The Good Samaritan (Seinfeld episode)

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“The Good Samaritan”
Seinfeld episode
Episode no. Season 3
Episode 37
Written by Peter Mehlman
Directed by Jason Alexander
Guest stars Joseph Malone
Melinda McGraw
Helen Slater
Ann Talman
Original airdate March 4, 1992
Season 3 episodes
Seinfeld - Season 3
September 1991 - May 1992
  1. "The Note"
  2. "The Truth"
  3. "The Pen"
  4. "The Dog"
  5. "The Library"
  6. "The Parking Garage"
  7. "The Cafe"
  8. "The Tape"
  9. "The Nose Job"
  10. "The Stranded"
  11. "The Alternate Side"
  12. "The Red Dot"
  13. "The Subway"
  14. "The Pez Dispenser"
  15. "The Suicide"
  16. "The Fix-Up"
  17. "The Boyfriend, Part 1"
  18. "The Boyfriend, Part 2"
  19. "The Limo"
  20. "The Good Samaritan"
  21. "The Letter"
  22. "The Parking Space"
  23. "The Keys"
List of Seinfeld episodes

"The Good Samaritan" is the thirty-eighth episode of the sitcom Seinfeld. The episode was the 21st episode for the third season. It aired on March 4, 1992. This is the only episode of "Seinfeld" to be directed by Jason Alexander, who played George Costanza.

Within this episode are several memorable bits. One is Jerry's suggestion that there should be an alternative to saying, "God bless you" after someone sneezes. In real life, the cast and crew had hoped the saying, "You are so good looking", would catch on with fans just as "These pretzels are making me thirsty" did. Another bit concerns Kramer having seizures every time he hears Mary Hart's voice. This bit is based on an actual case reported in the New England Journal of Medicine.[1]

In syndication, this episode does not feature Jerry's stand-up comedy routine.

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[edit] Plot

Jerry witnesses a hit-and-run driver hitting another car. He is on the car phone with Elaine at the time, who tells him he has to go after the driver. He does, but when the driver steps out he realizes that she is a beautiful woman (played by Melinda McGraw) and decides to date her.

Jerry lies to Elaine saying he went into Queens and intimidated the man with karate moves. After dating Angela (the hit-and-run driver), Jerry finds out she also hit Becky (played by Helen Slater), another woman he has always wanted to date. He tells Becky that he will do something about the damage. Meanwhile, Kramer has convulsions from Mary Hart's voice.

George and Elaine go out to dinner with a married couple. Elaine makes up an elaborate story that she once dated a romantic matador from Spain named "Eduardo Corrochio", making his name up hesitantly on the spot (actually a famous person by the name of Eduardo Corrochio does exist). When the wife (played by Ann Talman) sneezes, George casually tells her "God bless you", but her husband (played by Joseph Malone) does not say anything. When George points this out, the husband, Michael, gets mad. His wife, Robin, likes George, and they have an affair. As George and Robin are in bed together, Michael calls Elaine to find out where his wife is. Elaine does not know, but soon realizes that Robin used her as an excuse and tries to cover up. Michael doesn't buy it and figures out Robin is with George. He then exclaims into the phone, "He's finished! I'm going to sew his ass to his face! I'm going to twist his neck so hard his lips will be his eyebrows! I'm going to break his joints, and reattach them!"

Meanwhile, Jerry confronts Angela about Becky's car, but unfortunately Elaine walks in at that very moment and figures out that Jerry "lied" about his story. Jerry goes to Becky's house to write out a check for her damage and then ask her out, but Becky falsely accuses him of hitting her car. George manages to escape from Michael by joining Jerry on vacation. Kramer uses the accident as an excuse to talk to Becky and ends up getting a date with her. But when he rings the bell at her apartment and she opens the door, Mary Hart is on the TV and Kramer has another convulsion.

[edit] Title

The title of the episode refers to the Parable of the Good Samaritan, from the Gospel of Luke (10:25-37) in the New Testament. This parable was told by Jesus to illustrate that compassion should be for all people.

This parable is revisited in the series finale when the four main characters are tried for breaking the Good Samaritan law, which is a legal requirement for citizens to assist people in distress.

[edit] Quotes

  • Robyn: *sneeze*
  • George: God Bless you.
  • Robyn: Thank you.
  • George: I wasn't going to say anything, but then I could see he wasn't going to open his mouth.


  • Becky Gelke: (sneeze)
  • Jerry : You are so good looking.


  • Elaine : Well who told you to sleep with her, George?
  • George: It's not my fault! I wasn't going to do anything until you got her all juiced up with your story about having the affair with the matador.
  • Elaine : Oh gosh! None of this would ever have happened if you wouldn't have said, "God bless you."
  • George: Oh don't...
  • Jerry : Hold it! Hold it! Hold it people! Matador? What matador?
  • George: She told this couple she had an affair with a matador.
  • Jerry : A matador! Well, well, well. Uno momento, por favor. Pray tell, was the young man's name?
  • Elaine : Eduardo, uh, Carrochio.
  • Jerry (using a thick Spanish accent and waving a red hand towel to simulate a matador): Eduardo...Carrochio! That's good, that's very good. Just kind of rolls off the tongue. I wonder where on the Upper West Side a single girl might meet a matador. Perhaps Zabar's? Or Ray's Pizza!

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kill Your Television!- Heart Throb

[edit] External links

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