S2E10 · The Baby Shower

When Jerry goes out of town, Elaine uses his apartment for the baby shower of a woman George once dated. However, the party goes awry when Kramer shows up to install illegal cable, Jerry's trip is cancelled, and George intends to confront the mother-to-be for mistreating him on their date years earlier.

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Elaine, seeking her friend Leslie's approval, hosts Leslie's baby shower. This reawakens George's old grudge against Leslie for ruining his shirt without apologizing, and his shame for being too obsequious to stand up to her. Jerry, going to Buffalo, lets the baby shower be held in his apartment, but also relents to Kramer's pressure to get pirated cable hooked up by some Russians, despite his own paranoia. When Jerry's flight is snowed out, George picks him up as an excuse to crash the baby shower and confront Leslie. Leslie is unimpressed with Elaine's ingratiation as everyone converges on Jerry's apartment.

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