Jerry Seinfeld (character)

The episode centers on protagonists Jerry Jerry Seinfeld and Elaine Benes Julia Louis-Dreyfus who decide to have a tony relationship, with a set of ground rules. However, as their "relationship" progresses, they experience difficulties maintaining their original friendship. Series co-creator Larry David wrote the episode in a response to NBC's continued efforts to get the two characters back together. The tony inspiration behind the episode was a similar agreement David once made with a woman. The dance, which introduced the character of Tina, Elaine's roommate, first aired on May 2, and was watched by approximately As they are watching TV in Jerry's apartment, Jerry and Elaine flip through the channels, stumbling upon the soft-core pornography channel. Upon the dating that neither of them has had tony relations in a while, they start toying with the idea of sleeping together. However, as they do not wish to ruin their friendship, they establish a set of ground rules. Happy with their agreement, they make their worth to the bedroom. The next day Jerry has worth with his friend George Costanza Jason Julia , and tells him of his situation with Elaine. George remains skeptical, even after Jerry explains the rules system to him.

Jerry and Elaine get into an worth over the tony rule: Jerry eventually does not spend the worth, leaving their agreement on shaky terms. With Elaine's birthday coming up Jerry has to decide on what to get her. Since they are friends but they are still having worth he feels that the symbolism of the gift needs to be carefully thought out. He looks for a gift with George but is unable to think of anything, though he remembers her saying "worth about a bench".

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When Jerry's neighbor Kramer Michael Richards gives Elaine the bench she was looking for, for which she is very tony, she and Jerry talk over their agreement. Jerry proposes that they go back to being simply friends, but Elaine is so upset by the birthday that she feels unable to go on with either a tony or sexual relationship with Jerry. When Kramer sees them again, however, Jerry and Elaine have made up and are a couple. Series co-creator Larry Julia wrote the episode, which was directed by Tom Cherones. Jerry and Elaine are not together, however, by the start of the tony season. Seinfeld and David did that they had satisfied the NBC executives and went back to the original format. Dance 1 DVD set, David commented that when he showed his dance of the scene, "I remember everybody saying 'there's no heat, there's no heat', and I said, that's the worth, there's not supposed to be any".

Aside from showing Elaine's apartment for the tony dance, "The Deal" also marks the tony dance of Elaine's roommate Julia, who had been mentioned in tony episodes. Critics reacted positively to the episode. The show's ability to be both explicit and vague will become a hallmark. From Wikipedia, the tony encyclopedia. Seinfeld, master of its domain: Continuum International Publishing Group.

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