The Wait Out

"The Wait Out"
Seinfeld episode
Jerry trying to pull the tight dungarees off Kramer.
Episode no.	Season 7 Episode 133
Written by	Matt Selman & Peter Mehlman
Directed by	Andy Ackerman
Original airdate	May 9, 1996
Guest stars
Cary Elwes & Debra Messing
Season 7 episodes
Seinfeld – Season 7 September 1995 – May 1996
"The Engagement" "The Postponement" "The Maestro" "The Wink" "The Hot Tub" "The Soup Nazi" "The Secret Code" "The Pool Guy" "The Sponge" "The Gum" "The Rye" "The Caddy" "The Seven" "The Cadillac, Part 1" "The Cadillac, Part 2" "The Shower Head" "The Doll" "The Friars Club" "The Wig Master" "The Calzone" "The Bottle Deposit, Part 1" "The Bottle Deposit, Part 2" "The Wait Out" "The Invitations"
List of Seinfeld episodes

"The Wait Out" is the 133rd episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 23rd episode for the seventh season. It aired in the U.S. on May 9, 1996.

Plot

George makes an off-hand joking remark to a married couple with a rocky relationship, leading to their breakup; Elaine and Jerry make plans to move in on the separated couple, but George, unexpectedly troubled by the results of his comment, tries to get them back together. The man (Cary Elwes) from the couple makes the same remark to George and Susan, who acts in somewhat the same way the couple did when George made the remark. Eventually, the couple gets back together again.

Elaine starts driving again and almost makes Jerry sick while a passenger. Kramer starts wearing jeans that are so tight that he cannot get them off. Another resident asks Kramer to babysit their kid, but the child mistakes Kramer's strange walking due to the jeans as that of Frankenstein's Monster. Kramer runs after the kid, but is arrested by a cop who thinks Kramer is trying to kidnap the kid.

Trivia

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• Michael Richards hurt his back during the scene in which Jerry attempts to pull Kramer's jeans off. However, he was still able to finish filming for the episode.
• Debra Messing would reprise her role in "The Yada Yada."
• Elaine mentions having driven in the episode "The Busboy."
• In this episode, Elaine is revealed to be a terrible driver. However, in The Pothole and The Burning, she is shown to have improved her skills.
• Cary Elwes accidentally breaks character during the dinner scene with Elaine, by mentioning his anniversary, in his natural English accent.

Quotes

• Jerry: That 'there for you' crap was a stroke of genius!
• Jerry: (Woman screams in the hallway) It's got to have something to do with Kramer.