The Subway (Seinfeld episode)

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“The Subway”
Seinfeld episode
Episode no. Season 3
Episode 30
Written by Larry Charles
Directed by Tom Cherones
Original airdate January 8, 1992
Season 3 episodes
Seinfeld - Season 3
September 1991 - May 1992
  1. "The Note"
  2. "The Truth"
  3. "The Pen"
  4. "The Dog"
  5. "The Library"
  6. "The Parking Garage"
  7. "The Cafe"
  8. "The Tape"
  9. "The Nose Job"
  10. "The Stranded"
  11. "The Alternate Side"
  12. "The Red Dot"
  13. "The Subway"
  14. "The Pez Dispenser"
  15. "The Suicide"
  16. "The Fix-Up"
  17. "The Boyfriend, Part 1"
  18. "The Boyfriend, Part 2"
  19. "The Limo"
  20. "The Good Samaritan"
  21. "The Letter"
  22. "The Parking Space"
  23. "The Keys"
List of Seinfeld episodes

"The Subway" is the thirtieth episode of the sitcom Seinfeld. The episode was the 13th episode for the show's third season. It aired on January 8, 1992.

The episode was written by Larry Charles and was directed by Tom Cherones.

[edit] Plot

Each of the four principal characters has a unique experience during a subway ride. Jerry befriends an overweight nudist on his ride to Coney Island. George meets an enchanting woman who seduces him, then robs him and handcuffs him to her bed, so he misses his job interview in the process. Kramer gets a horse racing tip and wins big, helping to pay for his car fines (including "no door"). But on his way back, Kramer is about to be menaced by another bidder, only to be saved by a cop posing as a blind violinist. Elaine misses a lesbian wedding she was to attend due to train delays, which make her very nervous along with her apparent claustrophobia.

[edit] Trivia

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  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus was visibly pregnant towards the end of the third season's production, and the show went out of its way to conceal her gradually increasing midsection. Throughout this episode, for instance, Elaine is seen carrying a large wedding present in front of her stomach, thus concealing her pregnancy. When Julia went on maternity leave at the beginning of Season 4, Elaine's two-episode absence was explained through the other characters mentioning that she was vacationing in Europe.
  • The same subway car set was recycled for all the subway scenes in this episode. The crew merely redecorated it with different posters to differentiate the scenes that featured the set. To create the illusion of a rocking subway ride, several stagehands stood on either side of the car's outside walls and rocked it back and forth slightly with 2x4s. The set was on loan to NBC from another studio, and on the set's return to its original soundstage, the truck carrying it accidentally destroyed it while traveling under an overpass that wasn't quite high enough.
  • The horse that Kramer bets on, Papanick, was named after the show's key grip, Pete Papanickolas.
  • Seinfeld writer Peter Mehlman makes a cameo as a subway rider during the scenes in which we hear Elaine's thoughts.
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