- George decides to turn his life around by doing the exact opposite of what he would usually do. Elaine is having a lot of bad luck. Jerry keeps breaking even. Kramer gets the coffee table book published.
- A simple pick up line in the coffee shop proves Jerry's theory that every instinct George has is wrong. George decides to try the opposite, and that lands him an attractive girlfriend, a job offer with the New York Yankees, and an apartment that allows him to finally move out of his parent's house. Simultaneously, Elaine's mistake of stopping off for candy after learning her boyfriend was hospitalized causes her fortune to take a downturn. She gets kicked out of her apartment, breaks up with her boyfriend, and the candy causes a chain reaction that ultimately leads to the end of her longtime employer. Jerry sees the parallel between his two friends and realizes that he breaks even on just about everything. Kramer continues to take the book tour for his coffee table book, but Pendant Publishing's bankruptcy puts the book on the shelf.—halo1k
- George is feeling lower than he normally does when he decides to take Jerry's advice and do the opposite of everything he would normally do. By doing so, he manages to pick up an attractive blond. Even better, her uncle works for the New York Yankees and she arranges a job interview for him. While George's star is on the rise, Elaine's is going in the opposite direction. Her boyfriend breaks up with her after learning she stopped to buy candy after she learned he was in the hospital. Then at work, an apparently minor oversight leads to her company into bankruptcy. For Jerry however, every just seems to work out evenly.—garykmcd
- George decides that every instinct he ever had was wrong and decides to do the opposite, which causes his luck to turn around and he gets a girlfriend, job and apartment. Meanwhile Elaine's fortune take a downfall causing her to lose her boyfriend, job and apartment and become more like George.—BOARshevik
- Elaine gets a raise at Pendant Publishing from her boss Mr Lippman (Richard Fancy), which is merging with a Japanese conglomerate to avoid bankruptcy and is publishing Kramer's coffee table book. She has also reunited with her boyfriend Jake Jarmel (Marty Rackham). (It is never revealed how they got over their exclamation point dispute.) George returns from the beach and decides that every decision that he has ever made has been wrong, and that his life is the exact opposite of what it should be. George tells this to Jerry in Monk's Cafe, who convinces him that "if every instinct you have is wrong, then the opposite would have to be right". George then resolves to start doing the complete opposite of what he would do normally. He orders the opposite of his normal lunch, and he introduces himself to a beautiful woman Victoria (Dedee Pfeiffer) who happens to order exactly the same lunch, saying, "My name is George. I'm unemployed and I live with my parents." To his surprise, she is impressed and agrees to date him.
Jerry loses a stand-up gig and five minutes later is asked to perform another one on the same night, for the same pay, prompting Kramer to call him "Even Steven". This causes Jerry to start noticing how everything always ends up turning out exactly the same for him as originally planned, never losing or gaining. That night Jerry plays poker with his buddies and comes out broke even. George continues to do the Opposite on his date with Victoria. He stops shaving, yells at noisy cinema patrons, and refuses to come up to her apartment. Meanwhile, Elaine, upon hearing that Jake has been in an accident (from a theatre manager (French Stewart)), quickly buys some Jujy fruits from the concession stand before heading to the hospital. Jake takes extreme exception to her lack of consideration (that she bought the Jujyfruit even after learning from the theatre manager that Jake was in an accident) and breaks up with Elaine on the spot because of it, putting an exclamation point after his parting words: "GOOD NIGHT!"
The next day, Kramer appears on Live with Regis and Kathie Lee to promote his book. After kissing Kathie Lee on the mouth, he accidentally burns his mouth on the hot coffee and spits it all over Kathie Lee. This leads to a premature cancellation of his book tour.
Thanks to his date, George gets an interview at the New York Yankees, where he also does the opposite of his instincts and criticizes George Steinbrenner (Larry David) about his management practices at the New York Yankees which (in George's words) "have reduced the Yankees to a laughing stock", thus landing him the job of Assistant to the Traveling Secretary. He moves out of his parents' house, making sure to tell them how much he loves them, again, an example of "opposite" behavior.
Elaine finds out that she is being kicked out of her apartment building. The list of grievances includes putting Canadian quarters into the washing machine and buzzing a jewel thief and a group of Jehovah's Witnesses past security, after which "[they] couldn't get them out of the building."
Later, when her boss (Mr. Lippman) forgets his handkerchief in her office, Elaine (her mouth full of Jujyfruits) cannot tell him to take it. Later, when he sneezes without his handkerchief, he will not shake hands with his Japanese counterpart (and spread germs); the Japanese executive takes this as a sign of disrespect and becomes angry, refusing to close the deal, thus putting an end to Pendant Publishing. By the end of the episode, Elaine claims that she has "become George," but Jerry can only marvel at how things always even out for him: first, Elaine was up, and George was down; now, George is up and Elaine is down, but Jerry's life is exactly the same.
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