I thought it was the best episode in this season. My favorite line:
Kramer: Did you hear about newman? He's dead.
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S09E19 The MaidliveMay 1, 1998the next day14 posts by 11 posters
😂 Loved it
Fans praise The Maid as the season's best episode, with appreciation for Kramer's humor and all four main characters having solid plot lines, though some feel the ending was abrupt and unresolved.
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I really liked this episode..kramer was hilarious downtown.
The only thing i DIDN'T like was that it seemd so unfinished. It ended and i felt left hangin'..what happens with jerry and the cop, did kramer get home ok or what..i think they could have took it out another 1/2 hour.
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And what was with the FAX's - where did that go? Did I miss something?
The FAX's, how could you miss that! It was one the funniest cheap joke of the episode. Kramer signs up for menus from restaurants thinking Elaine has a FAX machine. She doesn't and receives ~56 messages of "handshaking" from the sending machine. There was also a message of George thrown in there that Elaine promptly deleted. Kramer asked when he could pick up the faxes and Elaine said "You can have them right now" and then she started doing her impression of "handshaking" right into Kramer's ear.
The News Guy(Mike) wrote:
System Administrator wrote:
And what was with the FAX's - where did that go? Did I miss something?
Dave wrote:
No, that's not what I meant. I meant where did the STORY line go? - Why was he getting the FAX'S? I know they were menus - but so?... Something should have happened because he did not ever receive them... It was a joke without a punch line.
The News Guy(Mike) wrote:
What did you want to happen? I thought it was typical Kramer and one of his goofy ideas.
maro
Dave Adams wrote:
I guess I wanted something funny to happen to Kramer because of Elaine's changing her number or not having the FAX machine. I know the show was a tribute to NY city issues and those that live there got a lot more of the jokes than we others did but this one just had me HANGING. :-)
Why do you think it's just a New York thang? For the past 5-10 years, the area codes have been splitting all over the U.S., as telephone users add second lines for FAX, internet access, cellular, digital wireless, etc. In case you haven't noticed, it's the more prestigious areas which get to keep the old codes, like 212 (NYC was originally awarded that area code because it took much less time to dial it on the old rotary dial sets than, say, 919). In North Carolina, the power areas of the state are in Raleigh and Charlotte, which, coincidentally, have kept their old respective area codes of 919 and 704, while those cities whose leverage have been somewhat diminished, such as Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Wilmington and Asheville have all had to change area codes (sometimes twice) within the same period. I expect the same pattern has held true in cities like Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Chicago. And FAX snobbery is pretty universal, and has been around only slightly longer than cellular snobbery. Like speed dial lists, these issues are just perfect for Seinfeld's style of observational comedy.
Mitch
Mitchell Virchick wrote:
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Right - the 212 - 646 is happening everywhere - it happened to me. I now live in 'the 905 area' - that's even how the media describes us around Toronto. A few years ago we were all 416. It played havoc with my ability to us 1-800 numbers for business because '905' wasn't on the list of many '800' exchanges in the USA. - People did not think they could call me locally without long distance charges - Just like Elaine's friend...Very frustrating.
So yes, the phone issue has happened elsewhere, but the other issues 'Famous Rays - or just Rays'? and many other things mentioned in THE MAID were peculiarly New York issues. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
The News Guy(Mike) wrote:
just like me [cue exhuberant cheering]. most people have no idea if they can call me from the 416 area area code to my 905 one without getting charged long distance rates. guess it's an example of how the show "hits close to home" or whatever that phrase is.
Dave wrote:
No, that's not what I meant. I meant where did the STORY line go? - Why was he getting the FAX'S? I know they were menus - but so?... Something should have happened because he did not ever receive them... It was a joke without a punch line.
My memory is a little big ragged here.... Kramer got some kind of delivery service that provides delivery of food from a hundred or so restaurants. He needed the fax machine to have the restaurants fax over their menus, hence the 57 messages on Elaines machine.
I agree, The Maid was by far my favorite episode of the season as well. It was nice to see all four of our "friends" involved in decent plot lines. Also, Kruger kills me every time he's on screen. That guy is hysterical, not only in his delivery but his facial expressions. Two thumbs up.