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S5E20 · The Fire

Kramer pitches his idea for a coffee table book about coffee tables. Kramer takes Toby to see Jerry's act but she heckle's him from the audience. George overreacts somewhat to a fire in the kitchen, showing a side of his character that his new girlfriend does not like.

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At his girlfriend's young son's birthday party, George shoves aside women, children, and the elderly to save himself from a small fire. Elaine's coworker, Toby, overwhelms Elaine with her relentless enthusiasm for Kramer's book, and sabotages Jerry's show by heckling him to "express herself". Jerry gets bad press from a notable magazine critic, and takes revenge on behalf of all comedians by heckling Toby in return. Fleeing in distress, Toby loses her pinky toe in an accident; Kramer has a heroic adventure saving her lost toe, inspiring George to vow to turn over a new leaf.

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