The Gymnast
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| Seinfeld episode | |
| "The Gymnast" | |
 Jerry and his Romanian girlfriend. |
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| Episode no. | 92 |
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| Airdate | November 3, 1994 |
| Writer(s) | Alec Berg & Jeff Schaffer |
| Director | Andy Ackerman |
| IMDb profile | |
| Seinfeld - Season 6 September 1994 - May 1995 |
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"The Gymnast" is the 92nd episode of Seinfeld. This was the 6th episode for the 6th season. It aired on November 3, 1994.
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[edit] Plot
Jerry dates Katya, a Romanian gymnast and Silver Medal-winner in the 1984 Olympic Games. Kramer encourages him to have sex with her, since she is probably very "flexible". Jerry can only think of a conversation involving dictator Ceausescu. George is given another shot with Lindsay, whom he met while trying to join a book club to read Breakfast at Tiffany's ("The Couch"). Jerry and Kramer find out about one of George's odd bathroom habits: whenever he goes into the "office" he takes his shirt off so as to feel "no restrains". Jerry talks about how George is better with the mothers of his girlfriends rather than with the girlfriends themselves.
Kramer goes to Mr. Pitt's office to retrieve three-dimensional computer generated art that Elaine took to frame. Kramer leaves early as he feels intense pain which turns out is a kidney stone. Mr. Pitt becomes obsessed with finding the "spaceship" image in the 3-D painting. In place of Mr. Pitt, Elaine goes to a merger meeting between Morgan Springs and Poland Creek, but starts a dispute because of the suggested name "Moland" Springs. At Lindsay's mother house George is being a gentleman until he is caught by Mrs. Evans eating a partially eaten chocolate eclair out of the trash can.
George assures the cake was clean "on top", but Jerry says George has crossed the border between man and bum. Georges explains over the phone and gets another chance with Lindsay. Kramer brings Jerry a videotape of the 1984 Olympics and Jerry decides to go for it with Katya. Later, Jerry comments with Elaine of his disappointment, and how he has to date Katya for three more weeks.
At the street George buys a cup of coffee but he doesn't like it and throws it away accidentally at a car. George is now spotted washing the windshield by Lindsay's mother, thinking again he is a bum. George has to apologize once more and gets another opportunity with Lindsay.
Since it was Kramer's idea, Jerry wants him to come along with himself and Katya to the circus, to watch Misha's, Katya's friend, performance. However, Kramer is afraid of clowns. At the circus' restroom, Kramer finally passes the kidney stone, but he screams so loud that he makes Misha fall from the loose wire. Katya breaks up with Jerry because he was not an otherworldly "sensual experience". At Lindsay's mother's place there is a small party, and they have placed a 3-D painting in the bathroom which is "mesmerizing". George goes into the bathroom but then goes out wearing no shirt.
Mr. Pitt has lost three days trying to see the image in the 3-D painting. He now sees it right before going to an important meeting discussing the merger. Elaine, who has her hands covered in ink, breaks the picture and snaps her boss from the trance. However, she spills ink on him and he goes to the meeting with a painted moustache looking like Adolf Hitler. Aside from the visual humor, the scene alludes to Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939[1] through the juxtaposition of the imagery and the brand name.
[edit] Supporting cast
- Ian Abercrombie - Mr. Justin Pitt
- David Blackwood - Beck
- Maurice Godin - Misha
- Jessica Hecht - Lindsay Enright
- Damian London - Party Guest
- Elina Löwensohn - Katya
- Lois Nettleton - Mrs. Enright
- James Sweeney - Aronson
[edit] Trivia
- This episode aired during a special "Blackout Thursday" night on NBC, in which all shows in the Must See TV line-up featured a fictional New York City blackout (such as the Friends episode "The One with the Blackout"). Larry David didn't want Seinfeld to participate, and instead went ahead with a regular episode. In the following season, the show would also be the only hold-out in a promotional "crossover" night.
- There is an obvious reference in this episode to "Poland Spring" bottled water, since the two merging companies were called Poland Creek and Morgan Springs. However, in the episode they decided to make their name Moland Spring instead, possibly for copyright reasons.
- Jerry's Romanian girlfriend, while never explicitly stated, is Ecaterina Szabo. Romania won 2 silver medals for gymnastics in 1984, one in Individual all-around Artistic gymnastics, won by Doina Staiculescu, and one in Individual all-around Rhytmic gymnastics, won by Ecaterina. When Kramer brings in the tape showcasing her medal winning performance, one of the descriptions goes "here comes the dismount", and no events in artistic gymnastics have a dismount. Also, Katya is short for Ecaterina.
[edit] Quotes
- Katya: In my country, they speak of a man so virile, so potent, that to spend a night with such a man is to enter a world of sensual delights most women dare not dream of. This man is known as "the comedian". You may tell jokes, Mr. Jerry Seinfeld, but you are no comedian.
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