The Apartment (Seinfeld) The Apartment (Seinfeld) "The Apartment" is the fifth episode of the second season of the NBC sitcom "Seinfeld" and the show's tenth episode overall. In the episode, protagonist Jerry Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld) gets his ex-girlfriend Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) an apartment above his, but regrets this after realizing it might be uncomfortable living so close together. Meanwhile, Jerry's friend George Costanza (Jason Alexander) wears a wedding ring to a party to see what effect this will have on women. The episode was written by Peter Mehlman and directed by Tom Cherones. Series co-creators Seinfeld and Larry David asked Mehlman to
The Statue (Seinfeld) was writing for "Seinfeld". Kramer's manner when he retrieves the statue was inspired by Joe Friday, the central character of "Dragnet". At the end of the episode Kramer states "Well, let's put it this way: I didn't take him to "People's Court"", a reference to the judicial television show. The episode was written by Larry Charles and directed by Tom Cherones, who directed all of the episodes in Season 2. "The Statue" was the second episode Charles wrote for the show, though it was the first to be aired. Charles was mostly interested in the development of the Kramer character,