Seinfeld: The Cheever Letters | Episode 48 Recap Podcast

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 4, Episode 8, “The Cheever Letters.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur didn’t use a short week as an excuse to procrastinate as they knocked out another recap in their quest to cover the entire run of the Seinfeld series for Post Show Recaps. This week, they covered “The Cheever Letters”, which first aired October 28, 1992 as part of the forth season. Akiva felt the episode title was one of the worst. He and Rob discussed better alternatives, ultimately coming up with “The Dirty Talk” as a replacement. There was a bit of current Seinfeld news this week. Jerry did an interview where he talked about YouTube being a content garbage can, and how show business should be reserved for talent, and not just anyone with an internet connection. Rob felt that Jerry’s age may have him a bit out of touch with today’s way of doing things. Jerry’s standup is a bit about how offices are like a stationary store with all the supplies that get stolen. The episode opens with Jerry and George talking over the events of the cabin burning down. Rob and Akiva noted this was in leiu of a “previously on” to bring the audience up to speed. The episode opens with Jerry and George finally working on writing the pilot, and its going quite poorly, with them using every excuse to procrastinate. When Jerry calls Elaine, her assistant talks on and on, prompting him to complain to Elaine about it. Elaine brings it up to the assistant right after, so she knows it was Jerry who complained. She exclaims that she can’t work like this, and quits. In the next scene, Kramer comes in clamoring to George for more cigars from Susan’s dad. George explains how that’s not going to happen since Kramer burned down the cabin with the original cigars. Kramer says that he needs something to trade the golf pros because he can’t go back to playing public courses. George and Susan are at dinner with her parents, who are making their first appearance on the show. Mr. Ross starts asking about the cigars, then the cabin. George does his best to suck up to Mr. Ross, though can’t hide his discomfort. Rob and Akiva enjoyed how Mr. and Mrs. Ross cut each other down throughout, adding to the awkwardness. Jerry and Elaine are at Jerry’s trying to fix Sandra quitting because of Jerry’s complaint. He calls Sandra to explain that he’s a comedian and Elaine thought he was being sarcastic when he said it was a real treat talking to her. Sandra understands, and asks Jerry out for drinks, to which he reluctantly agrees. The scene cuts back to the Ross house, where Mr Ross is talking about how important the cabin is. George finally blurts out the cabin burned down after beating around the bush enough. Mr. Ross is distraught by this, and solemnly walks out of the room while Mrs. Ross cackles in delight, since she hated the cabin. After their date, Jerry and Sandra are back at Jerry’s fooling around. We see her storm out of his bedroom, upset about something Jerry says while talking dirty. He begs her not to tell Elaine about this, but she indicates that wont be the case. Later on, Jerry is at the diner explaining what happened on the date with Sandra to George. She started making advances while out, so they went back to his place. While fooling around, she started the dirty talk, which he had a difficult time keeping up with.