The Package (Seinfeld episode)

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Seinfeld episode
"The Package"

Jerry, refusing delivery of the package.
Episode no. 139
Airdate October 17, 1996
Writer(s) Jennifer Crittenden
Director Andy Ackerman
IMDb profile
Seinfeld - Season 8
September 1996 - May 1997
  1. The Foundation
  2. The Soul Mate
  3. The Bizarro Jerry
  4. The Little Kicks
  5. The Package
  6. The Fatigues
  7. The Checks
  8. The Chicken Roaster
  9. The Abstinence
  10. The Andrea Doria
  11. The Little Jerry
  12. The Money
  13. The Comeback
  14. The Van Buren Boys
  15. The Susie
  16. The Pothole
  17. The English Patient
  18. The Nap
  19. The Yada Yada
  20. The Millennium
  21. The Muffin Tops
  22. The Summer of George
List of all Seinfeld episodes

"The Package" is the 139th episode of the hit sitcom Seinfeld. This was the fifth episode for the eighth season. It was first broadcast on October 17, 1996. It was viewed by 32.2 Million viewers.

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Elaine has a rash and looks for a doctor who will treat her, despite her doctor-patient relationship reputation. Kramer offers Jerry a method to get a refund on his stereo that is two years out of warranty. George discovers the woman at the photo store (Heather Campbell) is looking at his pictures. Jerry refuses delivery of a package with no return address. George thinks that the photo store clerk has stuck a revealing picture of herself in with his pictures. Kramer convinces George to return the compliment and offers to take the photos. Uncle Leo signs for Jerry's package. Elaine tries to lift her medical records. Jerry lets Uncle Leo open the package and there is the sound of an explosion. Leo's stove has exploded but eventually Jerry gets the package and opens it up. It contains his stereo in pieces. Kramer sent the package to him insured; now all they must do is collect the insurance money from the post office. Elaine poses as Uncle Leo's nurse to try a diagnosis for her condition. When that doesn't work she tries to get Kramer to lift her records. Newman grills Jerry on suspicion of mail fraud. George drops off his film at the photo store and gets a surprising result.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Memorable quotes

  • Jerry: So, we're going to make the post office pay for my new stereo, now?"
    Kramer: "It's a write off for them."
    Jerry: "How is it a write off?"
    Kramer: "They just write it off."
    Jerry: "Write it off what?"
    Kramer: "Jerry, all these big companies, they write off everything."
    Jerry: "You don't even know what a write off is."
    Kramer: "Do you?"
    Jerry: "No, I don't!"
    Kramer: "Well, they do. And they're the ones writing it off."
    Jerry: "I wish I could have the last twenty seconds of my life back."
  • Kramer: "She sends you an enticing photogragh, you send one right back."
    George: "Well, I don't know."
    Kramer: "As you know, I'm something of a photog."
    Jerry: "Oh, yeah, I like this idea."
  • [Leo has received the package that Jerry refused to sign for, out of fear that it could be a bomb]
    Uncle Leo: [over the phone] Jerry! I just got your package. Why wouldn't you sign for it?
    George: Ask Leo to open it.
    Jerry: I'm not gonna use my uncle like some kind of bomb defusing robot!
    Uncle Leo: Jerry! Your cousing Jeffrey just got the lead in a play produced by the parks department. I want you to come see it!
    Jerry: Open the package Leo.
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