"The Revenge" is the seventh episode of the second season of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld, and the show's twelfth episode overall. The story revolves around George Costanza's (Jason Alexander) plot to exact revenge on his boss, with his friend Elaine Benes' (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) help, after he quits his job and is refused re-employment. Meanwhile, Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) and his neighbour Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards) get even with a laundromat owner...
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"The Revenge" is the seventh episode of the second season of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld, and the show's twelfth episode overall. The story revolves around George Costanza's (Jason Alexander) plot to exact revenge on his boss, with his friend Elaine Benes' (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) help, after he quits his job and is refused re-employment. Meanwhile, Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) and his neighbour Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards) get even with a laundromat owner—who they believe has stolen money from Jerry—by pouring cement into one of his washing machines.
Written by series co-creator Larry David and directed by Tom Cherones, the episode premiered in the United States on NBC on April 18, 1991. Largely based on David's own experiences, "The Revenge" was the first episode he wrote without Seinfeld's collaboration. The episode also contained the first mention of Newman, as a suicidal man who lives in Jerry and Kramer's apartment building, who would later become a popular recurring character. Some cast...
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