an American businessman.

13:25

But when I brought him home to meet my father he refused to take his shoes off, and there was a terrible fight.

13:44

Now, take your dry, bitten nails and get out!

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Scene DNA

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secret exposed0.7
awkward0.7
tense0.5
monologue

Beats

13:34Kim identifies Frank by shoes

Scene in the episode

13:03–13:57
A · Bette Midler injury
B · Korean nail salon
C · Frank Costanza romance
D · Elaine meets Peterman

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