S07E09 · SCENE 4/22 · 02:41
The Sponge · Jerry's apartment
Jerry's Apartment: Calling Lena

Jerry calls Lena using a fake speedboat story; George and Susan discuss Jerry's jeans secret.

02:41→04:14
in the episode · 1m 33s · S07E09
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Jerry's Apartment: Calling Lena

What happens

02:41–04:14

Jerry calls Lena from his apartment, claiming he got her number from a guy he met while speedboat shopping. He improvises a lie about the man's name starting with W or Q. Meanwhile, George and Susan discuss Jerry's secret about altering his jeans tag from 32 to 31.

WhereJerry's apartment
DriverJerry
Positionact1 · escalation
ThreadJeans Secret & Girlfriend

Key lines

from this scene
02:54

I wasn't paying attention. I'd just come from shopping for a speedboat.

03:33

Well, this is the Jerry Seinfeld that only I know.

03:43

It's all right, I'm your fiancée. Everyone assumes you'll tell me everything.

04:11

I'll be cut out of the loop.

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Scene DNA

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scheme0.7
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phone call

Beats

02:42Jerry lies about speedboat shopping
02:54Improvises fake name initials

Scene in the episode

02:41–04:14
A · Jeans Secret & Girlfriend
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B · Sponge Hunt & Worthiness
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C · AIDS Walk Ribbon Protest
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