- Jerry is forced to care for the disobedient dog of a man he met on a plane.
- After striking up a casual acquaintance with his seat-mate on a flight home, Jerry is stuck caring for his dog after he falls ill and the aircraft makes an emergency landing in Chicago so he can be hospitalized. After three days of keeping the dog in his apartment, Jerry is at his wits end. He doesn't want to go out in case the dogs makes a mess and he has no idea when the owner may show up to collect him. Kramer meanwhile decides that he wants to break up with his latest girlfriend.—garykmcd
- Jerry is on a plane returning to New York City when a drunk man, Gavin Palone (Joseph Maher), seated next to him falls sick and asks Jerry to take care of his dog while he is taken to the hospital. The plane has to make an emergency landing in Chicago to get Palone urgent medical attention. He promises to call Jerry and reclaim the dog when he comes to New York. Palone takes Jerry's address and phone number and promises to call him within a day or two.
The dog, Farfel (although it is frequently heard barking, the dog is never seen), irritates Jerry with its barking and making messes, and Jerry feels as though he does not dare leave his apartment, for fear of what Farfel might do. He resents the animal: "I like dogs. I'm not sure this is a dog." Jerry hasn't even performed a show for 3 days.
Jerry, George and Elaine had a date to see the movie Prognosis Negative, but Jerry asks them to go without him. George and Elaine realize they don't have much in common without Jerry around; they begin to have a good conversation only when they start making fun of Jerry. They consider themselves Friends-In-Law through Jerry. The conversation was dead till George starts talking about tea. Elaine says that Jerry like Morning Thunder, but George says that has caffeine in it and Jerry doesn't like caffeine. Elaine says that Jerry doesn't know that Morning Thunder doesn't have caffeine in it. They talk about how Jerry looks like when he throws up.
Kramer attempts to break up with his girlfriend, Ellen (also unseen), in a melodramatic fashion-and later attempts to reunite in the same fashion. Kramer gets genuinely angry at Jerry and Elaine because, first, they encouraged the break-up by saying mean things about Ellen, and then they applauded when Kramer fixed it up, because they didn't want to seem like hating Kramer's girlfriend.
Jerry, tired of the dog, tries to contact the sick man, but finds out Gavin checked out of the hospital several days ago. Jerry decides to take the dog to the city pound. This upsets Elaine, as she knows that the dog will be killed if it is not claimed for 7 days. Elaine persuades him to let her stay with the dog for one more day. Elaine has to look after the dog for the day, & it drives her crazy & she is convinced that it has to go to the pound. Despite the bonhomie session, things are still weird between Elaine and George. They need Jerry as the social lubricant in their relationship. They can still only talk by making fun of Jerry. Elaine says that Jerry gargles six times a day and does it really quietly to hide it from everybody.
Gavin finally calls while Elaine is there. Gavin reveals that he was diagnosed with Bell's Palsy because of which he was transferred to the Bell's Palsy center for treatment. This was the reason he could not call earlier, and comes for the dog, to Jerry's relief.
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