S1E2 · The Stakeout

When Jerry goes to a birthday party with Elaine, he meets a woman he'd like to ask out, but doesn't get the chance to. When she leaves before he gets a chance to find out her name, he and George stakeout her office building.

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At Elaine's friend's party, keeping Elaine company gets in the way of flirting between Jerry and another woman. Even though Jerry could ask Elaine for the woman's name and number, he has never talked with her about other women since they broke up. Jerry's father, Morty, sends him to "stake out" the woman's office. George comes along, and invents the cover story of a lunch meeting with importer-exporter "Art Vandelay". Kramer advises Jerry's mother, Helen, at playing Scrabble.

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