Plot
After playing tennis Elaine is recognized by Mrs. Landis (Gail Strickland), a former potential employer from Doubleday. Elaine lends Mr. Pitt's tennis racket, a Bruline, to her in hopes of getting a new job.
Meanwhile, Jerry is dating Sandy, a "non-laugher". George is dating Nina (Charlotte Lewis), a model who eats a lot and who Kramer thinks may be bulimic.
George has dinner with Nina; she feasts on the food and then goes to the bathroom to "freshen" herself. Jerry has dinner with Sandy; he keeps making funny remarks but she doesn't laugh, she just says "that's funny".
Back at the apartment, Jerry mentions how the jokes just bounce off his girlfriend. Mrs. Landis got hurt playing tennis and Elaine hasn't yet picked up the racket. George is now certain his girlfriend is bulimic because he heard a "blah" in the bathroom.
George wants a matron to spy on Nina to verify if she intentionally throws up. We then meet Kramer's mother, Babs (Sheree North), who happens to be a matron, but Kramer doesn't want anything to do with her.
Mrs. Landis is very sad and, because of her injury, she may never play tennis again. Elaine doesn't have the heart to ask for the racket back. George and Kramer go to the restroom, and Babs Kramer reveals her son's first name: Cosmo. Back at the apartment, Elaine says Mr. Pitt needs his racket in a match against Ethel Kennedy. George comes with the news of Kramer's name, and everybody laughs. Cosmo Kramer accepts his name and says he was running from his true self.
When Jerry goes to his girlfriend's apartment he meets Laura, Sandy's roommate, who does laugh at his jokes. Later, he talks with George, saying he intends to try the "switch". George declares it's impossible: no one in Western history has ever switched a girlfriend for her roommate. Jerry and George spend long hours devising a plan to accomplish the switch.
Finally, George comes up with the plot: Jerry will suggest a mnage trois, Sandy will be disgusted, break up with Jerry, and tell Laura, who in turn will feel flattered, thus preparing the way for Jerry to date Laura.
While Mrs. Landis is out for lunch Elaine sneaks into her office to retrieve the racket. However, she is caught by Mrs. Landis' assistant.
Kramer now uses his first name regularly. He tells his mother to quit her job as a matron. George's plan with Nina goes wrong because of this, so he himself goes into the women's bathroom to spy on his girlfriend. He hears the noise of someone being sick and shouts "Aha!" but it turns out to be another woman he hears and his date walks out on him.
As it turned out, Jerry's girlfriend, Sandy, and her roommate, Laura, both accepted the Mnage trois. George is ecstatic about it but Jerry doesn't accept because he doesn't want to become an "orgy guy".
Apparently, Newman, who is a good tennis player, is out of town so Kramer may use his keys to retrieve a Bruline tennis racket just like Mr. Pitt's.
When they open the door they see Babs in a compromising position with Newman and yells out ''COSMO!!!'. Newman, looking as surprised as ever, replies "Cosmo?!"
Guest stars
Wayne Knight: Newman
Sheree North: Babs Kramer
Gail Strickland: Ms. Landis
Charlotte Lewis: Nina
Jann Karam: Sandi
Terry Sweeney: Keith
Heather Medway: Laura
Clive Rosengren: Mr. Clotworthy
Jacqueline M. Houston: Lorraine
Cheryl Francis Harrington: Waitress
Tish Smiley: Woman
Terry Sweeney: Ms. Landis' Asst.
Quotes
Jerry: It was unbelievable. You're right, the jokes kept bouncing off her, like Superman!
Scene: Jerry and George at Monk's
Jerry: So as you can see, I've got a little problem here.
George: Well if I'm hearing you correctly. And I think that I do, my advice to you is finish your meal, pay your check, leave here, and never speak of this to anyone again.
Jerry: Can't be done, huh?
George: "The Switch?"
Jerry: "The Switch."
George: (Shakes head) Can't be done.
Jerry: I wonder.
George:(Pounds table.) Do you realize in the entire history of Western civilization no one has successfully accomplished the Roommate Switch? In the Middle Ages, you could get locked up for even suggesting it.
Jerry: They didn't have roommates in the Middle Ages.
George: How do you know?
Jerry: Well, for one thing, they didn't have apartments.
George: Well, I'm sure at some point between the years 800 and 1200, somewhere there were two women living together.
Jerry: The point is I intend to undertake this. And I'll do it with or without you. So if you're scared, if you haven't got the stomach for this, let's get it out right now! And I'll go on my own. If not, you can get on board and we can get to work! Now what's it going to be?
George: All right, dammit, I'm in.
Jerry: I couldn't do it without you.
Scene: Jerry and George are going over their plan
Jerry: All right. So I tell Sandy that I want to have a mnage trois with her and her roommate.
George: That's right.
Jerry: And you believe this course of action will have a two-pronged effect. Firstly, the very mention of the idea will cause Sandy to recoil in disgust, whereupon she will insist that I remove myself from the premises.
George: Keep going.
Jerry: At this point, it is inevitable that she will seek out the roommate to apprise her of this abhorrent turn of events.
George: Continue.
Jerry: The roommate will then offer her friend the requisite sympathy even as part of her cannot help but feel somewhat flattered by her inclusion in the unusual request.
{George takes over.}
George: A few days go by and a call is placed at a time when Sandy is known to be busy at work. Once the initial awkwardness is relieved with a little playful humor, which she (Laura) of course cannot resist, an invitation to a friendly dinner is proffered.
Jerry: Huh. Well, it all sounds pretty good. There's only one flaw in it: They're roommates. She'd have to go out with me behind Sandy's back. She's not gonna do that.
{Another pregnant pause. George?}
George: You disappoint me, my friend. Sandy wants nothing to do with you. She tells Laura, "If you want to waste your time with that pervert, that's your problem."
{Final pause. Jerry?}
Jerry: It's a perfect plan. So inspired. So devious. Yet so simple.
George: {George, finger in the peanut butter jar}: This is what I do.
After Jerry tells George about Sandy and Laura's acceptance of the Mnage trois
George: Do you ever just get down on your knees and thank God that you know me and have access to my dementia?
Jerry: What are you talking about? I'm not gonna do it.
George: You're not gonna do it? What do you mean you're not gonna do it?
Jerry: I can't. I'm not an orgy guy.
George: Are you crazy? This is like discovering plutonium by accident!
Jerry: Don't you know what it means to become an orgy guy? It changes everything. I'd have to dress different. I'd have to act different. I'd have to grow a mustache and get all kinds of robes and lotions and I'd need a new bedspread and new curtains I'd have to get thick carpeting and weirdo lighting. I'd have to get new friends. I'd have to get orgy friends.... Naw, I'm not ready for it.
George: If only something like that could happen to me.
Jerry: Oh, shut up; you couldn't do it either.
George (Dejected): I know.
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Seinfeld
Creators
Jerry Seinfeld Larry David
Main characters
Jerry Seinfeld George Costanza Elaine Benes Cosmo Kramer
Supporting characters
Newman Frank Costanza Estelle Costanza Morty Seinfeld Helen Seinfeld Uncle Leo Susan Ross Jacopo Peterman David Puddy Jackie Chiles
Seasons
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (List of episodes)
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