The Bizarro Jerry (Seinfeld episode)
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The Bizarro Jerry is the third episode of the eighth season of Seinfeld.
Synopsis
Elaine breaks up with her boyfriend Kevin (from "The Soul Mate"), but they decide to "just be friends." Much to Elaine's surprise, Kevin is thrilled at the idea, and starts becoming a much more reliable friend than Jerry. Meanwhile, Kramer accidentally gets a job at a company called Brand/Leland when he aids an employee in the hall and starts going to meetings. He soon finds out he fits right in and starts working there for no pay, stating his reason as doing it "just for me."
Jerry starts dating Jillian, an attractive woman whose only flaw is that she has "man hands." George uses a picture of Jillian to get into the "forbidden city," a club of attractive woman and models that used to be a meat packing plant, by saying that Jillian is his late fiancee Susan. Unfortunately, his luck ends when he accidentally burns the picture with a hair dryer. Jerry becomes bored at home, now that Kramer is "working", Elaine is always hanging out with Kevin and his friends (Gene and Feldman, who are complete opposites of George and Kramer), and George only comes to him when he wants something.
By the end of the episode, Kramer gets fired by Leland because of his shoddy work (due to his "lack of business training"). Jerry wants to be "just friends" with Jillian, who doesn't take too well to the idea. While trying to get another picture of her from her purse for George, she grabs Jerry's wrist (which Jerry later describes as almost ripping his arm right out of the socket). George tries to use a picture of a model from a magazine to get back into the club, but his plan is foiled when he accidentally confronts the exact same model from the magazine picture and gets kicked out. Elaine decides to stay with her "Bizarro friends", but changes her mind when they don't take to some of the normal things she usually does with Jerry—i.e., eating from the fridge and knocking someone down with her outbursts of "get out!"
Later, George decides to take Jerry to the location of the club, but is mystified when all they find is a deserted meat packing plant.
Trivia
- The signature Seinfeld theme song is played strangely throughout the entire episode - another reference to the whole "Bizarro" theme.
- When George is combing his hair at home, there is a poster of Dennis Franz in the background, which George uses as a guide for combing his hair.
- The actor who plays Jillian is Kristin Bauer. She has been cast in various TV shows, in particular Crime Scene Investigation, Crossing Jordan and Desperate Housewives, usually for only one episode. She had been featured in the February 2002 issue of Maxim as the #50 girl.
Superman reference
The concept of a Bizarro universe is directly taken from the Superman universe, in addition to verbal references to Superman:Jerry: Yeah. Like Bizarro Superman. Superman's exact opposite, who lives in the backwards bizarro world. Up is down, down is up. He says "Hello" when he leaves, "Good bye" when he arrives.
The reference was also mocked by Elaine as to how come the Bizarro Superman doesn't live underwater and isn't a black person.
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