The Trip: Part 2
- Episode aired Aug 19, 1992
- PG
- 23m
Kramer is arrested when he is mistaken for a serial killer. After he is exonerated, he, Jerry, and George return to New York.Kramer is arrested when he is mistaken for a serial killer. After he is exonerated, he, Jerry, and George return to New York.Kramer is arrested when he is mistaken for a serial killer. After he is exonerated, he, Jerry, and George return to New York.
- Elaine Benes
- (credit only)
- Reporter #1
- (as Peggy Lane O'Rourke)
- Prison Guard
- (as Steve Dougherty)
- Man in Hallway
- (uncredited)
- Man in Hallway
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAmong the people waiting outside when Kramer (Michael Richards) gets arrested in his apartment, visible on the right are Larry David and Larry Charles, on the right.
- GoofsAfter the police arrest Tobias in front of the Bicycle Shack, they drive away to the station, but when they receive a radio call the car is seen passing by the Bicycle Shack again, a place they should not be near.
- Quotes
Jerry Seinfeld: There are many different jobs in the police. It seems to me that the chalk-outline guy is one of the better jobs that you can get. You know it's not dangerous, the criminals are long gone, that seems like a good one. I don't know who they are, I guess they're people who wanted to be sketch artists, but they couldn't draw too well..."Listen, Johnson, forget the sketches. Do you think if we left a dead body right there on the sidewalk, you could manage to trace around it? Could you do that?" I don't even know how it helps to solve the crime? You know, they look at the thing on the ground. "Ahh, his arm was like that when he hit the pavement. That means the killer must've been Jim."
- ConnectionsFeatured in Seinfeld: The Chronicle (1998)
- SoundtracksSeinfeld Theme Song
Written by Jonathan Wolff
What happens is that while Jerry was on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (and George couldn't keep his mouth shut as usual), Kramer, now a struggling actor, was arrested by the LAPD for a series of grisly murders (his name popped up during the investigation and the detectives came to the wrong conclusion). After witnessing the arrest on TV, Jerry and George do their best (amd Kramer his worst) to convince the police that it's all a big mistake, while the real killer is still at large, waiting for his next victim. Oh, and again, no Elaine.
People getting wrongfully arrested, or just in trouble with the police, is a necessary plot line in most comedy shows nowadays. No one, however, has done it better than the Seinfeld writers, who knew exactly what buttons to push and for how long. Kramer's famous interrogation (one of several reasons why he deserved his second consecutive Emmy win in 1993) is a pitch-perfect parody of your average thriller, not to mention an ironic counterpoint to Season Two episode The Statue, where Jerry's adorably inventive neighbor posed as a cop.
Plus, in regards to the show's immortal "no hugs, no learning" rule, it doesn't get much more suitable than at the end of the episode, where we see the guys' reactions to Kramer's release. Boy, those people just can't seem to care about anyone but themselves - and that's exactly why Seinfeld is the funniest show ever made.
- MaxBorg89
- Feb 27, 2009