The Gymnast

"The Gymnast" is the 92nd episode of Seinfeld. This was the sixth episode for the sixth season. It aired on November 3, 1994, during a special "Blackout Thursday" night on NBC, in which all shows in the Must See TV line-up, except this one, featured a fictional New York City blackout (e.g., Friends episode "The One with the Blackout"). The episode instead deals with Jerry's sexual relationship with an Olympic gymnast, Mr. Pitt's fixation on an autostereogram painting, Kramer’s reaction to pain caused by a kidney stone, and George's repeatedly being caught in vagrant-like behavior by his girlfriend's mother. Plot Jerry is dating Katya, a Romanian gymnast who won a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics, but they have little to talk about. Kramer brings a video recording of Katya's performance in 1984 Olympics which is very impressive and it encourages Jerry to continue the relationship, since he is confident a gymnast would have great sexual prowess. But their sexual tryst is completely mundane, and Elaine says that now that they have slept together he is committed to dating Katya for at least three more weeks. Kramer goes to Mr. Pitt's office to retrieve his 3-D autostereogram painting that Elaine had framed, but Kramer has to rush out when he suffers pain from a kidney stone. Mr. Pitt becomes so obsessed with the painting and his inability to see the 3-D image that he sends Elaine to a merger meeting between the Morgan Springs and Poland Creek bottled water companies in his stead. Elaine scoffs at the proposed post-merger name "Moland Springs", inadvertently launching a dispute and putting the merger in jeopardy. George is still dating Lindsay. When he goes to her mother Mrs. Enright's house for lunch, he impresses her with his gentlemanly demeanor. However, she is horrified when she walks in on him taking a partially eaten chocolate éclair out of the garbage can and eating it. George calls Lindsay and asks for another chance. Later on the street, George discards an unwanted cup of coffee onto a car windshield. The driver demands that he clean it off, which he does with a piece of newspaper. He is spotted by Mrs. Enright, who runs away, convinced that he is a vagrant.