Seinfeld (TV Series)

The Big Salad (1994)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Elaine Benes

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• Jerry Seinfeld : Newman. She went out with Newman.

  Elaine Benes : It must be a mistake.

  Jerry Seinfeld : No, it isn't. And the most distressing part about it is not that she went out with him, but that *he* stopped seeing *her*. Do you understand? He, Newman - Newman stopped seeing her. Newman never stopped seeing anybody. Newman will see whoever is willing to see him. The question then is not so much *why* did she see him - as disturbing as that is - but why did he, Newman, stop seeing her?

  Elaine Benes : Perhaps there's more to Newman than meets the eye.

  Jerry Seinfeld : No, there's less.

  Elaine Benes : It's possible.

  Jerry Seinfeld : No. it isn't. I've looked into his eyes. He's pure evil.

  Elaine Benes : Maybe he's an enigma, a mystery wrapped in a riddle.

  Jerry Seinfeld : Yeah, he's a mystery wrapped in a Twinkie.

• Elaine Benes : What are you trying to say, George?

  George Costanza : It's just that I was the one that actually *paid* for the big salad. She just happened to hand it to you. But it's no big deal.

  Elaine Benes : You want the money for the big salad, George?

  George Costanza : No, no.

  Elaine Benes : Then, what is your problem?

  George Costanza : There is no problem. Just a small miscommunication whereby you thanked her instead of the person actually responsible for purchasing of the big salad.