The Handicap Spot
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| Seinfeld episode | |
| "The Handicap Spot" | |
 Frank Costanza reprimanding George. |
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| Episode no. | 62 |
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| Airdate | May 13, 1993 |
| Writer(s) | Larry David |
| Director | Tom Cherones |
| IMDb profile | |
| Seinfeld - Season 4 August 1992 - May 1993 |
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| List of all Seinfeld episodes | |
The Handicap Spot is the 22nd episode of the fourth season and the 62nd overall episode of Seinfeld. It aired on May 13, 1993.
[edit] Plot
The group travels to buy an engagement gift for their friend "The Drake": a widescreen television. George parks his father's car in a handicapped parking space, since they figured they will only be a few minutes. However, they are mistaken and are in the store for much longer, and in the time that they were gone, an angry mob trashes the vehicle when a disabled woman gets injured because of the illegal parking.
While George is contemplating the punishment that he will get for the vehicle's damage, the rest decide not to go to The Drake's engagement party. While visiting the injured handicapped woman at the hospital, Kramer falls in love and feels compelled to replace her wheelchair. George and Kramer go on to buy a used wheelchair which is much cheaper than a brand-new one. Jerry and Elaine go to have lunch with The Drake after missing his party and discover that he and his fiancée have broken off their engagement.
George's father Frank Costanza receives an award for outstanding service in helping the handicapped. In the middle of receiving the award, he is arrested for George's parking in the handicap spot, as Frank is the registered owner of the vehicle. As a result of the accusation, Frank's award is taken away from him. George becomes his father's butler as a punishment after getting the idea from George's idea for the pilot episode that he is writing with Jerry.
Later, the handicapped woman's wheelchair's brake gets stuck as she rolls down a hill, injuring her again, leading to her and Kramer breaking up. George's first job as his father's butler is to retrieve the wide-screen TV at The Drake's house so that it can be donated to charity. The episode ends as George and Kramer take the TV and wheel it out of The Drake's apartment.
[edit] Quotes
- Jerry: You don't like the Drake?
- George: Hate the Drake.
- Elaine: I *love* the Drake.
- Jerry: How could you not like the Drake?
- George: Who's the Drake?
- Elaine: "Who's the Drake"?
- Jerry: The Drake is good!
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- (the four of them approach George's car, which is smashed to pieces)
- Jerry: (as George picks up a broken piece of his car) You know, a lot of these scratches will buff right out...
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- Kramer: She's got everything I've ever wanted in another human being ... except for the walking.
[edit] Trivia
- This is the first appearance of Frank Costanza, George's father. He was played in this episode not by Jerry Stiller, but by John Randolph. In 1995, the scenes featuring Randolph were re-shot with Stiller for syndication in order to maintain better continuity. Both versions can be seen on the Season 4 DVD set.
- Upon parking, Kramer says "Make sure we dont forget where the car's parked," prompting Jerry, George, and Elaine to exasperatedly assure him that they will remember. This is a callback to the memorable Season 3 episode The Parking Garage, chronicling the gang's fruitless efforts to locate Kramer's car in a parking garage. Jerry would later make a similar comment, "remember where we're parked", in the season 9's "The Peuter Rican Day", after his car has been tipped over on the sidewalk by an angry mob.
- Upon returning to the car to find it's exterior almost completely destroyed, Jerry says "Y'know most of these scratches will just buff right off". This line was completely improvised.
- While at his parents house, George sits on the couch and reads Glamour Magazine, the magazine that had got him in trouble in The Contest.
