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In "The Switch", Jerry attempts the unthinkable: switching from dating his current girlfriend to her roommate. But things don't go according to plan when the two approve a proffered threesome with Jerry. George is somehow dating a model and is convinced that she is bulimic due to her meal portions and her tendency to go "freshen up" post-meals. Elaine lets a potential employer borrow Mr. Pitt's racket but can't ask for it back after the woman seriously hurts herself playing tennis with it. Kramer reconnects with his mother and the rest of the cast learns that Kramer's first name is Cosmo.

"The Switch" has one of the all-time best plot lines regarding the roommate swap plan that Jerry and George devise, absolutely hysterical. The reveal of Kramer's first name also works as solid B-plot to the episode; it's good for a few jokes.

But Elaine and George's subplots leave a lot to be desired. All that Elaine's accomplishes is getting Kramer into Newman's room to end the episode with the big romantic reveal. Her interactions with Landis never really get off of the ground. While I do enjoy George's line about her "throwing his money down the drain" (classic George mentality in this situation), the rest of the plot doesn't accomplish much or have many laughs; it's more of a time killer.

Despite these two subpar B-plots, the overarching hilarity of the planned switch and the Cosmo reveal make this another Seinfeld classic.

The highlight of this episode is the four-five minutes in the middle, when Jerry and George draw up blueprints of how Jerry can successfully perform "the Switch". It's four-five minutes that do more than an entire season would in other shows. And again, it all comes down to the dialogue! Remember the scene when Jerry goes through the final plan with George? "...even as part of her cannot help but feel somewhat flattered by her inclusion in the unusual request!" I mean, its things like these that really got the show to the heights it ultimately reached. Not taking anything away from the actors.. but anyway fantastic episode. Definite 10/10!

Sheree North makes her debut appearance as Babs Kramer, the mom of Kramer, well Cosmo Kramer, so the who world learns in The Switch that Kramer's first name is Cosmo.

Anyway, The Switch had a noirish feel to it when Jerry and George were plotting to switch girlfriends with the menage a trois and all. Anyway, Wayne Knight, who co-starred with Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct, rekindles his romance with Babs, and they are caught out at the end, much to the horror of Kramer.

Anyway, I'm enjoying re-watching most of the Seinfeld episodes after having I first watched them when it debuted in the 1990s.