Plot summary
Kramer reveals Jerry 's low opinion of Sally Weaver's acting directly to her when they meet on the street. After Sally claims that Jerry has ruined her life and she is quitting show business, Jerry is driven by guilt to recant his comments and encourage her to keep trying. Revitalized, Sally opens a new one-woman show called "Jerry Seinfeld, the Devil" where she complains about him, comically exaggerating his earlier criticism. The show is an instant success, consistently playing to sold-out crowds and appearing in TV clips. In private she is apologetic to Jerry, but in public she uses his petitions and legal maneuvers for her to stop as fresh material for her show. Jerry eventually wises up and cuts off all communication with Sally.
Elaine obsesses over the meaning of a cartoon that appears in The New Yorker. Elaine goes to The New Yorker offices to seek an explanation, but the editor does not understand the cartoon either. Elaine rails against the New Yorker ' s nonsensical cartoons; impressed, the editor hires her. She gets a cartoon published easily, but is frustrated that none of her friends or co-workers find her first New Yorker cartoon funny. Her boss J. Peterman sees it, and recognizes that it plagiarizes a Ziggy comic. Elaine supposes that she copied it subconsciously. Peterman publicizes the plagiarism, and a new Ziggy strip parodies Elaine's cartoon.
George begins dating a woman named Janet who Kramer believes closely resembles a female version of Jerry. Elaine agrees with Kramer, making George and Jerry uncomfortable, particularly after Kramer suggests that George is dating Janet because he has a repressed crush on Jerry. After Jerry rebukes Kramer for talking openly about such sensitive subjects, Kramer decides to stop talking and communicate nonverbally. George clings to vague memories of his first conversation with Janet, but she reminds him that the conversation was largely about how familiar she looks. She gets gum in her hair and cuts her hair short to get it out, making her hair look exactly like Jerry's. Terrified, George flees.
Sally runs into Kramer at Monk's and is happy about her new celebrity. Frustrated from being unable to voice his opinions on the recent developments in his friends' lives, Kramer breaks his vow of silence and tells her about Janet. Sally adds a bit on her show about Jerry forcing his friend to date women who look like him. Kramer renews his vow of silence.
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