The Pothole
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| Seinfeld episode | |
| "The Pothole" | |
 Elaine watches as Jerry madly disinfects his apartment. |
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| Episode no. | 150 |
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| Airdate | February 20, 1997 |
| Writer(s) | Steve O'Donnell & Dan O'Keefe |
| Director | Andy Ackerman |
| Guest star(s) | Kristin Davis |
| IMDb profile | |
| Seinfeld - Season 8 September 1996 - May 1997 |
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| List of all Seinfeld episodes | |
The Pothole is the one-hundred and fiftieth episode of the hit sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 16th episode for the 8th season. It aired on February 20, 1997.
[edit] Plot
Jerry accidentally knocks his girlfriend Jenna's toothbrush into the toilet, and she uses it before he can properly sanitize it. George shows off the new key ring that George Steinbrenner has given everyone in the organization, celebrating Phil Rizzuto's induction in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Kramer complains about the failing highway infrastructure, so he adopts a one-mile piece of a highway. Elaine tries to order a new Chinese dish (Supreme Flounder), but she lives one block outside the area that the Chinese restaurant will deliver to. George loses his new keychain. Jerry plans to secretly sterilize his girlfriend's mouth. Despite his attempts, he just can't get past the vision of the toothbrush in the toilet. George theorizes that he may have lost his keys when he did a broad jump over a pothole that has now been paved over. Kramer works diligently to keep his part of the road clean. Elaine schemes to get her Chinese food by moving into a janitor's closet, located in the building across the street. A woman who lives in the building believes her to actually be the janitor and pesters her about the maintenance that needs to be done. Jenna finds out about the toothbrush and sticks something of Jerry's in his toilet, refusing to tell him what it is. Kramer repaints the four-lane highway, intending to make it a more luxurious two-laner, but his efforts only result in mass confusion and congestion on behalf of the drivers. Elaine has the gang over for dinner in the janitor closet she's moved into temporarily. George dons construction gear and takes a jackhammer to the pothole in order to reclaim his keychain. Jerry throws out nearly everything he owns, suspecting that anything could have gone in the toilet; he finally learns that the mystery item was nothing more than his toilet brush. Elaine, still acting as the janitor in order to allay any suspicion, brings the building's garbage to the dump in Jerry's car, swerving all over Kramer's luxurious two-lane highway and unknowingly dropping an old Singer sewing machine on the road. George accidentally strikes the sewer line while digging up the road, causing an eruption that sends water bursting out of Jerry's toilet, soaking Jenna. Kramer attempts to return the highway to its original state, but spills paint thinner all over the pavement. Newman drives by in his mail truck, delivering crates of fish. His truck catches Elaine's sewing machine and drags it along the highway, sending up sparks that ignite Kramer's paint thinner and cause his truck to go up in flames.
[edit] Trivia
- Jerry Seinfeld, in an appearance on The Tonight Show the night before the episode aired, declared "The Pothole" to be one of the best episodes of the series.
[edit] Quotes
Jenna: How are you feeling?
Jerry: Good! My cold is gone, and I've been looking forward to kissing you, which I'm ready to do now, if you're ready.
(Jenna moves in for a kiss, but Jerry still can't bring himself to do it and backs away.)
Jenna: What?
Jerry: Nothing, I just, I, uh, I bruised my lip. I was drinking a Cel-Ray, and I brought it up too fast and I banged it into my lip and then I knocked your toothbrush into the toilet and I wasn't able to tell you before you could use it.
Jenna (appalled): What?!
Jerry: I'm sorry...
Jenna: When were you going to tell me this?
Jerry: Well, obviously never.
