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The Apology: Directed by Andy Ackerman. With Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, Jason Alexander. George is angered when an old acquaintance withholds a 12-Step-mandated apology; Jerry's girlfriend is too comfortable with her nudity; Elaine works with a germaphobe.
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- Comedy
- Andy Ackerman
- 1997-12-11
"The Apology" is the 165th episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the ninth episode for the ninth and final season. [1] It first aired on December 11, 1997. [2]
Find out who directed, wrote, produced, and starred in the 1997 episode of Seinfeld where Jerry apologizes to his ex-girlfriend. See the full list of cast and crew members, including guest stars James Spader and John O'Hurley.
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“The Apology” is the ninth episode of the ninth and final season of Seinfeld, and the 165th episode overall. This episode first aired on December 11, 1997. It was written by Jennifer Crittenden and was directed by Andy Ackerman.
Jerry begins dating Melissa (Kathleen McClellan), a woman who is comfortable being naked in his apartment in nonsexual contexts. She walks naked into the kitchen to eat waffles and is also naked while playing board games. While George is envious, Jerry soon grows uncomfortable with Melissa's quirk. He finds her unattractive when she does anything naked that involves her muscles contracting. Eventually, Jerry tries casual nudity himself, but Melissa does not support male nudity ("bad naked"). Elaine later explains that the female body is art while the male body is just utility. Ultimately Jerry convinces Melissa to wear clothes more often, but regrets his decision when he can not stop thinking about how good she looks naked. Unfortunately Melissa can not stop thinking of how bad Jerry looks naked, and the relationship is ruined.
George learns that Jason Hanky (James Spader), a childhood friend of his nicknamed "Stanky Hanky", is a recovering alcoholic and, as part of Step 9 of the Alcoholics Anonymous's Twelve Steps, is apologizing for all his old misdeeds. George gets angry when he does not receive an apology from Jason for having insulted him at a party a few years earlier by refusing to give George a sweater for fear it would be stretched out by George's "large" head. But Jason refuses to apologize, saying that the largeness of George's large head is a fact, and that the sweater was expensive. This enrages George so much that he is brought by one of Jason's sponsors to an anger management class.
Kramer decides he enjoys showers so much that he is going to spend most of his time in his shower, even going as far as to buy a waterproof phone, prepare a dinner there and install a garbage disposal in his bathtub drain.
Elaine's co-worker Peggy (Megan Cole; also seen in "The Susie") is a germophobe who dislikes Elaine because she thinks she is promiscuous and therefore full of germs. Insulted, Elaine takes revenge on Peggy by going to her office and rubbing her stapler against her armpit and the keyboard on her rear before coughing on the doorknob.
•Actors Jason Alexander and James Spader had previously appeared together in the movie White Palace.
•Elaine gets her curly hairstyle back in this episode.
Dec 10, 1997 · While George demands an apology, Jerry is troubled by a girlfriend's frequent nudity.
George seeks an apology from a childhood friend who insulted him, but gets angry when he refuses to apologize. Jerry dates a nudist, Elaine deals with a germaphobe co-worker, and Kramer installs a garbage disposal in his shower.
"Important step, maybe the most important."From Seinfeld Season 9 Episode 9, 'The Apology': While George demands an apology, Jerry is troubled by a girlfrien...
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