George is dissed out, so he tries to dis him back during their next encounter with "Jerkstore" as his line of lines. Kramer watches a movie about a woman in a coma, involving a huge error, see below, and decides that he wants his plug pulled, so he has Elaine help him out with Big Ben Stein. Finally, Milos, the tennis pro, tells Jerry to buy a racket under the guise that he is a tennis pro, but when Jerry finds out that he is horrible at tennis, Milos dabbles in the flesh trade by giving his wife as some sort of sexual sacrifice. Also, Elaine falls for a teenager who shares her love of long drainining movies.
Our Commentary
This episode is an anomoly in Season Eight because as Frank Costanza would say, IT SUCKS! The ep is simply way too slow. There is not enough going on in this ep and each character is so nothing. They didn't even get Andy Ackerman to direct it, or maybe he refused to direct it after reading the script. The strange thing is, Gregg Kavet and Andy Robin, both separately and together, have brought us many hilarious eps. Anyway, this ep does have one of the most oft-quoted lines in the House that Somer built with "an hilarious premise". Milos (pronounced Milosh) is pretty funny, as is George's obsession with the greatness of the line of Jerkstore, however, that is about it. Overall, the entire ep was a real disappointment that belongs in Season One or Season Two, but definitely not Season Eight. Adam - Shoddy material. A couple of funny lines, but most of it very very slow. Disappointing, very disappointing for a Season Eight episode.
EPISODE GUIDE from Jerry Seinfeld: The Entire Domain by Kathleen Tracy
147."The Comeback" (January 30, 1997)
SUMMARY George can't think of a comeback after getting zinged at a meeting. Elaine connects with a video store
employee. Kramer wants a living will, with Elaine as the executrix. Jerry buys a racket from a tennis shop pro, who
turns out to be a hack player. Kramer goes into a coma after being hit with tennis balls.
OF SPECIAL NOTE Originally Ben Stein was cast to play George's office adversary, but it was decided to make
that character younger, so the new part of Shellbach was written for Stein.
DIRECTOR David Owen Trainor
TELEPLAY Gregg Kavet and Andy Robin
GUEST CAST Mark Harelik (Milos); Ben Stein (Shellbach); Joel Polis (Really); Ivana Milavich (Patty); Danny
Strong (Vincent); Richard Livingston (Bill); Charles Kahlenberg (Fred); Stan Sellers (McAdam); Peggy Mannix
(Woman); Fatima Love (Secretary); Nancy Linehan Charles (Woman Executive); Jeff Hatz (Manager--Gene)
Stats
2nd Siyum
First Times
Director is David Owen Trainor (First and ONLY)
3rd Siyum
Errors
Kramer claims in 8:13 The Comeback that he did not know you can come out of a coma, while in 3:15 The Suicide he knows all too well about comas
