Or, at least, he wasn't 100% wrong.First, right off the bat, she shouldn't have even picked up the package containing the salad when it was placed on the table at the diner when they were leaving. He was dead on at being upset with his girlfriend for overstepping her mark. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. We're supposed to always think that George is a horse's ass, and therefore could never possibly be right about something. However, the episode does has one saving grace(and, the bit with Newman having previously dumped Jerry's current girlfriend was inventive). A REAL murder? In a situation comedy? No. And the subplot involving the baseball catcher killing the dry cleaner is more than just a bit distasteful. Exteriors were formerly shot using a collection of three storefronts, but the show moved its outside shots to a new, much more expensive street set in Season 6 that allowed for many new camera angles and framing opportunities.Not much going for it. This episode is the first to use a new exterior set for its New York street scenes. The episode was written just a few weeks after Simpson's real-world Ford Bronco chase. The Steve Gendason plot, and in particular Margaret's argument about overwhelming circumstantial evidence and the Ford Bronco chase, satirizes the O. David bought her the salad, but when Jerry Seinfeld's assistant Carol handed it to her, she thanked Carol instead. Writer/co-creator Larry David got the idea for the episode when Seinfeld editor Janet Ashikaga asked him to get her 'a big salad' for lunch. Fearing that Steve's anger over their golf altercation may have been a factor in the murder, Kramer helps Steve see his pet fish by driving in his white Ford Bronco in a low-speed chase down the New Jersey Turnpike.

Later the same day, Steve murders a dry cleaner. Kramer plays golf with ex- Major League Baseball player Steve Gendason, who cleans his ball on the second shot (not on the green), breaking the rules and causing an altercation with Kramer. Jerry is unable to overcome his Newman-fueled misgivings enough to do so, and she dumps him. Margaret becomes suspicious of his scrutiny and challenges him to kiss her. Jerry cannot comprehend why Newman dumped someone so clearly 'out of his league', so he attempts to find the fault in his girlfriend. Jerry learns that his girlfriend, Margaret, formerly dated Newman, who ended the relationship. Later, after purchasing the pencil from a different shop, she agrees to go out with the clerk out of guilt when she hears that he went to great lengths to obtain the pencil. The stationery store clerk makes unwanted romantic advances, so when he asks for her telephone number to call her when he receives the pencil, Elaine gives him Jerry's number instead. Julie is so irate that George told Elaine she didn't buy the salad that she breaks up with him.Įlaine must find a special mechanical pencil, the Rolamech 1000, for Mr. Elaine is irritated at George for making a point of such a trivial matter, and briefly vents to Julie about this. George is displeased that Julie took the credit for the salad, and tells Elaine that he bought it.

George's girlfriend Julie hands Elaine the salad in Jerry's apartment, and Elaine thanks her. In this episode, George becomes irritated when he doesn't receive thanks for buying Elaine a salad, Elaine must deal with an annoying store clerk in order to get her boss a rare top-of-the-line pencil, Kramer fears he may be partially responsible for the murder of a dry cleaner, and Jerry comes to suspect there is something wrong with his girlfriend when he learns she was dumped by Newman.Īt Elaine's request, George purchases a 'big salad' to go for her from Monk's. This was the second episode for the sixth season. ' The Big Salad' is the 88th episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. 2nd episode of the 6th season of Seinfeld ' The Big Salad'

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