The Trip (Seinfeld episode)

"The Trip"
Seinfeld episode
Episode no.	Season 4 Episode 1/2
Directed by	Tom Cherones
Written by	Larry Charles
Production code	401/402
Original air date	Part 1: August 12, 1992 Part 2: August 19, 1992
Running time	42 minutes
Guest appearance(s)
Corbin Bernsen as Himself George Wendt as Himself Fred Savage as Himself Clint Howard as Car Thief Elmarie Wendel as Helene Peter Murnik as Detective Martel Debi A. Monahan as Chelsea Ricky Dean Logan as The Freak Vaughn Armstrong as Lt. Coleman Keith Morrison as Newscaster Winston J. Rocha as Security Agent Dyana Ortelli as Chambermaid
Episode chronology
← Previous "The Keys" Next → "The Pitch"
Seinfeld (season 4) List of Seinfeld episodes

"The Trip" is a two-part story (the 41st and 42nd episodes to air) of NBC's popular sitcom, Seinfeld. Airing on August 12, 1992 and August 19, 1992, it kicked off the fourth season of the show.

Jerry is offered two free tickets from New York City to Hollywood to appear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He offers one to George and they decide that while they are in Los Angeles they will track down Kramer, who headed to Los Angeles in the previous episode, "The Keys", to become an actor. A dead woman turns up in another part of LA and Kramer's script he had given to her is found on her body. George thinks he has insightful conversations with the talk show guests (Corbin Bernsen and George Wendt) but they both call him "some nut" when they appear publicly. Jerry can't remember the wording for a joke and blames the hotel maid, Lupe (Dyana Ortelli), who threw it away while cleaning the room. As Jerry and George leave The Tonight Show, they see Kramer's picture on the news. He is the main suspect for the "Smog Strangler".

Kramer is arrested when he is mistaken for "The Smog Strangler," a serial killer roaming the streets of Los Angeles. While also in L.A., Jerry and George try to help resolve the accusation. They use a pay phone to call the police and they say they have some important information regarding the stranglings. Two policemen in a police cruiser come to pick them up and take them back to the station. On their way, the officers see a man (Clint Howard) trying to break into a car. They arrest him and put him in the back with Jerry and George; Jerry and the man get into an argument about tipping, with the latter insisting that Jerry's tipping habits are too cheap. They have to stop again when they get a police call regarding to the "Smog Strangler" and happen to be close to the scene. Jerry and George want to make sure Kramer is not imprisoned, so they open the door of the car, and, in their hurry, leave the door open. The man who was breaking into the car escapes.

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