S08E06 · EP 140
season 8 · October 31, 1996
The Fatigues
written by Gregg Kavet · Andy Robin · directed by Andy Ackerman · 30.33M viewers · image Seinfeld Wiki (CC BY-SA)

Episode DNA

2 scenes · 4 threads
misunderstanding 29%absurd 29%tense 24%coincidence 19%

Story threads over runtime

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0:005:0010:0015:0020:00
A · Jerry's Mentorship Dilemma
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B · George's Risk Management Disaster
C · Elaine's Inept Management and Eddie Sherman
D · Kramer's Jewish Singles Night and Frank's Trauma
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Every scene

2 scenes · our breakdown
1 · Jerry's apartment · setupJerry on Girlfriend's Mentor

Jerry talks about his girlfriend's mentor, Cynthia.

00:03–00:13
23 · Jerry's apartment · act2Kramer's Jewish Singles Night and Frank's Trauma

Kramer organizes a Jewish singles night, but Frank is reluctant to help due to his traumatic past.

10:10–21:46misunderstanding · coincidence
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Episode facts

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Aired
October 31, 1996
Overall
#140
Writers
Gregg Kavet · Andy Robin
Director
Andy Ackerman
Viewers
30.33M (US)
Pace
121 words/min · 93 questions

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