EPISODE 9: "The Masseuse"
George attempts to reciprocate what he believes is a kismesis.
Ok I'll be honest I'm not even gonna BEGIN to get into the Jerry plotline in this one. All I'll say is: Mr. Seinfeld. You WRITE the show. Why did you think this was a good idea to have your character BASED ON YOU do??? Ok anyway so Elaine is dating this guy who just happens to have the same name as a notorious serial killer at the time. Honestly this season is really delving into the just strange situations that one could possibly fall into, which I am a bit of a fan of, and this one's no exception.
George's subplot is the funniest one though. He finds out Jerry's girlfriend hates him and then he finds this just so attractive that he dumps his current girlfriend. Classic. This is a good idea, George. I hope things turn out well for the two of you (we never see that woman again).
Uh. Kramer's there too, I guess.
Also funny how Elaine suggests changing Joel's name to "OJ". Y'know. So he'd be no longer named after a murderer.
2.5/5 STARS ★★⯨☆☆
EPISODE 10: "The Cigar Store Indian"
Jerry just can't stop being racist. It's a challenge.
This is the one where the gang get racist. Well, Jerry and Kramer do. Literally the whole plot with Jerry is he keeps accidentally being racist around his indigenous American crush. He's like pulling out 60s-era racist sayings you've never even heard of around her. Insane. He literally goes on a whole rant about how everyone's too sensitive nowadays?? Basically all other plot points are just there so you can recover and wonder what this guy's gonna do next. Shoutout to Frank Costanza, though. Him being more pissed off with George giving Elaine one of his TV guides (he collects them) than him having sex in Frank's bed is a good bit.
2.5/5 STARS ★★⯨☆☆
EPISODE 11: "The Conversion"
George feels love for the last time.
George just instantly folds to Latvian Orthodoxy as soon as he finds out it's an option. This girl must be really really special. We would never know, though, because we never hear how it went with those two lol. Honestly situations where George just does the most unconvincing lie and they somehow buy it are just really funny to me.
Ok so Jerry is just being his usual pretentious self (a big improvement from the last two episodes, believe me) and the funniest Elaine's subplot gets is she and her boyfriend discussing at lengths about how they love feet. Hey, me too, girl.
Uhhhh oh yeah also Kramer's godly pulling powers are now scientifically significant (could this be the in-universe explanation for the obnoxiously thunderous applause he always gets?). And they get immediately undone in this episode. I hope this sticks around for all future episodes.
Essentially. George at his best, here. And everyone else is just kinda alright.
3.5/5 STARS ★★★⯨☆
EPISODE 12: "The Stall"
Kramer has an epic ERP fail.
For all the phrases Seinfeld (1989-98) has propelled into the modern lexicon, c'mon... "himbo" was RIGHT THERE. BUT noooooo.... just slap the first letter of "male" at the front and boom. Elaine's dating a "mimbo". And also George has a crush on him. In-episode it's described literally as a "non-sexual crush". Heh..... yeah, right...... But I'm glad that, at least romantically, George is canonically into boys.
Anyway the Elaine-Jerry-Kramer plotline convergence is insane in this one. Jerry's and Elaine's only gets good like right at the end, though. Well, the very start, when they're setting it up, is pretty funny. Kramer's just having a great time with the Jerma™ phone sex line thing. Best scene: when Kramer and Jane first meet face-to-face and Kramer recognises her from the phone.
Moral of the story: always share.
4/5 STARS ★★★★☆
