Seinfeld: The Secretary | Episode 95 Recap Podcast

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 6, Episode 9, “The Secretary.” Seinfeld Post Show Recap: The Secretary Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur got out their skinny mirrors for this week’s recap of their run through theSeinfeld series.   This time they discuss “The Secretary” which first aired December 8, 1994 as part of season six.  The episode was written by Carol Leifer and Marjorie Gross. News – Rob was interested in trying to determine when the peak of Seinfeld‘s greatness happened, to which Akiva noted it won’t come for some time.  Akiva got an email celebrating their tangents and their disapproving wives, adding that he’s received many similar emails.  Lastly, Topher Grace has put together a whole Seinfeldepisode from the Seinfeld related clips in Curb Your Enthusiasm. Jerry’s story – Jerry brings his clothes to another new dry cleaner.  While at the movies a few days later, he thinks he sees the dry cleaner Willie wearing his jacket he dropped off.  He confirms it later when there is a ticket stub in the jacket pocket.  When he confronts Willie and asks for his mother’s fur coat back, Willie stalls him by making Jerry show him the ticket, but he gave it to Kramer so he could write down Uma Thurman’s number.  While back at Barney’s getting the ticket, he sees Willie’s wife wearing his mom’s fur, so he follows her into the dressing room, taking it from her. George’s story – George is looking to hire a secretary, but is emphatic that she must not be too attractive.  As he interviews the candidates, he dismisses several beautiful women, plainly telling them they are too attractive to work for him.  He ends up choosing Ada, a staunch and efficient looking woman.  Despite not hiring for looks, he finds Ada’s efficiency so attractive, he sleeps with her in his office, shouting out that he is giving her a raise in the throws.  Ada gets the raise from Steinbrenner that actually pays her more than George. Elaine’s story – Elaine is unhappy with a dress she buys at Barney’s, thinking the store might be using skinny mirrors in their dressing room.  She heads back to exchange the dress, but when there, she doesn’t trust the mirrors in the store, so she wears the new one outside for an unbiased look.  Doing so left salt stains on the bottom of the dress, so she is stuck buying the new one that makes her look too “hippy”. Kramer’s story – Kramer merely wants to buy some new moisturizer at Barney’s, but his story develops when he gets Uma Thurman’s number, and subsequently sells the suit he’s wearing to Bania when he runs into him at the store.  His day goes awry when he realizes he needs clothes to wear home, plus he needs to get Uma’s number that’s on Jerry’s dry cleaning ticket in the suit jacket.  Bania gives the suit back after Kramer’s “nancy-boy” moisturizer leaked all over the suit, in turn ruining the ticket with Uma’s number. Rob and Akiva tangents – The guys found it interesting that Jerry has gone through so many dry cleaners in the six seasons.  They discussed how George would immediately be fired for sexual misconduct by telling women they aren’t getting hired because of their looks.  Akiva noted how Seinfeld paints a negative picture of the small business owner, since they are often depicted ripping Jerry off.  They debated what Ada’s salary was when she started, considering she then made more than George after the raise.  Also, they tried to determine why Kramer wouldn’t empty his pockets when he sold Bania the suit.  Their last tangent was about Uma Thurman and her care...