S7E5 · The Hot Tub

George picks up a bad habit from some visiting baseball officials. During the time of the New York City Marathon, Elaine has an out of country runner as her house guest. The runner had overslept and missed the big race at the last Olympics and Jerry obsesses with ensuring that it doesn't happen again. Kramer gets a hot tub from his friend Lomez, and Elaine has writer's block.

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George, trying to look busy at work by being visibly annoyed, gets sent on break to entertain foul-mouthed guests from the Houston Astros, who rub off on him. While struggling to write sales copy for "Himalayan walking shoes", Elaine hosts Jean-Paul, a marathon runner from Trinidad and Tobago, who once overslept for a race at the Olympics. Jerry imposes the chore of waking Jean-Paul on Elaine, then casts doubt on her ability to do so; when Jean-Paul gets evicted from Elaine's building, Jerry takes matters into his own hands. Kramer puts a hot tub in his living room, but gets hypothermia from a long soak that goes awry.

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