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The whole gang goes to the Hamptons to meet a friend's new baby. George and Jerry bring their girlfriends. Meanwhile, Kramer steals a bunch of lobster from a local trap.

This is one of the BEST episodes of the season. "I was in the pool!" and "Shrinkage" are both extremely quotable and hilarious. George's level of pettiness is at an all-time in this one.

My only critique is the ending. The slapstick of George getting hit with a tomato at the fruit stand didn't really work for me. Besides this, this episode is nearly flawless.

Wall to wall humor . This episode doesn't skip a beat . From George's girlfriend walking around topples to the shrinkage, George's scrambled eggs to Kramer's lobster. It's one hell of a weekend!

Add to that a baby that is apparently ugly and Seinfeld goes there! To a pediatrician Elaine finds first attractive but ultimately annoying. The funny thing is the couple who invited them all are seen very little at all unusual for such an episode most shows would feature them heavily but instead they are just the reason for the weekend in the Hamptons not the focus. The writing is so sharp and witty juggling several balls at once there is never a lull in the episode.

Perfect!

Seinfeld at its peak. Al shows start slow, peak, and then run out of ideas to keep them sustainable, but in 1994 this show was hot, the perfect combination of writing and situations.

The gang heads for the ritzy Hamptons for a weekend to see their friends' recently born baby and to enjoy the sand and surf. George heads out there with a date, who is evidently not committed as a "girlfriend" and George naturally jumps to the assumption that this overnighter will automatically move the friendship to consummation. WRONG!!! Never make such an assumption or you'll get your feelings crushed. Keep it as friends and you'll be okay, even if she decides to walk around topless around your friends.

Elaine quickly falls for the good looks of their hosts' pediatrician and is just as quickly disappointed when he uses the word "breathtaking" to describe her, but also uses the same adjective to describe the hosts' baby, which we do not get to see, but who is evidently homely for a baby.

"A little too much chlorine in that gene pool." What a great line.

Kramer goes to the beach and poaches one of the lobster traps and becomes a hero, that is until their host finds out about it and reports him to the local authorities, which wins Kramer some well deserved community hours.

Jerry's girlfriend Rachel obviously does not like George from the get-go and is not very friendly toward him, which sets the scene for the events to come. George is terribly upset that Jerry and Kramer got to see Jane topless while he was gone to pick up tomatoes. He definitely should have waited. In typical childish fashion, he now wants to see Rachel topless. "The punishment should fit the crime." Yeah, right. He tries walking in on her while she's changing but misses, but then the tables are turned when Rachel accidently walks in on him while he's getting out of his wet swim trunks, she finds him in a shrunken state, and giggles as she apologizes. George is paralyzed with embarrassment. "I was in the pool, I was in the pool!" She then evidently mentions it to Jane, who then happens to finds some reason to go back on home. Of course, George wants to believe it was due to the "shrinkage" factor. Again, he should not have wanted to get serious way too soon.

George, in his own immature mind, gets even by preparing eggs for breakfast for everyone, and sneaks in some lobster into the mix, knowing Rachel only eats kosher meals. That was a real cheap shot, to hurt someone and make them go against their religious vows without their knowing.

Truly one of the classic episodes.

I like the bit where Kramer steals them lobsters out of the trap.

I'm enjoying pretty much most of the Seinfeld episodes that I first watched when it debuted back in the 1990s, yes, that's right three decades ago. In fact, The Hamptons, with its famous catch-phrase, debuted nearly 30 years ago to this day.

Melanie Smith returns as Rachel Goldstein, who made out with Jerry a few episodes earlier in the cinema screening the black and white movie by Steven Spielberg. Melora Walters guest stars as Jane, who George has designs for sure, but albeit things go wrong when George is caught out.

It's not often Seinfeld is set outside of New York City, and here they are in the Hamptons.