Seinfeld: The Soup Nazi | Episode 116 Recap Podcast

Listen to the Podcast: Seinfeld Post Show Recaps: The Soup Nazi Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur never shy away from their public displays of affection for Seinfeld, as they continue to bring you episode recaps week after week.  This time, they break down an iconic one in “The Soup Nazi”, which first aired November 2, 1995 as part of season seven.  The episode was written by Spike Feresten. News – There was a bit of Seinfeld news this week. The guys briefly discussed if this episode is the most memorable.  Akiva had a different spin on Melania Trump’s speech from the convention.  He feels strongly that she plagiarized Jerry by wearing a puffy shirt.  Rob brought up how the show Mr. Robot‘s new season is littered with references to Seinfeld.  Lastly, Keev mentioned how Long Island City is holding a screening of “The Summer of George”, plus a couple other episodes. Jerry’s Story – Jerry is dating a new woman named Sheila, who he shares a very public and cutesy affection for, calling each other by the nickname “Schmoopie”.  While smitten with her, he’s even more smitten by the new soup restaurant where the owner is very strict about the ordering process.  He also has to deal with George’s anger over Jerry’s newfound public displays of affection, to which he torments him over it by rubbing it in George’s face.  While at the soup restaurant with Sheila, the owner, known as The Soup Nazi, catches them kissing and wants to ban them, but Jerry doesn’t defend Sheila, essentially picking the soup over her. Elaine’s Story – When Elaine wants to get some food, Jerry suggests they go to the new soup place with the eccentric owner.  On the way there, Elaine notices an armoire for sale on the street, so she stops to buy it. Her building super won’t allow her to move it in on a Sunday, so she elicits Kramer to stay outside and guard the armoire overnight.  When Kramer asks her to get him some soup in return for watching it, she is too indecisive in line, causing The Soup Nazi to ban her for one year.  Meanwhile, she commiserates with George about how nauseating Jerry and Sheila are with their baby talk, but bails on George when he confronts Jerry. When Kramer tells her The Soup Nazi is going to give her his armoire for free, she goes down there to express her thanks, but The Soup Nazi tells her if he knew it was for her, he’d have smashed the armoire to pieces.  She discovers all the famous recipes in the armoire and decides to ruin The Soup Nazi by making them public. George’s Story – George starts off the episode on a bad note when he The Soup Nazi kicks him out for asking for free bread, getting told the classic line “no soup for you!”.  After studying up on the procedures, he is able to successfully get the soup on his next visit, but not before The Soup Nazi tells him “you’re pushing your luck little man” when George comments on getting the free bread this time. His focus for the second half of the episode is on how disgusted he and Elaine are on Jerry and Sheila’s public displays of affection, particularly calling each other Schmoopie.  But when he calls Jerry out, Elaine bails, leaving him to disparage Jerry on his own.  When he tries to show Jerry how ridiculous it is by acting the same way with Susan, Jerry remains unflappable, but Susan really enjoys it, causing more problems for George in the long run. Kramer’s Story – Kramer’s main objective in the beginning of the episode is to watch Elaine’s armoire outside her building overnight until she can move it into her apartment the next day.  While watching it, two “street toughs” notice it and steal it from him.  While carrying on a conversation about the theft with...