The Conversion

Written by Bruce Kirschbaum · Directed by Tom Cherones

George undergoes a full conversion to Latvian Orthodoxy because his girlfriend's parents won't let her date outside the faith, infuriating Frank and Estelle — and then she announces she's moving to Latvia for a year, rendering the whole exercise pointless. Kramer inadvertently tempts a novice nun, Sister Roberta, prompting the worried priests to identify his condition as "the kavorka" and prescribe a regimen of foul-smelling foods that stinks up the entire building. Jerry snoops through his girlfriend's medicine cabinet, finds fungicide, and sets off a chain of disgust that ends with Elaine's podiatrist boyfriend thinking she has a fungal infection.

What's The Deal?

Jerry's GirlfriendTawniHas fungicide in her medicine cabinet

George's GirlfriendSashaParents won't let her date outside Latvian Orthodox faith

George's JobUnemployed

Elaine's BoyfriendThe podiatrist

Elaine's JobPendant Publishing

Elaine's ThingArguing whether podiatrists are real doctors

The Full Story

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George decides to convert to Latvian Orthodoxy after his girlfriend Sasha tells him that her parents will not allow her to date a man who is not a member of their religion. George visits the church and talks to the head priest about converting. When Kramer arrives to pick George up, a novice, Sister Roberta, becomes smitten with Kramer. The priests are worried over Sister Roberta's infatuation and tell Kramer that he has an ephemeral quality (known as "the kavorka") that makes him irresistible to women. Not wanting to be the cause of Sister Roberta leaving the order, he is instructed to buy various foul-smelling foods and wear them, which stinks up the apartment building.

Jerry is disgusted when he sees a tube of fungicide in the medicine cabinet of his girlfriend Tawni. He takes the tube home and asks Elaine to get her podiatrist boyfriend to identify what it is used for, but Elaine and her boyfriend bicker over whether he is "really a doctor". Jerry later finds out that her fungicide was only being used for her cat. At Elaine's apartment, she and her boyfriend are reconciled until he sees the tube of fungicide and is disgusted, thinking Elaine has a fungal infection.

George's parents discover that he is converting and are infuriated. George undergoes the conversion ceremony. Just before he is about to receive the final benediction from Sister Roberta, she reveals her attraction for Kramer. But when he arrives, smelling foul, she loses her attraction.

At Monk's, George tells Sasha that he has converted for her. She is charmed by the gesture but informs him she is moving to Latvia for a year.

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