S3E12 · The Red Dot

Jerry is the unwitting cause of Elaine's boyfriend falling off the wagon. Elaine gets George a job, so he buys her a gift, an $85 cashmere sweater. The sweater has a little red dot on it; hence the price. Elaine gives it back, then George gives it to the cleaning woman, to keep her quiet about them having sex on his desk. George gets fired.

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At a party at Pendant Publishing, Elaine brings George to her boss to fill a job opening, while Jerry lets Elaine's boyfriend Dick, a recovering alcoholic, accidentally take a drink. Obligated to thank Elaine, George buys her a heavily discounted cashmere sweater, feigning ignorance about a manufacturing defect, a small red dot. At work, George has drunken sex with a cleaner, but this allows her to gain leverage over him. As Elaine fears, Dick relapses to drink and loses his job, becoming vindictive. George fails to fob off the sweater on anyone, getting his comeuppance each time.

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