S07E05 · SCENE 2/20 · 00:42
The Hot Tub · Jerry's apartment
Elaine's J. Peterman Catalog Story

Elaine discusses her writer's block and George's fake stress at work.

00:42→02:15
in the episode · 1m 33s · S07E05
Elaine's J. Peterman Catalog Story

What happens

00:42–02:15

Elaine talks about her writer's block for the J. Peterman Catalog and George's method of looking annoyed to seem busy.

WhereJerry's apartment
DriverElaine
Positionact1 · setup
ThreadElaine's writer's block and Jean-Paul

Key lines

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00:53

Thank God she spotted the epaulets on my Norwegian ice-fishing vest."

01:10

How do you pull that off? I always look annoyed.

01:31

All right. Back to work.

02:11

Yeah, he's Trinidadian and Tobagan.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
awkward0.5
absurd0.5
misunderstanding0.3
social rule violation0.2
escalation0.1
coincidence0.1
comeuppance0.1
confession0.1
rapid back and forth

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00:43Elaine discusses her writer's block

Scene in the episode

00:42–02:15
A · Elaine's writer's block and Jean-Paul
B · George's fake stress and swearing
C · Kramer's hot tub disaster

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