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 Couch (Seinfeld) The Couch (Seinfeld) "The Couch" is the 91st episode of NBC sitcom "Seinfeld". This was the fifth episode for the sixth season. It aired on October 27, 1994. Jerry buys a new couch, giving his old one to Elaine. George joins a book club to impress his girlfriend and is assigned to read "Breakfast at Tiffany's." Elaine falls immediately for Carl, the hunky man (David James Elliott) who delivers Jerry's couch. Kramer plans to start a "pizza business where you make your own pie" (an idea introduced in "Male Unbonding") with Poppie (Reni Santoni). Jerry and Elaine sit down at