The Bus Ride:
Mother Costanza is bed-ridden with a terrible case of the flu, forcing Frank to fend for himself. Frank, who is used to Estelle doing everything around the house, decides rather than taking care of Estelle, cooking, cleaning, etc...it would just be better to move into a hotel for a while and order George to take care of Estelle.
George brings along Kramer and Jerry to help ease the pressure of George-Estelle one on one. When they get there, Estelle is as smothering lying on her back as she is standing up. Of course, as true friends as they are, Jerry and Kramer bail on George to catch the last few innings of the Mets game. Hilarity ensues as George does a real half-assed job of taking care of his mother, leaving Estelle helpless and whiny.
After the Met game, on the busride back to the apartment, Kramer and Jerry get to meet some of their fellow New Yorkers. Kramer seems to be all too willing to make some new friends, but Jerry's a little more hesitant. Jerry sits there baffled, as Kramer has the time of his life on the bus, much to the chagrin of the inexplicably spiteful and resentful bus driver. Kramer begins riding the bus to Shea Stadium just to "hang out" with his buddies.
Meanwhile, Elaine gets a job as an advice columnist for the New York Times. For her first piece, Elaine answer's a man named Herb who is thinking of quitting his office job and working Wall Street. Elaine, who is having trouble writing the piece, gets some help from Kramer, who tells her to encourage the move, saying "It's win-win". Of course, Kramer isn't thinking it all through and unfortunately, the guy fails miserably and that leads to a heated confrontation between the guy's family and Elaine. By the end of the day, Elaine's once again out of a job and she's looking for Kramer.
On Kramer's latest bus ride, he sees a new passenger, the down-on-his luck Herb who Elaine gave the bad advice. After some friendly chit chat with the man, Kramer focuses his attention on the strip club coming at the next stop. Kramer and his buddies decide to enjoy some afternoon nudity. They invite Herb to come along, to which he replies "sorry, guys but i'm actually on my way to a job interview..." To which Kramer replies "c'mon, it's win-win" - freeze frame, closing credits