S05E21 - The Hamptons
No: 85 | Season: 5 Episode: 21 | Air Date: 12-May-1994 | Production #522
Summary
Everyone makes a trip to the Hamptons to "see the baby" and enjoy the weekend. George's girlfriend goes topless and everyone sees her chest before he does. "The baby" is the most hideous thing they've ever seen. Elaine is confused when a handsome doctor refers to her as "breathtaking" - the same term he later uses to describe the baby. Kramer finds a filled lobster trap. Jerry's girlfriend sees George naked, after he's just gotten out of the pool, so something isn't as it should be.
Director and Writers
Director: Tom Cherones
Writers: Peter Mehlman & Carol Leifer
Quotes
George: I never tasted a cough medicine I didn't love.
Elaine: I don't know how you guys walk around with those things.
Elaine: (about the baby) He was like a Pekinese.
Jerry: Yeah, too much chlorine in that gene pool.
Jerry: Is it possible they're just having babies to get people to visit them?
George: I was in the POOL! I was in the POOL!
Kramer: I saw Jane topless.
George: You saw who what?
Notes and Trivia
The title refers to the geographic area that includes several villages around Southampton and East Hampton on the east end of Long Island, New York where people reside and the wealthy own beach front homes.
The song during the montage of Kramer at the beach is "Wouldn't It Be Nice?" by The Beach Boys.
This is the only episode of Season 5 that doesn't show Jerry's apartment or the coffee shop.
When Kramer says, "Yo-Yo Ma", he is referring to the famous cello player who has won several Grammy awards for his music. When Jerry says, "Boutros Boutros-Ghali," he is referring to the Egyptian-born diplomat who was the Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1992 to 1997. Both these names are said because they have alliteration.
When Jerry says, "and then there's Maude", he is making a reference to the theme song of the show "Maude", starring Bea Arthur.
This episode has been credited with giving the world a new meaning to the word "shrinkage".
Goofs
When Jane, turns away from the three on the porch to enter the house, you can see a flesh colored material that is covering her breast.
You can see a crew member's hand when tomatoes are being thrown at George.
Cast
Jerry Seinfeld | Jerry Seinfeld |
Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Elaine Benes |
Michael Richards | Kramer |
Jason Alexander | George Costanza |
Melanie Smith | Rachel |
Lisa Mende | Carol |
Melora Walters | Jane |
Richard Burgi | Ben |
Mark L. Taylor | Michael |
Jesse D. Goins | Cop |