The Baby Shower (Seinfeld)

rdf:langString The Baby Shower (Seinfeld)

rdf:langString List of Seinfeld episodes

rdf:langString * Christine Dunford as Leslie * Vic Polizos as Tabachnik /Agent Stone * James Lashly as Assistant * Don Perry as Bill * Margaret Reed as Mary Cantardi * Marla Fries as Stewardess * George C. Simms as FBI Man * Audrey Frantz as Party Guest

rdf:langString Seinfeld

rdf:langString "The Baby Shower" is the tenth episode of the second season of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld, and the show's 15th episode overall. In the episode, Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) throws a baby shower for her friend Leslie (Christine Dunford) at Jerry's (Jerry Seinfeld) apartment, while he is out of town. Jerry's friend George Costanza (Jason Alexander) once had a terrible date with Leslie and confronts her at the shower. Meanwhile, Jerry is convinced by his neighbour Kramer (Michael Richards) to install illegal cable television. Larry Charles wrote the episode, which was directed by Tom Cherones, and was partly based on a friend of his who was pregnant but did not want to experience childbirth. All of the characters' storylines intersect in the final scenes, an element that the writing staff would continue to use in later episodes. The episode's first broadcast in the United States on May 16, 1991 gained a Nielsen rating of 12.4/21 and was negatively received by critics.