S04 E15

The Visa

Aired Wednesday, January 27, 1993 · 30 min

George meets an attractive lawyer, Cheryl, who is impressed by his sense of humor. George attempts to keep Elaine and Jerry from meeting Cheryl, believing that Jerry's sense of humor will eclipse him. Babu Bhatt, the former restaurant owner who Jerry helped drive out of business in "The Cafe" (Season 3), has trouble with the INS because Babu's visa renewal was accidentally delivered to Jerry.

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The morning after

2 days later
11 posts
Move to Thur. Promo!
Clinton Bittel9 posters
😂 Loved it

Fans praise a promotional spot for Seinfeld's move to Thursday featuring the cast in a bathroom scene, and discuss the show's new timeslot after Cheers.

3 days later
11 posts
Getting the joke (was Re: ball players)
you11 posters
❓ Question🙂 Liked it

Fans debate whether understanding references to real baseball players is necessary to get the show's humor, with some questioning Kramer's consistency as a fan across multiple episodes.

the next day
9 posts
1/27 episode.. good one
hyderabadi9 posters
🙂 Liked it

Fans praise The Visa episode for its classic character moments, comedic timing, and clever writing, particularly Kramer's vivid descriptions and the rotating hands bit about analyzing their situation.

12 hours later
9 posts
the big question
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❓ Question🙂 Liked it

Fans discuss details from The Visa episode, including questions about Mickey Mantle, Kramer's fantasy camp funding, and Snapple product placement.

the next day
3 posts
who is Babu?
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❓ Question

Fans discuss whether Babu, the Pakistani restaurant owner, had appeared on the show before this episode.

4 days later
3 posts
exit
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❓ Question

Viewer asks about plot details from "The Visa" episode, but thread devolves into discussion of Jerry's appearance on Letterman and comparing late-night hosts.

5 days later
2 posts
snapple as pacifier
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🧠 Theory😐 Mixed

Fans discuss whether Elaine uses Snapple as a pacifier during stressful moments in the episode, with mixed opinions on the beverage itself.

7 days later
2 posts
last week's show
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😂 Loved it

Fans praise standout comedic lines from "The Visa," particularly Kramer's delivery about Babu's papers and George's self-deprecating monologue.

the next day
2 posts
MASTURBATING
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🗑️ Spam

Spam post about masturbation with minimal substantive discussion of the episode.

the next day
1 post
Who shot JS?
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🤯 Prediction🙂 Liked it❌ Never happened

The show will end with Jerry being shot by one of his enemies.

Fans speculate whether the show might end with a cliffhanger where Jerry is shot, comparing his accumulating enemies to similar dramatic setups.

Best of the morning after

“Should I have not done that?”

“So is he a Mets fan, a Yanks fan, a Brooklyn Dodgers fan, or one of those annoying people who switch allegiances when their team is poor (sorry to say, a New York thing).”

“People should pay him $2,000 to live his life (my regrets to the actual George quote).”

“Jerry, "We can't go to Isabella's, it's too trendy!"”

“"These are the levels of comedy: The first level is to make your friends laugh, the second is to make strangers laugh, the third is to make strangers laugh for money, and the highest is to make people talk like you."”

— Joerg 'SPROCKETS' Grau, 5 weeks later · exit

“When we hear that, we'll know we're getting through.”

Over the years

10 years later
7 posts
description of kramer
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❓ Question😂 Loved it

Fans recall George's famous description of Kramer's life as a fantasy camp where he does nothing, falls backward into money, mooches food, and has sex without dating.

7 years later
5 posts
Girl In Commercial
Mark Gordon5 posters
❓ Question

Fans identify the actress in a Visa commercial that George appears in as Kari Wuhrer, a B-movie actress and former MTV Remote Control co-host, with some confusion about her other TV appearances.

6 years later
5 posts
Help w/ an episode
rhoda3 posters
❓ Question😂 Loved it

Fans help poster locate and share Jerry's monologue about the depressing nature of birthdays from the episode where George tries to impress Ping's lawyer by asking Jerry not to be funny.

8 years later
3 posts
Birthday
Ted LeBlond3 posters
❓ Question

Fans recall and quote Jerry's monologue from The Visa about birthdays being reminders of stagnation and existential despair.

4 years later
3 posts
Is BABU coming back ?
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❓ Question😂 Loved it❌ Never happened

Babu will return and kill Jerry.

Fans discuss whether Babu from The Visa episode will return in future episodes, with one predicting he'll come back to kill Jerry.

3 years later
3 posts
The return of Apau????
Brad Trost3 posters
🤯 Prediction❌ Never happened

Babu Bhatt will make an appearance near the end of Season 4 to seek revenge on Jerry.

Fans debate whether Babu Bhatt will return for revenge in the final season after being deported in "The Visa."

8 years later
2 posts
happy birthday...no such thing
Erik Rolfsen2 posters
❓ Question

Fans seek the complete text of Jerry's pessimistic birthday monologue from 'The Visa' episode and share the opening lines of the speech about how birthdays symbolize stagnation and unfulfilled hopes.

6 years later
2 posts
The Visa
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Fans discuss whether early season episodes like "The Visa" are superior to later ninth season episodes, with some arguing early episodes were funnier and others saying both seasons have merit.