- The Keys
Infobox Television episode
Title = The Keys
Series = Seinfeld
Caption = Jerry and Kramer interact awkwardly.
Season = 3
Episode = 40
Airdate =May 6 ,1992
Production =
Writer =Larry Charles
Director =Tom Cherones
Guests =Candice Bergen
Episode list = List of "Seinfeld" episodes
Season list = Infobox Seinfeld season 3 episode list
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Next ="The Keys" is the fortieth episode of the sitcom "
Seinfeld ". The episode was the 23rd and final episode for the third season and the first of a three-episodecliffhanger . It aired onMay 6 ,1992 .Plot
In a montage of incidents, Jerry returns home only to find that Kramer has overstayed his welcome; Kramer had been using the spare set of keys Jerry had left with him. Exasperated, Jerry demands his spare keys back, angering Kramer. Knowing that he has broken the "covenant of the keys," Kramer arrives at the realization that he is now free to come out of the shadows. Kramer takes off for
California to follow his dream of becoming anactor after he is unable to convince George to join him.Jerry gives his spare keys to Elaine. Soon after he desperately needs them and goes to Elaine's home with George (who has spare keys to her place), to search for his spare set. They end up finding Elaine's writing project for an episode of "
Murphy Brown ". As they read and laugh over it, Elaine walks in and screams at them to leave for invading her privacy.Jerry is unable to locate Kramer and make amends. One night while watching Murphy Brown with Elaine, Jerry sees Kramer in a famous bit part on "Murphy Brown" as Murphy's new secretary, "Steven Snell." Surprisingly, Murphy says that she "has a good feeling" about Steven.
BTK killer reference
Jerry jokes with a woman he dates about pretending to run into his apartment to escape from murderers. His date counters, "I'm from Wichita", a reference to the fact that Wichita was once terrorized by one of the most notorious serial killers of the 20th century, the BTK Killer.
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