This episode is entertaining and offer us a few things that make it so. Kramer as a detective/officer. Ray the Finnish guy as a bogus grad student. Cheery Rava and her discussion with Elaine about coincidences and Inka-dink ... you are it.
16 Reviews
There are degrees of coincidence.
dominic-paris31 January 2020
Out on a ledge
dannylee-7808227 February 2023
Warning: Spoilers
1. Jerry gets a statue
2. Elaine works with a writer
3. Ray and Jerry confront
I actually quite liked this episode. I found it interesting that it was one of the first whodunnit type episode as there was a consistent level of mysteriousness about what actually happened to the statue. Perhaps that was only for me because Ray's performance was good and I actually was convinced for a second that it was just a "big coincidence". I thought Kramer was hilarious in his last scene too. I definitely think he has more capability than what he is given but hopefully we will get to see more of him unravel.
I actually quite liked this episode. I found it interesting that it was one of the first whodunnit type episode as there was a consistent level of mysteriousness about what actually happened to the statue. Perhaps that was only for me because Ray's performance was good and I actually was convinced for a second that it was just a "big coincidence". I thought Kramer was hilarious in his last scene too. I definitely think he has more capability than what he is given but hopefully we will get to see more of him unravel.
Officer Kramer
MaxBorg8923 January 2008
In the first season of Seinfeld, the brilliant Kramer (Michael Richards), albeit very funny, was not really allowed to show exactly what he was capable of. Things changed during the show's second year, and The Statue features one of Kramer's absolute best moments.
Story-wise, it's once again ridiculously simple (and, for the first time, a little ridiculous too, though in a good way): George notices a statue in Jerry's apartment and asks if he can have it, since it looks like one that belonged to his parents and that he accidentally broke. A fight ensues with Kramer over who should get the statue, which is stolen a few days later. The only person who could have done it is Ray, the guy who cleaned up Jerry's place (and did a remarkable job), and unfortunately accusing him could cost Elaine her latest job since she's working with Ray's girlfriend Rava.
This episode is great for a lot of reasons: it marks the first time George's parents are mentioned, and what we hear is a delightful preparation for Season Four, in which they make their proper debuts; it has a wonderful guest character in Rava, whose best moment is when she delivers the line "There's Ray, late as usual" with what is supposed to be a Finnish accent (being Finnish myself, I've heard better); but most of all it contains one of Kramer's comic triumphs - TV's favorite "hipster doofus" (as he is defined in later seasons) posing as a detective and searching through Ray's apartment while yelling insults at the poor fella ("Make love to the wall, pervert!"). It's original, it's daring (for the year it was made, that is) and it's so funny no other sitcom has ever thought of mimicking it. A classic scene.
Story-wise, it's once again ridiculously simple (and, for the first time, a little ridiculous too, though in a good way): George notices a statue in Jerry's apartment and asks if he can have it, since it looks like one that belonged to his parents and that he accidentally broke. A fight ensues with Kramer over who should get the statue, which is stolen a few days later. The only person who could have done it is Ray, the guy who cleaned up Jerry's place (and did a remarkable job), and unfortunately accusing him could cost Elaine her latest job since she's working with Ray's girlfriend Rava.
This episode is great for a lot of reasons: it marks the first time George's parents are mentioned, and what we hear is a delightful preparation for Season Four, in which they make their proper debuts; it has a wonderful guest character in Rava, whose best moment is when she delivers the line "There's Ray, late as usual" with what is supposed to be a Finnish accent (being Finnish myself, I've heard better); but most of all it contains one of Kramer's comic triumphs - TV's favorite "hipster doofus" (as he is defined in later seasons) posing as a detective and searching through Ray's apartment while yelling insults at the poor fella ("Make love to the wall, pervert!"). It's original, it's daring (for the year it was made, that is) and it's so funny no other sitcom has ever thought of mimicking it. A classic scene.
The Statue is an excellent episode, that's very funny, as I loved the story, Kramer has one of his most famous scenes here in my opinion!
callanvass28 February 2006
Warning: Spoilers
The Statue is an excellent episode, that's very funny, as I loved the story, Kramer has one of his most famous scenes here pretending to play a cop!. This time around George discovers a statue that looks exactly like the one he had as a kid, while Jerry finds out his statue has been stolen by Ray, while Elaine is eagerly excited about editing Rava's book. The ending to this always makes me laugh hard, and this is very well made and written by Larry Charles, plus Tom Cherones does another perfect job of directing. Michael D. Conway is fantastic as Rey has he was wonderfully quirky, and Nurit Koppel is great as Rava, plus the Inky Dink scene for the statue between George and Kramer was quite amusing. This is really the 1st time we here of George's parents, as they would later become major characters, and Jerry's comments about the fabulous job Ray did cleaning his apartment made me laugh as well, plus George is really coming into his character now. It's very creative, and Jerry's stand up routines were very funny. The Statue is an excellent episode, that's very funny, as I loved the story, Kramer has one of his most famous scenes here in my opinion!, and I say this a must see for every Seinfeld fan!. ****1/2 out of 5
Favorite quotes.
*George looking at the statue* George: Oh my god, it's exactly the same. Jerry: What?. George: When I was 10 years old, my parents had the very same statue on the mantle, in our apartment exactly, and one day I grabbed it, as a microphone, I was singing Mac Arthur's park, and I got to the part about The'yll never have the recipe again, and it slipped out of my hand and broke, my parents looked at me like I smashed the Ten Commandments, to this day they bring it up, it was the single most damaging moment of my life, aside from seeing my Father naked.
Guy in elevator: Will you put that cigarette out. Rava: Maybe I put it out in your face!.
*one of Kramer's most famous scenes*. Kramer: Police open up. Ray: Police?. *Kramer grabbing Ray* :Kramer Freeze Momma!, shut up spread them, I said spread them, your in big trouble son, burglary, possession of stolen goods and murder!. Ray: Murder?. Kramer: Shut up keep them spread, you just make love to the wall pervert. Ray: Hey I think you have me confused with somebody else. Kramer: Is your name Ray?. Ray: Yeah. Kramer: Yeah You're the punk I'm looking for!. Ray: Hey are you a cop?. Kramer: Yeah I'm a cop, I'm a good cop, I'm a damn good cop!, and today's your lucky day junior, because I'm gonna let you off with just a warning, any more of this criminal activity, and You'll be sorry you got me?. Ray: I got you, I don't know what the hell your talking about. Kramer: Good, good let's keep it that way!.
Favorite quotes.
*George looking at the statue* George: Oh my god, it's exactly the same. Jerry: What?. George: When I was 10 years old, my parents had the very same statue on the mantle, in our apartment exactly, and one day I grabbed it, as a microphone, I was singing Mac Arthur's park, and I got to the part about The'yll never have the recipe again, and it slipped out of my hand and broke, my parents looked at me like I smashed the Ten Commandments, to this day they bring it up, it was the single most damaging moment of my life, aside from seeing my Father naked.
Guy in elevator: Will you put that cigarette out. Rava: Maybe I put it out in your face!.
*one of Kramer's most famous scenes*. Kramer: Police open up. Ray: Police?. *Kramer grabbing Ray* :Kramer Freeze Momma!, shut up spread them, I said spread them, your in big trouble son, burglary, possession of stolen goods and murder!. Ray: Murder?. Kramer: Shut up keep them spread, you just make love to the wall pervert. Ray: Hey I think you have me confused with somebody else. Kramer: Is your name Ray?. Ray: Yeah. Kramer: Yeah You're the punk I'm looking for!. Ray: Hey are you a cop?. Kramer: Yeah I'm a cop, I'm a good cop, I'm a damn good cop!, and today's your lucky day junior, because I'm gonna let you off with just a warning, any more of this criminal activity, and You'll be sorry you got me?. Ray: I got you, I don't know what the hell your talking about. Kramer: Good, good let's keep it that way!.
I Was on the Floor
Hitchcoc24 January 2022
Sometimes something just hits on all cylinders. The whole business with the statue and George was funny enough. But when Kramer impersonated a cop and went to that guy's apartment, it doesn't get much better. The chemistry was so great on this show.
Classic
bevo-1367817 June 2020
Ledge
ThunderKing628 May 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Less Elaine usually means a good episode.
This review was made in the may day 28th in year of the 2023 in century 21st
What was this episode about?
Jerry hires a cleaner to clean his apartment and a statue goes missing.
Kramer takes Jerry's grandfather clothes
George had and hit a statue
Elaine fueds with Rava
The story and the production overview: A very nice chilling episode. It flowed really well from start to finish.
Highlight: after so much hassle to get the statue back plus Elaine cutting Rava the statue breaks at the end.
Villian: The cleaner
Laugh meter: 9
Overall: a great episode of Seinfeld
What can be learned? Do your own cleaning
Verdict: This episode is it.
This review was made in the may day 28th in year of the 2023 in century 21st
What was this episode about?
Jerry hires a cleaner to clean his apartment and a statue goes missing.
Kramer takes Jerry's grandfather clothes
George had and hit a statue
Elaine fueds with Rava
The story and the production overview: A very nice chilling episode. It flowed really well from start to finish.
Highlight: after so much hassle to get the statue back plus Elaine cutting Rava the statue breaks at the end.
Villian: The cleaner
Laugh meter: 9
Overall: a great episode of Seinfeld
What can be learned? Do your own cleaning
Verdict: This episode is it.
With the exception of one of Kramer's defining moments in the series, I find "The Statue" to be rather un-Seinfeldian in its humour. It doesn't quite work for me
SLionsCricketreviews1 February 2018
Warning: Spoilers
"The Statue" features what is arguably one of Kramer's greatest moments in all of 'Seinfeld' where he puts on the guise of being a NYPD officer in order to infiltrate and the apartment of someone who may or may not have stolen the titular statue from Jerry's apartment in order to retrieve it. It is Michael Richards' most complete moment yet in the series and both dialogue and performance are arguably the best in the series yet. But defining moment aside, I find "The Statue" largely underwhelming and in retrospect, it feels very far off from what a 'Seinfeld' episode should be.
The supporting characters, in this episode Rava and her university boyfriend are far too colourful as far as their personalities are concerned and they hog far too much of the episode's screentime that I find the entire affair really gets bogged down. In a better and slightly later episode in the series, the supporting characters would be a lot more grounded to make way for the show's central characters to really shine and unfortunately, outside of Kramer (and to a lesser extent, George) there's far too little of value for the other key players, in this case Jerry and Elaine.
I simply do not enjoy the interactions between Jerry/Elaine and Rava/boyfriend in that they feel completely overwritten, both the scenes themselves and the supporting characters in this episode and unfortunately the problem with overwritten supporting characters into the world of 'Seinfeld' at this point is that the series is yet to really establish itself and as such, there's an intense disconnect for me personally with regards to what I'm watching.
I do adore some of the references that this episode and a couple of the earlier episodes from this second season with regards to George's parents, another one of the few key highlights so far in the series for my money. George's parents, despite not making their appearances until the fourth and fifth seasons, are perfectly written here.
One other minor point to mention is that I think this is the single worst Jerry Seinfeld piece of stand-up that I can remember on the series. Perhaps the third season or the second half of this second season may produce something worse but I found this to be an entirely sloppy and cringe-inducing fest. The opening stand-up and the transparent 'interaction' with his audience was very awkwardly handled. And this as someone who generally enjoys his stand-up but here, it adds very little both in terms of humour and connection with the plot.
"The Statue" is decent at best I think, and once again I'm being very generous with the star rating here as I understand the flaws here are largely due to 'Seinfeld' taking a while to really settle into itself. "The Statue" really doesn't work for me, but nor do I loathe it, and if I'm being honest, I love the idea that 'Seinfeld' was a show that took its time to really establish itself. It makes the story of its triumph into pop culture all the more endearing.
The supporting characters, in this episode Rava and her university boyfriend are far too colourful as far as their personalities are concerned and they hog far too much of the episode's screentime that I find the entire affair really gets bogged down. In a better and slightly later episode in the series, the supporting characters would be a lot more grounded to make way for the show's central characters to really shine and unfortunately, outside of Kramer (and to a lesser extent, George) there's far too little of value for the other key players, in this case Jerry and Elaine.
I simply do not enjoy the interactions between Jerry/Elaine and Rava/boyfriend in that they feel completely overwritten, both the scenes themselves and the supporting characters in this episode and unfortunately the problem with overwritten supporting characters into the world of 'Seinfeld' at this point is that the series is yet to really establish itself and as such, there's an intense disconnect for me personally with regards to what I'm watching.
I do adore some of the references that this episode and a couple of the earlier episodes from this second season with regards to George's parents, another one of the few key highlights so far in the series for my money. George's parents, despite not making their appearances until the fourth and fifth seasons, are perfectly written here.
One other minor point to mention is that I think this is the single worst Jerry Seinfeld piece of stand-up that I can remember on the series. Perhaps the third season or the second half of this second season may produce something worse but I found this to be an entirely sloppy and cringe-inducing fest. The opening stand-up and the transparent 'interaction' with his audience was very awkwardly handled. And this as someone who generally enjoys his stand-up but here, it adds very little both in terms of humour and connection with the plot.
"The Statue" is decent at best I think, and once again I'm being very generous with the star rating here as I understand the flaws here are largely due to 'Seinfeld' taking a while to really settle into itself. "The Statue" really doesn't work for me, but nor do I loathe it, and if I'm being honest, I love the idea that 'Seinfeld' was a show that took its time to really establish itself. It makes the story of its triumph into pop culture all the more endearing.
Not the best
lbowdls6 July 2019
You go to the beach, go in the water, put your wallet in the sneaker. Who's gonna know? What criminal mind could penetrate this fortress of security? I tied a bow.
bombersflyup29 January 2022
Warning: Spoilers
The Statue is about a grad student stealing a statue while cleaning Jerry's apartment, a statue from George's past.
Not the best episode, light on laughs and inconsequential. The supporting characters aren't great and take away from George or Kramer having their own plot. George's always so aggravated and boisterous, immediately backs down to any sort of forthrightness. Jerry's standup's weak, but strong to close again.
Not the best episode, light on laughs and inconsequential. The supporting characters aren't great and take away from George or Kramer having their own plot. George's always so aggravated and boisterous, immediately backs down to any sort of forthrightness. Jerry's standup's weak, but strong to close again.
Agree with the poster regarding Rava's accent
kathysdogs3 September 2020
I agree with the person commenting why Rava, who is supposed to be Finnish, appears to be speaking with a Spanish-Russian accent which tends to challenge credibility of the humor involved. A little insight: I read the actress who played Rava was born & raised in Puerto Rico so a Spanish accent most likely would be natural for her. Russia borders Finland on the east so that's understandable. Since Finland is a Nordic nation bordered by Sweden on the west (and Swedish is Finland's second official language next to Finnish) it may have been more credible - if no one knows how to do a Finnish accent - if she did a Swedish-Russian accent. Of course, it is possible that the powers that be told the actress to do it in a Spanish-Russian accent to be funny. Outside of the accent, I didn't care for the character which is why this is a 4 star instead of a 6 star rating. I didn't care for Rava's arrogance, feeling she's above the law (in the elevator scene arguing with Elaine there is clearly a "No Smoking" sign posted & Rava is brazenly smoking despite it. One man in the back asked her "would you please put that cigarette out?' & the second time she retorts "maybe I'll put it out in your face!") I know the remark was intended to be funny but if if happened in real life I'd hope the man when he got off reported her to whomever was in charge of the building - and would hope there was a camera in the elevator recording her smoking.
Stolen statue
vivianla3 February 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Elaine has a gig to become an editor after an author chooses her to edit her book. The author's boyfriend cleans Jerry's apartment beautifully. Kramer has found an old box of Jerry's grandfather's and inside is a statue that George also had. He broke the statue as a kid and his parents have been guilting him of it since. After the cleaning the statue is gone so Jerry calls the police who informs it is his word against his so no can do. Elaine speaks with Rava in the elevator and after mentioning they had sex on the floor like animals she thinks Jerry was jealous. Elaine throws out the book she edited. Kramer pretends to be a police officer and enters the cleaning guy's apartment to steal back the statue. George breaks it though.
Statue
safenoe24 March 2024
Warning: Spoilers
Nurit Koppel (who I don't think is related to Ted but I'm not sure but maybe some can confirm) guest stars as Rava in this second season episode, The Statue. I remember first watching Seinfeld when it debuted back in the early 1990s, and it's amazing how far its come as a cultural icon and how pretzels make me thirsty. Anyway, Seinfeld has come a long way, and I think it means different things to different people init.
In The Statue, Norman Brenner plays the Man Sitting in Diner, Troy Martin and Jarion Monroe play the Men in the Elevator, and Karen Wilkie plays the Woman in Audience so all credit to them.
In The Statue, Norman Brenner plays the Man Sitting in Diner, Troy Martin and Jarion Monroe play the Men in the Elevator, and Karen Wilkie plays the Woman in Audience so all credit to them.
Sloppy acting
helenaelisah27 August 2019
Not that funny
BruceWayne38 October 2021
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