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Jon Gries, who over a quarter-of-a-century later had a starring role in The White Lotus (the first season) should have won an Emmy for his role as the Homeless Man in The Beard. I'm enjoying very much re-watching most of the episodes of Seinfeld, having first watched it when it debuted back in the 1990s, and it's hard to believe it was that long ago.

The Beard also is a homage to Melrose Place, and we learn that Jerry and the Scooby Gang are huge fans, as they end the episode watching Melrose Place. The lie detector test was hilarious, with Jerry being caught out as a fan of Melrose Place for sure.

George continues to wear a toupee and is set up for a date with an old friend of Kramer's; she happens to be bald. Jerry starts dating a police officer but has to go through a lie detector test to prove he doesn't watch Melrose Place. Kramer begins doing police lineups for cash; he also gets into a bit of a feud with a homeless person after the man takes Kramer's Tupperware. Elaine tries to turn a gay man straight.

Despite the order of my summary above, Elaine is center stage for this episode. Her attempt to date a gay man is the main plot line and takes up the majority of the screen time. It's an okay thread but the baseball analogy relating to it gets a bit tiresome. Jerry's subplot involving Melrose Place does not hold up at all on modern viewing and really ages the episode. Kramer's section is okay but nothing extremely noteworthy. My favorite part is when Elaine tosses George's hairpiece out the window. George's cocky swagger he assumes while have it on is pretty great, as well. Still, a fairly below average episode overall for Seinfeld's standards.

A hair here do you hear?

March 15th 2023rd

What is this episode about?: George flaunts his hair and dates a shiny head women

Kramer hands out a tupperware and gets to be a spotter.

Elaine dates an lgbt guy.

Jerry goes face to face with a lie detector.

Story and Production: Only Jerry Storyline was vastly interesting.

George's story was mostly off-screen. Elaine is Elaine. Kramer is just there.

This episode was only good for Jerry's part.

Highlight: Jerry admitting watching that boring show.

Villain: Elaine for assaulting George. Elaine, even before this, has always been rude and superficial to guys. Now George has hair, she assaults him because he got rejected by a bald woman.

Elaine is mean. This is basically the downfall, after this until The engagement episode it really shown her new Bword evolution.

What can be learned?: This was the episode where Elaine turned into a Bword.

Verdict: He was bald.