The Conversion (Seinfeld episode)

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“The Conversion”
Seinfeld episode
Episode no. Season 5
Episode 75
Written by Bruce Kirschbaum
Directed by Tom Cherones
Guest stars Molly Hagan, Kay E. Kuter
Original airdate December 16, 1993
Season 5 episodes
Seinfeld - Season 5
September 1993 - May 1994
  1. "The Mango"
  2. "The Puffy Shirt"
  3. "The Glasses"
  4. "The Sniffing Accountant"
  5. "The Bris"
  6. "The Lip Reader"
  7. "The Non-Fat Yogurt"
  8. "The Barber"
  9. "The Masseuse"
  10. "The Cigar Store Indian"
  11. "The Conversion"
  12. "The Stall"
  13. "The Dinner Party"
  14. "The Marine Biologist"
  15. "The Pie"
  16. "The Stand In"
  17. "The Wife"
  18. "The Raincoats, Part 1"
  19. "The Raincoats, Part 2"
  20. "The Fire"
  21. "The Hamptons"
  22. "The Opposite"
List of Seinfeld episodes

"The Conversion" is the seventy-fifth episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 11th episode for the 5th season. It aired on December 16, 1993.

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[edit] Plot

George converts to Latvian Orthodoxy in order to keep a girlfriend (played by Jana Marie Hupp) who would otherwise break up with him for their religious differences. He jokingly refers to his cheapness, remarking to her about ordering lobster, "You know? You are the first woman that I haven't thought about the price." Jerry finds a fungus cream in his girlfriend's medicine cabinet and, wondering what the cream might treat, convinces Elaine to ask her boyfriend, a podiatrist. Jerry mocks podiatrists by stating that they aren't real doctors and that even George could get into Podiatry school. It is later revealed that the cream was for Jerry's girlfriends cat and somehow ends up in Elaine's medicine cabinet only to be discovered by her current boyfriend. Kramer meets a nun at George's church but must break up with her when she decides to forsake religion for him, due to Kramer having "kavorka" (the lure of the animal).

[edit] Quotes

Father: You truly must be filled with the spirit of the Lord.
George: Oh, I'm full of it Father. (George raises hand/crib notes)


Mrs. Costanza: Why are you doing this?
Mr. Costanza: Is this the group that goes around mutilating squirrels? I'm calling my lawyer.


Kramer: I told you she liked me.
Jerry: Who?
Kramer: Sister Roberta.
Jerry: How do you know?
Kramer: She told me. She's never had a man stir up all these feelings inside of her. She's questioning her faith. She's thinking of leaving the church!
Jerry: Wow
Kramer: All this POWER!!! Look what I'm doing. I'm dangerous Jerry. I'm very, very dangerous!


Elaine's Boyfriend: I'm a doctor.
Elaine: Well... podiatrist.

[edit] Trivia

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  • The writer of the episode, Bruce Kirschbaum, revealed later that he was unaware that the Latvian Orthodox church actually existed while writing the episode. His original intention was to have a fictitious sect.[1] Kirschbaum received many Thank You letters from the church for bringing attention to the sect.
  • Jerry's girlfriend's apartment number is 5E, but this later becomes Newman's number.

[edit] Goofs

  • Jerry tosses a tube of anti-fungal cream into Elaine's purse and she walks out of the frame. In the next shot of Jerry, he is still holding the tube of anti-fungal cream.
  • In the scene where Jerry and Elaine are enjoying George's lobster, Jerry goes to get a fork and appears to be chewing on the lobster and refers to it as "succulent." The goof is that he never actually takes a bite until he comes back over to Elaine.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Inside Looks" Seinfeld on DVD Volume 4 Disc 3
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