The Keys (Ep. 322)

Jerry gets irritated because Kramer keeps coming into his apartment using his spare keys at inopportune times (late at night, when he has to use the bathroom, and when he's with a girlfriend). This causes him to take his spare keys back from Kramer and give them to Elaine. Kramer takes his spare keys back from Jerry to give to George. Kramer tells George to take his keys back from Elaine to give to him because he says they are "key brothers" now. Elaine asks George for her spare keys back from him to give to Jerry, but he doesn't have them on him.

In the meantime, Jerry locks himself out of his apartment and calls Elaine to get his spare keys so that he can get back in. She doesn't answer, so he calls George to let him into Elaine's apartment to look for his spare keys. George doesn't feel right about "breaking" into Elaine's apartment, but does it anyway. While they are in her apartment they discover a script Elaine is writing for Murphy Brown. She catches them looking through her stuff and she takes her spare keys back from George and gives Jerry his spare keys back.

Jerry and George go to Kramer's apartment to see if they can figure out where he's at. At that time, Newman stops by and tells them where he's gone to...LA. He apparently caught the acting bug after his line, "these pretzels are making me thirsty" in the Woody Allen movie. We see Kramer making his way across the country via car (before it breaks down), hitchiking with crazy hippies, and riding on the back of a motorcycle. At the end of the show, the gang minus Kramer are watching TV in Jerry's apartment when they spot Kramer on an episode of Murphy Brown.

Interesting fact: First cliffhanger episode of the show.

Interesting quote: "Don't you see? You're avoiding the middleman. You would giver her her keys, which she would give to me. So instead of giving them to her, you give them to me. Unfortunately, when she gave you yours, you didn't give her hers. Because then she'd give them to me because she has mine. Then I wouldn't have to ask you for hers so that I could get mine." - Jerry

Grade: B+ (funny, even though it's just a set up for the next episode)