"Seinfeld" The Marine Biologist (1994)

User Rating:

9.1/10   

Director:

Tom Cherones

Writers:

Larry David (co-creator)
Ron Hauge (writer)

TV Series:

"Seinfeld" (1990)

Original Air Date:

10 February 1994 (Season 5, Episode 14)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

George starts dating a woman who (told by Jerry) thinks George is a marine biologist. Elaine's electronic organizer injures a person after being launched from a limo by a Russian novelist. Kramer decides to golf on the beach. |

Plot Keywords:

Beached Whale | Friendship | Cult Favorite | Neurotic | Actor Playing Himself

Cast

Jerry Seinfeld	...	Jerry Seinfeld
Julia Louis-Dreyfus	...	Elaine Benes
Michael Richards	...	Cosmo Kramer
Jason Alexander	...	George Costanza
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rosalind Allen	...	Diane
David Blackwood	...	Hotel Clerk
Richard Fancy	...	Mr. Lippman
Carol Kane	...	Corinne
Wayne Knight	...	Newman
Heather Morgan	...	Woman On Beach
George Murdock	...	Yuri Testikov

Country:

USA

Color:

Color

Trivia:

In the scene where Elaine complains to Kramer about her pocket organiser, you can see a "glamour" photo of Jerry on Kramer's wall.

Quotes:

George: The sea was angry that day, my friends - like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli. I got about fifty feet out and suddenly the great beast appeared before me. I tell you he was ten stories high if he was a foot. As if sensing my presence, he let out a great bellow. I said, "Easy, big fella!" And then, as I watched him struggling, I realized that something was obstructing its breathing. From where I was standing, I could see directly into the eye of the great fish.
Jerry: Mammal.
George: Whatever.
Kramer: Well, what did you do next?
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Movie Connections:

References A Few Good Men (1992)

Not a classic... but still great.

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

While "The Marine Biologist" isn't a classic in the series (compared to other episodes), it still has one of the funniest last scenes that makes me laugh every time.

The look on Kramer's face and the way George tells the story... priceless. When George pulls out that golf ball, the studio audience couldn't stop laughing either and Kramer had to hold off on his line until it died down.

The other story lines with Elaine's electronic organizer was funny but it's George's circumstance combined with Kramer's that is what makes this episode worthwhile.