The Revenge (Seinfeld episode)

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"The Revenge"
George gives Elaine the plan.
Episode no.	12
Airdate	April 18, 1991
Writer(s)	Larry David
Director	Tom Cherones
Seinfeld - Season 2 January - June 1991
The Ex-Girlfriend The Pony Remark The Jacket The Phone Message The Apartment The Statue The Revenge The Heart Attack The Deal The Baby Shower The Chinese Restaurant The Busboy
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"The Revenge" is the twelfth episode of Seinfeld. The episode was the seventh episode for the show's second season. It aired on April 18, 1991.

1 Plot
2 Superman reference
3 Quotes
4 Trivia

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

George quits his job after tiring of his demanding boss; he immediately regrets his decision. Hence, he returns to the workplace, pretending that the event had never occurred. He is fired for the second time, and plots revenge on his erstwhile employer. His plan is to "put a mickey in his drink," with the help of Elaine.

Jerry is irked to discover that the money he had hidden in his laundry bag went missing subsequently to his going to the laundromat. He immediately blames the owner, who claims no responsibility, pointing to a sign that states this. Jerry is furious, and, with the help of Kramer, plots to pour a bag of cement into the washing machine, which, according to Kramer, will come out in "one solid block!"

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Superman reference

Jerry: If only you could put your mind to something worthwhile. You're like Lex Luthor. (Said to Kramer, when he devises a very strange, devious plan.)

[edit] Quotes

Jerry: So, anybody leaves anything here, you can just take it? You have a license to steal? You are like the James Bond of laundry?

George: That's it! This is it! I'm done! Through! It's over! I'm gone! Finished! Over! I will never work for you again! Look at you! You think you're an important man? Is that what you think? You are a laughing stock! You are a joke! These people are laughing at you! You're nothing! You have no brains, no ability, nothing!(knocks down a statue on his boss's desk)...I quit!

Jerry: Where do you even get a mickey?

George: I have a source.
Jerry: A source, you have a mickey source.

[edit] Trivia

As a method actor, Michael Richards insisted on dumping a real bag of cement into the washing machine, in order to get the proper physical reactions to such a heavy object. He would later repeat this method in Season 3's "The Parking Garage", wherein he lugged around a cardboard box with a real air conditioner inside.
This is the first episode to make reference to the character Newman. At this point, he was not planned to be a recurring character and thus never appears onscreen. He is also not established as Jerry's nemesis.
This episode features Larry David's third cameo: he is heard off-screen as the voice of Newman. Wayne Knight re-recorded Newman's lines for the syndicated version of this episode to establish better continuity.
Part of this episode was inspired by an incident wherein Larry David quit his writing job at "Saturday Night Live" in the middle of a season, only to show up to work a few days later acting as if nothing had happened. He was more successful in his endeavors than George is in this episode, actually returning to the SNL writing staff for the remainder of the season.
This episode is the first to feature Kramer on a set other than Jerry's apartment.