The Stranded

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Title = The Stranded
Series = Seinfeld


Caption = Elaine, Jerry and George arrive at the party.
Season = 3
Episode = 27
Airdate = November 27, 1991
Production =
Writer = Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld and Matt Goldman
Director = Tom Cherones
Guests =
Episode list = List of "Seinfeld" episodes
Season list = Infobox Seinfeld season 3 episode list
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"The Stranded" is the twenty-seventh episode of the hit sitcom "Seinfeld". The episode was the tenth episode for the show's third season. It aired on November 27, 1991. The episode was originally produced for Season 2 but was postponed because of the beginning of the 1991 Gulf War. [cite web|url=http://www.sonypictures.com/tv/shows/seinfeld/episode_guide/?sl=episode&ep=209|title=The Stranded episode at Seinfeld Official Site|publisher=Sony Pictures|accessdate=2008-03-23]

The episode was written by Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld and Matt Goldman and was directed by Tom Cherones. Besides the usual cast, other actors in the episode include: Michael Chiklis, Bobbi Jo Lathan, and Marcia Firesten.

Plot

The episode begins with Jerry and George at a drug store to purchase medicine where the cashier short-changes George ten dollars, which leads him into an argument with the cashier until the security guard takes him away. George gets invited to a party on Long Island and brings Elaine and Jerry with him. Jerry and Elaine have a bad time stuck in boring conversations, and Elaine confronts a woman because of her fur coat.

When a co-worker starts coming on to George, he strands Jerry and Elaine at the party, leaving them to wait for a very tardy Kramer. As a sign of gratitude for allowing him and Elaine to wait at his home, Jerry suggests the hosts stop by his apartment if they are ever in New York.

Weeks later, to Jerry's surprise, the male host takes him up on his offer just as Jerry's heading out the door. Jerry allows him to wait in the apartment until his return. However, Kramer stops by and he and the host have some drinks and laughs. Eventually they hire a prostitute over to Jerry's apartment. Jerry and George meet at the drug store where they speak about George's coworker whom he slept with after the party. Then after Jerry picks a medicine George puts it in his shirt under his jacket as retribution for the short-changing incident before. The security guard catches him and takes him away, presumably to jail.

Later, the host checks out of the apartment without paying just as Jerry returns. As Jerry tries to pay the girl so she'll leave, cops arrive and he's "busted" for fomenting prostitution. Elaine prepares to squabble with the prostitute over her fur coat. In the final scene Jerry and George reminisce about their time in jail.

Trivia

* A sign for a porn cinema at the start of the episode reads, "I need more sex"
* Elaine refers to the Azaria Chamberlain disappearance when she tells a pretentious woman who can't find her fiance, "Maybe the dingo ate your baby". She is quoting a line from the movie "A Cry in the Dark" spoken by Meryl Streep.
* The woman George meets at the party tells George she has just sold "129 West 81st Street", which is the same address as Jerry's building.

Continuity

* The episode was originally produced for the second season; however, due to the 1991 Invasion of Iraq (and subsequent media coverage), the episode was postponed until November. When this episode originally aired, it was preceded by a brief introduction in which Jerry explained to the viewers that this episode was produced for Season 2, thus, George is still working in the real estate business. The episode is included on the Season 2 DVD set, not Season 3.
* This episode contains two references to a previous episode, "The Jacket". Jerry quotes Elaine's father in loudly referring to the publisher she works for as "Bastards", and Kramer recounts the story of how he and Elaine had to chase after a magician's doves, which occurred in that episode.

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