S6.E23

The Understudy

Episode aired May 18, 1995
TV-PG
24m

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Bette Midler and Jason Alexander in Seinfeld (1989)

Jerry's girlfriend cries easily. George runs over Bette Midler during a softball game and Kramer gives in to her every demand. Elaine meets a new potential employer.Jerry's girlfriend cries easily. George runs over Bette Midler during a softball game and Kramer gives in to her every demand. Elaine meets a new potential employer.Jerry's girlfriend cries easily. George runs over Bette Midler during a softball game and Kramer gives in to her every demand. Elaine meets a new potential employer.

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Trivia
Elaine's (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) adventure is based on an experience of writer Carol Leifer. Carol brought a spy with her to a nail salon in real life.

Goofs
When Elaine is talking to Jerry in the park, in one shot she is drinking from a can of Pepsi. In the next shot the can changes to Diet Coke, then back to Pepsi.

Quotes
Cosmo Kramer: [to Gennice] So, my dear, you think you can get to Broadway? Well, let me tell you something, Broadway has no room for people like you. Not the Broadway I know. My Broadway takes people like you and eats them up and spits them out. My Broadway's the Broadway of Merman and Martin and Fontaine, and if you think you can build yourself up by knocking other people down, well good luck!

Connections
Featured in Seinfeld: The Chronicle (1998)

Soundtracks
Wind beneath My Wings
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Written by Larry Henley and Jeff Silbar
Performed by Bette Midler
Sung by Michael Richards

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7/10

Could Have Been Better

This is the season finale and it's decent, but it is too rambling and seems a little underdeveloped. Bette Midler makes a guest appearance as herself, starring in a new musical. Jerry's girlfriend is her understudy. During a softball game, George flattens Bette, putting her in the hospital. The whole world thinks it was a deliberate move to get the understudy on stage. There is hatred everywhere. Meanwhile, Kramer and Bette become really close and this is the highlight of the show. At first she is afraid of him, but soon he is doing all her bidding. It all ends with the woman starting a song on the stage, but proves she is a wacko.