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S5E11 · The Conversion

George decides to convert to Latvian Orthodox to impress a girl, against his angry parents' objections. Meanwhile, Kramer converts a nun at the church, and Jerry takes a peek in his girlfriend's medicine cabinet and is stunned by what he finds.

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George's girlfriend accepts his joblessness and living with his parents, but she is not allowed to date outside the Latvian Orthodox faith. George decides to convert to her religion, and must study religious texts and receive benedictions behind his parents' back. Kramer inadvertently charms a female novice, who questions her faith; he is warned that he possesses a power over women called kavorka, and goes to desperate lengths to dispel it. Jerry belittles Elaine's podiatrist boyfriend as not a proper doctor, but then needs the podiatrist's help to explain some fungicide he found in his girlfriend's medicine cabinet.

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