The Shower Head

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“The Shower Head”
Seinfeld episode

Elaine accepting a cup for urinalysis.
Episode no. Season 7
Episode 126
Written by Peter Mehlman & Marjorie Gross
Directed by Andy Ackerman
Guest stars Jay Leno
Original airdate February 15, 1996
Season 7 episodes
Seinfeld - Season 7
September 1995 - May 1996
  1. "The Engagement"
  2. "The Postponement"
  3. "The Maestro"
  4. "The Wink"
  5. "The Hot Tub"
  6. "The Soup Nazi"
  7. "The Secret Code"
  8. "The Pool Guy"
  9. "The Sponge"
  10. "The Gum"
  11. "The Rye"
  12. "The Caddy"
  13. "The Seven"
  14. "The Cadillac, Part 1"
  15. "The Cadillac, Part 2"
  16. "The Shower Head"
  17. "The Doll"
  18. "The Friars Club"
  19. "The Wig Master"
  20. "The Calzone"
  21. "The Bottle Deposit, Part 1"
  22. "The Bottle Deposit, Part 2"
  23. "The Wait Out"
  24. "The Invitations"
List of Seinfeld episodes

"The Shower Head" is the 126th episode of NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 16th episode for the 7th season. It aired on February 15, 1996.

[edit] Plot

Kramer and Jerry are not pleased with the new "low-flow" shower heads that the building's maintenance department has installed. Elaine is surprised to find out that opium was present in the urine sample she gave at her physical in preparation for her trip to Africa. Mr. Peterman, once an opium addict himself, tells Elaine that she will not be able to accompany him to Africa after all. Kramer asks to use Elaine's shower, and is mistaken by Peterman as a drug addict when Kramer yells about the shower head. Jerry is frustrated by the fact that his parents aren't moving back to Florida and George is elated because his parents are considering moving to Florida. George's parents decide to go to annoy the Seinfelds, but the Seinfelds find out and decide to stay, causing the Costanzas to stay.

Jerry's Uncle Leo complains about an overcooked hamburger and says the cook is anti-Semitic, which Jerry jokes about on the Tonight Show. Leo's girlfriend laughs at this, Leo calls her anti-Semitic, and they break up. Elaine discovers her opium results were from her eating poppyseed muffins. After she is about to retake the test and believes she accidentally ate poppyseeds in a muffin, and still desperate to go to Africa, she asks Jerry's mom to take a urine sample for her. Elaine is later shocked to find that the urine sample proved that Jerry's mom has osteoporosis and is menopausal.

Kramer and Newman get new showerheads from the black market. The one Kramer gets is for elephants at a circus, and the pressure is too high as a result.

[edit] Quotes

  • Peterman: Oh, Elaine… the toll road of denial is a long and dangerous one. The price... your soul.
  • Kramer: I'm sitting there in a tepid pool of my own filth.
  • Newman: And from what I've heard the Serbs are fanatic about their showers.
  • Jerry: Not from the footage I've seen.
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this episode has kramer say that he would never take a bath as it's disgusting but in an earlier episode [the busboy] he states that all he takes are baths.