The English Patient (Seinfeld episode)
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| Seinfeld episode | |
| "The English Patient" | |
 Izzy Mandelbaum challenging Jerry. |
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| Episode no. | 151 |
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| Airdate | March 13, 1997 |
| Writer(s) | Steve Koren |
| Director | Andy Ackerman |
| Guest star(s) | Lloyd Bridges & Chelsea Noble |
| IMDb profile | |
| Seinfeld - Season 8 September 1996 - May 1997 |
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| List of all Seinfeld episodes | |
The English Patient is the 151st episode of the hit sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 17th episode for the 8th season. It aired on March 13, 1997.
[edit] Plot
A woman mistakes George for her boyfriend Neil, a guy who she claims looks just like George. This intrigues George; he wants to meet Neil. Jerry is going to Florida to help his parents move. Kramer asks him to pick up some Cubans for him, and gives him a T-shirt that says #1 Dad. Elaine and her boyfriend see The English Patient; she absolutely hates it and that makes her unpopular and dumped. Jerry's dad gets the T-shirt, #1 Dad, that he is very proud to wear, despite its small size. At his parents' exercise room, Jerry meets Izzy, an 80-year-old man who can't stand to lose; he challenges Jerry to a weightlifting competition; "It's go time!" He throws his back out again and again. Kramer's Cubans arrive; as it turns out they're people, not cigars. George is overly obsessed with Neil, to the point where he is missing out on Danielle. Jerry is back in New York, where Izzy has returned to see a back specialist. It turns out that Kramer's Cubans are really Dominicans that he is trying to pass off as Cuban cigar rollers, it doesn't work. Elaine's dislike for the film alienates her from everyone. When she tells Peterman that she hasn't seen the film, he immediately takes steps to correct the situation. Jerry meets the rest of Izzy's family all of whom are fiercely competitive. Izzy's son and father also injure their backs. Jerry finds work for Kramer's "Cubans" at the diner where Izzy works, rolling crepes. Elaine still hates the movie, but Peterman decides that she must go to the Tunisian desert to live in a cave in order to save her job. The "Cubans" roll the crepes too tightly, causing the filling to spray out, burning people. Kramer becomes afraid that his unemployed Dominicans, whom he educated about communism, are planning to revolt. George finally meets Neil in a hospital, after Neil got burned from a crepe; Danielle chooses Neil over George, but George gets the last word by pulling out his intravenous cord. Elaine's plane to Tunisia was supposed to play the movie Sack Lunch but then was hijacked by the angry Dominicans.
[edit] Quotes
Morty Seinfeld (after receiving "#1 DAD" tee shirt from Jerry): "Son, this is the most wonderful and thoughtful thing you've ever done for me."
Jerry: "You know, I bought you a Cadillac. Twice."
Jerry (to himself): "I try to take a vacation, I come back, the whole operation's a shambles."
Izzy Jr.: "Ohh! My back!"
Izzy: "Call an ambulance!"
Jerry: "We're already in a hosptial!"
