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Episode 166. The Strike
First aired: 12/18/1997
Writer: Daniel O'Keefe, Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer
Director: Andy Ackerman
Guest star: Jerry Stiller (Frank Costanza), Estelle Harris (Estelle
Costanza), Bryan Cranston (Whatley) , Daniel Von Bargen (Kruger), Karen
Fineman (Gwen), Kevin McDonald (Denim Vest), Tracy Letts (Counterguy),
Amit Itelman (Employee), Stacey Herring (Sandy), Colin Malone (Sleazy
Guy), Jerry Dixon (Customer), Suzanne Krull (Gwen), Dave Florek (Harry)
Global rating: 8.56
George, Elaine and Jerry attend Tim Whatley's Hanukkah party. Jerry
meets an attractive woman with whom he sets up a date. Elaine meets a
man in a bad denim vest and gives him her fake number. George is
offended by Whatley's gift to him, a donation in his name to a charity.
George is also reminded of the Festivus holiday his father created many
years ago. Elaine's quest to become a submarine captain and get her
free sub sandwich is ruined when she realizes she used her punch card
at the party to give her fake number to the denim vested guy. Kramer
gets word he can return to his job at the bagel place, it seems he has
been on strike for the past 12 years. Elaine goes to the place, an
off-track betting parlor, that her fake number reaches. She wanted to
give them her real number, so when the denim vest guy calls, she can
connect with him. The men at the parlor are interested in connecting
with her, so she gives the number for the bagel shop where Kramer is
working. Jerry meets his date, Gwen, at a restaurant, but it turns out
she is two-faced. Sometimes Gwen looks great, other times she's plain;
it all depends on the viewer's angle and the lighting. George decides
to use the Whatley approach when giving out Christmas gifts at Krugers;
however, he makes up his own charity called the "Human Fund." Kramer is
intrigued by the concept of the Festivus holiday and contacts Frank,
who becomes excited at the prospect of rekindling "Festivus for the
rest-of-us." Kramer asks to get the 23rd of December off, when he can't
get it, he resumes the strike; meanwhile Elaine waits at the bagel
place for a phone call from the denim vest guy. The look of Jerry's
girlfriend keeps changing. Jerry decides that Gwen looks best in the
back booth at Monk's, something she grows to dislike. George passes out
his gifts at Krugers and reaps great rewards. Kramer warns Elaine about
the sabotage he committed; the bagel place becomes very steamy and
makes Elaine look ugly. Kruger gives George a check for donates $20,000
to the "Human Fund" and later accounting informs him the charity
doesn't exist. Gwen finds out from Kramer that Jerry is seeing another
woman, Kramer has seen her and she's not Gwen. Gwen thinks Jerry is
two-timing her with an ugly woman. George tries to convince Kruger that
he passed out the fake gift cards because he didn't want to be
ridiculed for the holiday his family traditionally celebrates,
Festivus. To prove it, George brings Kruger to his father's Festivus
dinner, where everyone comes together.