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S1E5 · The Stock Tip

Jerry and George invest based on an insider stock tip, but then lose touch with their inside source. A nervous Jerry lets the declining stock ruin his weekend away with Vanessa, while George decides he's all in.

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George drags Jerry into buying a stock on an insider trading tip. They wait for instructions to sell, but their source is suddenly hospitalized, leaving them in the lurch as the stock price falls. Jerry complains to a dry cleaner about a shrunken shirt. Jerry then takes his girlfriend Vanessa to Vermont on a weekend getaway, but they end up rained in with nothing to do or talk about. Elaine is beleaguered by allergies from dating a cat owner, and Kramer invents a "tie dispenser".

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