The Jacket (Seinfeld) The Jacket (Seinfeld) "The Jacket" is the third episode of the second season of the NBC sitcom "Seinfeld" and the show's eighth episode overall. In the episode, protagonist Jerry Seinfeld buys an expensive suede jacket and has dinner with the father of his ex-girlfriend Elaine Benes. Elaine's father Alton (Lawrence Tierney), a war veteran and writer, makes Jerry and his friend George Costanza (Jason Alexander) very uncomfortable. Elaine is delayed and Jerry and George are stuck with Alton waiting for her at the hotel. The episode was written by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld and was directed by Tom Cherones.
The Letter (Seinfeld) find Elaine in yet another cap altercation as described by Phil Rizzuto. Both the oil painting of Kramer and the words the elderly couple use to describe it became popular among "Seinfeld" fans. Rob Thomas of the "Wisconsin State Journal" included the line "he is a loathsome, offensive brute, yet I can't look away" in his top 20 of "Seinfeld" lines. The Letter (Seinfeld) "The Letter" is the 38th episode of the sitcom "Seinfeld". The episode was the 21st of the third season. It aired on March 25, 1992. Kramer poses for a portrait to be painted by Jerry's new