The Checks

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Seinfeld episode
"The Checks"
Kramer and his Japanese friends in the hot tub.
Episode no.	141
Airdate	November 7, 1996
Writer(s)	Steve O'Donnell & Tom Gammill & Max Pross
Director	Andy Ackerman
Seinfeld - Season 8 September 1996 - May 1997
The Foundation The Soul Mate The Bizarro Jerry The Little Kicks The Package The Fatigues The Checks The Chicken Roaster The Abstinence The Andrea Doria The Little Jerry The Money The Comeback The Van Buren Boys The Susie The Pothole The English Patient The Nap The Yada Yada The Millennium The Muffin Tops The Summer of George
List of all Seinfeld episodes

The Checks is the 141st episode of the hit sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 7th episode for the 8th season. It aired on November 7, 1996.

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Elaine's new boyfriend, Brett, is obsessed with designer furniture and the song "Desperado." Jerry spots an umbrella salesman using the sales technique he invented. The salesman says it was someone else.

Hundreds of twelve-cent royalty checks keep arriving from Jerry's brief appearance on a Japanese television show. Kramer warns George that the carpet cleaners he hired are actually a front for a religious cult. Intrigued, George tries to be converted, but they're not interested in him.

Kramer meets some Japanese businessmen and he takes them on the town and to the cleaners. He is a little confused about the exchange rate and spends all their money. Brett delivers a large chest of drawers to Kramer and thinks that Jerry might be jealous. Kramer thinks the TV pilot that Jerry and George did would be perfect for Japanese television. They pitch it to a couple of Japanese TV executives.

Elaine tries to find a song that she and Brett can share. Run out of money, Kramer puts his Japanese friends up at his place, sleeping in the chest of drawers. Jerry caught in the rain meets the man in the street that claims credit for the twirl. He also meets Brett who is convinced Jerry is down on his luck.

George gets the cleaners to do the offices at Yankee Stadium where they find a new recruit. Because of the humidity from the hot tub, Kramer's guests get stuck in the chest. Jerry, with writer's cramp from check signing, uses a fire ax to open the chest, which scares the Japanese guests and injures Brett who passes out.