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Seinfeld · S8 · E16

The Pothole

  • TV-PG
  • Feb 20, 1997
  • 22 min
  • 8.1

Jerry has an accident with his girlfriend's toothbrush; Elaine crams herself into a restaurant's delivery boundary; Kramer alters his "adopted" highway.

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Jerry has an accident with his girlfriend's toothbrush; Elaine crams herself into a restaurant's delivery boundary; Kramer alters his "adopted" highway.

Season 8

22 episodes
  1. 1The Foundation

    22 minSep 19, 1996★ 7.7

    Susan's parents act to preserve her memory; Kramer gives Elaine a confidence boost after Peterman puts her in charge.

  2. 2The Soul Mate

    22 minSep 26, 1996★ 7.8

    Kramer falls for the woman Jerry's seeing; George suspects he's suspected of foul play.

  3. 3The Bizarro Jerry

    23 minOct 3, 1996★ 8.4

    Elaine hangs out with men who are opposites of Jerry, George and Kramer; Kramer stumbles into a white-collar job; Jerry finds a flaw in Elaine's beautiful friend.

  4. 4The Little Kicks

    22 minOct 10, 1996★ 8.3

    Elaine's staff loses respect for her after seeing her dance; George benefits socially when Elaine labels him a "bad seed"; Kramer's friend forces Jerry into crime.

  5. 5The Package

    22 minOct 17, 1996★ 8.2

    Elaine regrets peeking at her medical chart; George takes dating advice from Kramer, who also hatches a scheme to improve Jerry's stereo.

  6. 6The Fatigues

    22 minOct 31, 1996★ 7.7

    An employee's military bent scares Elaine; Kramer cooks for a Jewish singles night; Jerry finds fault with his girlfriend's mentor.

  7. 7The Checks

    22 minNov 7, 1996★ 7.7

    Jerry's popularity in Japan brings new friends to Kramer, and maybe new life to Jerry's TV pilot; Elaine's new beau won't share "his song" with her.

  8. 8The Chicken Roaster

    23 minNov 14, 1996★ 8.2

    George loses an expensive hat Elaine charged to her business account; a neon sign prompts Kramer and Jerry to swap apartments.

  9. 9The Abstinence

    22 minNov 21, 1996★ 8.4

    George's intellect thrives when thoughts of sex are shut out; Elaine wants her intern to become a doctor--stat; Jerry is bumped from a school's Career Day.

  10. 10The Andrea Doria

    22 minDec 19, 1996★ 8.0

    Jerry tries to help Newman get transferred; George trades tales with a shipwreck survivor to obtain a dream apartment; Kramer coughs like a dog; a minor insult has a major effect on Elaine.

  11. 11The Little Jerry

    22 minJan 9, 1997★ 7.9

    George finds a new romance--in a women's prison; Kramer buys a chicken, then puts his fowl to foul use; Elaine encourages her shaved-headed beau to grow back his hair.

  12. 12The Money

    23 minJan 16, 1997★ 7.7

    Kramer's girlfriend disrupts his sleep; Jerry's parents think he needs financial aid; George ponders an inheritance.

  13. 13The Comeback

    23 minJan 30, 1997★ 8.0

    Kramer arranges to die with dignity; Jerry learns his tennis consultant is a lousy player; George becomes obsessed with responding to an insult long after the fact; Elaine offends her video advisor.

  14. 14The Van Buren Boys

    23 minFeb 6, 1997★ 7.8

    Gang members protest George's handling of a scholarship named for Susan; some find Jerry's new girlfriend objectionable; Peterman wants Kramer's life experiences for his own autobiography, written by Elaine.

  15. 15The Susie

    22 minFeb 13, 1997★ 8.0

    Kramer becomes the spokesman for a woman George wants to avoid; Jerry's bookie welches; a co-worker mistakes Elaine for someone else, who's reported as a problem worker.

  16. 16The Pothole

    22 minFeb 20, 1997★ 8.1Now viewing

    Jerry has an accident with his girlfriend's toothbrush; Elaine crams herself into a restaurant's delivery boundary; Kramer alters his "adopted" highway.

  17. 17The English Patient

    22 minMar 13, 1997★ 8.1

    Elaine's review of a film loses her friends; a woman mistakes George for her boyfriend; Jerry visits his parents in Florida.

  18. 18The Nap

    22 minApr 10, 1997★ 8.1

    George crafts a place to nap at work; a new beau gives Elaine a mattress, which Kramer promptly soils; Jerry's kitchen is redesigned against his will.

  19. 19The Yada Yada

    26 minApr 24, 1997★ 8.6

    George adopts his girlfriend's verbal shorthand; Jerry suspects a comic motive behind his dentist's conversion to Judaism; double-daters Kramer and Mickey don't know whose date is whose.

  20. 20The Millennium

    22 minMay 1, 1997★ 7.9

    The Mets express interest in George; an inattentive saleswoman irks Elaine; Kramer prepares for his millennium party; Jerry jockeys for position on his girlfriend's speed dial.

  21. 21The Muffin Tops

    23 minMay 8, 1997★ 7.9

    George pretends he's a tourist to bond with a tourism worker; Elaine's former boss steals her million-dollar idea, while Kramer promotes a bus tour about the life of Elaine's current boss; Jerry shaves his chest hair.

  22. 22The Summer of George

    22 minMay 15, 1997★ 8.1

    Kramer's job at the Tony Awards leads to a meeting with Raquel Welch; George helps Jerry date a high-maintenance woman; Elaine is labeled catty after making a comment about a co-worker.

Guest stars

Kristin DavisJenna
Jack McGeeRalph
Radmar Agana JaoDelivery Guy
George CheungOwner
Wayne KnightNewman
Seraiah CarolMrs. Allister
Walter AddisonMan
Ruth CohenRuthie Cohen (uncredited)