The Visa (season 4, episode 15)

written by Peter Mehlman, directed by Tom Cherones
original airdate: January 27, 1993

Babu Bhatt returns and Jerry’s attempts to help his immigrant friend get him deported. Elaine unsuccessfully tries to get George’s girlfriend to help her with her lawsuit.

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The Improv

Jerry’s Apartment
Babu Bhatt is picked up by immigration officials for deportation, after Elaine doesn’t give Jerry back his mail in time to realize he had the renewal papers. Kramer returns from Florida, and reveals he accidentally punched his idol Mickey Mantle.

Monk’s Café
George meets Cheryl, a lawyer, who he has Jerry pose as a serious person to seem more funny. George questions why people don’t pay money to live like Kramer, who already lives his life like a “fantasy camp.”

Dream Café (NOT REAL)
New York, NEW YORK
Jerry brings up Babu’s restaurant from “The Café” when reminding George and Elaine of its opening…and colossal failure, in part thanks to Jerry’s recommendation to convert to a Pakistani restaurant.

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
655 W. 34th St., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 34th Street – Penn Station (A,C,E)
Jerry and Elaine attend the New York International Auto Show, before meeting up with George and Cheryl for dinner afterwards.

FLORIDA (map)
Kramer is at a New York Yankees Baseball Fantasy Camp in Florida, which is cut short after Kramer accidentally punches Mickey Mantle.

Isabella’s (NOW CLOSED)
359 Columbus Ave., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 81st Street – Museum Of Natural History (B,C)
George takes Cheryl Fong on a date here, thinking he will avoid Elaine and Jerry, who hate it…but they end up coming anyways, and steal his thunder (and her laughs) in the process.

Immigration holding cell
New York, NEW YORK
Babu is detained for failing to renew his visa application, and he threatens to kill Jerry and Elaine from his cell when he discovers it is their fault he never got his papers.

parking spot
New York, NEW YORK
George and Cheryl are parked, and George reveals that Jerry being a dark, depressed person was all a ruse thought up by George: “I’m disturbed! I’m depressed! I’m inadequate! I got it all!”

PAKISTAN (map)
Jerry and Elaine inadvertently have Babu deported back to Pakistan, after misplacing his U.S. visa renewal papers. Babu is later seen back in Pakistan, vowing to save up every last rupee and get revenge on Jerry, as he is a “very bad man.”

Mickey Mantle’s Restaurant (NOW CLOSED)
42 Central Park S., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 5th Avenue – 59th Street (N,Q,R)
Kramer goes to the restaurant to apologize to Mickey after accidentally punching him, and let him get retribution…but he instead has his security throw Kramer out of the restaurant (and into a horse).

Statue Of Liberty
Liberty Island, New York, NEW YORK (map)
Jerry mentions the Statue Of Liberty in his closing monologue, mentioning the Statue’s credo for immigrants (“give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses”).

🇱🇻 REPUBLIC OF LATVIA

Location: Europe
Languages: Latvian
Population: 1,891,300 (2021)
Capital: Riga

FEATURED EPISODES

LATVIA (map)
“The Conversion”
George’s girlfriend Sasha reveals that she is moving to Latvia for a year, and thus can’t get back together with George, even after he’s completed his conversion to the Latvian Orthodox Church.

The Stall (season 5, episode 12)

written by Larry Charles, directed by Tom Cherones
original airdate: January 6, 1994

Elaine agonizes over a woman’s refusal to pass her some toilet paper under the stall of a public restroom. Kramer convinces Jerry that his girlfriend makes a living as a phone sex operator. George befriends Elaine’s “mimbo” boyfriend.

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The Improv

Jerry’s Apartment
Kramer and Jerry rack their brains whether Jane is also “Erica,” a 976 call girl. Elaine tells Jerry about the stall incident, and he scrambles to hide Jane’s voice from her once he puts two and two together. George complains about Kramer being invited rock climbing, and having to confess Tony’s accident to Elaine after they go climbing.

Monk’s Café
Elaine discovers that Jerry’s girlfriend Jane was the woman who could not “spare a square,” so Elaine exacts revenge in the Monk’s ladies room by removing all toilet paper, and fleeing the restaurant once Jane enters a stall.

Manhattan Beach Pier
Manhattan Beach, CALIFORNIA (map)
Jerry mentions the Pier (albeit indirectly) in his opening monologue, mentioning the “Cuervo Beach Volleyball tournament” in mentioning beached whales. The Pier has hosted the Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Volleyball Series in Manhattan Beach since 1979.

Metro Theater (NOW CLOSED)
2626 Broadway, New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 96th Street (1,2,3)
Elaine & Tony and Jerry & Jane go to see “The Age Of Innocence” on a double date. In the ladies’ room, Elaine asks for an extra square from Jane in the next stall…but Jane can’t spare a square.

rock climbing spot
George, Kramer and Tony the “mimbo” go rock climbing, and in mixing up who was responsible for Tony’s climbing rope, accidentally make Tony take a bit of a “tumble.”

Elaine’s Apartment
Elaine questions Tony on the words “radical reconstructive surgery” following his rock climbing accident. George tries to reconcile with Tony, but Tony and Elaine tell George to “step off” once and for all.

Harlem Branch YMCA
180 W. 135th St., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 135th Street (2,3)
Kramer mentions he’s going uptown to the YMCA, and Jane asks to split a cab…but Kramer asks “what about the driver?!?” The gang usually visits the West Side YMCA (5 W. 63rd St.), but the closest uptown YMCA is the Harlem Branch.

The Wife (season 5, episode 17)

written by Peter Mehlman, directed by Tom Cherones
original airdate: March 17, 1994

Jerry lets his girlfriend pose as his wife so that she can receive his dry-cleaning discount, but the scam backfires when his family learns of his “marriage.” Elaine’s health club boyfriend wants to turn in George for peeing in the shower.

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The Improv

Jerry’s Apartment
Jerry and his girlfriend Meryl experience the hardships of a fake marriage, evolving from dating into full-fledged matrimony, eventually ending in “divorce” when Meryl discovers Jerry used their sacred dry cleaning discount on another woman.

Monk’s Café
The manager of Monk’s, Larry, catches Jerry’s “wife” Meryl using outside syrup, to which she is sternly warned against bringing in any outside syrups, jams or condiments.

Sun Shine Cleaners
51 University Pl., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 8th Street – NYU (R,W)
Jerry and Meryl have a pretend marriage for discount dry cleaning…and where he “cheats” on her with Paula, the mysterious French woman who can’t afford her own dry cleaning.

New York Health & Racquet Club
24 E. 13th St., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: Union Square – 14th Street (L)
George is caught by Elaine’s squeeze Greg peeing in the shower, but has turns the tables when he catches Greg not wiping down his machines. Kramer later nods off in a tanning bed before his date with Anna, as he cannot sleep without his quilt (that’s stuck at the dry cleaners).

Central Park
New York, NEW YORK (map)
Elaine mentions to Greg that this is her first workout since the Central Park mini-marathon…she didn’t do the marathon, she just happened to exercise that day.

Pines Of Mar Gables
Jerry’s parents call when they hear from Uncle Leo that Jerry got fake-married.

Anna’s family’s apartment
New York, NEW YORK
Kramer shows up to meet the family of Anna, his African-American girlfriend, tanned nearly to black skin, noticeably upsetting Anna and her family.

The Pie (season 5, episode 15)

written by Tom Gammill & Max Pross, directed by Tom Cherones
original airdate: February 17, 1994

Jerry meets his girlfriend’s father, Poppie, and loses his appetite. Elaine discovers that a mannequin resembling her has been showing up in window displays. George plots a strategy to buy a suit on sale. Kramer dates a Monk’s cashier.

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The Improv

Jerry’s Apartment
Jerry and George obsess over Audrey’s refusal to try Jerry’s apple pie. Kramer tells Elaine about her lookalike mannequin he discovered in a clothing store.

Monk’s Café
Jerry becomes obsessed with finding out why his new girlfriend refuses to try the apple pie from Monk’s. Kramer dates Olive, a cashier at Monk’s, after he discovers her long nails cure his nagging constant back itch.

Rinitze (NOT REAL)
216 Columbus Ave., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 72nd Street (B,C)
Kramer discovers an Elaine doppelganger mannequin (“it’s like they chopped off your arms and legs, dipped you in plastic, then screwed you all back together and stuck you on a pedestal!”) here, which she later steals from the store. George strategizes on how to get a suit soon to be on sale, having to trick a “fellow 40 short” into not buying the suit. Kramer mentions that the store is downtown, although the exterior is the Uptown Nautica store featured in “The Red Dot.” Thanks Erkan B. for the tip!

EUROPE (map)
Elaine tells the store clerk that “I wouldn’t be caught dead wearing your crummy little Euro-trash rags,” referring specifically to a $1200 Jean-Paul Gauthier dress on “her” mannequin.

Poppie’s (NOT REAL)
1394 Third Ave., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 77th Street (6)
Jerry catches Poppie not washing his hands (“Poppie’s…a little sloppy”)…and then refuses to try his pizza, in a similar fashion to Audrey’s refusal of his apple pie. Audrey takes a reservation and says that Poppie’s is on 77th Street, but the exterior is actually on Third at 79th. Thanks Erkan B. for the tip!

Pendant Publishing
Jerry drops off Elaine (and the lookalike mannequin) at her office after their trip to Rinitze, on Jerry’s way to Poppie’s.

Peter’s (NOW CLOSED)
182 Columbus Ave., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 72nd Street (B,C)
A “swishing” George (thanks to his too-tight new suit) has a meeting with the McKenzie people about a potential job, where they get likely food poisoning with a spiked chocolate cream pie meant for George.

Chicago, ILLINOIS (map)
Elaine mentions her friend wrote her to tell her she saw the same Elaine-like mannequin in Chicago, wondering out loud “what if there are more?”

Zohra Fabrics (now Bazar Fabrics)
256 W. 39th St., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 42nd Street – Port Authority Bus Terminal (A,C,E)
It is discovered that Ricky (from “The Cigar Store Indian“) is making the TR-6 mannequin model (or, “Elaine”) here.

The Raincoats (season 5, episodes 18 & 19)

written by Tom Gammill & Max Pross and Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld, directed by Tom Cherones
original airdate: April 28, 1994

Elaine dates a “close talker,” who loves spending time with Jerry’s parents. Jerry is caught making out during “Schindler’s List.” Morty and Kramer go into business together.

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The Improv

Jerry’s Apartment
Kramer and Morty make an agreement to sell “The Executive” together for a profit. The gang meets Aaron, the “close talker,” who becomes obsessed with Jerry’s parents. Morty & Helen reveal that they do not like George’s parents. Newman outs Jerry to his parents for making out with Rachel during “Schindler’s List.”

Monk’s Café
George gets asked to join Big Brothers, and spins an elaborate web of lies when he passes, claiming he needs to go to Paris instead. Jerry and Elaine try to understand Aaron’s obsession with Morty & Helen Seinfeld.

Paris, FRANCE (map)
Jerry’s parents are staying with him for 3 days before leaving for Paris with a select charter group; George plans to avoid being Big Brother to a boy named Joey by pretending to go to Paris…but ends up having to accompany the kid to Paris to find his father. George unsuccessfully tries to pawn the kid off to Morty and Helen, before he ends up taking their charter tickets on their “Gateway To Paris” flight, and is shown having lunch in Paris with Joey.

Saks Fifth Avenue
611 Fifth Ave., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 5th Avenue – 53rd Street (E,M)
Kramer compliments Helen’s hand cream that she brings him from Miami, claiming he’ll have to go there next time he’s there. Or, as Jerry reminds him: “or if your ever on Fifth Avenue here in New York City…you can get it there.”

Miami, FLORIDA (map)
Kramer says he wants to ensure he buys handcream that Helen brings him from Saks Fifth Avenue the next time he is in New York, neglecting that Saks Fifth Avenue is located on 5th Avenue in New York. There are two Saks locations in the Miami area, one at Dadeland Mall (7687 North Kendall Dr.) and Bal Harbour Shops (9700 Collins Ave.).

Metropolitan Museum Of Art
1000 Fifth Ave., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 86th Street (4,5,6)
Aaron takes Helen and Morty on a behind the scenes tour…conspicuously without Elaine. Morty believes Monet had to be near-sighted, and was painting without his glasses (Jerry: “he’s from the impressionist school…you know, Monet, Manet, Tippy-Tippy-Day-Day”). Also where Aaron claims Helen responded to Renoir and how he painted children.

Costanza House
Helen and Morty refuse an invitation for paella with the Costanzas. George sells Frank’s cabana wear to Rudy’s, which Frank later discovers Kramer wearing. Frank wants his cabana wear back for a cruise with Estelle, but the clothes are lost after being burned for moths.

Elaine’s Apartment
Elaine questions Aaron the close-talker as to why he loved going to the museum with the Seinfelds so much.

Eiffel Tower
5 ave. Anatole France, Paris, FRANCE (map)
George claims to be staying at the apartment complex “Eiffel Towers” to Alec (presumably near the actual Tower in George’s mind).

Pines Of Mar Gables
Morty calls Jack Klompus to have him courier his raincoats overnight. The Seinfeld’s condo is later robbed upon their return, since Jack never fixed the broken window to their garage he had to break to get inside.

Rudy’s (actually Antique Boutique, NOW CLOSED)
714 Broadway, New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 8th Street – NYU (R,W)
George sells all of Frank’s cabana wear to Rudy for $225…but instead inadvertently infests the store with moths. Kramer makes a deal to sell all of Morty’s “Executive” raincoats to Rudy, who later turns down the deal after his moth infestation.

Pendant Publishing
Aaron picks up Elaine from work to go to My Fair Lady…with Helen and Morty. Morty mentions that Harry Fleming used to have an office in the building…and a deli on the first floor (“you don’t get corned beef like that anymore”).

Virginia Theatre (now August Wilson Theatre)
245 W. 52nd St., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 50th Street (C,E)
Elaine, Aaron, Helen and Morty go to see 1993 revival of “My Fair Lady.” Caroline’s Comedy Club (1626 Broadway), Novotel Hotel (226 W. 52nd St.) and Winter Garden Theatre (1634 Broadway) are all seen in the establishing shot.

Café Un Deux Trois
123 W. 44th St., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: Times Square – 42nd Street (1,2,3,7,N,Q,R,S)
Elaine, Aaron, Helen and Morty go here for dinner after seeing “My Fair Lady.”

Central Park
New York, NEW YORK (map)
George sees Morty & Helen pass on a hansom cab with Aaron & Elaine while in the park.

Cineplex Odeon Regency (NOW CLOSED)
1987 Broadway, New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 66th Street – Lincoln Center (1)
Newman catches Jerry and Rachel necking during the ever-romantic classic “Schindler’s List,” which he later describes to Helen and Morty as “a more offensive spectacle I cannot recall!”

POLAND (map)
Newman tells Morty and Helen that Jerry “was moving on her (Rachel) like the stormtroopers into Poland!” when he caught them making out at a showing of “Schindler’s List.”

airport
Queens, NEW YORK (map)
Jerry, Kramer and Morty await Jack’s boxes at the airport…only to discover they’re wrecked. Helen and Morty later fly back to Miami (at Gate 18A, Atlantic Northern flight 433), much to Aaron’s disappointment.

Rachel’s apartment
New York, NEW YORK
Jerry is kicked out of Rachel’s apartment (and essentially dumped) by Mr. Goldstein for the “Schindler’s List” incident, as he was told of the news by Newman.

cruise
Morty & Helen run into Frank & Estelle on a cruise, after the Costanzas are forced out of their house to fumigate for moths.

The Big Salad (season 6, episode 2)

written by Larry David, directed by Andy Ackerman
original airdate: September 29, 1994

George has issues when his girlfriend takes credit for buying Elaine a big salad. Jerry is disturbed to discover that his girlfriend was dumped by Newman. Kramer gets involved in a slow-speed car chase with a suspected murderer.

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The Improv

Jerry’s Apartment
The infamous handoff of “the big salad” takes place in the apartment, setting a wild course of action thereafter. Jerry obsesses over why Newman dumped Margaret. Kramer tells the gang of his golf game with Steve Gendason, and discovers that Gendason is wanted for murder.

Monk’s Café
The infamous “big salad,” which George buys for Elaine (but all credit is given to his girlfriend Julie), was purchased from Monk’s.

Stationers (NOT REAL)
New York, NEW YORK
Elaine tries buying Mr. Pitt a fancy Rolamech 1000 mechanical pencil, but the delivery is constantly delayed by the clerk who fancies Elaine.

Newman’s Apartment
Jerry makes his first visit to “the east wing,” to grill Newman about his past relationship with Jerry’s new girlfriend Margaret.

Royal Dry Cleaners (NOT REAL)
2759 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 191st Street (1)
The dry cleaners where former baseball player (and Kramer’s golf buddy) Steve Gendason is accused of murdering Bobby Pinkus, owner of the cleaners.

Van Cortlandt Golf Course
115 Van Cortlandt Park S., Bronx, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: Van Cortlandt Park – 242nd Street (1)
Where Kramer and former baseball player Steve Gendason have their original argument, perhaps leading to Pinkus the dry cleaner’s murder.

Andy’s Deli II
418 Columbus Ave., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 81st Street – Museum Of Natural History (B,C)
George and Elaine pass by here in their taxi, where George brings up his issue over Elaine giving credit for the big salad purchase to Julie instead of him.

Kennedy Cabot & Co. (NOW CLOSED)
9470 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CALIFORNIA (map)
An ad for this firm is seen on the back of Margaret’s newspaper while she is talking to Jerry.

14th St., New York, NEW YORK
Elaine mentions she bought Mr. Pitt the Rolamech pencil on 14th St., unbeknownst that the stationery store guy went directly to the distributor to buy it on Elaine’s behalf.

New Jersey Turnpike
NEW JERSEY (map)
Gendason tries to escape his arrest warrant by fleeing, with Kramer driving, off the Turnpike in a white Ford Bronco. Kramer claims that Gendason just wants to see his fish: “I’m Kramer…you know who I am, damn it!” The entire chase parodies the infamous 1994 O.J. Simpson Ford Bronco chase, which ran for 50 miles along Interstate 405 in California.

Palisades Interstate Parkway
Fort Lee, NEW JERSEY (map)
Gendason criticizes Kramer for not taking the Palisades upon hitting traffic (mainly comprised of police cars) on the New Jersey Turnpike.

The Chaperone (season 6, episode 1)

written by Larry David and Bill Masters & Bob Shaw, directed by Andy Ackerman
original airdate: September 22, 1994

When Jerry lands a date with a Miss America contestant, Kramer volunteers to chaperone. Mr. Pitt hires Elaine to be his personal assistant. George encourages Yankee management to make the team jerseys from cotton.

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The Improv

Jerry’s Apartment
Jerry invites Kramer to be his and Karen’s chaperone, a role he takes far too seriously. Jerry invites the gang to Atlantic City for the pageant, but Elaine cannot go due to sock troubles. George and Jerry discuss the Yankees switching to cotton jerseys.

Monk’s Café
Mr. Pitt meets with Elaine for an informal interview, commenting on how much she looks like Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and how she has the correct levels of “grace.”

Yankee Stadium
George, while talking to Danny Tartabull in the locker room, decides the Yankees should wear cotton unis instead of polyester. Later, he convinces manager Buck Showalter to switch jersey materials.

CONNECTICUT (map)
Miss Connecticut was one of the three delegates for the Miss America pageant that were at the Yankee game, where Jerry asks out Miss Rhode Island.

RHODE ISLAND (map)
Miss Rhode Island was one of the three delegates for the Miss America pageant that were at the Yankee game, after which Jerry asks her out. According to die-hard pageant fan Kramer, Rhode Island is never in contention in the pageant, but he agrees to chaperone her and coach her to victory.

NORTH DAKOTA (map)
Miss North Dakota was one of the three delegates for the Miss America pageant that were at the Yankee game, where Jerry asks out Miss Rhode Island.

Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort (now Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City)
1000 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NEW JERSEY (map)
Jerry, George, Kramer and Karen all stay here, the former for one of Jerry’s sets and the latter for the Miss America Pageant. Jerry inadvertently kills his girlfriend Karen (Miss Rhode Island‘s) doves, forcing her to sing for the first time during her talent portion.

Doubleday Publishing (now Knopf Doubleday Publishing)
1745 Broadway, New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 59th Street – Columbus Circle (1)
Elaine interviews to replace Jackie Onassis as an editor at Doubleday…but loses out, and ends up working for Mr. Pitt as his personal assistant. Elaine remarks in her last interview that “I don’t have grace, I don’t want grace, I don’t even say grace!”

Bolo (NOW CLOSED)
23 E. 22nd St., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 23rd Street (N,R)
Jerry, Karen…and Kramer go for dinner, and Kramer steals the spotlight from Jerry, ending the night by convincing Karen to become her coach and mentor for the Miss America pageant.

TEXAS (map)
Kramer notes at the previous Miss America pageant, Miss Texas should have won easily, but lost points in the swimsuit competition because she didn’t tape her breasts together. Host Regis Philbin later announces Miss Rhode Island as following Miss Texas.

Marriott New York Marquis
1535 Broadway, New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 47-50th Streets – Rockefeller Center (B,D,F,M)
Karen, Miss Rhode Island, is staying here (in Room 417) before the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City. Karen hires Kramer as her personal pageant consultant in her limo outside the hotel.

Mr. Pitt’s
640 West End Ave., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 96th Street (1,2,3)
Elaine tries to go with Jerry and George to Atlantic City for the weekend, but is kaiboshed because she hasn’t found the right socks for her new boss, Mr. Pitt.

Boardwalk Hall
2301 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NEW JERSEY (map)
In a deleted scene, Kramer warns Jerry to “stay away from the Convention Hall” after he discovers Jerry accidentally killed Karen’s birds. The Miss America 1995 competition was held here, as were all pageants since 1940.

The Deal (season 2, episode 9)

written by Larry David, directed by Tom Cherones
original airdate: May 2, 1991

While channel-surfing, Jerry and Elaine stumble across a soft-core porn film, which leads them to renew their physical relationship. They come up with a set of rules for having sex without compromising their friendship.

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The Improv

Jerry’s Apartment
After discovering an erotic film on TV when in his apartment, Jerry and Elaine establish a “deal” where they can be sexually active together, without the constraints of a relationship.

Monk’s Café
Jerry breaks the news of his and Elaine’s “deal,” but doesn’t want to divulge. George’s response: “You ask me to have lunch, tell me you slept with Elaine, and then say you’re not in the mood for details. Now you listen to me. I want details and I want them right now. I don’t have a job, I have no place to go. You’re not in the mood? Well you get in the mood!”

Rochester, NEW YORK (map)
Elaine mentions she believes her last “time” was in Rochester, when her hair was a lot shorter.

Elaine’s Apartment
Elaine and Jerry experience their first issues with their “deal,” after Jerry tries to leave after having sex without staying for the night.

Andy’s Deli II
418 Columbus Ave., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 81st Street – Museum Of Natural History (B,C)
This deli is seen in an establishing shot of George and Jerry at a store, getting a birthday gift for Elaine.

gift shop
New York, NEW YORK
Jerry and George go out to find Elaine a suitable birthday present, in light of their new arrangement.

VERMONT (map)
Jerry imagines a future without Elaine, where in five years she’s married to a sculptor and living in Vermont.

The Tape (season 3, episode 8)

written by Larry David and Bob Shaw & Don McEnery, directed by David Steinberg
original airdate: November 13, 1991

George orders a miracle baldness cure from China. Elaine leaves an erotic message on Jerry’s tape recorder. Her dirty-mouthed practical joke spurs sexual interest in her from the guys, especially George.

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The Improv

Jerry’s Apartment
Jerry discovers a sexy voice on his tape recorder when reviewing one of his shows, starting a mystery with Jerry and George over who the voice is. The group later discovers Elaine is the voice, prompting sexual advances from Jerry, George and Kramer. George orders baldness cream from China, with the assistance of Ping the Chinese delivery guy.

Monk’s Café
Elaine confesses to George that she left the message on Jerry’s tape recorder as a joke.

Beijing, CHINA (map)
George calls a hair restoration clinic, led by Dr. Zhao Zhang, to order baldness curing cream; Ping the delivery boy spends a while chit-chatting with Beijing, prompting an upset Jerry to end the call over the long distance charges.

George Washington Bridge
Fort Washington Ave., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 175th Street (A)
Elaine claims the mystery woman on Jerry’s tape may did not leave her name because she perhaps felt she couldn’t have Jerry, and thus decided to jump off the George Washington Bridge.

Upper West Side
New York, NEW YORK (map)
Kramer, when jokingly filming Elaine as a porn actress, claims she just finished shooting her latest picture, “Elaine Does The Upper West Side.”

Rome, Lazio, ITALY (map)
When joking with Kramer’s video camera, Elaine claims how her pornographic “co-star” George plays a pilot returning from Rome, and Elaine “is just about to show him how much I’ve missed him…”

Bank Of China, New York Branch
410 Madison Ave., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 47-50th Streets – Rockefeller Center (B,D,F,M)
Ping the delivery boy mentions to George that he needs a money order from the Bank Of China to send to Beijing for his hair cream. This location closed in 2016, moving headquarters to 1045 Sixth Ave.

Elaine’s Apartment
George drives Elaine home, and is extremely resilient in avoiding the urge to go in to the apartment, as he is extremely attracted to Elaine after discovering she was the voice on the tape.

London, England, UNITED KINGDOM (map)
Jerry and Kramer try to do their best cockney accent, which is the accent of those from London’s east end.