S08E13 - The Comeback
No: 147 | Season: 8 Episode: 13 | Air Date: 30-Jan-1997 | Production #812
Summary
George has trouble thinking of a comeback to a comment made by Reilly; he does think of one, but it's a little too late. Jerry buys a new tennis racket from a supposed professional. Elaine and Kramer discuss video picks. Elaine prefers picks by Vincent. He prefers picks by Gene or his own. He watches his latest pick and it makes him concerned about spending the rest of his life in a coma. Elaine is intrigued when she receives a phone call from the mysterious Vincent. Jerry discovers that the tennis pro is a hack player. George comes up with what he thinks is the perfect line and will listen to no one else's opinion. Kramer makes a living will, with Elaine as the executor. The tennis pro, fearing he will be exposed, tries to bribe Jerry, including a rendezvous with his wife. Elaine opts for another movie and makes Vincent angry. George finds out that Reilly doesn't work for the Yankees anymore, so he tracks him down to Ohio, where he plans to deliver his line. Kramer finishes the movie he rented and discovers it is possible to recover from a coma, he decides to change his will. Milos' wife has no respect for him; he asks Jerry to let him beat him in tennis. Elaine receives a phone call from Vincent and she convinces him to let her meet him. She is surprised by his appearance. Kramer goes into a coma after being hit with tennis balls. Meanwhile, in Akron, George delivers his line about "the jerk store."
Director and Writers
Director: David Owen Trainor
Writers: Gregg Kavet & Andy Robin
Quotes
Jerry: Trust me, Kramer. Given the legal opportunity, I will kill you!
Elaine: (on turning off a life support system) Yank it like you're starting a mower.
Kramer: (on being in a coma) I don't want to be a vegetable, Elaine. I just want out.
George: I'm going with jerk store. Jerk store is the line. Jerk store!
Yankee exec: (to George) We only wake you up for the important meetings.
Milos: You're not planning to hit these balls with that racket are you?
Kramer: Go around ya bunch a crazies!
Gene: We have a wide variety of 'Gene picks.'
Elaine: Gene's trash!
Gene: I'm Gene.
Elaine: ...Hi.
Jerry: You actually said that to him?
George: Well, no... I thought it up on the way over here.
Notes and Trivia
When Kramer watches the end of his movie, he is sitting in his couch eating spaghetti. Behind him is a sign, that says "Elevator, forsigtig!". This is Danish for "Careful, Elevator!".
It seems that "Vincent: may be a reference to Vincent Van Gogh and the VCR Play Button would be the equivalent to his ear.
In this episode, Kramer says he didn't know it was possible to wake up from a coma. However, in "The Suicide" (S03E15), Jerry's neighbor Martin goes into a coma and when he wakes up from it, Kramer is in the hospital room.
Goofs
When Kramer tells Jerry he's set up a meeting with a lawyer, he refers to him at "Shelbig". Then, when he arrives late for his appointment, the secretary calls him "Shelbock". And finally, when Kramer goes to find him at his tennis lesson, he calls him "Shelback".
Cast
Jerry Seinfeld | Jerry Seinfeld |
Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Elaine Benes |
Michael Richards | Cosmo Kramer |
Jason Alexander | George Costanza |
Mark Harelik | Milos |
Ben Stein | Shellbach |
Joel Polis | Reilly |
Ivana Milicevic | Patty (as Ivana Milavich) |
Danny Strong | Vincent |
Richard Livingston | Bill |
Charles Kahlenberg | Fred |
Stan Sellers | McAdam |
Peggy Mannix | Woman |
Fatima Lowe | Secretary |
Nancy Linehan Charles | Woman Exec. |
Jeff Hatz | Manager |
Robby Benson | Vincent (voice) (uncredited) |
Ruth Cohen | Ruthie Cohen |
Robert Fuller | Doctor (voice) (uncredited) |