The Stake Out (season 1, episode 2)

written by Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld, directed by Tom Cherones
original airdate: May 31, 1990

Jerry meets an attractive woman at a party but by the time she leaves, he has only learned where she works. Jerry stakes out the mystery woman’s office with George so that he can “casually” bump into her.

FEATURED LOCATIONS

Monk’s Café is not featured in this episode.

The Improv

Jerry’s Apartment
Jerry consults with his parents and Kramer on how to best “stake out” Vanessa while playing Scrabble.

video store
New York, NEW YORK
Jerry and Elaine are perusing the aisles of the video store, where Jerry agrees to go to Pamela’s birthday, in exchange for Elaine coming with Jerry to a family wedding.

Riverside Dr., New York, NEW YORK
Jerry mentions to Elaine that he remembered her friend Pamela lives on Riverside Dr.

Le Trianon
New York, NEW YORK
Jerry and elaine go out for Pamela’s birthday, where he ignores Elaine in lieu of chatting up Vanessa.

Towson, MARYLAND (map)
Elaine mentions she dreamt of Jerry with wooden teeth in the house she grew up in in Towson.

Sagman, Bennett, Robbins, Oppenheim & Taft (actually Simon, Bennett, Robbins, Oppenheim & Taft)
318 Broadway, New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall (4,5,6)
The law firm that Vanessa works for, and Jerry desperately tries to remember the name of, in order for him to stake it out. This name was based on an actual New York firm, only changing the name “Simon” to “Sagman.”

Columbus Cir., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 59th Street – Columbus Circle (A,B,C,D)
Jerry and Elaine’s cab is seen circling Columbus on the way home from the party.

MARYLAND (map)
Helen reminds Morty that Elaine “is the one from Maryland that brought you the chocolate-covered cherries you didn’t like.”

48th St., New York, NEW YORK (map)
George mentions he was selling a condo on 48th before the stake out with Jerry.

Boston, MASSACHUSETTS (map)
Vanessa mentions to Jerry that she left Pamela’s party early to drive her cousin, who had to return to Boston.

Wall St., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: Wall Street (2,3,4,5)
Elaine mentions she is dating a stockbroker who works on Wall Street, to Jerry’s delight: “Bulls! Bears! People from Connecticut!”

CONNECTICUT (map)
After finding out Elaine is dating a stockbroker, Jerry replies with a sarcastic “Ah! High finance! Bulls, bears, people from Connecticut!”

The Stock Tip (season 1, episode 5)

written by Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld, directed by Tom Cherones
original airdate: June 21, 1990

After George receives a stock tip, he and Jerry take the financial plunge. Elaine and her allergies battle her boyfriend’s cats. Meanwhile, Jerry’s weekend getaway with his new girlfriend proves to be a relationship killer.

FEATURED LOCATIONS

The Improv

Jerry’s Apartment
Jerry obsesses over his stock, with Kramer gleefully watching as the stock (and Jerry’s investment) tumbles.

Monk’s Café
George celebrates his stock’s success, smoking a cigar and gloating about a new car he purchased, much to Jerry’s dismay.

Elaine’s Apartment
Elaine mentions she lost a grape in her apartment, thus being late to meet Jerry and George.

Texas Panhandle
TEXAS (map)
Jerry mentions that Elaine’s grape could mutate into one similar that terrorized a small town in the Panhandle: “they had to call in the army – it had a pit of steel!”

The Actor’s Studio
432 W. 44th St., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 42nd Street – Port Authority Bus Terminal (A,C,E)
Elaine refers to her apartment as “The Actors Studio” because of her roommate Tina.

hotel
VERMONT (map)
Jerry and Vanessa spend the weekend in Vermont, with Jerry obsessing over his stock tip. Jerry mentions he also wants to catch “a big, fighting marlin” while there.

grocery store
VERMONT (map)
Jerry and Vanessa visit a grocery store in Vermont, with Jerry still talking about the stock.

dry cleaners
New York, NEW YORK
Jerry visits the dry cleaners with George, where he argues with an apathetic dry cleaner owner over admitting fault in shrinking one of Jerry’s shirts.

Springfield
George mentions he got a stock tip for Tramco Corp., based in Springfield, who is introducing a robot butcher. He is not specific about which Springfield he means, as there are dozens throughout the United States in nearly every state.

The Robbery (season 1, episode 3)

written by Matt Goldman, directed by Tom Cherones
original airdate: June 7, 1990

Jerry is robbed after Kramer fails to close the apartment door. Elaine talks Jerry into looking at a fabulous apartment in the hopes that she can then have Jerry’s place. Things are further complicated when George decides he wants the new place too.

FEATURED LOCATIONS

The Improv

Jerry’s Apartment
Jerry’s apartment is robbed after Kramer fails to close the door after stopping by. George tries to convince Jerry to move (as well as Elaine, so she can take the apartment), but a fight between Jerry and George over the new apartment prevents anyone from moving. This is the first instance of Kramer’s signature “slide” into the apartment.

Monk’s Café
Monk’s Café’s first appearance of the series. George compliments the coffee shop’s bathroom mirrors, saying how he looks like Robert Wagner when he looks in it.

W. 83rd St. and Central Park W., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 81st Street – Museum Of Natural History (B,C)
George tries selling Jerry on a “two bed, two bath, make your friends hate you” apartment that they end up fighting over, with neither ending up taking the apartment. The address George lays out would fall to approximately 50 W. 83rd St.

ICELAND (map)
Elaine claims that moving to Jerry’s apartment would be a step up for her, “like moving from Iceland to Finland.”

FINLAND (map)
Elaine claims that moving to Jerry’s apartment would be a step up for her, “like moving from Iceland to Finland.”

Minneapolis, MINNESOTA (map)
Jerry leaves Elaine in charge of his apartment while he performs four shows in Minneapolis, during which the apartment is robbed.

Bloomingdale’s
1000 3rd Ave., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: Lexington Avenue – 59th Street (N,Q,R)
Elaine goes shopping at Bloomingdale’s waiting for Jerry’s shower to heat up, when the apartment is robbed.

England, UNITED KINGDOM (map)
Kramer mentions to Jerry that he suspects an Englishman down the hall from them to be behind the robbery of Jerry’s apartment.

Atlanta, GEORGIA (map)
One of the guests at the housewarming party mentions his apartment is up for sale since he needs to move to Atlanta, exciting Jerry, George and Elaine.

The Note (season 3, episode 1)

written by Larry David, directed by Tom Cherones
original airdate: September 18, 1991

George worries that his massage from a man may have turned him on. Meanwhile, Jerry small-talks his way into being mistaken for a child abductor and Kramer spots Joe DiMaggio at a donut shop.

FEATURED LOCATIONS

The Improv

Jerry’s Apartment
Jerry tells Elaine about how to get their massages covered by insurance, and George reveals that during his massage with Raymond, he “think(s) it moved.”

Monk’s Café
The gang spots Joe DiMaggio at Monk’s, dunking his donut in his coffee, proving Kramer’s Dinky Donuts story to be true.

Wilkes-Jennings Physical Therapists (NOT REAL)
New York, NEW YORK
Jerry drives his masseuse away by implying he is a child abductor, while George struggles with getting a massage from a male masseuse.

PENNSYLVANIA (map)
Jerry inappropriately brings up a story about a child kidnapped in Pennsylvania to his physical therapist, sending her into a panic and essentially banning Jerry from her practice.

KOREA (map)
When being massaged by a man, George can only muster a response of “hamstring…Korea…what?…hamstring…hotel” when asked about the cause of his pain.

Dinky Donuts (NOT REAL)
New York, NEW YORK
Kramer claims to have seen Yankees legend Joe DiMaggio dunking his donut at “tiny, little, filthy, smelly” Dinky Donuts.

Roy’s dental office
New York, NEW YORK
George and Jerry try getting a doctor’s note from Jerry’s friend Roy…and end up getting him investigated for insurance fraud.

The Library (season 3, episode 5)

written by Larry Charles, directed by Joshua White
original airdate: October 16, 1991

The Public Library contacts Jerry about a book he took out but never returned back in 1971. He faces the wrath of a cantankerous library cop, Lt. Bookman (Philip Baker Hall). George relives his junior high school gym class.

FEATURED LOCATIONS

The Improv

Jerry’s Apartment
Jerry is told that he is 20 years overdue on a library book taken out in 1971, and that a library investigator, Lt. Bookman, is being sent to investigate.

Monk’s Café
George tells the gang about Mr. Hayman’s high school antics (including giving George a wedgie and calling him “Can’t-stand-ya”), and Jerry later meets classmate Sherry Becker to discover the truth about what happened to “Tropic Of Cancer.”

New York Public Library Main Branch, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
476 Fifth Ave., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 5th Avenue (7)
The NYPL dispatches their library cop, Lt. Bookman, over to Jerry for not returning “Tropic Of Cancer” in 1971. George also spots his old gym teacher in front of the library, now homeless, and Kramer dates a librarian who works here.

Pendant Publishing
Elaine fears for her job after she is not invited to order lunch, and when Mr. Lippman rejects her manuscript.

John F. Kennedy High School
99 Terrace View Ave., Bronx, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: Marble Hill – 225th Street (1)
George tells how he got Mr. Hayman fired after he gave George a wedgie in class, and we also discover Jerry gave George the book in gym class, and George is ultimately responsible for its loss. We originally see George wearing a JFK High shirt in gym, but the show typically implies they are both from Queens, and George even once says in “The Nose Job” that he is from Long Island. There is also a JFK High at 75-40 Parsons Blvd. in Kew Gardens, at 3000 Bellmore Ave. in Bellmore, and 50 Kennedy Dr. in Plainview).

Kramer’s Apartment
Marion the librarian, secretly seeing Kramer, hides out in his apartment after discovering Lt. Bookman is across the hall in Jerry’s apartment.

Erasmus Hall High School
911 Flatbush Ave., Flatbush, Brooklyn, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: Church Avenue (B,Q)
George says Mr. Hayman smelled like the locker room “after that win against Erasmus,” to which Jerry reminds George that the game was double overtime.

The Truth (season 3, episode 2)

written by Elaine Pope, directed by David Steinberg
original airdate: September 25, 1991

George employs the truth to break up with a girlfriend. She then throws out all of Jerry’s important tax papers and checks into a mental institution. Kramer sees Elaine naked while dating her roommate.

FEATURED LOCATIONS

The Improv

Jerry’s Apartment
Jerry turns his apartment upside down, trying to find receipts for his audit, especially when finding out that George has dumped Patrice and she destroyed all his records. Kramer reveals to the gang that he saw Elaine naked in her apartment.

Monk’s Café
George dumps his girlfriend Patrice, taking her request to give her the “truth,” upsetting her to the point of being institutionalized.

Sunda Strait, INDONESIA (map)
Jerry gets audited for donating money to a shoddy Krakatoan volcano relief fund, which Kramer forced on Jerry during his first date with Elaine (and he thus only donated to in order to impress Elaine).

Elaine’s Apartment
Elaine gets fed up with Kramer for constantly being in her apartment with Tina, putting in windshield coffee tables, “red-saucing” her strainer and walking in on her naked, thinking that her bedroom was a closet.

Java, INDONESIA (map)
Jerry, on his true intentions for donating to the volcano relief fund, while referencing the 1968 film of the same name: “I was thinking only of the poor Krakatoan! Those brave Krakatoans! East of Java, who sacrificed so much for so long!”

Woodhaven Clinic (NOT REAL)
Woodhaven, Queens, NEW YORK (map)
George and Jerry visit Patrice to find out the status of Jerry’s tax papers.

AFRICA (map)
Elaine comes home to find a nearly-nude Kramer dancing to African music, and he invites her to eat some of his African food leftovers, including yambalas and sambusa.

48th St., New York, NEW YORK
Jerry tries tracking down a receipt from a computer store he made in 1987 on 48th St. as part of his audit.

The Statue (season 2, episode 6)

written by Larry Charles, directed by Tom Cherones
original airdate: April 11, 1991

Jerry’s apartment is cleaned by the boyfriend of a novelist whose book Elaine is editing. When Jerry and Elaine later see Jerry’s missing statue at the author’s apartment, Kramer poses as a cop to get it back.

FEATURED LOCATIONS

The Improv

Jerry’s Apartment
Jerry hires the boyfriend of one of Elaine’s writing clients, Ray, to clean his apartment. Although he does a spectacular jobs (even removing the goop from the little egg cups, and cleaning the peephole), Jerry suspects he stole a statue from him, and begins to investigate Ray further.

Monk’s Café
Trying to get more information about Ray’s duplicate statue of Jerry, Jerry invites him to the coffee shop, with George nearby to “spy” on Ray. This is also the first time the coffee shop is explicitly referred to as being called “Monk’s.”

Pines Of Mar Gables, FLORIDA
Jerry mentions he was going to send his grandfather’s things to his parents in Florida, but they didn’t want it. Jerry later tells Rava his mother is in Florida, when she tells how her mother abandoned her family as a child.

FINLAND (map)
Jerry mentions that Elaine’s friend Rava’s (from Finland) boyfriend will be cleaning his apartment; Jerry replies with “I know Finland – they’re neutral.”

Columbia University
2960 Broadway, New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 116th Street – Columbia University (1)
Jerry mentions that Rava’s boyfriend Ray is a grad student at Columbia, where George investigates his “alias” Ray Thomas with the registrar, as he is registered under his legal name, Raymond Thomas Wochinski.

old Costanza apartment
New York, NEW YORK
George mentions how he broke a similar statue to Jerry’s from the mantle of his parents’ old apartment when he was ten years old, by using it as a microphone while singing “MacArthur Park.”

MacArthur Park
2230 W. 6th St., Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA (map)
George mentions how he accidentally broke his parents’ statue when he was ten years old (at the part about “I’ll never have that recipe again”), belting out the song “MacArthur Park” by Jimmy Webb, named for the eponymous park in Los Angeles.

Rava & Ray’s apartment
357 W. 84th St., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 86th Street (1)
Jerry goes with Elaine to visit Rava and Ray, and sees his missing statue on their mantle. Kramer later goes to get the statue back, a la Joe Friday from “Dragnet.” Thanks Erkan B. for the tip!

Chinatown, New York, NEW YORK (map)
Ray tells Jerry that he bought the infamous statue from a pawn shop in Chinatown.

SINGAPORE (map)
Ray mentions the owner of the pawn shop has closed his store and moved to Singapore, thus being unable to prove true ownership of the statue Jerry believes he stole.

Pendant Publishing
Elaine and Rava prepare to meet Mr. Lippman, but due to Rava’s disbelief of coincidences, the deal falls apart.

The Stranded (season 3, episode 10)

written by Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld and Matt Goldman, directed by Tom Cherones
original airdate: November 27, 1991

George strands Jerry and Elaine at a Long Island party because his sexy co-worker needs a ride home. The party host (Michael Chiklis) later visits Jerry in the city and has fun with Kramer and a hooker.

FEATURED LOCATIONS

Monk’s Café is not featured in this episode.

The Improv

Jerry’s Apartment
Steve from Long Island comes to visit Jerry on his way out, so Jerry lets him hang out at the apartment. Kramer then comes over, they get drunk and order a “lady of the night,” who Jerry has to pay, and gets arrested for solicitation.

Selwyn’s Drugs (NOT REAL)
1612 Broadway, New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 50th Street (1)
Jerry and George visit to buy anti-flea solution for George’s apartment, and George accuses the cashier of giving him back incorrect change. George later returns, trying to steal “back” the $10 he is owed, but is quickly caught and apprehended. Establishing shots show the Howard Johnson’s restaurant previously at Broadway and West 49th.

Rick Barr Properties (NOT REAL)
New York, NEW YORK
George mentions a woman from his office, Ava, will be at the party. As “The Stranded” was filmed before “The Revenge” (but not aired until Season 3), George is still an employee of Rick Barr Properties in this episode.

NEW JERSEY (map)
George picks Jerry’s medicine choice over his, because it is made in White Plains instead of New Jersey.

White Plains, NEW YORK (map)
George picks Jerry’s medicine choice over his, because it is made in White Plains instead of New Jersey.

Steve & Jenny’s house
8173 Riviera Dr., Bellmore, Long Island, NEW YORK (map)
Jerry and Elaine are stranged by George at a house party until 2 AM. Kramer spends the night going to different houses on Riviera (8713, 8317, 7813, 3718, 1837) until finding Steve’s. There is no “Riviera Drive” in Bellmore, but there is a “Riviera Lane.”

Pendant Publishing
Elaine tells a partygoer that she is working at Pendant, when Jerry intervenes with “Pendant…those bastards!”

Long Island Expressway
Long Island, NEW YORK (map)
Kramer gets Elaine and Jerry sick by driving back to NYC with his top down in 48 degree weather on the Expressway.

EUROPE (map)
Kramer and Steve howl with laughter as Kramer tells a story about him taking care of a magician’s doves while the magician was away in Europe.

The Red Dot (season 3, episode 12)

written by Larry David, directed by Tom Cherones
original airdate: December 11, 1991

Elaine’s recovering alcoholic boyfriend falls off the wagon when Jerry inadvertently switches his drink. George buys Elaine a cashmere sweater with a small flaw to thank her for getting him a job in her office. He must face the consequences of having sex on his desk with the office cleaning woman.

FEATURED LOCATIONS

The Improv
The first time The Improv is integrated into an episode’s plot, as Elaine’s boyfriend Dick, now back on the wagon as an alcoholic, interrupts Jerry’s set, drunk and belligerent.

Jerry’s Apartment
Jerry gives Elaine a beautiful cashmere sweater for Christmas, with a “small” flaw – which Kramer notices almost instantly. Elaine presses Jerry and George to get them to confess that George knowingly bought the sweater with a defect, while Kramer enjoys a few glasses of Hennigan’s scotch.

Monk’s Café
George confesses to Jerry that he had sex with the cleaning woman on the desk in his office, later throwing up from drinking Hennigan’s (“good thing the cleaning lady was there”).

Rizzoli (NOW CLOSED)
31 W. 57th St., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 57th Street (F)
This store is shown in an establishing shot of Christmas shoppers to open the episode.

Pendant Publishing
Jerry accidentally gets Elaine’s boyfriend Dick back on the wagon (or off the wagon?), and Elaine gets George a job. George later gets fired from said job after sleeping with the cleaning woman on the desk in his office.

Statue Of Liberty
Liberty Island, New York, NEW YORK (map)
George and Jerry argue over whether the Statue was shipped complete from France, or put together in America like a coffee table (it was actually shipped in separate crates and was put together on Liberty Island…so Jerry was right).

FRANCE (map)
George argues with Jerry, believing that the Statue Of Liberty was brought to New York in one piece on a tugboat from France.

Greenwich Village, New York, NEW YORK (map)
George describes Art Vandelay the “author” as a beatnik from the Village to Mr. Lippman.

Nautica (NOW CLOSED)
216 Columbus Ave., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 72nd Street (B,C)
George finds Elaine a beautiful cashmere sweater as a Christmas present for only $85…because it has a red dot on it. This location now houses an Athleta store. Thanks Erkan B. for the tip!

PANAMA (map)
Evie the cleaning woman mentions she first discovered cashmere from a wealthy American tourist who treated her like dirt, when she just “wanted…the cashmere.”

Cumberland Gap (map)
Jerry mentions the Cumberland Gap to Dick during his set, in trying to explain smooth trails for alcohol transport via wagon. The Cumberland Gap runs through Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia.

The Pez Dispenser (season 3, episode 14)

written by Larry David, directed by Tom Cherones
original airdate: January 15, 1992

Jerry’s Pez dispenser makes Elaine laugh during George’s new girlfriend’s piano recital. George wins the upper hand in his faltering relationship with her after performing a pre-emptive break-up.

FEATURED LOCATIONS

The Improv

Jerry’s Apartment
Jerry hosts an intervention (or to Kramer, an “interference”) for Richie Appel, although reluctantly (as his furniture is “very non-confrontational”), who breaks down upon seeing Jerry’s Pez dispenser. Noel exposes Elaine as the interrupter from her show, dumping George and leaving him with no “hand.”

Monk’s Café
Jerry tells the story of how Kramer may have driven Richie to drugs, and George pre-emptively breaks up with Noel, much to her shock and dismay.

McBurney School (NOW CLOSED)
15 W. 63rd St., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 66th Street – Lincoln Center (1)
Jerry, George and Elaine see Noel’s piano recital, which becomes home of the infamous Pez dispenser incident after Jerry places a Tweety Bird Pez dispenser on Elaine’s leg, causing her to laugh uncontrollably throughout the performance.

Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA (map)
John mentions to Elaine that Richie was doing comedy in Los Angeles when he became hooked on drugs, prompting the intervention.

Trump Tower
725 Fifth Ave., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 5th Avenue – 59th Street (N,Q,R)
Kramer pays a visit to Calvin Klein’s head office, to try and persuade them to market “The Beach” cologne.

Chadway’s (NOT REAL)
New York, NEW YORK
George and Noel visit the intervention at Jerry’s following dinner at Chadway’s.

Smithers Clinic (NOW CLOSED)
William Goadby Loew House, 56 E. 93rd St., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 96th Street (6)
Richie checks himself into the clinic after the intervention (specifically when he saw Jerry’s Pez dispenser), and becomes hooked on the candy.