Vol. 5, No. 21 · 25¢ thefestivusproject.com

THE DAILY NOTHING

May 12, 1994 New York Final Edition
S05E21 · Season 5, Episode 21 of 180

The Hamptons

At a Hamptons beach weekend, George misses his girlfriend Jane going topless in front of everyone because he's out buying tomatoes, then Rachel walks in on him changing and laughs at his cold-water shrinkage — a concept Elaine confirms she did not know existed. George spends the rest of the trip desperately trying to explain shrinkage while Rachel gossips to Jane, who leaves in the middle of the night. Kramer raids a commercial lobster trap for dinner, everyone is revolted by the hosts' ugly baby, the family pediatrician calls both Elaine and the baby "breathtaking" without clarifying which one he meant, and George gets his revenge by tricking the kosher Rachel into eating scrambled eggs with lobster.

What's The Deal?

Jerry's GirlfriendRachel
George's GirlfriendJane
George's JobUnemployed
Elaine's JobPendant Publishing
Elaine's ThingGetting same 'breathtaking' compliment as ugly baby
Kramer's SchemeStealing lobsters from commercial trap
Dark Turn
George feeds kosher Rachel lobster as revenge

The Full Story

Carol and Michael have invited everyone to their Hamptons beach house for the weekend to see another new baby. Jerry brings Rachel, having made peace with her devout Jewish father with a gift of kishka. George brings Jane, assuming that they will have sex for the first time.

Preoccupied with buying local tomatoes, George is absent when Jane casually goes topless in front of Jerry, Kramer, and Elaine. Sorely jealous that Jerry got an eyeful before himself, George wants to see Rachel naked in return. He fruitlessly tries to catch Rachel changing before a swim, but she walks in on him changing after, and laughs at his shrunken penis from the cold water. Elaine confirms that she does not know this happens to men. George is desperate to explain "shrinkage" to Rachel, but Rachel, paying him no heed, gossips to Jane.

Kramer stumbles onto a commercial lobster trap, and steals the lobsters for dinner. Since lobster is non-kosher, Rachel cannot have any. Michael is outraged by Kramer's theft, since his father fished lobsters to put him through school.

The guests are revolted by the ugly baby, but the family pediatrician, Ben, praises Elaine and the baby alike as "breathtaking". When Elaine gets Ben alone, he confides that he was just being polite, but does not clarify whether to her or to the parents.

In the middle of the night, Jane, not believing George's protests, goes home by herself, while Kramer catches and stops Rachel trying to sneak a taste of lobster, to her gratitude. George gets his revenge on Rachel by serving her scrambled eggs with lobster for breakfast, then successfully walking in on her naked, but gets a tomato in the face from her later. Michael hands Kramer over to police for the lobster theft, and he is sentenced to trash pickup duty to work off his fine.