3. Club Soda and Salt

Complete story — includes the ending

After spilling a drink onto the restaurant's carpet, the restaurant manager, Jim, teaches Larry a tip to remove stains by applying club soda and salt to them before they dry. After Chef Randy quits, Larry, Jeff, and Ted go searching for a new chef for the soon-to-be-opened restaurant; Larry becomes tennis partners with Cheryl when he becomes jealous of her current partner, Brad, who he thinks wants to have a sexual relationship with her. Larry and Cheryl's wedding gift for their friends, Ed and Melanie Loeb, is refused because it is over a year late, beginning a feud between the families. After the debacle, Larry and Cheryl have sex, but while moving, he spills a drink onto the bedroom carpet. Despite Cheryl trying to get him back into their bed, he rushes off to show her Jim's secret for removing stains. A household shop worker ( Laura Silverman ) annoys Larry by following him around her shop while he is browsing. When he happens to be driving behind her, she falsely reports to the police that Larry is stalking her. Her boyfriend confronts Larry in a restaurant, causing him to spill wine on Cheryl's dress. While the boyfriend is throttling him, Larry gawks at Brad using the club soda and salt trick onto the stain, in the process, fondling Cheryl's breasts.