The Foundation (Seinfeld)

"The Foundation"
Seinfeld episode
Episode no.	Season 8 Episode 1
Directed by	Andy Ackerman
Written by	Alec Berg & Jeff Schaffer
Production code	801
Original air date	September 19, 1996
Guest appearance(s)
Janeane Garofalo as Jeannie Susan Walters as Dolores Bruce Davison as Wyck Grace Zabriskie as Mrs. Ross Warren Frost as Mr. Ross John O'Hurley as J. Peterman Joe Urla as Dugan Todd Bosley as Joey Diana Castle as Mrs. Zanfino Stuart Quan as Sensei Herb Mitchell as Businessman #1 Robert Louis Kempf as Businessman #2 Lawrence Mandley as Larry Lauren Bowles as Waitress #1 Peggy Lane as Waitress #2 Paige Tamada as Clara Robert Padnick as Willie Ruth Cohen as Ruthie Renee Fishman as Monk's Cafe Patron (uncredited)
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"The Foundation" is the 135th episode of the American television sitcom Seinfeld. This was the first episode of the eighth season. It was originally broadcast on the NBC network on September 19, 1996.

The season opens at a cemetery, where we see the gravestone of George's late fiancée Susan in full view. While George wishes to move on from Susan's tragic demise, her parents want to keep her memory alive by creating a foundation in her honor, inspired by a Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan reference Jerry told them about Susan, which ruins George's newfound happiness as the Rosses want George to sit on the board of directors. George also sees a large portrait of a smiling Susan at the well-appointed foundation headquarters.

Jerry breaks his engagement with Jeannie Steinman and reunites with Dolores (aka Mulva) from "The Junior Mint." However, Dolores had figured Jerry would mature because of his advanced relationship with Jeannie and thus breaks up with him when it turns out he hasn't. Jerry, in need to prove that he has matured, makes up a relationship questionnaire in order to see where he stands with other women.

After a nervous breakdown, J. Peterman runs off to Burma and leaves Elaine in charge of his catalog. Kramer becomes a dominating martial arts expert at a karate academy for kids and convinces Elaine that she can run the company, which she does by putting her idea for an "urban sombrero" on the cover. She then finds out Kramer was fighting kids and that his inspiration came from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock; realizing her disastrous mistake, she angrily shoves him, causing the kids (who were earlier defeated easily by him) to be in awe. Kramer later gets beaten up by the kids in an alley. Elaine later finds out her urban sombrero has destroyed some people's lives, further ruining her confidence.

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