S07E21 · SCENE 18/22 · 20:10
The Bottle Deposit (1) · Various
Investigation and Resolution

Detective investigates the car theft

20:10→23:22
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What happens

20:10–23:22

The detective investigates the theft of Jerry's car and the missing golf clubs. The scene jumps between different locations, including the police station, Mr. Peterman's office, and the warehouse where the car is found. The detective discusses the case with Jerry and Elaine, and they eventually find the car, but the golf clubs are still missing.

WhereVarious
DriverDetective McMahon
Positionact3 · resolution
ThreadCar Trouble

Key lines

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20:52

They happened to be in the back seat at the time.

21:46

Well, whatever you can do. Thanks.

22:07

Good work, George.

22:53

Did you forget to take your medicine?

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
investigation0.8
tense0.6
absurd0.4
negotiation0.2
investigationrapid back and forth

Beats

21:02suspect description

Scene in the episode

20:10–23:22
A · Car Trouble
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B · Golf Clubs Auction
36
C · Bottle Deposit Scheme
D · Mail Truck Scheme
12
E · Payroll Project
F · Car Maintenance
9
G · Mother's Day
H · Golf Clubs
I · Project Success
J · Memory Loss
K · Car Theft
19212224
L · Mail Truck Ambush
25
M · Golf Club Chase
26
N · George's Breakdown
O · Newman's Farm
payoff → scene 13

Clips from this episode

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Jerry's Car Gets Stolen AGAIN | The Bottle Deposit | Seinfeld · Seinfeld
Seinfeld | The Bottle Deposit Scheme | Daily Laugh · Daily Laugh
Kramer & Newman's Recycling Scheme | The Bottle Deposit | Seinfeld · Seinfeld
George Doesn't Understand The Assignment | The Bottle Deposit | Seinfeld · Seinfeld
Seinfeld Tony tosses the golf clubs at Kramer while in pursuit scene · Robert Bowersock
You Barely Know Your Car - Seinfeld (The Bottle Deposit) · Transmission Repair Guy
Seinfeld · Mican Vujnovic
Michigan Deposit Bottle Scam - Seinfeld · B O
Seinfeld George gets committed · Ed Cintron

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Jerry SeinfeldJerry Seinfeld · Zafrir Keren - צפריר קרן · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Julia Louis-DreyfusJulia Louis-Dreyfus · PhilipRomano · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Elaine BenesJulia Louis-Dreyfus156 episodes · drives 430 scenes
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