The Conversion (Seinfeld)

"The Conversion" is the 75th episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. It is the 11th episode of the fifth season, and first aired on December 16, 1993.

At a restaurant while ordering (George suggests lobster), George's girlfriend Sasha (played by Jana Marie Hupp) sobbingly tells George that they cannot continue to go out because she is Latvian Orthodox and is only allowed by her devout parents to date Latvian Orthodox men.

While Jerry and Elaine discuss the difference between a podiatrist and a doctor, Jerry's girlfriend Tawni (Kimberly Campbell), a neighbor, asks Jerry out for that night. Walking in they see George moping about his loss of Sasha (Jerry and Elaine are also interested in the lobster wrapped like a swan and eating it). Jokingly, Elaine suggests converting for Sasha which George takes seriously, not caring about any responsibility to his decision ("Why not? What do I care?") and comparing it to Edward VIII.

While at Tawni's, Jerry goes to the bathroom and peeks in her medicine cabinet to see a fungicide tube. Jerry lies to her saying he is coming down with something and leaves. At Monk's he discusses the evening with Elaine and Kramer. Elaine accuses him of snooping which he comes back with saying that he was just "nudging it a little." Jerry then asks her if her doctor boyfriend ("Oh, now he's a doctor?") can look at it.

At the priest's office, George talks to the head priest (Kay E. Kuter) about his conversion. When asked what aspect of the religion he likes he announces he likes "the hats." He also says he knows the "basic plot," the Flood, the lepers, the Commandments. Sister Roberta (Molly Hagan) enters and says Kramer has arrived to pick George up. She also expresses her gratitude of him joining the church. Not knowing much about the religion in the first place, he ad-libs and ends up getting many texts with which to familiarize himself. Kramer talks with Sister Roberta.

George expresses himself and says he will be Orthodox by Christmas. Jerry is wondering what he should tell "Mother Costanza" (Estelle). Kramer comes in saying that Sister Roberta likes him, that he has a "relationship power," and that she had given him a slinky. Tawni comes in and asks Jerry how he is, and he immediately starts to cough a little. After leaving, George asks for the story. Jerry says she's subletting Carol's for a month and mentions the fungicide. George suggests that the medicine might be Carol's. Jerry says he didn't see a name on the tube, not thinking to look. He goes back to her apartment to get the fungicide.