S09E23 · SCENE 14/43 · 13:44
The Finale (1) · Jerry's apartment / Hallway
Newman Guilt Trip

Newman manipulates Jerry into letting him join by inventing a sick cousin in Paris.

13:44→15:21
in the episode · 1m 37s · S09E23

What happens

13:44–15:21

Newman claims his cousin in Paris has lost muscle control and communicates only by blinking. He guilts Jerry into giving him a seat on the jet. When Jerry relents, Newman drops the act and threatens Jerry with a future 'day of reckoning.'

WhereJerry's apartment / Hallway
DriverNewman
Positionact2 · escalation
ThreadTrial & Conviction

Key lines

from this scene
14:05

This probably won't interest you but I have a cousin there who's suffering very badly.

14:38

But hear me and hear me well.

15:00

Watching as it all comes crumbling down.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
lie0.9
scheme0.8
menacing0.7
threat0.6
betrayal0.4
awkward0.3
rapid back and forthmonologue

Beats

14:16Newman describes blinking cousin
14:47Newman threatens day of reckoning

Scene in the episode

13:44–15:21
A · NBC Pilot Pickup
B · Good Samaritan Arrest
D · Prison Life

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