The Beard
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"'''The Beard'''" is the 102nd episode of the [[NBC]] [[situation comedy]] ''[[Seinfeld]]''. This is the 16th episode for the sixth season.{{cite web |title=Seinfeld Season 6 Episodes |url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/seinfeld/episodes-season-6/1000137994/ |website=[[TV Guide]] |access-date=December 10, 2021}} It aired on February 9, 1995. In this episode, [[Elaine Benes|Elaine]] acts as a gay man's [[Beard (companion)|beard]], but her pretend affection for him becomes real. The toupéed [[George Costanza|George]] declares himself too good for a bald woman, and [[Jerry Seinfeld (character)|Jerry]] must hide |
"'''The Beard'''" is the 102nd episode of the [[NBC]] [[situation comedy]] ''[[Seinfeld]]''. This is the 16th episode for the sixth season.{{cite web |title=Seinfeld Season 6 Episodes |url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/seinfeld/episodes-season-6/1000137994/ |website=[[TV Guide]] |access-date=December 10, 2021}} It aired on February 9, 1995. In this episode, [[Elaine Benes|Elaine]] acts as a gay man's [[Beard (companion)|beard]], but her pretend affection for him becomes real. The toupéed [[George Costanza|George]] declares himself too good for a bald woman, and [[Jerry Seinfeld (character)|Jerry]] must hide from a [[polygraph]] test that he watches ''[[Melrose Place]]'' as a [[guilty pleasure]]. |
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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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Still wearing his new [[toupée]], [[George Costanza|George]] puts on airs. [[Elaine Benes|Elaine]] cannot take him seriously, but [[Cosmo Kramer|Kramer]], deeply impressed, wants to introduce George to Denise, a "gorgeous" woman. Not having seen her in years, Kramer describes Denise to his [[facial composite]] artist friend at the police station, producing a stunning |
Still wearing his new [[toupée]], [[George Costanza|George]] puts on airs. [[Elaine Benes|Elaine]] cannot take him seriously, but [[Cosmo Kramer|Kramer]], deeply impressed, wants to introduce George to Denise, a "gorgeous" woman. Not having seen her in years, Kramer describes Denise to his [[facial composite]] artist friend at the police station, producing a stunning sketch that sells George on the hookup. [[Jerry Seinfeld (character)|Jerry]] comes along, and gets the number of an attractive officer, Sgt. Tierny. |
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Kramer saves leftover [[Chinese food]] in a [[Tupperware]] container to give to a [[homeless]] man. Though grateful, the man will not return Kramer's container after finishing. |
Kramer saves leftover [[Chinese food]] in a [[Tupperware]] container to give to a [[homeless]] man. Though grateful, the man will not return Kramer's container after finishing. |
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Kramer now has no Tupperware, but tries to apologize to the homeless man. George, no longer thinking of himself as bald, does not tell Denise over the phone either. Back at the precinct, Jerry meets Tierny for a date while Kramer gets paid to fill out [[police lineup]]s. Tierny shows Jerry a [[polygraph]] that was once used on a ''[[Melrose Place]]'' cast member, and Jerry denies watching the show, out of embarrassment. Tierny is skeptical, and decides to test Jerry with the polygraph; declaring his lie "too stupid to confess", Jerry seeks George's help to bluff the machine. |
Kramer now has no Tupperware, but tries to apologize to the homeless man. George, no longer thinking of himself as bald, does not tell Denise over the phone either. Back at the precinct, Jerry meets Tierny for a date while Kramer gets paid to fill out [[police lineup]]s. Tierny shows Jerry a [[polygraph]] that was once used on a ''[[Melrose Place]]'' cast member, and Jerry denies watching the show, out of embarrassment. Tierny is skeptical, and decides to test Jerry with the polygraph; declaring his lie "too stupid to confess", Jerry seeks George's help to bluff the machine. |
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Denise looks just like the sketch, except that she has gone bald. Outraged, George unabashedly acts too good for her. Elaine delivers his comeuppance by throwing his toupée out a window; the homeless man puts it on. George snaps out of his arrogance and embraces his own and Denise's baldness. |
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George's only advice for beating the polygraph is through [[self-deception]]. |
George's only advice for beating the polygraph is through [[self-deception]]. The polygraph operator interrogates Jerry over every scandalous twist on ''Melrose Place''; unable to hide his investment in the drama, Jerry releases a pent-up fanboy rant and storms out. Elaine cajoles Robert into joining her "team", and revels in "sex and shopping" with him, but, before long, Robert goes back since Elaine has far less experience with male "equipment" than his own "team". |
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George gets a taste of his own medicine when Denise turns him down. Kramer blames George and Elaine for giving up the toupée, but everyone settles down to watch ''Melrose Place'' with Jerry. Later, the homeless man, as witness to a break-in, picks Kramer out of a lineup. |
George gets a taste of his own medicine when Denise turns him down. Kramer blames George and Elaine for giving up the toupée, but everyone settles down to watch ''Melrose Place'' with Jerry. Later, the homeless man, as witness to a break-in, picks Kramer out of a lineup. |
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