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“The Chinese Woman”
Seinfeld episode

Frank Costanza with his cape-wearing lawyer.
Episode no. Season 6
Episode 90
Written by Peter Mehlman
Directed by Andy Ackerman
Guest stars Kelly Coffield, Angela Dohrmann
Original airdate October 13, 1994
Season 6 episodes
Seinfeld - Season 6
September 1994 - May 1995
  1. "The Chaperone"
  2. "The Big Salad"
  3. "The Pledge Drive"
  4. "The Chinese Woman"
  5. "The Couch"
  6. "The Gymnast"
  7. "The Soup"
  8. "The Mom & Pop Store"
  9. "The Secretary"
  10. "The Race"
  11. "The Switch"
  12. "The Label Maker"
  13. "The Scofflaw"
  14. "The Highlights of 100, Part 1"
  15. "The Highlights of 100, Part 2"
  16. "The Beard"
  17. "The Kiss Hello"
  18. "The Doorman"
  19. "The Jimmy"
  20. "The Doodle"
  21. "The Fusilli Jerry"
  22. "The Diplomat's Club"
  23. "The Face Painter"
  24. "The Understudy"
List of Seinfeld episodes

"The Chinese Woman" is the 90th episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 4th episode for the 6th season. It aired on October 13, 1994.

Contents

[edit] Plot

Jerry and Elaine see George's father, Frank Costanza, with a man in a cape but don't say hello. Jerry talks to a woman, Donna Chang (played by Angela Dohrmann), on George's phone line after the wires get crossed and he gets a date with her, thinking she's Chinese because of her surname. Kramer goes to a fertility clinic. Elaine ruins her friend Noreen's latest romance with a "high talker." George's life is made miserable when the man in the cape is revealed to be Frank's lawyer and his parents are separating. Kramer discovers he has a low sperm count and must stop wearing jockey shorts. Boxer shorts make him feel uncomfortable, so he decides to wear no underwear at all.

Later, Jerry meets Donna, who is not Chinese, but actually shortened her last name Changstein to Chang while taking on stereotypically Chinese interests, such as acupuncture.

Donna talks over the phone to George's mother, Estelle, convincing her not to divorce (by citing Confucius). When George introduces Donna to his parents, Estelle realizes she is not Chinese and doesn't acknowledge her advice, deciding to go on with the divorce.

[edit] Superman reference

  • Jerry: You can't cast aspersions on someone just because they're wearing a cape. Superman wore a cape! And I'll be damned if I'm gonna stand here and let you say something bad about him.

[edit] Trivia

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  • Larry David makes an uncredited appearance as the man in the cape.
  • At the end scene when Jerry, George, and Elaine are standing across the street from the apartment there is a Coca Cola sign behind them. However, the "Co" in "Coca" and the "C" in "Cola" are missing. This is believed to be intended to avoid possible trademark infringement.

[edit] Quotes

  • Elaine: Donna Chang?
Jerry: I shoulda talked to her. I love Chinese women.
Elaine: Isn't that a little racist?
Jerry: If I like their race, how can that be racist?
  • Estelle: Who are you?
Donna: I'm Donna Chang.
Estelle: (recoils) You're not Chinese!
  • Jerry: So did they, uh, uncross the lines, yet?
Donna: No. They can't find the problem. It's really getting ridicurous.
Jerry: ...Did you say..."ridicurous"?
  • Elaine: She's not Chinese?
Jerry: No, not Chinese. Not even Asian.
Elaine: So, what is she?
Jerry: Well, she's... like you.
Elaine: Oh, how disappointed you must have been.
  • Kramer: I need the secure packaging of jockeys. My BOYS need a house.
  • Kramer: I'm out there Jerry and I'm loving every minute of it!


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