The Ex-Girlfriend

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“The Ex-Girlfriend”
Seinfeld episode

Jerry and Marlene
Episode no. Season 2
Episode 6
Written by Larry David
Jerry Seinfeld
Directed by Tom Cherones
Production no. 201
Original airdate January 23, 1991
Season 2 episodes
Seinfeld - Season 2
January - June 1991
  1. "The Ex-Girlfriend"
  2. "The Pony Remark"
  3. "The Jacket"
  4. "The Phone Message"
  5. "The Apartment"
  6. "The Statue"
  7. "The Revenge"
  8. "The Heart Attack"
  9. "The Deal"
  10. "The Baby Shower"
  11. "The Chinese Restaurant"
  12. "The Busboy"
List of Seinfeld episodes

"The Ex-Girlfriend" is the sixth episode of Seinfeld. The episode was the first episode for the show's second season. It aired on January 23, 1991.

[edit] Plot

Jerry begins seeing George's ex-girlfriend, Marlene, whom George finds altogether annoying. Jerry wants to break up with Marlene but can't because she has a "psychosexual hold" on him. Marlene then breaks up with Jerry after seeing his comedy act. George is angry over a huge chiropractor bill, which he argues that he shouldn't have to pay for.

Marlene's get-out-of-the-relationship speech at the end of the episode forms an ironic commencement to the first full season of the show. She describes it as "just so much fluff" and that it "didn't make it for me". The famed premise of Seinfeld is, of course, a "show about nothing" and parts of this episode keenly emphasise this premise. Also in this episode, Elaine recounts her issues with a past acquaintance who appears to have snubbed her, but this is merely discussed and never seen. Kramer's main business in the episode is to comment upon the quality of Jerry's cantaloupe. A discussion between George and Jerry in Monk's Cafe is terminated as George thinks he has swallowed a fly and panics. Further episode time and action is wasted on Jerry's wrong-number dialing. Throughout the episode, the main thread (Jerry's nascent relationship with Marlene and its ending) is supported by non-sequential events and conversations which are, in Marlene's words, "just so much fluff". Jerry's response is that he has "other stuff", as indeed he does, this being just the start of the series proper.

[edit] Trivia

  • In this episode George mentions that he said "I love you " to his girlfriend, but in the later episode The Face Painter he claims that he has only said "I love you" to a dog.
  • Tracy Kolis, who plays Marlene, also appears as Kelly the waitress in Season 6's The Soup.

[edit] Quotes

Marlene: I guess it all started for me on Tuesday night.
Jerry: Tuesday night? What happened Tuesday night.
Marlene: I saw your act.
Jerry: (confused) My act? What does that have to do with anything?
Marlene: Well, to be honest, it just didn't make it for me. It's just so much fluff.
Jerry: So what are you saying? You didn't like my act. So that's it?
Marlene: I can't be with someone if I don't respect what they do.
Jerry: You're a cashier!

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