Seinfeld: The Good Samaritan

Episode score 8.2 Great

The Good Samaritan

  • 37.
  • Season: 3
  • Episode: 20
  • First Aired: 3/4/1992
  • Prod Code: 319
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EPISODE OVERVIEW

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Jerry tracks down a hit-and-run driver, then he wants to date her, after dating her he finds out she hit another woman he's always wanted to date. George has an affair with Elaine's friend. Kramer has violent reactions to Mary Hart's voice. Add a recap »

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CAST AND CREW

Writers:
Peter Mehlman
Director:
Jason Alexander
Stars:
Michael Richards (Cosmo Kramer)
Jason Alexander (George Louis Costanza)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Elaine Marie Benes (not in pilot))
Jerry Seinfeld (Himself)
Guest Star:
Joseph Malone (Michael)
Ann Talman (Robin)
Melinda McGraw (Angela)
Helen Slater (Becky Gelke (uncredited))
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TRIVIA

  • This episode gives us the first look at George's apartment. edit »
  • George has a poster of the Justice League of America above his bed.
    Another nod to DC Super Heroes. edit »
  • Near the end of the episode, Kramer says to Jerry, "I don't even want to look at you anymore." After he says this, he is facing the audience. In the next shot, he is facing Jerry. edit »
  • When Jerry and Becky are talking at her apartment, the camera drops down. The scene is also out of focus. edit »
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NOTES

  • Jason Alexander was nominated for the 1993 DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series for this episode. edit »
  • This is the first and only episode of Seinfeld that Jason Alexander directed. edit »
  • This isn't the only episode in which George broke up someone else's relationship with a casual, teasing comment. This also happened in The Wait Out. edit »
  • "Entertainment Tonight" refused to lend Seinfeld the theme tune for the show. edit »
  • Helen Slater starred in the movie Supergirl. edit »
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QUOTES

  • (Michael to Elaine over the phone)
    Michael: He's finished! I'm going to sew his ass to his face! I'm going to twist his neck so hard his lips will be his eyebrows! I'm going to break his joints, and reattach them! edit »
  • Jerry: If you want to make a person feel better after they sneeze, you shouldn't say 'God bless you.' You should say 'You're so good looking! edit »
  • George: I don't think I'm special. My mother always said I'm not special. edit »
  • Kramer: (about hit-and-run drivers) You know they're mentally disturbed. They should be sent to Australia. edit »
  • George: I am speechless. Speechless! I have no speech.
    *later*
    Elaine: I am speechless! I am without speech. edit »
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ALLUSIONS

  • In 1991, an American woman named Dianne Neale suffered seizures from hearing Entertainment Tonight co-host Mary Hart's eerily perky voice. Her doctors said Hart's electronically transmitted voice triggered Neale's epilepsy by creating abnormal electrical charges in her brain (MSNBC 1997). edit »

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