The Nose Job

"The Nose Job"
Seinfeld episode
Episode no.Season 3
Episode 9
Directed byTom Cherones
Written byPeter Mehlman
Production code309
Original air dateNovember 20, 1991 (1991-11-20)
Guest appearances

"The Nose Job" is the 26th episode of Seinfeld. It is the ninth episode of the show's third season.[1] It first aired on NBC on November 20, 1991.[1] The episode was written by Peter Mehlman and was directed by Tom Cherones.

Plot

George is unable to look past his loving girlfriend Audrey's conspicuously large nose, despite knowing that she would be out of his league if not for her nose. While George is too ashamed to broach the subject, Kramer tactlessly suggests a nose job to Audrey, shocking everyone. However, with the idea planted in Audrey's mind, George uses this as cover to encourage Audrey's interest while pretending to be impartial.

Jerry meets a beautiful woman, Isabel, who gives him her number despite not comprehending his pick-up line. Jerry is intellectually repulsed by Isabel but carnally addicted at the same time. Unable to throw away her number, Jerry gives it to Kramer to rip up, but recants and begs for it back. In disgust, Kramer leaves Jerry desperately scrabbling on the floor to reassemble the scraps of paper.

Kramer makes his move to reclaim the jacket that his mother's ex-boyfriend, Albert Pepper, took back before being jailed. Posing as Albert's daughter and her fiancee, Elaine and Kramer bluff past Albert's landlord and retrieve the jacket, but the landlord recalls deeply unflattering memories of Kramer's mother with Albert. Kramer assaults the landlord, but still makes away with the jacket.

As Jerry helps Isabel rehearse a script for her aspiring acting career, he imagines his personified brain and penis both vying for primacy by playing chess. "Penis" Jerry underestimates Isabel's painfully unsubtle acting, but his endurance gives out. "Brain" Jerry wins, empowering Jerry to break up with Isabel.

When the much-anticipated surgery collapses Audrey's nose, George faints at the sight and Kramer delivers the distraught Audrey to his doctor. Having no faith in a second operation to rebuild her nose, George refuses to look at Audrey or travel with her, and she breaks up with him. After her nose is repaired, Audrey dazzles everyone with her normally-proportioned visage as she hooks up with Kramer in gratitude to him.

References

  1. ^ a b "Seinfeld Season 3 Episodes". TV Guide. Retrieved December 2, 2021.