The Letter (Seinfeld episode)

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“The Letter”
Seinfeld episode
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 38
Written by	Larry David
Directed by	Tom Cherones
Guest stars	Catherine Keener
Original airdate	March 25, 1992
Season 3 episodes
Seinfeld - Season 3 September 1991 - May 1992
"The Note" "The Truth" "The Pen" "The Dog" "The Library" "The Parking Garage" "The Cafe" "The Tape" "The Nose Job" "The Stranded" "The Alternate Side" "The Red Dot" "The Subway" "The Pez Dispenser" "The Suicide" "The Fix-Up" "The Boyfriend, Part 1" "The Boyfriend, Part 2" "The Limo" "The Good Samaritan" "The Letter" "The Parking Space" "The Keys"
List of Seinfeld episodes

"The Letter" is the thirty-ninth episode of the sitcom Seinfeld. The episode was the 22nd of the third season. It aired on March 25, 1992.

[edit] Plot

Kramer poses for a portrait by Jerry's girlfriend, Nina (Catherine Keener), which an elderly couple admires. George feels obligated to buy something when he accompanies Jerry to his new girlfriend's art studio, and purchases a $500 painting, which he tries to sell to Jerry for $10 shortly thereafter.

Elaine wears a Baltimore Orioles baseball cap in the owner's box at Yankee Stadium, and refuses to remove it. Jerry finds out his new girlfriend is a plagiarist after he hears the words she wrote in a letter on television (specifically, the film Chapter Two).

Elaine gets a chance to return to Yankee Stadium with her boss and is told to wear the Baltimore Orioles cap. This, after already having come up with an excuse to miss another, prior game. She claimed that her father was ill at home in Baltimore, and her presence was required. The elderly couple buy "The Kramer" for $5000 and invite Kramer himself over to their house for dinner.

[edit] Trivia

• The famous portrait of Kramer in this episode, entitled "The Kramer," was later used as a prop in the TV show Even Stevens.

• After being hit in the head by a baseball, Kramer refers to Elaine as Carol (which is a reference to Carol Leifer, who Elaine's character is partly based on) and to George as Mike (refering to Michael Costanza, a friend of Jerry Seinfeld whose surname was borrowed for George).

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