The Stranded
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| Seinfeld episode | |
| "The Stranded" | |
 Elaine, Jerry and George arrive at the party. |
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| Episode no. | 27 |
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| Airdate | November 27, 1991 |
| Writer(s) | Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld and Matt Goldman |
| Director | Tom Cherones |
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| Seinfeld - Season 3 September 1991 - May 1992 |
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The Stranded is the twenty-seventh episode of the hit sitcom Seinfeld. The episode was the tenth episode for the show's third season. It aired on November 27, 1991.
The episode was written by Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld and Matt Goldman and was directed by Tom Cherones. Besides the usual cast, other actors in the episode include: Michael Chiklis, Bobbi Jo Lathan, and Marcia Firesten.
[edit] Plot
George gets invited to a party in Long Island and brings Elaine and Jerry with him. Jerry and Elaine have a bad time stuck in boring conversations, and Elaine confronts a woman because of her fur coat.
When a co-worker starts coming on to George, he strands Jerry and Elaine at the party, leaving them to wait for a very tardy Kramer. As a sign of gratitude for allowing he and Elaine to wait at his home, he suggests the hosts stop by his (Jerry's) apartment if they are ever in New York.
Weeks later, to Jerry's surprise, the male host takes him up on his offer, just as Jerry's heading out the door. In order to assuage the host, who feels Jerry's gesture was empty, he allows him to wait in the apartment until his return. However, Kramer stops by and he and the host have some drinks and laughs. Eventually they hire a prostitute over to Jerry's apartment.
Later, the host checks out of the apartment without paying just as Jerry returns. As Jerry tries to pay the girl so she'll leave, cops arrive and he's "busted" for fomenting prostitution. Elaine prepares to squabble with the prostitute over her fur coat.
[edit] Miscellaneous
- The episode was originally produced for the second season; however, due to the 1991 Invasion of Iraq (and subsequent media coverage), the episode was postponed until November. When this episode originally aired, it was preceded by a brief introduction in which Jerry explained to the viewers that this episode was produced for Season 2, thus, George is still working in the real estate business.
- This episode contains two references to a previous episode, " The Jacket". Jerry quotes Elaine's father in loudly referring to the publisher she works for as "Bastards", and Kramer recounts the story of how he and Elaine had to chase after a magician's doves, which occurred in that episode.
- Elaine refers to the Azaria Chamberlain disappearance when she tells a pretentious woman who can't find her fiance, "Maybe the dingo ate your baby."
