The Understudy
- Episode aired May 18, 1995
- TV-PG
- 24m
Jerry's girlfriend cries easily. George runs over Bette Midler during a softball game and Kramer gives in to her every demand. Elaine meets a new potential employer.Jerry's girlfriend cries easily. George runs over Bette Midler during a softball game and Kramer gives in to her every demand. Elaine meets a new potential employer.Jerry's girlfriend cries easily. George runs over Bette Midler during a softball game and Kramer gives in to her every demand. Elaine meets a new potential employer.
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- Ruby
- (as June Kyoko Lu)
- Lotus
- (as Bok Yun Chon)
- Player #2
- (as Michael James McDonald)
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Did you know
- TriviaElaine's (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) adventure is based on an experience of writer Carol Leifer. Carol brought a spy with her to a nail salon in real life.
- GoofsIn the Korean Nail salon scene, as George's father is speaking and yelling at the Korean manicurists, the camera cuts to the back room, where the father's former Korean girlfriend is sitting. The background shows Chinese, not Korean. (However, due to centuries of Chinese predominance in Asia, the Chinese language still plays a very prominent part in Korean culture. Most educated Koreans can read some Chinese, and Chinese is often used in calligraphy.)
- Quotes
J. Peterman: Then, in the distance, I heard the bulls. I began running as fast as I could. Fortunately, I was wearing my Italian cap toe oxfords. Sophisticated yet different; nothing to make a huge fuss about. Rich dark brown calfskin leather. Matching leather vent. Men's whole and half sizes 7 through 13. Price: $135.00.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Seinfeld: The Chronicle (1998)
- SoundtracksWind beneath My Wings
(uncredited)
Written by Larry Henley and Jeff Silbar
Performed by Bette Midler
Sung by Michael Richards
It's possible that the terrific finales to seasons 3, 4 and 5 set the bar a little too high. After all, season 6 wasn't as strong as the previous ones, but it still had some terrific episode. "The Understudy", though, is a weak season finale by any standard. Guests stars playing themselves were used before with intelligence and creativity (Keith Hernandez) but this episode feels more like a Bette Midler vehicle than anything else.
Like any Seinfeld episode, this one has its highlights; mostly they're the scenes featuring Jerry Stiller. Everything else is pretty mediocre, and serve as a poor conclusion to the season, a conclusion that might have been better off giving some closure to the Tim Whatley or David Puddy characters. The only consequential thing it does is introducing the J. Peterman character, but at this point it feels like a one time gag. We just had to wait and see if season 7 had something more up its sleeve.
- itamarscomix
- Oct 17, 2011
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