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  • Genre: Comedy
  • Movie Type: Urban Comedy, Religious Comedy
  • Themes: Members of the Clergy, Forbidden Love
  • Director: Tom Cherones
  • Release Year: 1993
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 30 minutes

Plot

When Kramer attracts a nun to the point that she considers leaving the church, it is revealed that he has the "Kavorka," a curse that makes him irresistible to women. At the same time, George is faced with losing his girlfriend if he doesn't convert, so he visits a priest at the Latvian Orthodox Church. Meanwhile, Jerry discovers a tube of anti-fungal cream in his girlfriend's medicine cabinet and attempts to figure out why she needs it before taking their relationship any further. Molly Hagan, Tom Verica, and Kimberley Campbell guest star. Originally airing December 16, 1993, "The Conversion" was the 11th episode of the show's fifth season. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
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"The Conversion"
Seinfeld episode
Episode no. Season 5
Episode 75
Written by Bruce Kirschbaum
Directed by Tom Cherones
Original airdate December 16, 1993
Guest stars

Molly Hagan, Kay E. Kuter, Jana Marie Hupp
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.

Plot

George converts to Latvian Orthodoxy in order to keep a girlfriend 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 girlfriend's cat and somehow ends up in Elaine's medicine cabinet only to be discovered by her current boyfriend. Kramer meets a nun (Sister Roberta) at George's church but must break up with her when she decides to forsake her religion for him, due to Kramer having "kavorka" (the lure of the animal). Sister Roberta gives Kramer two toys as a gifts, one of them being a Slinky.

Interestingly, 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 denomination.

References

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