The Deal (Seinfeld) The Deal (Seinfeld) "The Deal" is the ninth episode of the second season of NBC's "Seinfeld", and the show's 14th episode overall. The episode centers on protagonists Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) and Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) who decide to have a sexual relationship, with a set of ground rules. However, as their "relationship" progresses, they experience difficulties maintaining their original friendship. Series co-creator Larry David wrote the episode in a response to NBC's continued efforts to get the two characters back together. The main inspiration behind the episode was a similar agreement David once made with a woman. The episode, which
The Truth (Seinfeld) Jerry never made copies of the many receipts that he had collected over the years, and the episode ends with him tracking them down individually by phone. The Truth (Seinfeld) "The Truth" is the 19th episode of "Seinfeld". It is the second episode of the show's third season, first airing on September 25, 1991. Directed by David Steinberg, this is the first episode of the show (other than the pilot) not directed by Tom Cherones. In 1985, Kramer manages to persuade Jerry to donate to a fake relief fund for the Krakatoa eruption (which actually erupted in 1883, 102 years